I think its time to standardize the Lebanese language. No, not to piss off March 8. I actually think its an important step in our nation’s development. We all identify with our language as that which we express ourselves most comfortably in. We also see that despite it being an offshoot of Arabic, Lebanese is [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Lebanese’
Time to standardize Lebanese
Posted in Culture, tagged Arabic, Lebanese, Lebanon, Middle East, Sectarianism on January 30, 2008 | 1 Comment »
What does "Westernized" even mean?
Posted in Journalism, tagged Lebanese, Lebanon, Middle East, Western on October 17, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Its very common for the Western journalists to talk about “Westernized” Lebanese. It seems, however, that with this term they are identifying only one part of what is the West, those things that are typically middle class. In reality they are only identifying those middle class characteristics found across the globe in this globalized world. [...]
I’m Lebanese!
Posted in Society, tagged Identity, Lebanese, Lebanon, Middle East on August 2, 2007 | 1 Comment »
If someone were to ask me what nationality I am, I could say that I am Phoenician- Persian- Greek- Roman- Byzantine- Arab- Crusader- Turkish- Armenian- Palestinian- Kurdish- Assyrian- Christian- Muslim- Druze. But I prefer to say that I am simply Lebanese.
Who are the Lebanese?
Posted in Society, tagged History, Identity, Lebanese, Lebanon, Middle East on August 22, 2006 | 3 Comments »
A long-standing and nonsensical debate has plagued us Lebanese concerning who we are as a nation. Are we Arab, or Levantine? European or Asian? Do we speak Arabic or Lebanese? This debate underlies almost all political ideology in the country and typically splits the country across clearly sectarian lines. It also effects how we interpret [...]
