Editing Jounieh (section)

==== Lebanese Civil War ====
With the war of 1975, and the division of [[Beirut]] into East and West parts and the escalation of the violence, many people fled to safe areas and were organizing their lives in accordance with the new realities.

From 1980 to 1990, Jounieh witnessed a massive migration as a large number of the Beirut traders moved to its markets. Buildings took over its green spaces, and the tourist complexes took over its shores. So its features changed randomly though it benefited from the use of the tourist port for commerce.

During the Civil War the ferry making the 120 mile journey from Jounieh to [[Larnaca]] was the only way to travel in and out of Lebanon for those living in the areas controlled by Christian militias. Over the fourteen years from 1975 an estimated 990,000 Lebanese left the country, up to 40% of the population.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hamline.edu/cla/academics/international_studies/diaspora2002/Lebanese/Paper.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090115011357/http://www.hamline.edu/cla/academics/international_studies/diaspora2002/Lebanese/Paper.htm |archive-date=15 January 2009 |title=Senior Seminar: Transnational Migration and Diasporic Communities |publisher=Hamline University |access-date=17 January 2013}} Van Dusenbry Chapter IV, section B “Emigration: Civil War to the Present”.</ref>
During the 1989 fighting between [[Michel Aoun|General Aoun]] and the [[Lebanese Forces]] 10,000 civilians from Beirut arrived in Cyprus over a six-week period.<ref>[[Middle East International]] No 349, 28 April 1989; [[Jim Muir]] p.9</ref> On 24 February 1990 the ferry was attacked by an unidentified naval patrol boat. One passenger was killed and seventeen wounded.<ref>Middle East International No  370, 2 March 1990; Michael Jansen p.7</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-02-25-mn-2239-story.html|title=Ferry Shelled Off Lebanon; One Killed : Mideast: 15 others are wounded. A Syrian warship may have shot up the Cypriot vessel.|first=NICK B. WILLIAMS|last=Jr|date=February 25, 1990|website=Los Angeles Times}}</ref> In 1997 a [[catamaran]] was operating between Larnaca and Jounieh. A return ticket for the four-hour journey cost US$100. At the time the average monthly income in Lebanon was US$132.<ref>''The World of Information Middle East Revue 1999 - The Economic and Business Report'' Walden Publishing Ltd. {{ISBN|1-86217-0134}}. Natalia Acre-Sanchez p.98 ferry, p.97 income</ref>