Hezbollah is a Shi’a Islamic terrorist organization. They had emerged in Lebanon in the early 1980’s as a consolidation of other Shi’a militias. Their early activities in the 1980’s had mainly focused on the Lebanese civil war acting against American and Israeli forces. This came about due to the Israeli’s occupying Lebanon for eighteen years up until 1990. Hezbollah waged an asymmetric war using guerrilla tactics such as suicide attacks against the Israeli Defense Forces. Hezbollah is regarded
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It was the fact that gunmen killed four Phalangists that caused the war to ignite in Beirut on April 13‚ 1975; the attack was originally aimed on Pierre Jumayyil. The assassins were believed to be Palestinian and therefore later on during that same day‚ the Phalangists retaliated with an attack on a bus that was travelling through a Christian neighborhood. The bus was filled with Palestinian passengers and twenty-six occupants were killed. Fighting erupted the next day between Phalangists and Palestinian
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In this essay I will compare between the story of Zahra by hanan el shik and the wiles of men by salwa bakr . first of all both el shik and bakr are arab women. Hanan Al-Shaykh was born in 1945 in Beirut‚ Lebanon. Al-Shaykh began writing at a young age and by sixteen had essays published in the newspaper she would eventually work for‚ al-Nahar. She attended the American College for Girls in Cairo‚ Egypt from 1963 to 1966. After her graduation she worked in television in Beirut and as a journalist
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TheBlewn 31 May 2013 The Effect of the French Mandate of Syria on the Political State of Syria Today The French Mandate of Syria and Lebanon was established by the League of Nations after World War One during the partition of the Ottoman Empire. This mandate‚ which was created in 1920‚ divided greater Syria along lines that the French claimed were determined by what the population of greater
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world. In the Lebanese culture‚ we listen to Arabic and English music. We as Lebanese people only listen to English music because of cultural imperialism. When all the foreigners came to Lebanon‚ they brought their music and the Lebanese radio producers started airing all the English songs on the radio in Lebanon. Here in
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American Culture INT 110-01 Final Exam Questions December 15‚ 2012 History and Geography are the most important factors that shape a given society’s culture; In Lebanon‚ religions are of great influence on the adopted values and assumptions; some will be discussed in the following to make the point about how history and geography have interfered to shape the Lebanese society as such‚ and then a comparison with the American values and their historical backgrounds will follow; -Family:
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Lebanon is facing a critical economic situation. The economic crisis is encouraging Lebanese citizens to emigrate‚ leaving their country‚ and their families behind. Statistics showed that “most emigrants are mainly men between the ages of 20 to 44”‚ Safieddine‚ Assem (2004). Also‚ by losing Lebanon’s middle class‚ Lebanon is becoming more deprived of productivity and development. Since the most educated people are the most common emigrants‚ the government should put more effort into improving Lebanon’s
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and 25 were wounded. The attack took place on the road to Moshav Avivim‚ near Israel’s border with Lebanon. Two bazooka shells were fired at the bus. The attack was one of the first carried out by the PFLP-GC. Early in the morning‚ the bus departed from Avivim heading with its passengers to two local schools. This route had been scouted by the militants‚ believed to have infiltrated from Lebanon‚ and an ambush was set up. As the bus passed by‚ ten minutes after leaving Avivim‚ it was attacked by
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public in 2007‚ embodying some of the events of the 2006 Lebanon War. The main character of the movie is a wealthy Lebanese Muslim by the name of Zeina Nasrueddi. Although she is from Lebanon‚ she lives in Dubai with her husband and son Karim. Due to complications within their marriage‚ Zeina and her husband send their son to stay with her sister in Lebanon. Not too long after‚ Zeina hears about the outbreak of the war‚ she rushes to Lebanon to find her son. When she gets there‚ she finds the area
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God” is an Islamic militant group that was established in 1982 after the overtaking of Lebanon by the Israeli military. The formation of the Hizballah began at the start of the Lebanese war by a group of Shiite Muslims calling themselves the “Party of God”. Under the influence of the late Ayatollah Khomeini‚ and the ideas of Iranian revolution‚ the group formed in a commitment of ultimate Islamic rule in Lebanon. The leader General Hasan Nasrallah has been quoted as saying “we are heading . . . toward
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