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Lebanon: a country study
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Online tourist guide to Lebanon

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Aquastat country profile

USAID
Summary of the programme in Lebanon

Green gold
Economics of cannabis growing in the Bekaa valley. The Guardian, 11 June, 2001

The revival of Lebanon's drug trade  
Ziad K. Abdelnour ( MEIB June 2001)


Internet

Central Administration for Statistics
(English, French, and Arabic)

Ministry of Agriculture

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Office of the Minister of State for Administrative Reform

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In the Lebanon section

  

Books from Amazon

Pity the Nation: The Abduction of Lebanon  
by Robert Fisk.
Purchase from amazon.com or amazon.co.uk

Lonely Planet Syria & Lebanon
by Terry Carter, et al.
Purchase from amazon.com or amazon.co.uk

A House of Many Mansions: The History of Lebanon Reconsidered
by Kamal Salibi.
Purchase from amazon.com or amazon.co.uk

Bliss Street
a novel by Kris Kenway.
Purchase from amazon.com or amazon.co.uk

Hizbullah: The Story from Within
by Naim Qassem.
Purchase from amazon.com or amazon.co.uk

Hizbu'llah: Politics and Religion
by Amal Saad-Ghorayeb.
Purchase from amazon.com or amazon.co.uk


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