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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 ...
Lebanese banks reopened for the first time since 11 November after the Lebanese Federation of Syndicates of Bank Employees ended its strike. [ 180 ] President Michel Aoun gave a speech on 21 November, on the eve of Lebanese Independence Day , in which he called for an end to protests and "hateful language on the streets" and promised an "anti ...
Article 11 of the Constitution of Lebanon states: "Arabic is the official national language. A law determines the cases in which the French language is to be used". The spoken Lebanese Arabic dialect used in public mixes Arabic with French. Cuisine and literature are deep-rooted "in wider Mediterranean and Levantine norms".
Palestinian attacks claimed 106 lives in northern Israel from 1967, according to official IDF statistics, while the Lebanese army had recorded "1.4 Israeli violations of Lebanese territory per day from 1968–74" [64] Where Lebanon had no conflict with Israel during the period 1949–1968, after 1968 Lebanon's southern border began to ...
Under the Lebanon ceasefire terms, Israel will withdraw entirely from southern Lebanon during the 60-day truce, while Hezbollah will move its heavy weaponry north of the Litani River, about 16 ...
Moawad was assassinated seventeen days later in a car bombing in Beirut on 22 November 1989 as his motorcade returned from Lebanese Independence Day ceremonies. [11] He was succeeded by Elias Hrawi, who remained in office until 1998.