At the age of 92, Salah Tizani is almost as old as Lebanon. The country was founded in 1920. He believes his country never had a chance. He thinks back to the days when France set the country’s borders. Tizani told Reuters, “people went to bed one day thinking they were Syrians or Ottomans… and the next day they woke up to find themselves in the Lebanese state.” After years of wars, bombings and killings, Lebanon’s latest disaster was the August 4 Beirut port explosion that killed some 180 people, injured 6,000 and destroyed a large part of the city. On September 1, the country marks its 100 anniversary. It comes at a difficult time. The economy has collapsed. There is great poverty. And people are leaving Lebanon in large numbers.
Title: A Difficult History: Lebanon at 100
Content: <div id='article-page'><div id='article-content' data-media-url='//news-app-staging.s3.amazonaws.com' data-base-url='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/4454/A.wav' data-capture-url='//staging.analytics.lingraphica.com/events/capture_news' data-article-title='A Difficult History: Lebanon at 100' data-article-id='4985'><script src='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/javascripts/getscripts.js'></script><link rel='stylesheet' href='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/stylesheets/article.css' type='text/css' /><div class='article'><p><span data-start-time='0' data-end-time='7563'>At the age of 92, Salah Tizani is almost as old as Lebanon.</span> <span data-start-time='7563' data-end-time='11208'> The country was founded in 1920.</span> <span data-start-time='11208' data-end-time='14833'>He believes his country never had a chance.</span> <span data-start-time='14833' data-end-time='20521'> He thinks back to the days when France set the country’s borders.</span> <span data-start-time='20521' data-end-time='34604'>Tizani told Reuters, “people went to bed one day thinking they were Syrians or Ottomans… and the next day they woke up to find themselves in the Lebanese state.”</span> <span data-start-time='34604' data-end-time='54021'>After years of wars, bombings and killings, Lebanon’s latest disaster was the August 4 Beirut port explosion that killed some 180 people, injured 6,000 and destroyed a large part of the city.</span> <span data-start-time='54021' data-end-time='59979'>On September 1, the country marks its 100 anniversary.</span> <span data-start-time='59979' data-end-time='63083'>It comes at a difficult time.</span> <span data-start-time='63083' data-end-time='65750'>The economy has collapsed.</span> <span data-start-time='65750' data-end-time='67542'>There is great poverty.</span> <span data-start-time='67542' data-end-time='71667'>And people are leaving Lebanon in large numbers.</span> </p></div><div class='control-buttons-sticky' style='display:none;'><div class='control-buttons'><button title='Back' class='back' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Play' class='play' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Pause' class='pause' style='display:none;'></button><button title='Forward' class='forward' disabled='disabled'></button><button class='finished-reading' style='display:none;'>Done</button></div></div></div><div id='article-media'><div id='media-image'><img src='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/4454/A.jpg'/></div></div><div id='question-content' style='display:none;'><div class='vocabulary_question question-container' data-question-id=15727 data-hint-location='54021' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/4454/what_is_another_name_for_a_100year_anniversary.wav'>What is another name for a 100-year anniversary?</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='centennial'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/4454/centennial.wav'><span>centennial</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/4454/bicentennial.wav'><span>bicentennial</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/4454/millennial.wav'><span>millennial</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/4454/annual.wav'><span>annual</span></div></div></div><div class='multiple_choice_question question-container' data-question-id=15728 data-hint-location='54021' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/4454/what_anniversary_will_lebanon_celebrate_on_september_1.wav'>What anniversary will Lebanon celebrate on September 1?</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='100 '><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/4454/100_.wav'><span>100 </span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/4454/50.wav'><span>50</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/4454/75.wav'><span>75</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/4454/200.wav'><span>200</span></div></div></div><div class='sentence_completion_question question-container' data-question-id=15729 data-hint-location='7563' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/4454/lebanon_was_founded_in__blank_.wav'>Lebanon was founded in <span class='blank'>1920</span>.</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='1920'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/4454/1930.wav'><span>1930</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/4454/1950.wav'><span>1950</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/4454/1920.wav'><span>1920</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/4454/1820.wav'><span>1820</span></div></div></div><div class='question-buttons'><button class='skip-button'></button><button class='hint-button'></button><button class='speak-button'></button></div></div></div>
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