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During the Lebanese Civil War, most lodges became dormant, although at least Syrio-American lodge continued to meet intermittently.

Since the cessation of the civil war, only two of the five Scottish lodges have re-commenced work, though it is hoped the three remaining dormant will be restored in the future.

All the New York lodges revived after the civil war, although some are still experiencing meeting difficulties. One further mainstream lodge has been previously chartered in Lebanon.

This is Fraternità Italo-Libanse, erected at Jounieh in 1989 under the Grand Orient of Italy. However, it is reported as not meeting currently.

A large range of other lodges and Grand Lodges operate in Lebanon. The Grand Orient of France has two lodges in Beirut.

Over the years a large number of spurious and/or self-constituted Grand Lodges have been erected in Lebanon.

Others include the Lebanese Grand Lodge, the Federal Grand Lodge of Lebanon, and the United Grand Lodge for Lebanon, the United Lebanese Grand Lodge, and about twenty other so-called Masonic bodies.

Many of these ‘Grand Lodges’ have one constituent lodge and a ‘Grand Master for Life’.

A group of the Masonic brothers who were working under foreign sponsorship called for the establishment, respectively, under the auspices of the Grand Egyptian Forum.

Sometime after the establishment of these forums, and in order to facilitate the conduct of business in them, a number of Distinguished Presidents met and presented to His Highness Prince Mohammed Ali, the Grand Master of the Egyptian Grand National Forum, a petition in which they hoped to establish a regional forum working under his authority in Lebanon, Syria and Palestine, headed by His Highness Al-DAMAD Ahmed Nami Bey as a regional grand professor, and that was in early 1923.

After a long lesson and repeated reviews, on December 30, 1923, the Grand Master of Egypt issued a high Order No. 535 authorizing the establishment of a regional grand forum under the name of the regional grand rural forum of Syria and Palestine (Lebanon and Syria were then one country) and appointed His Highness Al-DAMAD Ahmed Nami Bey as a regional grand Inspector.

The broadcasting of this largest regional forum is working hard and actively until its forums in Lebanon became twelve forums joined by many of the Sons of forums operating under foreign authorities, despite the friendship and cooperation that existed with them.

After the legal period of seven years had passed since the establishment of the regional grand Forum, the brothers appealed to the presidents in Lebanon and on June 22, 1930, they submitted a petition to His Excellency the Grand Master of the Egyptian national grand Forum, Mr. Mohamed Fahmy Bey, in which they requested granting independence to the regional rural Grand forum under the name of the Grand Orient of Lebanon.

This petition was signed by the regional Grand Master, His Highness DAMAD Ahmed Nami Bey, representing the Rashid forum No. 225, Beirut forum No. 226, fortitude forum No. 224, Walid forum No. 246, and the Union No. 240 and the Knowledge Forum No. 247 in east Beirut, The Phoenicia forum No. 237 in East Hadath in Mount Lebanon, the Amin port forum No. 245 and the Hermon No. 238 in eastern Tripoli, Hermon forum No. 242 in eastern Rashaya al-Wadi, Bekaa al-Aziz forum No. 250 in eastern Zahle, and Hermel forum No. 252 in eastern Hermel.

The distinguished brothers Amin Abu Morshed, Badie alhashem, Georgy bendley, Kamel Gemayel and Elias almadour, members of the Egyptian High Council, Jamil al-Khatib, chairman of the Al-Waleed forum, Tawfik Abu Morshed, chairman of the Hermon Rashia Forum, Mahmoud Abu Hamza, chairman of the Knowledge Forum, Awad Ibrahim, chairman of the Bekaa forum, Farhan al-Emad, chairman of the Hermel forum, George bendley, chairman of the Al-Mina Al-Amin forum, and Alexander bendley, chairman of the Hermon Tripoli forum, also signed with him.

This petition was referred to the Standing Committee, which met on 15 October 1930 and unanimously approved the establishment of the Independent Lebanese Greater East and reported this to all authorities allied with the Egyptian Grand National Forum.

On October 20, 1930, Grand Master Mohammed Fahmy Bey issued a high Order No. 637 declaring the Grand Orient of Lebanon an independent and sovereign Masonic authority, and His Highness Al-DAMAD Ahmad Nami Bey assumed the authority of the Grand Master.

In 1974-1975 Hermon lodge No 238 was declared dormant till 2022 when some brothers declared the lodge operative and’functiona again.