Editing Lebanon (section)

=== Media and cinema ===
The [[cinema of Lebanon]], according to film critic and historian, Roy Armes, was the only cinema in the Arabic-speaking region, besides the dominant [[Cinema of Egypt|Egyptian cinema]],<ref>{{Cite web|last=Houissa|first=Ali|title=LibGuides: Middle Eastern & North African Cinema & Film: Egyptian Cinema & Film|url=https://guides.library.cornell.edu/MidEastCinema/Egypt|access-date=7 October 2021|website=guides.library.cornell.edu|language=en|archive-date=7 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211007162102/https://guides.library.cornell.edu/MidEastCinema/Egypt|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last=Dajani|first=Karen Finlon|date=1 May 1980|title=Cairo: the Hollywood of the Arab World|url=https://doi.org/10.1177/001654928002600202|journal=Gazette (Leiden, Netherlands)|language=en|volume=26|issue=2|pages=89–98|doi=10.1177/001654928002600202|s2cid=144015456|issn=0016-5492}}</ref> that could amount to a national cinema.<ref>{{cite book|author=Roy Armes|title=Arab filmmakers of the Middle East: a dictionary|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rHT8LjR_kC4C&pg=PA26|access-date=11 December 2011|date=23 August 2010|publisher=Indiana University Press|isbn=978-0-253-35518-8|pages=26–|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131018165125/http://books.google.com/books?id=rHT8LjR_kC4C&pg=PA26|archive-date=18 October 2013|url-status=live}}</ref> Cinema in Lebanon has been in existence since the 1920s, and the country has produced over 500 films with many films including Egyptian filmmakers and film stars.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://info.worldbank.org/etools/docs/library/251761/day3creative%20Industry%20WB_version%201.pdf |title=Knowledge Intensive Industries: Four Case Studies of Creative Industries in Arab Countries |page=16 |publisher=World Bank |access-date=17 January 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130117000044/http://info.worldbank.org/etools/docs/library/251761/day3creative%20Industry%20WB_version%201.pdf |archive-date=17 January 2013 |url-status=live}}</ref> The [[media of Lebanon]] is not only a regional center of production but also the most liberal and free in the Arab world.<ref>{{cite book |author=Migliorino, Nicola |title=(Re)constructing Armenia in Lebanon and Syria: ethno-cultural diversity and the state in the aftermath of a refugee crisis |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=y_Sd32i-0owC |access-date=11 December 2011 |year=2008 |publisher=Berghahn Books |isbn=978-1-84545-352-7 |page=122 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130620233038/http://books.google.com/books?id=y_Sd32i-0owC |archive-date=20 June 2013 |url-status=live}}</ref> According to Press freedom's [[Reporters Without Borders]], "the media have more freedom in Lebanon than in any other Arab country".<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/country_profiles/791071.stm |title=Lebanon profile – Overview |work=BBC News |date=24 August 2011 |access-date=4 November 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111102101223/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/country_profiles/791071.stm |archive-date=2 November 2011 |url-status=live}}</ref> Despite its small population and geographic size, Lebanon plays an influential role in the production of information in the Arab world and is "at the core of a regional media network with global implications".<ref name="b1">{{cite book|author1=Dale F. Eickelman|author2=Jon W. Anderson|title=New media in the Muslim world: the emerging public sphere|url=https://archive.org/details/newmediainmuslim00dale|url-access=registration|access-date=11 December 2011|date=1 July 2003|publisher=Indiana University Press|isbn=978-0-253-34252-2|pages=[https://archive.org/details/newmediainmuslim00dale/page/63 63]–65}}</ref>