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The Bible recounts a famous prediction of doom about 2, 500 years ago for Tyre--then the capital of Lebanon--courtesy of the prophet Ezekiel, in the book named for him.
FORBES: Land Of Strife
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Enter Ibrahim Mardam-Bey, now chief executive of Siraj Capital but then an adviser to Lebanon's BSEC, an investment bank specializing in sharia-compliant structures.
FORBES: Don't Call It Interest
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In May 2008 Hizbullah forces briefly seized the centre of Beirut, Lebanon's capital, to block what they saw as the government's attempts to curb their freedom of action.
ECONOMIST: Lebanon and Israel
