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Adam Zeidan
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Adam Zeidan is an Assistant Managing Editor, having joined Encyclopædia Britannica in 2018. He covers a range of topics related primarily to the Middle East and North Africa.
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Michel Aoun is a commander of the Lebanese Army (1984–88) who was appointed prime minister in 1988 (though the legitimacy of this appointment was contested) and later served as president (2016–22) of Lebanon. Although a Maronite Christian, he opposed sectarianism during the multi-confessional…
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