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15 Reactions You’re Likely to Get When You Tell Someone Abroad You’re Lebanese
When you’re traveling abroad and someone asks where you’re from and your answer is: “I am Lebanese,” these are the likely reactions.
1. Where is Lebanon exactly?
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Good question. Sometimes I ask myself the same question – where is Lebanon in all of this mess? Mhm?
No, but all jokes aside I recently met two Americans that had absolutely no idea where Lebanon was – my ego was pretty shaken up, I’ll tell ya. How can you not know where Lebanon is? 3ayb 3layk. Hayda Lebnen. Mafi minno la Lebnen.
2. Oh that tiny country on the map
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This is the reaction you get from the nerds that have memorized the map of the world and only recognize Lebanon for the tiny dot that it is on the world’s map.
3. You guys are so exotic
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Nah, not really. We’re as “modernized” (or – forgive me – westernized might be a better term) as it gets when it comes to our lifestyle.
If you consider living without 24/7 electricity or water exotic, then yes sometimes we’re exotic… maybe.
4. Wait.. how come you’re not wearing a niqab/jilabiyye?
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The question you should ask most Lebanese women is actually how come they’re not half naked.
5. Do you guys ride camels?
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1. This is not the desert.
2. Please go die. Thanks.
6. We heard you have the most beautiful girls in the world
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As long as this is not based on a picture you saw of Haifa Wehbe, then teeeeeeenks.
7. OMG I LOVE HUMMUS!
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Wait till you try hummus that’s not been processed and distributed in plastic cans.
8. You guys are badass when it comes to partying
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We’re also really intellectual, by the way.
9. I cannot believe you have 18 different religious sects
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Me too. I also cannot believe we coexist in peace. Isn’t our country just amazing?
10. Ohhooo. Hezbollah. YOU ARE ZA TERRORISTS!
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Shut “ub your mouse,” Obama.
11. Plastic surgery is pretty big in your country, right?
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No, it’s all naturale. We love natural beauty in our country.
12. Lebanese = Racist
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Sometimes, we think the news of our racism is only widespread in our country. On the two occasions I visited Ghana and Sri Lanka, I met a couple of (amazing) people who equated being Lebanese with being racist.
13. Treat your women better.
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Yes. Shame on us.
14. Treat your men better.
Don’t believe everything Nemr Bou Nassar says okay? Just because women scream at their husbands at parties doesn’t mean we’re all like that.
No, I’m kidding. Everyone should treat everyone better in Lebanon.
#love & #peace
15. Oh, you guys hate Jews.
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We really don’t – just because there’s enmity between Israel and Lebanon does not mean Lebanese people hate Jews. There is a huge difference between being Israeli and being Jewish.
1. Where is Lebanon exactly?
Image via Tumblr
Good question. Sometimes I ask myself the same question – where is Lebanon in all of this mess? Mhm?
No, but all jokes aside I recently met two Americans that had absolutely no idea where Lebanon was – my ego was pretty shaken up, I’ll tell ya. How can you not know where Lebanon is? 3ayb 3layk. Hayda Lebnen. Mafi minno la Lebnen.
2. Oh that tiny country on the map
Image via Tumblr
This is the reaction you get from the nerds that have memorized the map of the world and only recognize Lebanon for the tiny dot that it is on the world’s map.
3. You guys are so exotic
Image via Tumblr
Nah, not really. We’re as “modernized” (or – forgive me – westernized might be a better term) as it gets when it comes to our lifestyle.
If you consider living without 24/7 electricity or water exotic, then yes sometimes we’re exotic… maybe.
4. Wait.. how come you’re not wearing a niqab/jilabiyye?
Image via Tumblr
The question you should ask most Lebanese women is actually how come they’re not half naked.
5. Do you guys ride camels?
Image via Tumblr
1. This is not the desert.
2. Please go die. Thanks.
6. We heard you have the most beautiful girls in the world
Image via Tumblr
As long as this is not based on a picture you saw of Haifa Wehbe, then teeeeeeenks.
7. OMG I LOVE HUMMUS!
Image via Reaction GIFs
Wait till you try hummus that’s not been processed and distributed in plastic cans.
8. You guys are badass when it comes to partying
Image via Reaction GIFs
We’re also really intellectual, by the way.
9. I cannot believe you have 18 different religious sects
Image via Tumblr
Me too. I also cannot believe we coexist in peace. Isn’t our country just amazing?
10. Ohhooo. Hezbollah. YOU ARE ZA TERRORISTS!
Image via Tumblr
Shut “ub your mouse,” Obama.
11. Plastic surgery is pretty big in your country, right?
Image via Izi Smile
No, it’s all naturale. We love natural beauty in our country.
12. Lebanese = Racist
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Sometimes, we think the news of our racism is only widespread in our country. On the two occasions I visited Ghana and Sri Lanka, I met a couple of (amazing) people who equated being Lebanese with being racist.
13. Treat your women better.
Image via Beirut Drive by
Yes. Shame on us.
14. Treat your men better.
Don’t believe everything Nemr Bou Nassar says okay? Just because women scream at their husbands at parties doesn’t mean we’re all like that.
No, I’m kidding. Everyone should treat everyone better in Lebanon.
#love & #peace
15. Oh, you guys hate Jews.
Image via Tumblr
We really don’t – just because there’s enmity between Israel and Lebanon does not mean Lebanese people hate Jews. There is a huge difference between being Israeli and being Jewish.