Lebanese Independence Day
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Lebanese Independence Day is the national day of Lebanon, celebrated on 22 November in commemoration of the end of the French Control over Lebanon in 1943, after 23 years of Mandate rule.
Lebanese President Alfred Naqqache (right) pictured with President Taj al-Din al-Hasani of Syria. Both men were French appointees.
Patriarch Elias al-Huwayyik in 1899.
Bechara El Khoury (official portrait).
Celebrations in Martyrs' Square in Beirut after the release of the Lebanese political leaders.
Majid Arslan
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Emir Majid Toufic Arslan was a Lebanese Druze leader and head of the Arslan feudal Druze ruling family. Arslan was the leader of the Yazbaki faction. Majid Arslan was a national political figure with a role in Lebanon's independence, a long-running Member of the Lebanese Parliament and a government minister for many times with a number of important ministerial portfolios, most notably Defense, Health, Telecommunications, Agriculture and Justice.
Majid Arslan kissing the Lebanese flag