The government policy of grouping people by religion plays a critical role in Lebanon’s political and social life and has given rise to Lebanon’s most persistent and bitter conflicts. It is the only Arab State that is not officially Muslim.

A young man in Beirut remembers the previous night. He was near the bars of Gemmayzeh, an eastern Beirut "Christian" neighbourhood. So many pretty young women were there. The young Muslim had really desired to enter a bar himself, however he had no money. His anger rose a he thought of the conflict with Israel and conflicts with Christians. No job, little money. No peace.

By the harbour in Lebanon's Tripoli, as the Mediterranean Sea licks the shore with foamy tongues, fishermen are seen picking rubbish out of their nets - the result of fishing for a day in the polluted waters. This is one of the few career options available.

There are over five million Bedouin in the Near East (Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, Saudi Arabia and Iraq), comprising a number of tribes, each with their own loyalties, characteristics and dialects. The Gospel has hardly reached the Bedouin in this region.