La capitale du Liban renaît! L'antique cité méditerranéenne se reconstruit avec une énergie bouleversante. Allez-y vite, pour découvrir ses nouveaux quartiers créatifs, son art de vivre raffiné. Et son incroyable goût de la fête.
C'est le rendez-vous des vrais amoureux du Proche-Orient
T. Hage/Office du tourisme du Liban
On flâne entre églises chrétiennes et mosquées...
Dans la cacophonie des Klaxon et l'air lourd, c'est ainsi qu'apparaît Beyrouth, la belle, la meurtrie, qui revit après trois décennies d'histoire tragique. On l'apprivoise à pied, pour acclimater son regard au mélange d'Orient et d'Occident qui l'avait rendue célèbre, et qui perdure. Rendez-vous sur la place des Martyrs, coeur de l'ancien Vieux Beyrouth, aujourd'hui reconstruit pierre par pierre. Sur les places, l'église maronite (catholique) côtoie l'orthodoxe et la mosquée. Et il est question de rouvrir bientôt la synagogue ! Si la politique n'y avait pas causé tant de fracas, le Liban serait un modèle d'intégration communautaire. En marchant, on glisse de ce qui fut la partie musulmane à la partie catholique sans presque s'en apercevoir. Bien sûr, la ville a changé. A la place des anciens souks, des commerces ouvrent partout. Dans la partie orientale de la ville, les marchés voisinent avec les boutiques de luxe, les bazars poussent au pied des grands hôtels. Et Beyrouth - qui compterait près de 2 millions d'habitants - se repeuple. Ça s'agite, ça vibre, ça chante - tant les accents sont mélodieux - l'arabe, l'anglais (appris dès la maternelle) et, chez 1 personne sur 2, le français. Aucune cité orientale ne donne une telle impression d'être à la fois ailleurs et chez soi.
By CHIP CUMMINS
BEIRUT -- Lebanon's central bank governor said economic growth in the country could exceed 6% this year if parliamentary elections next month go off smoothly.
The central bank has so far been forecasting "a very realistic" growth rate of 4% this year, down from last year's 8%, said Riad Salamé, governor of the Bank of Lebanon. The International Monetary Fund estimates growth this year of 3%. But in an interview Thursday, Mr. Salamé said the bank is now expecting a strong pickup in consumption later in the year.
"If you have a democratic election in June, you will see higher growth than 4% in 2009," he said. The summer months account for about 65% of Lebanon's economic activity, he said: "It's essential that this period be peaceful."
AMMAN, Jordan (CNN) -- On the second day of his visit to the Middle East, Pope Benedict XVI stressed the need for harmony and unity between Christians and Muslims.
"Muslims and Christians, precisely because of the burden of our common history, so often marked by misunderstanding, must today strive to be known and recognized as worshippers of God, faithful to prayer, eager to uphold and lift by the Almighty decrees," the pontiff said in an address at the King Hussein Bin Talal mosque in the Jordanian capital, Amman.
Often, "it is the ideological manipulation of religion, sometimes for political ends, that is a real catalyst for tension and division" between faiths, the pope said.
Pope Benedict also spoke about Iraq's Christians, asking the international community to "do everything possible to ensure that the ancient Christian community of that noble land has a fundamental right to peaceful coexistence with their fellow citizens." 
Watch how Jordanians feel about the pope's visit »
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Introduction
The relationship between Catholics and Jews is marred by centuries of troubles, including doctrinal polemics, Crusade-era massacres, and forced exiles of Jews. The Vatican moved to improve relations with Jews in 1965, although it did not formally recognize Israel until 1993. Today experts say relations between the Vatican and Israel have never been better. Still, trouble spots remain. Lingering Jewish bitterness over the Vatican's posture during the Holocaust, the uncertain legal status of church property in Israel, and outstanding concerns about Christian religious sites in the Holy Land continue to be diplomatic sticking points.
Catholic-Jewish Relations
In 1965, the Second Vatican Council adopted the "Declaration on the Relation of the Church to Non-Christian Religions," called Nostra Aetate (in our time). The declaration addresses the church's relationship with all non-Catholics and, in particular, affirms the deep connection between Christianity and Judaism, rejecting anti-Semitism "any time and by anyone." In 2005, Eugene Fisher, associate director of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops' (USCCB) Secretariat for Ecumenical and Interreligious Affairs, said the declaration marked "the end of one long era in the history of Catholic-Jewish relations."
Population Movements to Keserwan - The Khazens and The Maans
ما جاء عن الثورة في المقاطعة الكسروانية
ثورة أهالي كسروان على المشايخ الخوازنة وأسبابها
Origins of the "Prince of Maronite" Title
Growing diversity: the Khazin sheiks and the clergy in the first decades of the 18th century
Historical Members:
Barbar Beik El Khazen [English]
Patriach Toubia Kaiss El Khazen(Biography & Life Part1 Part2) (Arabic)
Patriach Youssef Dargham El Khazen (Cont'd)
Cheikh Bishara Jafal El Khazen
Patriarch Youssef Raji El Khazen
The Martyrs Cheikh Philippe & Cheikh Farid El Khazen
Cheikh Nawfal El Khazen (Consul De France)
Cheikh Hossun El Khazen (Consul De France)
Cheikh Abou-Nawfal El Khazen (Consul De France)
Cheikh Francis Abee Nader & his son Yousef
Cheikh Abou-Kanso El Khazen (Consul De France)
Cheikh Abou Nader El Khazen
Cheikh Chafic El Khazen
Cheikh Keserwan El Khazen
Cheikh Serhal El Khazen [English]
Cheikh Rafiq El Khazen [English]
Cheikh Hanna El Khazen
Cheikha Arzi El Khazen
Marie El Khazen