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Lebanon-INDEPENDENT LEBANON, 1943-76





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President Sulayman Franjiyah
Courtesy Mohless Al-Hariri/The Georgetown Design Group, Inc.

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One of Franjiyah's prime ministers, Rashid Karami
Courtesy Mohless Al-Hariri/The Georgetown Design Group, Inc.

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The remains of Tall Zatar, a Palestinian refugee camp on the outskits of Beirut, after it was besieged by Christian militiamen
Courtesy UNRWA/Photo by Myrtle Winter Chaumany

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The United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon was set up following the 1978 Israeli incursion into southern Lebanon
Courtesy United Nations

The history of Lebanon during the 1943-76 period was dominated by prominent family networks and patron-client relationships. Each sectarian community had its prominent family: the Khuris, Shamuns, Shihabs, Franjiyahs, and Jumayyils for the Maronites; the Sulhs, Karamis, and Yafis for the Sunnis; the Jumblatts, Yazbaks, and Arslans for the Druzes; and the Asads and Hamadahs for the Shias.

Data as of December 1987











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