Tenacity and risk - the Lebanese in West AfricaIyeFirstlady
from Turkey to northern Africa and eastward to Iran; the site of such ancient civilizations as Phoenicia and Babylon and Egypt and the birthplace of Judaism and Christianity and Islam; had continuous economic and political turmoil in the 20th century; "the Middle East is the cradle of Western ...
Also, Saint George, who later became the patron saint of England, lived in Lebanon. He fought the famous sea-dragon at the mouth of a river near Beirut. Most likely, the Christian Crusaders took Saint George's tale back with them to the West. The Lebanese are very fond of proverbs ...
The West African CFA franc (XOF) is the currency of eight independent states in West Africa. They are Benin, Burkina Faso, Côte d'Ivoire, Guinea-Bissau, Mali, Niger, Senegal, and Togo. The currency code is XOF and currency symbol is FCFA, or CFA. The West African CFA franc is ...
Dieser war auch Leiter des Off-Campus-Programms der American University of Beirut, das zwischen 1976 und 1990 aufgrund der Teilung Beiruts in einen Ost- und einen Westteil eine Zweigstelle der Universität in Achrafieh unterhielt. Umfassender dazu in George Frayhas Darstellung: Frayha, George,...
Peddlers who traveled to New England and upstate New York communities, as well as those in the Midwest and the West, often stayed on and opened general stores. Lebanese developed important communities in Utica, New York; Boston, Lawrence, Lowell, and Springfield, Massachusetts; Fall River, ...
European firms contracted to get rid of toxic wastes and shipped them to Africa or the Middle East. Nigeria accused an Italian firm of dumping toxic chemicals on its beaches, and a Norwegian firm was forced to reclaim waste from the United States that it sent to Guinea in West Africa. ...
The Asiatic lions (a subspecies of regular lions) once lived in the region as late as the 18th and 19th centuries, but they became extinct in West Asia as a result of human activity. This species is now limited to a very small part of India. Are there monkeys in Lebanon? Lebanon does...
Back in March, the same month when Riyadh and Tehran agreed to restore their relations through China's mediation, Hezbollah's Secretary-General Seyyed Hassan Nasrallah described the reconciliation as a "good development." The ties between the two major regional players were severed in 2016 following...