#World_Cup raises foreign flags, Lebanese questions
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Multitude of flags hang in support of their respective #Football teams in anticipation of the 2014 World Cup in #Lebanon on June 4,2014. (Photo: Marwan Tahtah) Multitude of flags hang in support of their respective football teams in anticipation of the 2014 World Cup in Lebanon on June 4,2014. (Photo: Marwan Tahtah)
Every four years, the World Cup throws Lebanon into a frenzy. Giant flags are hung across buildings and streets, cafes rent the newest, biggest screens to broadcast the games, and some fans fire rounds in the air after their favorite team wins a match. But amidst the celebratory atmosphere, the tournament raises questions of national identity - as foreign flags, predominantly European ones, flood the streets - (...)
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