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e. Lebanese Independence Day (Arabic: عيد الإستقلال اللبناني, romanized: Eid Al-Istiqlal, lit. 'Festival of the 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.
A horizontal triband of red, white (double height) and red; charged with a green Lebanese cedar tree. The national flag of Lebanon (علم لبنان) is formed of two horizontal red stripes enveloping a horizontal white stripe. The white stripe is twice the height (width) of the red ones (ratio 1:2:1)—a Spanish fess. The green cedar (Lebanon ...
Name of Symbol. Picture. National flag. Flag of Lebanon. Coat of arms. Coat of arms of Lebanon. National anthem. Koullouna lilouataan lil oula lil alam. an-Našīd al-Waṭanī al-Lubnānī Koullouna lilouataan.
Fête des Mères. The holiday also falls on the Vernal Equinox. May 6. Martyrs' Day. عيد الشهداء. Jour des martyrs. Syrian and Lebanese national holiday commemorating the Syrian and Lebanese nationalists executed in Damascus and Beirut on May 6, 1916 by Jamal Pasha. November 1. All Saints' Day.
An orange field with the emblem in the center. 1995 – today. Flag of the Future Movement. A blue field with a 7 pointed sun base don the hoist side. 1964 – today. Flag of the Lebanese Communist Party. A red field with a white band and the communist symbol in the canton and the green tree inside the white band.
Culture of Lebanon. The culture of Lebanon and the Lebanese people emerged from Phoenicia and through various civilizations over thousands of years. It was home to the Phoenicians and was subsequently conquered and occupied by the Assyrians, the Greeks, the Romans, the Persians, the Arabs, the Crusaders, the Ottomans and the French.
Several flag designs with 13 stripes were used in 1776 and 1777, until Congress established an official design on June 14, 1777 — now observed as Flag Day, according to the U.S. Department of ...
The formation of a government headed by a successful billionaire businessman was widely seen as a sign that Lebanon would make a priority of rebuilding the country and reviving the economy. Solidere , a private real estate company set up to rebuild downtown Beirut, was a symbol of Hariri's strategy to link economic recovery to private sector ...