The State of Lebanon

The State of Lebanon

What do you know about Lebanon?

Where is it, geographically?

Which languages are spoken there?

Which religions are practiced there?

What kind of food do people eat?

What is the capital city?

What do you know about the history of Lebanon?

What inventions or ideas have come from this part of the world?

Why is there a tree on the national flag of Lebanon?

Phoenicia / Canaan / Lebanon

Below are some of the important periods in the history of this ancient land. Try to guess their chronological order

Helenic (Greek, Seleucid) rule

(The Punic Wars)

Roman rule

Late 1943 - Independence (self rule)

1975-1990 - Lebanese Civil War

Bronze Age

The Malmuk Sultans (Muslim Egypt)

The Ottoman Empire

The League of Nations

The French "mandate"

Assyrian rule

Achaemenid (Babylonian) rule

Byzantine rule

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Bronze Age

Assyrian rule

Achaemenid (Babylonian) rule

Helenic (Greek, Seleucid) rule

(The Punic Wars)

Roman rule

Byzantine rule

The Malmuk Sultans

The Ottoman Empire

The League of Nations

The French "mandate"

Late 1943 - Independence (self rule)

1975-1990 - Lebanese Civil War

Part 1. 3:08 - 3:32

Confessionalism (Arabic: محاصصة طائفية‎ muḥāṣaṣah ṭā'ifīyah) is a system of government that is a de jure mix of religion and politics. It typically entails distributing political and institutional power proportionally among confessional communities.

_____________: Maronite Christian

_____________: Suni Muslim

_____________: Shia Muslim

Why does Lebanon have this system?

Discuss - what could be the consequences of a system like this? 


Part 2. 3:32 - 4:50

1. Laury Haytayan was ____ Armenian Orthodox

2. Lebanon's civil war lasted for ___ years and ended in ____

3. In 19__ Nadem Gemayel's father, the the President of Elect of Lebanon was 
__________

4. Lebanon's politics are d______ic: power often passes from ______ to ______.


Discuss - What do you think Nadem will say about his inherited political power?

Part 3. 4:50 - 5:58


Listen to the two points of view, use the words given to summarise their points.

Nadem:

values 
ethics
freedom
security

Laury:

civil war
family
ideology


Nadem:

fear
trust


Part 4. 5:58 - 8:21

1. As a result of the system politicians can become ____________ (adj)
2. They are also free to dispense ____________ (n.)
3. Nadem believes Confessionalism has destroyed the political ___________ (n.)
4. Teymour represents the progressive ______ party
5. How does Teymour justify providing people with financial assistance?
6. The Druze are an o_______ (n.) of Shia Islam. They only represent %__ of the population.
7. Teymour ________ (v.) his role as leader from his father.
8. Teymour candidly describes politics as the ______ _______


Discuss - what do you think is the way forward? 


TED talk on sport as an answer to civil conflict in Lebanon:

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