I think Lebanon and especially Beirut are pretty liberal. There hasn’t been an “Islamic rule” in Lebanon. I could be wrong on this but even the Hezbollah doesn’

I think Lebanon and especially Beirut are pretty liberal. There hasn’t been an “Islamic rule” in Lebanon. I could be wrong on this but even the Hezbollah doesn’t have much of a social agenda - probably not yet. Western media likes to classify along a bell curve (radical Islamic, moderate, liberal, etc). That classification is mostly wrong though. As an example Iran is more liberal than Saudi Arabia in its treatment of women. It’s not the west, but women have been in government, can hold jobs, drive etc. However, Iran is generally radical but the Saudis are moderates. So go figure