Living in fear yet infused with hope. Held hostage in their own nation against their will. A state within a state dictating its terms on a sovereign government unwilling and unable to protect its own citizens. They face extortion, kidnappings, threats at gunpoint and religious persecution. A campaign of intimidation aimed at crippling the Cedar Revolution so painfully gained last year after the assassination of a great leader. Sunni, Druze, Christian and even Shi’a; they are the four branches of a strong tree being cut at the base by those who seek its destruction. These are the people of Lebanon, living in the Land of the Cedars, diverse in their faiths yet united by love for their country.
