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Lebanese Independence Day (Arabic: عيد الاستقلال اللبناني, romanized: ʿĪd al-Istiqlāl al-Lubnānī, lit. 'Festival of the Lebanese Independence') is the national day of Lebanon , celebrated on 22 November in commemoration of the end of the French control over Lebanon in 1943, after 23 years of Mandate rule.
Arabic name French name Remarks February 15: St. Vartan Day: Only celebrated by the Armenian population in Lebanon. [4] [8] March 9: Teachers' Day: عيد المعلم: Fête des professeurs: The holiday ends on March 9. March 21: Mother's Day: عيد الأم: Fête des Mères: The holiday also falls on the Vernal Equinox. May 6: Martyrs' Day ...
25 March – Annunciation Day; 30 March – Eid al-Fitr; 18 April – Good Friday; 20 April – Easter Sunday; 1 May – Labour Day; 25 May – Liberation and Resistance Day; 6 June – Eid al-Adha; 26 June – Islamic New Year; 15 August – Assumption Day; 4 September – The Prophet's Birthday; 22 November – Lebanese Independence Day; 25 ...
Lebanon, [b] officially the Republic of Lebanon, [c] is a country in the Levant region of West Asia. Situated at the crossroads of the Mediterranean Basin and the Arabian Peninsula, [11] it is bordered by Syria to the north and east, Israel to the south, and the Mediterranean Sea to the west; Cyprus lies a short distance from the coastline ...
Lebanese Independence Day; M. Martyrs' Day (Lebanon and Syria) ... Resistance and Liberation Day (Lebanon) This page was last edited on 8 March 2024, at 21:40 (UTC ...
And on the Day of Crisis they are as Lions of the Jungle. The heart of our East is ever Lebanon, God has preserved him until the end of time. Chorus III The Gems of the East are his land and sea. Throughout the world his good deeds flow from pole to pole. And his name is his glory since time began. The cedars are his pride, his immortality's ...
Protests in the evening of Lebanon's 76th Independence Day celebration in Martyr's Square, Beirut. Lebanon's 76th Independence Day was celebrated on 22 November 2019 with the nation's first-ever civil parade, which was organized by civil society groups in Beirut's Martyr's Square. An invite-only private military parade had been held in the ...
President Rene Mouawad was elected the following day, but was assassinated in a car bombing in Beirut on November 22 as his motorcade returned from Lebanese independence day ceremonies. He was succeeded by Elias Hrawi, who remained in office until 1998.