"And I have found both freedom and safety in my madness, the freedom of loneliness and the safety from being understood, for those who understand us enslave something in us. But let me not be too proud of my safety. Even a Thief in a jail is safe from another thief. "

Khalil Gibran (How I Became a Madman)

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Friday, November 22, 2013

Lebanon Independence Day: tension casts cloud over celebrations- Gulf News

Beirut: As Lebanon celebrates 70 years of independence on Friday, profound tensions cast a cloud over celebrations. Juvenile evaluations concluded that Lebanon was a failed state from its very inception, unaware of the significant contributions made by this country to the region and indeed the world at large, enduring internal divisions and overcoming external aggressions.
Seventy years after what were dramatic transformations that accorded petty tribal and clannish groups the legitimacy of a nation-state, Lebanon’s independence allowed its citizens, and many others who sought and found refuge in its tolerant environment, to prosper.
Few Lebanese, especially unpatriotic youth who pledged allegiance to foreign potentates, remember that the country’s per capita income—then the highest in the Arab East—went from less than $400 (Dh1,469) (adjusted to reflect inflation) per year in 1943 to over 9,190 (World Bank Data) in 2012.