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-The resident population of Lebanon is estimated at 4 million and more than 6 million all over the world .
-One third of Lebanon 's population lives in Beirut and its suburbs.
-Around 48% of Lebanon's population is male. , and around 60%are less than 25 years old .
-Family size in Lebanon averages around 4 to 5 individuals per household.
-Around 34% of Lebanon's economically active.
-The national language of Lebanon is Arabic .
-The cedar of Lebanon is the most famous environmental symbol, which is so revered in Lebanon that it has been placed on the flag .

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Please take into consideration the tiny dimension of this country while reading the following... (10452 km2) :

-18 religious communities
-40 daily newspapers
-42 universities
-Over 100 banks
-70% of the students are in private schools
-40% of the Lebanese people are Christians (this is the highest % in all the Arab countries)
-There's 1 doctor / 10 people (in Europe & America there's 1 doctor / 100 people)
-The name LEBANON appears 75 times in the Old Testament
-The name CEDAR appears 75 times too in the Old Testament!!
-Beirut was destroyed and rebuilt 7 times (This is why it's compared to the phoenix)
-There's 3.500.000 Lebanese IN Lebanon
-There's 5.630.000 Lebanese OUTSIDE Lebanon!!

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- Lebanon was occupied by over 17 countries: (Syrians - Egyptians - Hittites - Assyrians - Babylonians - Persians - Alexander the great - The Roman Empire - Byzantine - The Arabian Peninsula - The Crusaders - The Ottoman Empire - Britain - France - Israel)
- Byblos is the oldest city in the world
- Lebanon's name has been around for 4.000 years non-stop (it's the oldest nation's name in the world!)
- There are 15 rivers in Lebanon (All of them coming from it's mountains)
- Lebanon is one of the most populated countries in it's archeological sites in the world
- The only temple of Jupiter (The Main Greek God) is in Baalbeck (The city of the sun)
- Lebanon is the country that has the most books written about it
- Lebanon is the only non-doctoral country in the Arab world
- Jesus Christ made his 1st miracle in Lebanon
- The Phoenicians created the 1st boat ever
- The 1st alphabet was created by Cadmus in Byblos
- The Dye was created in Lebanon
- Phoenicians reached America long before Christopher Columbus
- The 1st law school was built in Lebanon
- People say that the cedars were planted by God's own hands (this is why they're called god's trees)

1- A dog will always be a dog, even if he is raised by lions.
2- A donkey is a donkey though it may carry the Sultan's treasure.
3- A polite devil is more agreeable than a rude saint.
4- Better to have one thousand enemies outside the house than to have one single enemy inside it.
5- Have faith in a stone and you will be healed by it.
6- He is like a deaf man at a wedding procession.
7- He who wants to eat honey should endure the stings.
8- If anyone is not willing to accept your point of view, try to see his point of view.
9- Only your nail scratches your skin
10-Talking is not like doing
11- We taught them how to beg, they raced us to the gates.
12-When the angels arrive the demons leave.

I m 21 years ,forth year Travel & Tourism at the Lebanese University .. it's my final year..so i will graduate soon :) ... i spend most of my time giving private lessons and preparing for my final project .

The main benefit of being in College , it's meeting my 3 best friends which they mean everything to me .. Roula , Nour & Malak , the prettiest & the cutiest girls in lebanon , at least for me ..!!!!!