{"id":33309,"date":"2014-06-04T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2014-06-04T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/33309\/15-reactions-youre-likely-to-get-when-you-tell-someone-abroad-youre-lebanese"},"modified":"2014-06-04T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2014-06-04T00:00:00","slug":"15-reactions-youre-likely-to-get-when-you-tell-someone-abroad-youre-lebanese","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/en\/33309\/15-reactions-youre-likely-to-get-when-you-tell-someone-abroad-youre-lebanese\/","title":{"rendered":"15 Reactions You’re Likely to Get When You Tell Someone Abroad You’re Lebanese"},"content":{"rendered":"When you\u2019re traveling abroad and someone asks where you\u2019re from and your answer is: \u201cI am Lebanese,\u201d these are the likely reactions.

1. Where is Lebanon exactly?<\/big><\/big><\/b>

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Good question. Sometimes I ask myself the same question \u2013 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 \u2013 my ego was pretty shaken up, I\u2019ll 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<\/big><\/big><\/b>

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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 <\/big><\/big><\/b>

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Nah, not really. We\u2019re as \u201cmodernized\u201d (or \u2013 forgive me \u2013 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\u2019re exotic… maybe.

4. Wait.. how come you\u2019re not wearing a niqab\/jilabiyye?<\/big><\/big><\/b>

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The question you should ask most Lebanese women is actually how come they\u2019re not half naked.

5. Do you guys ride camels?<\/big><\/big><\/b>

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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<\/big><\/big><\/b>

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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!<\/big><\/big><\/b>

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Wait till you try hummus that\u2019s not been processed and distributed in plastic cans.

8. You guys are badass when it comes to partying<\/big><\/big><\/b>

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We\u2019re also really intellectual, by the way.

9. I cannot believe you have 18 different religious sects<\/big><\/big><\/b>

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Me too. I also cannot believe we coexist in peace. Isn\u2019t our country just amazing?

10. Ohhooo. Hezbollah. YOU ARE ZA TERRORISTS!<\/big><\/big><\/b>

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Shut “ub your mouse,” Obama.<\/a>

11. Plastic surgery is pretty big in your country, right?<\/big><\/big><\/b>

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No, it\u2019s all naturale. We love natural beauty in our country.

12. Lebanese = Racist<\/big><\/big><\/b>

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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.<\/big><\/big><\/b>

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Yes. Shame on us.

14. Treat your men better.<\/big><\/big><\/b>


Don\u2019t believe everything Nemr Bou Nassar says okay? Just because women scream at their husbands at parties doesn\u2019t mean we\u2019re all like that.

No, I\u2019m kidding. Everyone should treat everyone better in Lebanon.
#love & #peace

15. Oh, you guys hate Jews.<\/big><\/big><\/b>

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We really don\u2019t \u2013 just because there\u2019s enmity between Israel and Lebanon does not mean Lebanese people hate Jews. There is a huge difference between being Israeli and being Jewish.
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