Throughout history, leaders have sought to reshape the Middle East. From the heights of my village on Mount Lebanon, I can contemplate the passage of successive empires: the beautiful remnants of a Roman temple, a Byzantine church or a (much less charming) French military bunker, there to remind me of the region’s magnetic pull and the fleeting nature of power.
縱觀歷史，領導人一直試圖重塑中東。從我位于黎巴嫩山(Mount Lebanon)的村莊高處，我可以眺望歷代帝國的變遷：羅馬神廟的美麗遺跡、拜占庭教堂，或（不那么迷人的）法國軍事碉堡，它們提醒著我該地區的吸引力和權力的短暫性。
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