* 1883 – Khalil Gibran, Lebanese writer ( d. 1931 )

* The Lebanese writer Amin Maalouf based his novel Samarkand on the life of Omar Khayyam, and the creation of the Rubaiyat.

According to Lebanese writer Amin Maalouf:

In one of his films The Sixth Day اليوم السادس, an adaptation of a novel written in French by Lebanese writer André Chedid, the famous Egyptian singer Dalida was the protagonist in the role of a poor Egyptian woman.

* date unknown-Butrus al-Bustani, Lebanese writer ( died 1883 )

* Renée Hayek, Lebanese writer and novelist

* Lebanese writer, Amal Saad-Ghorayeb quotes Hasan Nasrallah as saying, " If we searched the entire world for a person more cowardly, despicable, weak and feeble in psyche, mind, ideology and religion, we would not find anyone like the Jew.

* Elias Khoury ( born 1948 ), Lebanese writer

In 1931, It was acquired by the family of Khalil Gibran, the famous Lebanese writer, poet and painter as a burial place.

* Edward Atiyah, Lebanese born writer, father of Michael and Patrick

Perhaps the most famous among them is the Lebanese historian and writer Emir Shakib Arslan.

* Suhayl Idris ( 1923 – 2008 ), Lebanese novelist, short-story writer, journalist and translator

Suhayl Idris ( 1923-2008 ) is a Lebanese novelist, short-story writer, journalist and translator.

The collection originated with Lebanese writer, humanist, and philosopher Saleem Moussa Ashi ( 1909 – 1984 ), whose pen name was Dr. Dahesh.

* Shakib Arslan, ( 1869 – 1946 ), Lebanese politician, writer, poet, historian

* Butrus al-Bustani ( 1818-1883 ), Lebanese writer and scholar

It was founded in 1924 by the Lebanese intellectual, writer and reporter Youssef Ibrahim Yazbek and Fou ' ad al-Shmeli, a tobacco worker from Bikfaya.

* Emily Abi Rashed Nasrallah – Leading Lebanese author and writer

* Edvik Jureidini Sheiboub – Leading Lebanese writer and broadcaster

* Afifeh Saab-Leading Lebanese writer and educator

* Lauren Shoucair Rihani – A Lebanese writer, artist, socialite and founder of the first youth magazine in the Arab world

Several contemporary Lebanese writers have also achieved international success ; including Elias Khoury, Amin Maalouf, Hanan al-Shaykh, and Georges Schehadé.

In 2008 Supple started work on a new theatrical adaptation of One Thousand and One Nights with the celebrated Lebanese author Hanan al Shaykh.

In 2005 the film " Dunia " by Lebanese director Jocelyne Saab was released, in which Hanan played the leading role.

Hanan al-Shaykh ( b. November 12, 1945, Beirut ) is a Lebanese author of contemporary literature.

* The Lebanese Women's Awakening's biography of Hanan al-Shaykh

Highway 90 runs north-south on the Israeli side for a total distance of 565 km from Metula on the Lebanese border in the north to its southern terminus at the Egyptian border near the Red Sea port of Eilat.

The Syrians remained in control of a strip of territory along the Sea of Galilee originally allocated to the Jewish state, the Lebanese occupied a tiny area at Rosh Hanikra and the Egyptians retained the Gaza strip and still had some forces surrounded inside Israeli territory.

At the end of the Lebanese Civil War in 1990, despite the Taif Agreement asking for the " disbanding of all Lebanese and non-Lebanese militias ," Syria, in control of Lebanon at that time, allowed Hezbollah to maintain their arsenal, and control the Shiite areas in Southern Lebanon along the border with Israel.

United Nations Security Council Resolution 1559 called for the disarmament of militia with the Taif agreement at the end of the Lebanese civil war.

Over 100 Lebanese refugees were killed by the shelling of a UN base at Qana, in what the Israeli military said was a mistake.

* 2006 – Lebanon War: At least 28 civilians, including 16 children are killed by the Israeli Air Force in what Lebanese call the Second Qana massacre and what Israel considers to be an attempt to stop rockets ' being fired, from Lebanon, at Israeli civilian targets.

* 1976 – Lebanese Christian militias overrun Karantina, Beirut, killing at least 1, 000.

He won the confidence of the Ottomans by fighting on their side at Marj Dabaq and, apparently pleased with the behavior of the Lebanese amirs, introduced them to Salim I when he entered Damascus.

This army proved itself in 1623, when Mustafa Pasha, the new governor of Damascus, underestimating the capabilities of the Lebanese army, engaged it in battle and was decisively defeated at Anjar in the Biqa Valley.

Israel invaded Lebanon in response to Fatah attacks in Israel in March 1978, occupying most of the area south of the Litani River, and resulting in the evacuation of at least 100, 000 Lebanese, as well as approximately 2, 000 deaths.

In October 1990, the Syrian air force, backed by the US and pro-Syrian Lebanese groups ( including Hariri, Joumblatt, Berri, Geagea and Lahoud ) attacked the Presidential Palace at B ' abda and forced Aoun to take refuge in the French embassy in Beirut and later go into exile in Paris.

On February 21, 2005, tens of thousand Lebanese protestors held a rally at the site of the assassination calling for the withdrawal of Syria's peacekeeping forces and blaming Syria and the pro-Syrian president Lahoud for the murder.

Hezbollah became a part of the Lebanese government following the 2005 elections but is at a crossroads regarding UNSCR 1559's call for its militia to be dismantled.

Lebanese Prime Minister Fuad Saniora denounced the attack as " aimed at destabilizing security and diverting attention from efforts exerted to solve the internal issues prevailing in the country ".

Efforts to alter or abolish the confessional system of allocating power have been at the centre of Lebanese politics for decades.

This is a chart of trend of gross domestic product of Lebanon at market prices estimated by the International Monetary Fund with figures in millions of Lebanese Pounds.

On the day Lebanon declared independence, the Lebanese Third Sharp Shooters Regiment was placed at the disposal of the Lebanese government in order to maintain security.

On August 1, 1945 at 00: 00 hours, the LAF was placed under full authority of the Lebanese National Government ; this day is commemorated annually as Lebanese Army Day.

Throughout history the Lebanese Army employed different arms and equipment which, at the time, were considered state of the art.

The Lebanese Special Forces are also well known for killing and eating snakes with their bare hands at graduation ceremonies.

* Lebanon: The Arabic-speaking Lebanese consist at about 95 % of the population, with the remainder consisting of a few small ethnic minorities, as well as refugees or asylum seekers.

In May 2010, due to her half Lebanese ancestry, Elizabeth chose to play for Team Lebanon at the World Team event in Las Vegas.