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Michelle Ghoussoub

The Quest to Find the Druze

Co-founder and editor of Mashallah News, Micheline Tobia, took to Twitter on Wednesday to post hilarious (or troubling) screenshots she received from a tourist discovering Lebanon for the first time. The probably well-meaning, but seemingly confused newcomer promptly asked where in Beirut they could “see some Druze and their culture.” In a text that followed they explained that they were “in Choueifat in search of Druze. They’re hard to find.”

We’re not sure whether to be amused or aghast at this one. Sectarian zoo-imagery aside, this foreigner probably just wants to experience Lebanon in all of its glorious diversity.

On behalf of this tourist, we’d like to issue a public appeal: Druze of Lebanon, show yourselves!