Anthem Quote by Nassim Nicholas Taleb

“For example, the people of Mount Lebanon were identified as “Syrians” until well into the 1940s. In the United States, the ethnic designation “Lebanese”…

— Louis Farshee

Lebanese freedom of speech : You get to say whatever you like as long as the authorities approve of it... Hilarious.

— Ziad K. Abdelnour

I was born in Lebanon and emigrated to the U.S. and went back. I'd been raised in a French school in Beirut. Lebanon is…

— Ziad Doueiri

For the Arabs in Israel there is always a tension between nationality and identity.

— Mahmoud Darwish

When I arrived in Beirut from Europe, I felt the oppressive, damp heat, saw the unkempt palm trees and smelt the Arabic coffee, the…

— Robert Fisk

“If you want to judge if a party is a Lebanese enough, let me say we take up arms and fight against the occupation…

— Sayed Hassan Nasrallah

Hezbollah is in Syria and Iraq and Yemen, so people should not focus on Hezbollah that it's a Lebanese entity only, but it's something…

— Saad Hariri

The Lebanese Diaspora can play a role in helping to build our country's economy.

— Saad Hariri

I come from a specific area in Beirut where it's multicultural, and it's a culture that blends with multiple cultures - it's unbelievable lifestyle.

— Reem Acra

“The Levantine political idea, which grew naturally among the communities of the eastern Mediterranean, was an original way of dealing with diverse tribal, village,…

— Thomas L. Friedman

Lebanon is not only burning buildings and people crying in the street. When you say 'Lebanon,' especially to foreigners, that's the first thing they…

— Nadine Labaki

Lebanon is a small country, and we have a saying: as long as you know your size, you know, just try to protect what…

— Saad Hariri