Lebanon is today considered an Arab country, but its Christian Maronite population (Eastern Catholics in full communion with Rome) is genetically closer to Christian Cypriot and Armenian populations, according to a major genome-wide study, while Lebanese Muslims show greater genetic affinity with Syrians, Palestinians and Jordanians.
Another major international study of 926 Lebanese men published in the American Journal of Human Genetics found that Lebanese Muslims show stronger Arabian Peninsula ancestry while Lebanese Christians show some genetic links to Western Europe.
Before 1920, Christians made up 80% of Mount Lebanon’s population. After Greater Lebanon was established in 1920, predominantly Muslim areas were added, immediately reducing the Christian share to 57% of the new country.
Fast forward to today: Lebanon was flooded with as many as 2 million Syrian refugees on top of 230,000 Palestinians.
At the same time, generations of Maronites have emigrated from Lebanon due to wars and cultural and religious differences, stemming from all these demographic changes.
Today, Christian Maronites constitute roughly a mere 9% of everyone living on Lebanese territory.
Lebanon’s case is a warning to Europe and the West: when mass migration and demographic change cause one population to grow substantially relative to another, the native population can become an increasingly small minority in its own historic homeland.
Lebanon might seem like a country where almost half the population today consists of foreigners. However, Syrians and Palestinians share substantial genetic affinity with Lebanese Muslims, meaning the demographic shift has made the population more genetically similar overall, while the distinct Maronite population, which constituted a large majority in pre-1920 Mount Lebanon, has dwindled to a small minority of those living on Lebanese territory.
The global population of Lebanese Christian Maronites and their descendants is estimated at roughly 10 million, with approximately 4 million in Brazil, 1.5 million in Argentina, 1.2 million in the United States, 2 million across other Latin American countries, 400k in Europe, and 700k in Lebanon.
Erling Haaland has worked with a Lebanese biomechanics expert, John Haddad, who is based in Beirut.
Haaland's core personal training and physiotherapy team includes multiple professionals tailored to different aspects of his fitness:
John Haddad: A Lebanon-based specialist in biomechanics and movement who has been brought on to help Haaland with momentum, explosiveness, and body mechanics.
If @elonmusk wants to invest in Lebanon, the real gift isn’t just tech or money: it’s his zero-tolerance approach to inefficiency and #corruption
Time to clean up ministries, fire the incompetent, and reboot the system🇱🇧.
Will our government rise to the challenge?
I don’t think so.
#JUSTIN
📌 🇱🇧 ELON MUSK EYES LEBANON FOR EXPANSION — PRESIDENT AOUN WELCOMES TECH INVESTMENT INITIATIVE
President Joseph Aoun received a call from @elonmusk CEO of @Tesla@SpaceX and @X who expressed interest in Lebanon’s telecom and internet sectors and a desire to establish a presence in the country. President Aoun welcomed the idea and confirmed his support within the bounds of Lebanese law.
He also invited Musk to visit #Beirut — an invitation Musk gratefully accepted, promising to do so at the first opportunity.
@LBpresidency
Elections Canada started counting the mail in ballots days before everyone else has voted, they knew days in advance of polling day which candidates were leading in their perspective ridings, and what percentage of votes they would need to have a surge in mail in ballots and come from behind to clinch the lead. We need a forensic audit.
What If Lower Mortgage Rates DON'T Save The Canadian Real Estate Market This Year
There's a real chance lower rates won't improve the Ontario & BC Real Estate markets no matter how much some RE Agents & RE companies tell you they will
Because Mortgage Rates will come down
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أتعلمون لماذا تدخلنا في ليبيا؟ لأن السعودية والدول الخليجية الذين لديهم أموال تخرج من آذانهم أرادوا ذلك، وهؤلاء الحكام لن يكونوا في عروشهم لولا حمياتنا لهم، نحن نحميهم بدون مقابل!