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  29. <title>The “Lebanese American Community Org.”  Cordially Invites You To  The Day of Lebanon in Los Angeles  Sunday, December 2, 2018</title>
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  41. <p>Cordially Invites You To</p>
  42. <p>The Day of Lebanon in Los Angeles</p>
  43. <p>Sunday, December 2, 2018</p>
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  48. By Georges Khabbaz<br />
  49. In a Red Carpet Style<br />
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  51. A KARAWI Dinner</p>
  52. <p>With the Spotlight on the City of ALEY</p>
  53. <p>Showcasing its History, Stories, and many other entertainments</p>
  54. <p>At The ADS SoCal Hall</p>
  55. <p>2239 Merton Ave, Eagle Rock, CA 90041</p>
  56. <p>Starting at 12:30 pm</p>
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  58. The “Lebanese American Community Org.”</p>
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  69. <title>Army Scores Advancements in Outskirts, Kills Six IS Militants</title>
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  72. <pubDate>Thu, 17 Aug 2017 07:31:28 +0000</pubDate>
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  78. <description><![CDATA[<p>Lebanon&#8217;s army have bombarded the posts of Islamic State group extremists on the outskirts of Ras Baablek and al-Qaa inflicting casualties among their ranks. Army troops continue to tighten the siege on the militant group entrenched on Lebanon&#8217;s eastern border [&#8230;]</p>
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  82. <p class="desc">Lebanon&#8217;s army have bombarded the posts of Islamic State group extremists on the outskirts of Ras Baablek and al-Qaa inflicting casualties among their ranks.</p>
  83. <p class="desc">Army troops continue to tighten the siege on the militant group entrenched on Lebanon&#8217;s eastern border near the border with Syria, the Army Command Directorate of Orientation said in a communique.</p>
  84. <p class="desc">The Army command published a series of photos showing its advancements in the last hours. Six militants were killed in the shelling, including an IS leader. A mortar launch pad was destroyed and a number of weapons, ammunition and military equipment left behind by the terrorists were seized.</p>
  85. <p class="desc">Earlier, the Army said it took new areas in said outskirts including in Mrah el Cheikh, Ajram and Wadi Hmayyed in the outskirts of Arsal.</p>
  86. <p class="desc">The army also said in a statement that the troops discovered bombs and explosive belts left behind by militants in areas captured on the edge of the Lebanese border town of Arsal. It said that they also found the body of an unknown man.</p>
  87. <p class="desc">The military has been preparing for an all-out attack on IS positions along the Syrian border for weeks, massing reinforcements and pounding the area with artillery shells and rockets.</p>
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  89. <div class="tags clearfix"><span class="tag-title">Source</span><a class="tag" href="http://www.naharnet.com/tags/associated-press">Associated Press</a><a class="tag" href="http://www.naharnet.com/tags/naharnet">Naharnet</a></div>
  90. <div class="tags clearfix"><a class="tag" href="http://www.naharnet.com/tags/lebanon">Lebanon by <span class="group">Naharnet Newsdesk</span> <abbr class="timeago" title="16 August 2017, 23:11 PST">1 hour ago August 17 2017</abbr></a></div>
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  98. <title>Hammana: Beauty up the Mountain</title>
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  101. <pubDate>Wed, 02 Aug 2017 14:47:34 +0000</pubDate>
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  106. <description><![CDATA[<p>Hammana is a town in Lebanon, about 26 km East of Beirut and is part of Greater Beirut. Hammana sits at an altitude of 1200m above sea-level. It is in the Mount Lebanon Governorate in the district of Baabda. Hammana [&#8230;]</p>
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  109. <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hammana is a town in Lebanon, about 26 km East of Beirut and is part of Greater Beirut. Hammana sits at an altitude of 1200m above sea-level. It is in the Mount Lebanon Governorate in the district of Baabda. Hammana is bordered by the towns of Falougha, Shbaniye, Khraybe, Bmariam, Khalwet and Mdeirej.</p>
  110. <p>The village has multiple water sources like the Shaghour fall, Ain-al-Hosa spring, Al-Ka</p>
  111. <p>&nbsp;</p>
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  114. <p dir="ltr">One of the most beautiful outlooks that men ever had the chance to take on God&#8217;s creation is the Valley of Hammana. This is how in 1833, the famous French poet Alphonse de Lamartine described this small village located in the heart of the Lebanese Mountains.</p>
  115. <p dir="ltr">Almost two centuries later, Hammana still fits this description.</p>
  116. <p dir="ltr">Whether in spring or in summer, in winter or in autumn, this village has picturesque and colorful views to offer its visitors. With its red tile-roofed houses and its waterfalls, Hammana look like an exquisite painting.</p>
  117. <p dir="ltr">In 1996 Hammana was chosen by the Paris Political Institute, in collaboration with the French government and the Unesco, as a typical Lebanese village.</p>
  118. <p dir="ltr">In fact, the lively night life, and the parties organized in the village&#8217;s square going on till the early hours of the day, bringing generations to dance side by side, might have brought the music to Hammana, but it certainly didn&#8217;t touch the authenticity of the place. The hospitality of the people, typical only to mountaineers is unequaled, and in Hammana you will feel at home.</p>
  119. <p dir="ltr"><u><span style="color: #000080;"><b>The Cherry In Hammana:</b></span></u></p>
  120. <p dir="ltr">Cherry festival draws visitors to Hammana village each year.</p>
  121. <p dir="ltr">Nestled in the heart of Lebanon, the municipality of Hammana has been blessed with summer&#8217;s most delectable fruit: cherries. To celebrate its harvest, Hammana &#8211; in partnership with Souk el Tayeb (a Beirut-based organic food cooperative) &#8211; hosted its inaugural Karaz (Arabic for cherry) festival 10 and 11 June.</p>
  122. <p dir="ltr">The name Hammana comes from the Phoenician Sun God, &#8220;Hamman.&#8221; Perhaps owing to the climate particular region, the village of Hammana has long been known for its cherries. Five types can be found: Mukahal, Pharouni, Khamri, Kalb al Tayr, and Italian. The differences are subtle, but the cherry stands that line the Old Souk &#8211; where the festival is held &#8211; encourage tasting, and after a few tries, one wonders how a Pharouni could be mistaken for a Mukahal.</p>
  123. <p dir="ltr">A village of 7,000 residents, Hammana is home to 10 cherry farms. All are family owned, some going back hundreds of years. The farms range in size from small operations (50 cherry trees), to its larger counterparts (700 or more). Locals recall that before the 1975-1990 Civil War, there used to be more farms than farmers &#8211; everyone had a garden featuring a cherry tree or two.</p>
  124. <p dir="ltr">But since then, like many other rural communities, Hammana has lost many of its residents in search of better economic opportunities abroad. &#8220;Many left for North America and Australia. But in the summer they come back,&#8221; says Joseph Khoury, the municipality&#8217;s local development officer, main organizer of the festival, and temporary press officer for Sunday&#8217;s event. He also adds that the recession has brought a few families back to  Hammana.</p>
  125. <p dir="ltr">The Karaz festival used to be a local institution in Hammana, but had come to a halt because of the Civil War. 2016 was the first year that the municipality played an active role in reclaiming its former glory as the cherry capital of Lebanon.</p>
  126. <p dir="ltr">In the past, the festival involved a Miss Cherry pageant, and a competition rewarding cars with the best cherry-themed decorations. 2017, this year, the festival has replaced the pageant with a children&#8217;s eco-activity station, and cars with cherry stands. &#8220;The idea is to honor the agricultural farmers who make up a large part of the community,&#8221; says Habib Rizk, the young and effervescent mayor of Hammana.</p>
  127. <p dir="ltr">The nine cherry stands on display were the main event, but Hammana&#8217;s beans (badrieyh and white fasolya are its specialty) were also vying for attention. Local chefs served generous servings of bean dishes to the hungry and the curious.</p>
  128. <p dir="ltr">Because the festival was organized in conjunction with Souk el Tayeb, many business from Beirut were also present, displaying colorful crescendos of rose jam, fig confit, seasoned labne, sheep fat, and even cherry kebabs. In between such culinary ventures were other nooks to explore: local arts and crafts, photo exhibits of high-mountain orchards, and a booth to sign up for cherry-picking and hiking trips to the nearby farms and slopes.</p>
  129. <p dir="ltr">When asked to comment on what Hammana is known for aside from cherries and beans, Mayor Rizk emphatically adds that the municipality&#8217;s next project is advancing eco-tourism. &#8220;Beans and cherries, and now eco-tourism, are the three pillars of Hammana economy.&#8221;</p>
  130. <p dir="ltr">Rizk plans to equip the cliffs for climbing, and develop its hiking trails in efforts to  promote the local tourism industry. Andre Bechara &#8211; a former Hammana council member and co-owner of Lebanese Adventure, an outdoors activities company specializing in ecotourism, adds that Hammana &#8220;is outside the tourist circuit, but [we] would like to put it back on the map.&#8221; He argues that although Hammana is outside of the Lebanese Mountain Trail, the views from its high plateaus that yield a stunning spectacle of the red-tiled houses against verdant landscape would be any hiker&#8217;s fantasy.</p>
  131. <p dir="ltr">A British tourist visiting from Beirut marveled that everyone seem to know one another. Another visitor from a nearby village remarked that the festival is allowing for Lebanese from other parts of the country to get a taste of the local product and also to see for themselves what Hammana has to offer.</p>
  132. <p dir="ltr">The festival includes, the cherry-picking activity, this year this activity included 700-800 participants.</p>
  133. <p dir="ltr">When asked if the event was a success, Khoury exclaims &#8220;everyone is happy!&#8221; A total of 45 business participated, with over 500 kilograms of cherries sold, yielding a LL 200 million profit for farmers. A woman from one cherry stand explains that of the 130 kilograms that she brought to sell, only 3 kilograms were left (even these were sold out by the end of the day).</p>
  134. <p dir="ltr">Building on this success, Hammana will hold a comedy festival (Hammana Festival de l&#8217;humour) on July 21-26 2017.</p>
  135. <p dir="ltr"><u><span style="color: #000080;"><b>The Silk In Hammana:</b></span></u></p>
  136. <p dir="ltr">Hammana was until the 1930&#8217;s an important center for the cultivation of Silk.</p>
  137. <p dir="ltr">Mentioned in the Old Testament, silk is one of the oldest fiber textiles to be produced by mankind.</p>
  138. <p dir="ltr">In order to feed the warm as they come to life, Lebanon have particularly specialized in the cultivation of berries, the quality and the life span of which depend on altitude, Hammana a premium location for this cultivation.</p>
  139. <p dir="ltr">The production of Hammana&#8217;s refined silk prospered for centuries, with large quantities of textile being exported to Tuscany in Italy first, and then to France since the XVII century, when Colbert, Louis XIV&#8217;s Finance Minister, promoted the commercial traffic between Marseille and the Levant.</p>
  140. <p dir="ltr">Between 1847 and 1850, five factories, three of which are France owned, were build in Lebanon. Rapidly, the number of factories multiplied, becoming 67 in 1867, 101 in 1885, and 194 in 1893.</p>
  141. <p dir="ltr">In 1911, the quantity of silk produced in Lebanon and Syria reached 524,000 Kilos, the largest part of which was exported to Lyon in France via the Beirut port.</p>
  142. <p dir="ltr">This beautiful and prosper production eventually slowed down with the instruction of artificial silk and the consecutive economic crisis the country has gone through.</p>
  143. <p dir="ltr">One of the most famous silk factories was that of &#8220;Veuve Guerin et fils&#8221; which provided high quality product known as the &#8220;grand extra.&#8221; Important edifices, including traditional factories has been preserved and at least one has been transformed into public hospital.</p>
  144. <p dir="ltr">Almost half of century since the First World War, extinguished chimneys are still standing in the Mountain&#8217;s village, as a mute witness that for long centuries, silk production was the principal pillar the Lebanese economy.</p>
  145. <p dir="ltr"><u><span style="color: #000080;"><b>How to get there:</b></span></u></p>
  146. <p dir="ltr"><b>Hammana</b> is a town in <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lebanon" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Lebanon</a>, about 26 km (16 miles) East of <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beirut" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Beirut</a> and is part of <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greater_Beirut" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Greater Beirut</a>. <b>Hammana</b> sits at an altitude of 1200m (about 4000ft) above sea-level. It is in the<a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Lebanon_Governorate" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Mount Lebanon Governorate</a> in the district (or Caza) of <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baabda_District" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Baabda</a>. <b>Hammana</b> is bordered by the towns of <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falougha" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Falougha</a>, Shbaniye, Khraybe, Bmariam, Khalwet and <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:ZeroRatedMobileAccess&amp;from=Hammana&amp;to=http://wikimapia.org/1112049/Mdeirej-bridge" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Mdeirej</a></p>
  147. <p dir="ltr">The best way to get there is by taking the Damascus Road. But if you are looking for picturesque sceneries you should take the road that passes through Araiya and Abbadiye and make sure you stop at Ras al Harf.</p>
  148. <p dir="ltr">This small village is as fresh as the water sources that it hosts, the most famous of which are Ain al Nabe, Ain el-Berde, and Ain el-Heloue.</p>
  149. <p dir="ltr">Further up, the forest of chbaniye, a grater location to stop for a quick picnic or even camping. while there, you could also take a look at the Monastery Mar Ephrem, which is about to be restored by the Beaux Arts Institute.</p>
  150. <p dir="ltr"><u><span style="color: #000080;"><b>Attractions in Hammana:</b></span></u></p>
  151. <p dir="ltr"><u><span style="color: #000080;"><b>The Bon Pasteur Monastery:</b></span></u></p>
  152. <p dir="ltr">Is a historic classified monument that was built in 1895 by the Congregation. This building, which serves today as a shelter for children and single mothers, and a center for the education of young delinquents, have started its activities as a school and hospital receiving patients from  all races and religions.</p>
  153. <p dir="ltr">Between 1900 and 1913, the sisters of the Bon Pasteur became involved in the cultivation of silk.</p>
  154. <p dir="ltr"><u><span style="color: #000080;"><b>The Mezher Palace:</b></span></u></p>
  155. <p dir="ltr">When he visited Hammana, Lamartine stayed in the residence Mouqaddamins Druzes, the Mezhers for 15 days only. But the then 700-year-old house left its mark on the poet.</p>
  156. <p dir="ltr">&#8220;The castel of the Sheikh of Hammana, surpasses with its elegance, grance and nobility, all I have seen of the type, since the Place of Prince Beshir in Deir Al-Qamar. We could only compare it, to our most wonderful Middle Ages Gothic chateaux,&#8221; wrote Lamartine.</p>
  157. <p dir="ltr">Two hundred years later, the places remains untouched, majestic and overlooking the divine view of Chaghour river, cherry and apple plantation.</p>
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  207. <pubDate>Mon, 17 Jul 2017 02:22:59 +0000</pubDate>
  208. <dc:creator><![CDATA[jean zouein]]></dc:creator>
  209. <category><![CDATA[Agriculture]]></category>
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  223. <title>االسفير الفرنسي الجديد وصل الى لبنان</title>
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  226. <pubDate>Thu, 13 Jul 2017 20:05:41 +0000</pubDate>
  227. <dc:creator><![CDATA[drelie47]]></dc:creator>
  228. <category><![CDATA[Famous Lebanese]]></category>
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  242. <title>هيئة مكتب مجلس النواب وزعت جدول اعمال جلستي الثلاثاء والاربعاء</title>
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  250. <description><![CDATA[<p>وزعت هيئة مكتب مجلس النواب اليوم، جدول اعمال الجلسة التشريعية المقرر عقدها يومي الثلاثاء والاربعاء في 18 و19 تموز الحالي في الحادية عشرة قبل الظهر وجاء فيه: 1 &#8211; مشروع القانون الوارد بالمرسوم رقم 10416: رفع الحد الادنى للرواتب والاجور [&#8230;]</p>
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  253. <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>وزعت هيئة مكتب مجلس النواب اليوم، جدول اعمال الجلسة التشريعية المقرر عقدها يومي الثلاثاء والاربعاء في 18 و19 تموز الحالي في الحادية عشرة قبل الظهر وجاء فيه:</p>
  254. <p>1 &#8211; مشروع القانون الوارد بالمرسوم رقم 10416: رفع الحد الادنى للرواتب والاجور واعطاء زيادة غلاء معيشة للموظفين والمتعاقدين والاجراء في الادارات العامة وفي الجامعة اللبنانية والبلديات والمؤسسات العامة غير الخاضعة لقانون العمل وتحويل رواتب الملاك الاداري العام وافراد الهيئة التعليمية في وزارة التربية والتعليم العالي والاسلاك العسكرية.</p>
  255. <p>2 &#8211; مشروع القانون الوارد بالمرسوم رقم 10415: تعديل واستحداث بعض المواد القانونية الضريبية لغايات تمويل رفع الحد الادنى للرواتب والاجور واعطاء زيادة غلاء معيشة للموظفين والمتعاقدين والاجراء في الادارات العامة وفي الجامعة اللبنانية والبلديات والمؤسسات العامة غير الخاضعة لقانون العمل وتحويل رواتب الملاك الاداري العام وافراد الهيئة التعليمية في وزارة التربية والتعليم العالي والاسلاك العسكرية.</p>
  256. <p>3 &#8211; مشروع القانون الوارد بالمرسوم رقم 10078: طلب الموافقة على ابرام بروتوكول بين الجمهورية اللبنانية والمجموعة الاوروبية لانشاء آلية لتسوية النزاعات حول الاحكام التجارية من اتفاقية الشراكة الاوروبية المتوسطية المنظمة بين المجموعة الاوروبية والدول الاعضاء من جهة والجمهورية اللبنانية من جهة اخرى.</p>
  257. <p>4 &#8211; مشروع القانون الوارد بالمرسوم رقم 1138: طلب المواقفة على ابرام اتفاقية بين الجمهورية اللبنانية والاتحاد الروسي حول نقل الاشخاص المحكومين.</p>
  258. <p>5 &#8211; مشروع القانون الوارد بالمرسوم رقم 2015: حماية الحيوانات والرفق بها.</p>
  259. <p>6 &#8211; مشروع القانون الوارد بالمرسوم رقم 4072:استفادة حملة الشهادات الجامعية المعينين في ملاكات المدارس الخاصة للتعليم العام ما قبل الجامعي او في ملاك وزارة التربية والتعليم العالي &#8211; المديرية العامة للتربية بصفة مدرس لمرحلتي الروضة والتعليم الاساسي من الحقوق الممنوحة لحملة الاجازات التعليمية.</p>
  260. <p>7 &#8211; اقتراح القانون الرامي الى انشاء محافظة جديدة في جبل لبنان في قضاءي كسروان وجبيل.</p>
  261. <p>8 &#8211; اقتراح القانون الرامي الى الغاء المادة 522 من قانون العقوبات اللبناني.</p>
  262. <p>9 &#8211; اقتراح القانون الرامي الى تعديل البند ثانيا من المادة التاسعة من القانون رقم 717 تاريخ 5/11/1998.</p>
  263. <p>10 &#8211; اقتراح القانون الرامي الى افادة المتعاقدين في الادارات العامة سندا للمرسوم رقم 5240/2001 وسائر المتعاقدين في هذه الادارات وفقا للاصول وبدوام لا يقل عن الدوام الرسمي من نظام التقاعد وتقديمات تعاونية موظفي الدولة.</p>
  264. <p>11 &#8211; اقتراح القانون الرامي الى ترقية رتباء في المديرية العامة لقوى الامن الداخلي الى رتبة ملازم.</p>
  265. <p>12 &#8211; اقتراح القانون الرامي الى ترقية مفتشين في المديرية العامة للامن العام من رتبة مفتش ممتاز وما فوق الى رتبة ملازم.</p>
  266. <p>13 &#8211; اقتراح القانون الرامي الى اقرار يوم ذكرى المجاعة الكبرى.</p>
  267. <p>14 &#8211; اقتراح القانون الرامي الى معاقبة التعذيب وغيره من ضروب المعاملة او العقوبة القاسية او اللاانسانية.</p>
  268. <p>15 &#8211; اقتراح القانون الرامي الى تسوية اوضاع رتباء وعرفاء في الضابطة الجمركية.</p>
  269. <p>16 &#8211; اقتراح القانون الرامي الى تحويل صفائح سيارات الاوتوبيسات العمومية الى صفائح اوتوبيسات صغيرة BUS MINI وصفائح سيارات BUS MINI الى سفائح سيارات اوتوبيس عمومية.</p>
  270. <p>17 &#8211; اقتراح القانون الرامي الى معادلة شهادة البكالوريا الدولية بالبكالوريا اللبنانية للتلامذة اللبنانيين.</p>
  271. <p>18 &#8211; اقتراح القانون الرامي الى تنظيم الشراكة بين القطاعين العام والخاص.</p>
  272. <p>19 &#8211; اقتراح القانون المعجل المكرر الرامي الى ترقية اشخاص مقبولين ومفتشين في المديرية العامة للامن العام حملة الاجازة اللبنانية في الحقوق الى رتبة ملازم والمقدم من النواب الان عون، علي عمار، عبد اللطيف الزين، طوني ابو خاطر، اسطفان الدويهي، غسان مخيبر. خالد ضاهر، علي بزي، نديم الجميل، بتاريخ 4/6/2014.</p>
  273. <p>20 &#8211; اقتراح القانون المعجل المكرر الرامي الى تعديل القانون رقم 665 تاريخ 29/12/1997 الذي عدل بالمرسوم الاشتراعي رقم 118 تاريخ 30/6/77 قانون البلديات المقدم من النائب غسان مخيبر بتاريخ 11/4/2016.</p>
  274. <p>21 &#8211; اقتراح القانون المعجل المكرر الرامي الى تعديل المادة الخامسة من القانون 269 تاريخ 22/4/2014 (قانون الضمان الاجتماعي) والاعفاء من زيادات التأخير والمخالفات واجازة تقسيط الديون المترتبة لصالح الصندوق الوطني للضمان الاجتماعي المقدم من النائب زياد اسود بتاريخ 26/1/2017.</p>
  275. <p>22 &#8211; اقتراح القانون المعجل المكرر الرامي الى تسوية وضع عقداء متقاعدين في الامن العام المقدم من النواب فادي الاعور، فادي الهبر، فادي كرم، فؤاد السعد، ناجي غاريوس، سمير الجسر، هنري حلو، واكرم شهيب بتاريخ 20/2/2017.</p>
  276. <p>23 &#8211; اقتراح القانون المعجل المكرر الرامي الى تعديل المادة الرابعة من القانون رقم 289 تاريخ 30/4/2011 (نظام وتنظيم الدفاع المدني) المقدم من النائب هادي حبيش بتاريخ 20/2/2017.</p>
  277. <p>24 &#8211; اقتراح القانون المعجل المكرر الرامي الى تعديل المادة 73(الدفوع الشكلية) في قانون اصول المحاكمات الجنائية رقم 328/2001 المقدم من النائب روبير غانم بتاريخ 20/2/2017.</p>
  278. <p>25 &#8211; اقتراح القانون المعجل المكرر الرامي الى اعفاء الطوائف المعترف بها قانونا من بعض الضرائب والرسوم المقدم من النائبين روبير غانم وابراهيم كنعان بتاريخ 21/2/2017.</p>
  279. <p>26 &#8211; اقتراح القانون المعجل المكرر الرامي الى استفادة الاشخاص الناجحين في مباراة مجلس الخدمة المدنية في سنتي 2015/2016 من احكام القانون رقم 441 تاريخ 29/7/2002 المقدم من النائب قاسم هاشم بتاريخ 29/6/2017.</p>
  280. <p>27 &#8211; اقتراح القانون المعجل المكرر الرامي الى تعديل المادة 79 من قانون الدفاع الوطني المقدم من النواب:الوليد سكرية -ادغار معلوف &#8211; فادي الهبر &#8211; عباس هاشم &#8211; مروان فارس وعلاء الدين ترو بتاريخ 5/7/2017.</p>
  281. <p>28 &#8211; اقتراح القانون المعجل المكرر الرامي الى اضافة نص الى الفقرة (4) من المادة الخامسة من المرسوم الاشتراعي رقم 112 تاريخ 12/6/1959 المقدم من النائب قاسم هاشم بتاريخ 12/7/2017.</p>
  282. <p>29 &#8211; اقتراح القانون المعجل المكرر الرامي الى تعديل المادة 86 من قانون الرسوم القضائية بحيث يصار الى اضافة فقرة ثانية اليها، المقدم من النائب زياد اسود بتاريخ 12/7/2017.</p>
  283. <p>30 &#8211; اقتراح القانون المعجل المكرر الرامي الى تعديل المادة 12 من المرسوم رقم 47/83 تاريخ 29/6/1983 نظام التقاعد والصرف من الخدمة المقدم من النواب الوليد سكرية &#8211; قاسم هاشم &#8211; اميل رحمة &#8211; مروان فارس- علاء الدين ترو وانطوان سعد بتاريخ 12/7/2017.</p>
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  291. <title>شهر العسل الأميركي الفرنسي</title>
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  294. <pubDate>Thu, 13 Jul 2017 16:56:37 +0000</pubDate>
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  299. <description><![CDATA[<p>نه شهر العسل الأميركي الفرنسي &#8230; أو هو على الأقل، يوم عسل دونالد ترامب في عاصمة الأنوار والأضواء &#8230; وفي الحالتين، إنه حدث في السياسة، ستصلنا نتائجه بعد أكثر من يوم وشهر &#8230; سيد البيت الأبيض اليوم في باريس &#8230; [&#8230;]</p>
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  303. <p>نه شهر العسل الأميركي الفرنسي &#8230; أو هو على الأقل، يوم عسل دونالد ترامب في عاصمة الأنوار والأضواء &#8230; وفي الحالتين، إنه حدث في السياسة، ستصلنا نتائجه بعد أكثر من يوم وشهر &#8230;</p>
  304. <p>سيد البيت الأبيض اليوم في باريس &#8230; ترافقه زوجته الشابة &#8230; هناك يستقبله الرئيس الفرنسي الشاب &#8230; ومعه زوجته الناضجة &#8230; ليمضي الأربعة رحلة أشبه برحلات العرسان &#8230; أو برامج تلفزيون الواقع &#8230;</p>
  305. <p>جولة على قبر نابوليون &#8230; ليتأكد خليفة العم سام من موته إلى الأبد ربما &#8230; بعدها زيارة لكاتدرائية نوتر دام، ليختار الكاوبوي الأميركي أي دور يناسبه بين الكاهن أو العاشق &#8230; قبل أن ينتهي اليوم الأول بسهرة رومانسية وعشاء لأربعة أشخاص، في الطابق الثاني من برج إيفل &#8230;</p>
  306. <p>لماذا كل تلك الطقوس؟ لأنه غداً 14 تموز &#8230; يوم الباستيل والثورة &#8230; تلك التي كانت توأماً لثورة واشنطن، في الأعوام والرجال &#8230; من لافاييت إلى سيدة الحرية &#8230;</p>
  307. <p>لكن ما يهمنا نحن، أنه قبل 13 عاماً، وفي مناسبة أميركية فرنسية قريبة في حزيران، التقى يومها سلفان لترامب وماكرون &#8230; وقررا فجأة أن يضربا سوريا في لبنان &#8230;اليوم يلتقي خلفا جورج بوش وجاك شيراك، ليتفقا سراً، على ترك الأمور في الشرق، تجري كما يمكن لها أن تجري &#8230;بلا أحلام ولا أوهام &#8230; ولا ربيع مصطنع ولا شتاء مستجلب &#8230;</p>
  308. <p>إنها الفرصة للبنان، ليستكمل سيادته واستقلاله وحريته واستعادة دولته &#8230; يبقى تفصيل بسيط: أن نقنع بعض اللبنانيين، بالتخلي عن أقنعة ذلك الزمن &#8230;وبالتوقف عن اللجوء إلى الحق المراد به باطلاً &#8230; آخر تلك الأقنعة، كذبة آلية التعيينات &#8230;</p>
  309. <p>لماذا كذبة؟</p>
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  322. <title>Almost two centuries later, Hammana still fits this description</title>
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  325. <pubDate>Thu, 13 Jul 2017 12:49:09 +0000</pubDate>
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  330. <description><![CDATA[<p>HAMMANA One of the most beautiful outlooks that men ever had the chance to take on God&#8217;s creation is the Valley of Hammana. This is how in 1833, the famous French poet Alphonse de Lamartine described this small village located [&#8230;]</p>
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  337. <p dir="ltr"><u><i><span style="color: #800080;"><b><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-6865" src="http://lacmedia.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/Screenshot_2017-06-16-20-10-04_1.jpg" alt="" width="1078" height="776" /> <img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-6864" src="http://lacmedia.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/Screenshot_2017-06-16-20-09-51_1.jpg" alt="" width="1046" height="1060" /> <img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-6863" src="http://lacmedia.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/Screenshot_2017-06-16-20-09-42_1.jpg" alt="" width="1078" height="1176" /> <img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-6862" src="http://lacmedia.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/Screenshot_2017-06-16-20-09-23_1.jpg" alt="" width="1074" height="600" /> <img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-6861" src="http://lacmedia.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/Screenshot_2017-06-16-20-09-14_1.jpg" alt="" width="1078" height="798" /> <img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-6867" src="http://lacmedia.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/Screenshot_2017-06-16-20-10-28_1.jpg" alt="" width="1078" height="776" />HAMMANA</b></span></i></u></p>
  338. <p dir="ltr">One of the most beautiful outlooks that men ever had the chance to take on God&#8217;s creation is the Valley of Hammana. This is how in 1833, the famous French poet Alphonse de Lamartine described this small village located in the heart of the Lebanese Mountains.</p>
  339. <p dir="ltr">Almost two centuries later, Hammana still fits this description.</p>
  340. <p dir="ltr">Whether in spring or in summer, in winter or in autumn, this village has picturesque and colorful views to offer its visitors. With its red tile-roofed houses and its waterfalls, Hammana look like an exquisite painting.</p>
  341. <p dir="ltr">In 1996 Hammana was chosen by the Paris Political Institute, in collaboration with the French government and the Unesco, as a typical Lebanese village.</p>
  342. <p dir="ltr">In fact, the lively night life, and the parties organized in the village&#8217;s square going on till the early hours of the day, bringing generations to dance side by side, might have brought the music to Hammana, but it certainly didn&#8217;t touch the authenticity of the place. The hospitality of the people, typical only to mountaineers is unequaled, and in Hammana you will feel at home.</p>
  343. <p dir="ltr"><u><span style="color: #000080;"><b>The Cherry In Hammana:</b></span></u></p>
  344. <p dir="ltr">Cherry festival draws visitors to Hammana village each year.</p>
  345. <p dir="ltr">Nestled in the heart of Lebanon, the municipality of Hammana has been blessed with summer&#8217;s most delectable fruit: cherries. To celebrate its harvest, Hammana &#8211; in partnership with Souk el Tayeb (a Beirut-based organic food cooperative) &#8211; hosted its inaugural Karaz (Arabic for cherry) festival 10 and 11 June.</p>
  346. <p dir="ltr">The name Hammana comes from the Phoenician Sun God, &#8220;Hamman.&#8221; Perhaps owing to the climate particular region, the village of Hammana has long been known for its cherries. Five types can be found: Mukahal, Pharouni, Khamri, Kalb al Tayr, and Italian. The differences are subtle, but the cherry stands that line the Old Souk &#8211; where the festival is held &#8211; encourage tasting, and after a few tries, one wonders how a Pharouni could be mistaken for a Mukahal.</p>
  347. <p dir="ltr">A village of 7,000 residents, Hammana is home to 10 cherry farms. All are family owned, some going back hundreds of years. The farms range in size from small operations (50 cherry trees), to its larger counterparts (700 or more). Locals recall that before the 1975-1990 Civil War, there used to be more farms than farmers &#8211; everyone had a garden featuring a cherry tree or two.</p>
  348. <p dir="ltr">But since then, like many other rural communities, Hammana has lost many of its residents in search of better economic opportunities abroad. &#8220;Many left for North America and Australia. But in the summer they come back,&#8221; says Joseph Khoury, the municipality&#8217;s local development officer, main organizer of the festival, and temporary press officer for Sunday&#8217;s event. He also adds that the recession has brought a few families back to  Hammana.</p>
  349. <p dir="ltr">The Karaz festival used to be a local institution in Hammana, but had come to a halt because of the Civil War. 2016 was the first year that the municipality played an active role in reclaiming its former glory as the cherry capital of Lebanon.</p>
  350. <p dir="ltr">In the past, the festival involved a Miss Cherry pageant, and a competition rewarding cars with the best cherry-themed decorations. 2017, this year, the festival has replaced the pageant with a children&#8217;s eco-activity station, and cars with cherry stands. &#8220;The idea is to honor the agricultural farmers who make up a large part of the community,&#8221; says Habib Rizk, the young and effervescent mayor of Hammana.</p>
  351. <p dir="ltr">The nine cherry stands on display were the main event, but Hammana&#8217;s beans (badrieyh and white fasolya are its specialty) were also vying for attention. Local chefs served generous servings of bean dishes to the hungry and the curious.</p>
  352. <p dir="ltr">Because the festival was organized in conjunction with Souk el Tayeb, many business from Beirut were also present, displaying colorful crescendos of rose jam, fig confit, seasoned labne, sheep fat, and even cherry kebabs. In between such culinary ventures were other nooks to explore: local arts and crafts, photo exhibits of high-mountain orchards, and a booth to sign up for cherry-picking and hiking trips to the nearby farms and slopes.</p>
  353. <p dir="ltr">When asked to comment on what Hammana is known for aside from cherries and beans, Mayor Rizk emphatically adds that the municipality&#8217;s next project is advancing eco-tourism. &#8220;Beans and cherries, and now eco-tourism, are the three pillars of Hammana economy.&#8221;</p>
  354. <p dir="ltr">Rizk plans to equip the cliffs for climbing, and develop its hiking trails in efforts to  promote the local tourism industry. Andre Bechara &#8211; a former Hammana council member and co-owner of Lebanese Adventure, an outdoors activities company specializing in ecotourism, adds that Hammana &#8220;is outside the tourist circuit, but [we] would like to put it back on the map.&#8221; He argues that although Hammana is outside of the Lebanese Mountain Trail, the views from its high plateaus that yield a stunning spectacle of the red-tiled houses against verdant landscape would be any hiker&#8217;s fantasy.</p>
  355. <p dir="ltr">A British tourist visiting from Beirut marveled that everyone seem to know one another. Another visitor from a nearby village remarked that the festival is allowing for Lebanese from other parts of the country to get a taste of the local product and also to see for themselves what Hammana has to offer.</p>
  356. <p dir="ltr">The festival includes, the cherry-picking activity, this year this activity included 700-800 participants.</p>
  357. <p dir="ltr">When asked if the event was a success, Khoury exclaims &#8220;everyone is happy!&#8221; A total of 45 business participated, with over 500 kilograms of cherries sold, yielding a LL 200 million profit for farmers. A woman from one cherry stand explains that of the 130 kilograms that she brought to sell, only 3 kilograms were left (even these were sold out by the end of the day).</p>
  358. <p dir="ltr">Building on this success, Hammana will hold a comedy festival (Hammana Festival de l&#8217;humour) on July 21-26 2017.</p>
  359. <p dir="ltr"><u><span style="color: #000080;"><b>The Silk In Hammana:</b></span></u></p>
  360. <p dir="ltr">Hammana was until the 1930&#8217;s an important center for the cultivation of Silk.</p>
  361. <p dir="ltr">Mentioned in the Old Testament, silk is one of the oldest fiber textiles to be produced by mankind.</p>
  362. <p dir="ltr">In order to feed the warm as they come to life, Lebanon have particularly specialized in the cultivation of berries, the quality and the life span of which depend on altitude, Hammana a premium location for this cultivation.</p>
  363. <p dir="ltr">The production of Hammana&#8217;s refined silk prospered for centuries, with large quantities of textile being exported to Tuscany in Italy first, and then to France since the XVII century, when Colbert, Louis XIV&#8217;s Finance Minister, promoted the commercial traffic between Marseille and the Levant.</p>
  364. <p dir="ltr">Between 1847 and 1850, five factories, three of which are France owned, were build in Lebanon. Rapidly, the number of factories multiplied, becoming 67 in 1867, 101 in 1885, and 194 in 1893.</p>
  365. <p dir="ltr">In 1911, the quantity of silk produced in Lebanon and Syria reached 524,000 Kilos, the largest part of which was exported to Lyon in France via the Beirut port.</p>
  366. <p dir="ltr">This beautiful and prosper production eventually slowed down with the instruction of artificial silk and the consecutive economic crisis the country has gone through.</p>
  367. <p dir="ltr">One of the most famous silk factories was that of &#8220;Veuve Guerin et fils&#8221; which provided high quality product known as the &#8220;grand extra.&#8221; Important edifices, including traditional factories has been preserved and at least one has been transformed into public hospital.</p>
  368. <p dir="ltr">Almost half of century since the First World War, extinguished chimneys are still standing in the Mountain&#8217;s village, as a mute witness that for long centuries, silk production was the principal pillar the Lebanese economy.</p>
  369. <p dir="ltr"><u><span style="color: #000080;"><b>How to get there:</b></span></u></p>
  370. <p dir="ltr"><b>Hammana</b> is a town in <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lebanon" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Lebanon</a>, about 26 km (16 miles) East of <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beirut" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Beirut</a> and is part of <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greater_Beirut" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Greater Beirut</a>. <b>Hammana</b> sits at an altitude of 1200m (about 4000ft) above sea-level. It is in the<a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Lebanon_Governorate" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Mount Lebanon Governorate</a> in the district (or Caza) of <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baabda_District" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Baabda</a>. <b>Hammana</b> is bordered by the towns of <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falougha" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Falougha</a>, Shbaniye, Khraybe, Bmariam, Khalwet and <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:ZeroRatedMobileAccess&amp;from=Hammana&amp;to=http://wikimapia.org/1112049/Mdeirej-bridge" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Mdeirej</a></p>
  371. <p dir="ltr">The best way to get there is by taking the Damascus Road. But if you are looking for picturesque sceneries you should take the road that passes through Araiya and Abbadiye and make sure you stop at Ras al Harf.</p>
  372. <p dir="ltr">This small village is as fresh as the water sources that it hosts, the most famous of which are Ain al Nabe, Ain el-Berde, and Ain el-Heloue.</p>
  373. <p dir="ltr">Further up, the forest of chbaniye, a grater location to stop for a quick picnic or even camping. while there, you could also take a look at the Monastery Mar Ephrem, which is about to be restored by the Beaux Arts Institute.</p>
  374. <p dir="ltr"><u><span style="color: #000080;"><b>Attractions in Hammana:</b></span></u></p>
  375. <p dir="ltr"><u><span style="color: #000080;"><b>The Bon Pasteur Monastery:</b></span></u></p>
  376. <p dir="ltr">Is a historic classified monument that was built in 1895 by the Congregation. This building, which serves today as a shelter for children and single mothers, and a center for the education of young delinquents, have started its activities as a school and hospital receiving patients from  all races and religions.</p>
  377. <p dir="ltr">Between 1900 and 1913, the sisters of the Bon Pasteur became involved in the cultivation of silk.</p>
  378. <p dir="ltr"><u><span style="color: #000080;"><b>The Mezher Palace:</b></span></u></p>
  379. <p dir="ltr">When he visited Hammana, Lamartine stayed in the residence Mouqaddamins Druzes, the Mezhers for 15 days only. But the then 700-year-old house left its mark on the poet.</p>
  380. <p dir="ltr">&#8220;The castel of the Sheikh of Hammana, surpasses with its elegance, grance and nobility, all I have seen of the type, since the Place of Prince Beshir in Deir Al-Qamar. We could only compare it, to our most wonderful Middle Ages Gothic chateaux,&#8221; wrote Lamartine.</p>
  381. <p dir="ltr">Two hundred years later, the places remains untouched, majestic and overlooking the divine view of Chaghour river, cherry and apple plantation.  </p>
  382. </div>
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  393. <title>MP Aoun Says Washington&#8217;s &#8216;Problem&#8217; with Hizbullah, Not Lebanon</title>
  394. <link>http://lacmedia.org/mp-aoun-says-washingtons-problem-with-hizbullah-not-lebanon</link>
  395. <comments>http://lacmedia.org/mp-aoun-says-washingtons-problem-with-hizbullah-not-lebanon#respond</comments>
  396. <pubDate>Tue, 27 Jun 2017 14:53:47 +0000</pubDate>
  397. <dc:creator><![CDATA[drelie47]]></dc:creator>
  398. <category><![CDATA[Green Cities]]></category>
  399.  
  400. <guid isPermaLink="false">http://lacmedia.org/?p=6854</guid>
  401. <description><![CDATA[<p>MP Alain Aoun of the Change and Reform bloc has reassured that the U.S. administration does not intend to “target Lebanon,” and that Washington&#8217;s “problem” is only with Hizbullah. “We did not sense from the U.S. administration any intention to [&#8230;]</p>
  402. <p>The post <a rel="nofollow" href="http://lacmedia.org/mp-aoun-says-washingtons-problem-with-hizbullah-not-lebanon">MP Aoun Says Washington&#8217;s &#8216;Problem&#8217; with Hizbullah, Not Lebanon</a> appeared first on <a rel="nofollow" href="http://lacmedia.org">LEBANESE AMERICAN COMMUNITY</a>.</p>
  403. ]]></description>
  404. <content:encoded><![CDATA[<div>
  405. <p class="desc">MP Alain Aoun of the Change and Reform bloc has reassured that the U.S. administration does not intend to “target Lebanon,” and that Washington&#8217;s “problem” is only with Hizbullah.</p>
  406. <p class="desc">“We did not sense from the U.S. administration any intention to target Lebanon as a country and institutions, but rather that the problem is with Hizbullah for political reasons,” said Aoun, who has visited Washington with several MPs to explore the extent of the sanctions that the U.S. intends to impose on Hizbullah.</p>
  407. <p class="desc">“To the contrary, they are still committed to the best relations between the two countries and to supporting the Lebanese army,” the MP added, in remarks to Asharq al-Awsat newspaper.</p>
  408. </div>
  409. <div class="tags clearfix"><a class="tag" href="http://www.naharnet.com/tags/lebanon">Lebanon</a> / Naharnet</div>
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  411. <p>The post <a rel="nofollow" href="http://lacmedia.org/mp-aoun-says-washingtons-problem-with-hizbullah-not-lebanon">MP Aoun Says Washington&#8217;s &#8216;Problem&#8217; with Hizbullah, Not Lebanon</a> appeared first on <a rel="nofollow" href="http://lacmedia.org">LEBANESE AMERICAN COMMUNITY</a>.</p>
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  417. <title>Concerns about the environmental impact .</title>
  418. <link>http://lacmedia.org/aoun-urges-unity-among-various-sects-of-arab-levant</link>
  419. <comments>http://lacmedia.org/aoun-urges-unity-among-various-sects-of-arab-levant#respond</comments>
  420. <pubDate>Tue, 27 Jun 2017 14:37:55 +0000</pubDate>
  421. <dc:creator><![CDATA[drelie47]]></dc:creator>
  422. <category><![CDATA[Lebanon News]]></category>
  423. <category><![CDATA[politic]]></category>
  424. <category><![CDATA[President Michel Aoun]]></category>
  425.  
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  427. <description><![CDATA[<p>At first glance, there is little to separate Hammana from the host of other sleepy hillside communities that dot the snow-capped Lebanese mountains. Ice-cold streams meander down from the peaks through narrow, winding gullies; verdant cedar forests flank the outskirts [&#8230;]</p>
  428. <p>The post <a rel="nofollow" href="http://lacmedia.org/aoun-urges-unity-among-various-sects-of-arab-levant">Concerns about the environmental impact .</a> appeared first on <a rel="nofollow" href="http://lacmedia.org">LEBANESE AMERICAN COMMUNITY</a>.</p>
  429. ]]></description>
  430. <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>At first glance, there is little to separate Hammana from the host of other sleepy hillside communities that dot the snow-capped Lebanese mountains. Ice-cold streams meander down from the peaks through narrow, winding gullies; verdant cedar forests flank the outskirts of the town, which is perched at 4,000 feet alongside a strategic route stretching from nearby Beirut to Damascus.</p>
  431. <p>But Hammana, a mostly Christian settlement of around 11,000 people, is also the setting for a brewing inter-communal clash with surrounding Druze villages that threatens to disturb the area’s tentative peace. A government plan to build a dam in the broad</p>
  432. <div class="grid">
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  434. <h1>Peter Schwartzstein</h1>
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  436. </div>
  437. <p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-6995" src="http://lacmedia.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/sad-hammana.jpg" alt="" width="2048" height="1365" /></p>
  438. <p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-6994" src="http://lacmedia.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/hammana-waterfall.jpg" alt="" width="960" height="540" /></p>
  439. <p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-6993" src="http://lacmedia.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/hammana-land.jpg" alt="" width="2048" height="1536" /></p>
  440. <p>&nbsp;</p>
  441. <p>&nbsp;</p>
  442. <p>&nbsp;</p>
  443. <p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-6899" src="http://lacmedia.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/2017-06-20-PHOTO-00000298.jpg" alt="" width="1080" height="648" /></p>
  444. <p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-6898" src="http://lacmedia.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/2017-06-20-PHOTO-00000297.jpg" alt="" width="1080" height="648" /></p>
  445. <p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-6897" src="http://lacmedia.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/2017-06-20-PHOTO-00000296.jpg" alt="" width="1080" height="648" /></p>
  446. <p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-6896" src="http://lacmedia.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/2017-06-20-PHOTO-00000295.jpg" alt="" width="1080" height="648" /></p>
  447. <p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-6895" src="http://lacmedia.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/2017-06-20-PHOTO-00000294.jpg" alt="" width="1080" height="648" /></p>
  448. <p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-6894" src="http://lacmedia.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/2017-06-20-PHOTO-00000293.jpg" alt="" width="1080" height="648" /></p>
  449. <p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-6893" src="http://lacmedia.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/2017-06-20-PHOTO-00000292.jpg" alt="" width="1080" height="648" /></p>
  450. <p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-6892" src="http://lacmedia.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/2017-06-20-PHOTO-00000291.jpg" alt="" width="1080" height="648" /></p>
  451. <p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-6891" src="http://lacmedia.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/2017-06-20-PHOTO-00000290.jpg" alt="" width="1080" height="648" /></p>
  452. <p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-6890" src="http://lacmedia.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/2017-06-20-PHOTO-00000289.jpg" alt="" width="1080" height="648" /></p>
  453. <p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-6889" src="http://lacmedia.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/2017-06-20-PHOTO-00000288.jpg" alt="" width="1080" height="648" /></p>
  454. <p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-6888" src="http://lacmedia.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/2017-06-20-PHOTO-00000287.jpg" alt="" width="1080" height="648" /></p>
  455. <p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-6887" src="http://lacmedia.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/2017-06-20-PHOTO-00000286.jpg" alt="" width="1080" height="648" /></p>
  456. <p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-6886" src="http://lacmedia.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/2017-06-20-PHOTO-00000285.jpg" alt="" width="1080" height="648" /></p>
  457. <p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-6885" src="http://lacmedia.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/2017-06-20-PHOTO-00000284.jpg" alt="" width="648" height="1080" /></p>
  458. <p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-6884" src="http://lacmedia.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/2017-06-20-PHOTO-00000283.jpg" alt="" width="1080" height="648" /></p>
  459. <p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-6883" src="http://lacmedia.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/2017-06-20-PHOTO-00000282.jpg" alt="" width="648" height="1080" /></p>
  460. <p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-6882" src="http://lacmedia.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/2017-06-20-PHOTO-00000281.jpg" alt="" width="1080" height="648" />valley to the east has aroused fierce opposition from townspeople, who say its construction is flawed and that it will destroy their famed Shaghour spring.</p>
  461. <p>“The best assumption is that the spring will lose at least some of its water,” said Joseph Hatem, a Hammana resident and member of its municipality. “The worst case: We lose everything.”</p>
  462. <p style='text-align:left'>&copy; 2017, <a href='http://lacmedia.org'>drelie47</a>. All rights reserved. </p>
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