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Lebanon: Lebanon Art / Culture Profile 2012

2012/03/15

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Lebanon Art / Culture Profile 2012

Blending traditional Arabic and recent Western influences, mainly French and U.S., Lebanon reached a high level of cultural achievement, exemplified in the works of the poet-painter Kahlil Gibran. In recent decades, however, that cosmopolitan spirit has broken down, and separate ethnic and religious groups have become violently competitive.


The National Library, in Bayrut, is a depository for United Nations documents. The library of the Saint John monastery in Khinsharah (Khonchara) dates from 1696 and has on display one of the first printing presses (with Arabic and Greek fonts) of the Middle East. The American University Museum and the National Museum, in Bayrut, house regional antiquities and artifacts.