Lebanon is one of the beautiful countries in the world. It is called the land of milk and honey in the bible. This is one of the names of the Lebanon. The nickname of the capital (Beirut) is Paris of the East. Jordan, Syria, Turkey, Palestains and Cuprus are five countries which surround Lebanon.
In 1943, Lebanon got independent from France. However, there were some tensions between Muslims and Christian’s because the Christian held the balance of power and Muslim’s didn’t accept that. The tensions reached their peak in 1975 after members of radical Christians’ group attacked and killed a bus full of Palestinians in Beirut. The result of incident was revenge killings and violence began to spiral out of control. In 1982 the Israeli army invaded the city with the aim of removing the Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO). Finally in 1989 a peace sign deal between Muslim and Christian.
Now there are some signs of social and economic recovery in Beirut such as US- style shopping malls. Building cranes are everywhere; high ways carry high speed traffic and wonder corniche. On the other hand there are current problems in the country like 300,000 young people left their home. Foreigners are taking over and unemployment remains very high. These days if you go there you will especially enjoy during the winter People ski on the snow-covered mountains whereas during the summer they can enjoy in the Beach. The Mountains and the beach is only twenty minutes from each other.
