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A STAR OF DAVID IN JBEIL/BYBLOS?
What is it doing there? And how much of Lebanon's history have we misunderstood, overlooked, or simply stopped questioning?
Some years ago, while exploring Jbeil/Byblos (Geb'El), I noticed a six-pointed star (Hexagram)carved or displayed on the northern tower of the Crusader wall, right by the entrance to the famous old souk.
What is it doing there? What can its presence tell us about the layers of history, symbolism and cultural encounters that shaped our Lebanese heritage?
This is exactly why Discover Phoenicia exists:
To go beyond the familiar historical narratives, document overlooked sites, investigate unusual details and make Lebanon's heritage accessible to everyone.
At Discover Phoenicia, we investigate the details others walk past — through field expeditions, archaeology, research and documentary storytelling.
By becoming a Patreon supporter, you help me:
-Document forgotten and overlooked historical sites.
-Produce exclusive field videos and research-based content.
-Explore Lebanon's archaeological and cultural heritage.
-Invest in better filming equipment and more ambitious expeditions.
Your contribution helps keep OUR independent heritage exploration alive.
ENTER THE PHOENICIAN ARCHIVE.
Exclusive discoveries, field notes, documentaries and Lebanon's forgotten heritage.
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“The first step in liquidating a people is to erase its memory. Destroy its books, its culture, its history. Then have somebody write new books, manufacture a new culture, invent a new history. Before long the nation will begin to forget what it is and what it was.“ Milan Kundera.
📸 Radio Mount Lebanon - Georges Elias Hayek
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📍 Hyde Park, Sydney
Hyde Park, on the eastern edge of Sydney's CBD, is the oldest public parkland in Australia. Governor Lachlan Macquarie dedicated it in 1810, and it went on to host the colony's first official horse race meeting, early cricket matches and military drills…
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وقفة تضامنية مع الاب نجيب العميل بعد استدعائه للتحقيق على خلفية بناء غرفة من احد أبناء البلدة ومنع هدمها
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This is not Switzerland
This is the most beautiful and classiest country in the Levant 🇱🇧
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Jordanian and Lebanese Christians occupy fundamentally different historical and political positions.
Jordanian Christians constitute roughly 2% of a predominantly Muslim Hashemite kingdom whose constitution establishes Islam as the state religion. Lebanese Christians, by contrast, constitute roughly a third of the population, alongside substantial Sunni and Shia communities. Lebanon has no religion of state.
Under Patriarch Elias Peter Hoayek, Maronites played a central role in securing Greater Lebanon in 1920, building on a distinct political project that had developed throughout the 19th century. Lebanese Christians helped shape the state, retain the presidency under the confessional system, and have exercised profound influence over its education, economy, arts and intellectual life.
There is also a distinction in national narratives: Jordanian Christian identities often embrace Arab and tribal heritage, whereas influential currents of Lebanese Christian nationalism have emphasized Phoenician continuity and a distinct Lebanese identity.
These are different historical experiences, not interchangeable minority situations. Any solidarity on the part of Lebanese Christians is purely religious and humane same as a Muslim in Indonesia would sympathise with the plight of a Bosnian or a Turk. So spare us the drama and unnecessary comparisons
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« La droite en Europe est lâche.
« Les Occidentaux ont taxé les Chrétiens du Liban de fascistes.
« Demain ils (gauchisme, arabisme, islamisme et palestinisme) pénètreront jusqu’au cœur de la France… ils envahiront l’Europe, et personne n’osera parler pour ne pas être taxé de fasciste.
- Bachir Gemayel
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The Palestinian flag was mainly the symbol of an ideology aimed at destroying Christendom.
It started first in Christian Lebanon, then it moved to Western Europe.
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Grateful to President Donald J. Trump for his decision to lift air travel restrictions, paving the way for the resumption of direct flights between Lebanon and the United States! 🇱🇧🇺🇸
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🇱🇧 MEET FATHER NAJIB EL AMIL: A priest who served Rmeish for 36 years.
As war isolated his community, parish life intensified. Daily Rosaries. Eucharistic adoration. Visits to the sick and help for struggling families.
He says the Pope’s ambassador came despite the shelling to celebrate Mass with them.
This is what standing with Lebanon’s Christians looks like! God protect you, Abouna! ✝️
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نهار الجمعة ١٦ تشرين الأول فيي فندق الفنيسيا
لأول مرة منذ ١٩٢٦….. محاضرة علمية مع خبراء عالميين و محليين حول التعددية الحضارية الهويات و الحوكمة.
الحقيقة و الواقع بلا مجاملة. بلا ايديولوجية. بلا علك مفاهيم فارغةًمثل التعايش و الانصهار و الوحدة و العلمنة و المواطنة
بعكس الآيديولوجيا التي ترووح في محاضرات الUSJ و ال AUB و بعكس ما تروجه الاحزاب المسيحية منذ ١٩٢٦
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You are invited to attend
Friday, October 16th at the Phoenicia Hotel
For the first time since 1926….. A scientific lecture with international and local experts on multilateralism, identities and governance.
The truth and reality, without embellishment. Without ideology. Without chewing on empty concepts like coexistence, integration, unity, secularism, and citizenship.
Contrary to the platitude churned -and the ideology promoted- by USJ and AUB lectures, and contrary to what Christian political parties have been promoting since 1926
Finally. The truth, scientifically told
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Vous êtes invités à la conférence:
Vendredi 16 octobre | Hôtel Phoenicia, Beyrouth
Pour la première fois depuis 1926, une conférence scientifique réunissant des experts libanais et internationaux autour du multilatéralisme, des identités et de la gouvernance.
La vérité et le réel, sans fard.
Sans complaisance. Sans filtre idéologique.
Hors des poncifs et des platitudes, sans complexe et hors du moralisme des concepts creux de coexistence, unité, laïcité et citoyenneté.
À rebours du moralisme répétés à tue-tête depuis des décennies dans les amphithéâtres de l’USJ et de l’AUB, et du discours idéologique véhiculé par les partis politiques chrétiens depuis 1926.
Une analyse rigoureuse de l’identité, des défis de la citoyenneté multiculturelle et de la gouvernance, fondée sur l’histoire, la science politique et l’expérience comparative.
Enfin, regarder le réel en face.
Examiner les faits. Et dire scientifiquement ce qu’ils nous enseignent.
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Lebanon is indeed home to the largest pine forest in the Middle East, specifically the spectacular Bkassine Pine Forest located in South Lebanon near Jezzine. Spanning roughly 3 to 4 million square meters, Bkassine is recognized as the largest fruitful stone pine (Pinus pinea) forest in the Mediterranean region and the Middle East.
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🇱🇧🇫🇷🇻🇦 العلم اللبناني أكثر علم مرفوعاً بعد العلمين الفرنسي والفاتيكاني خلال زيارة البابا إلى باريس.
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Dr @Amineiskandar2 alerte sur l’effacement de l’identité Chrétienne et méditerranéenne du Liban.
Pour nous, la réponse est politique :
l’autodétermination du #Mont_Liban, pour préserver notre identité sur notre terre et décider librement de notre avenir.
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