Guys Thank you so much for this great episode about beautiful Douma, a picturesque Lebanese town voted one of the Best Tourism Villages by UNWTO 2023. This whole series about Lebanon you are doing is amazing and well done. I would like to add to the "history part" 3 things please: 1 - Add to the list of possible origins of the name the Phoenician meaning "tranquility and calm and rest", given in the book of Anis Freiha where he says that the town is indeed very old and the name occured in the Old Testament. 2 - Douma became a principal place for the Christian refugees who escaped from Baalbek after the devastating 1759 Earthquakes and the subsequent feud between different tribes that occured there. 3 - The Ottoman era "look" of the old town is largely due to remittance from people who migrated to the Americas in the late 19th century, early 20th century. They helped build the town which was called "Al bandar" because it became a major souk in the area.
