Une Bibliotheque Nationale, rather. This seems to be due in large part to the efforts of the folks behind Biblib . I have to say that it was quite an experience. At the time, a few years ago, it only cost 1000LL to become member, and you could request books and check them out. I thought it was incredible that they could do that, but on the other hand it was a well kept secret so that is self-selection for you.
Libraries are more important than banks.
Libraries and concert halls and theaters and museums enrich our lives much more than foreign investments and money laundering. I talked to my parents this morning and they said that there were about 100,000 people out on the roads to greet the maronite patriarch. Not the Washington post either, nor the Lebanese newspapers, since they were out before the event. The only information I found was on naharnet , but I felt that I needed confirmation from a more established news source. First of all, my hunger for information is not too atypical.