{"id":55736,"date":"2018-06-25T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-06-25T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/?p=55736"},"modified":"2023-05-23T10:31:17","modified_gmt":"2023-05-23T10:31:17","slug":"7-stories-your-lebanese-grandpa-swears-are-true-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/en\/55736\/7-stories-your-lebanese-grandpa-swears-are-true-2\/","title":{"rendered":"7 Stories Your Lebanese Grandpa Swears Are True"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>  Lebanese grandpa\u2019s and tall tales go hand by hand. Although they are a source of immense wisdom and knowledge, there are some shared stories that every single Lebanese grandpa seems to share and swear that they really happened. <\/p>\n<p>  <b>1. The Time He Met Fairouz<\/b><\/p>\n<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media1.tenor.com\/images\/93f102de0f83305919c575c700400af9\/tenor.gif?itemid=7198519\"width=\"100%\"><\/p>\n<p>  They make it seem like she was holding more meet and greets than a young popstar. If every Lebanese grandpa has met her, how did she have time to actually perform?<\/p>\n<p>  <b>2. Saving The Village<\/b><\/p>\n<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.imgur.com\/wCoJxkY.gif\"width=\"100%\"><\/p>\n<p>  If your grandpa is Lebanese, he will surely claim that he is an unsung hero of his village, either protecting it from French soldiers or a drought that he solved by finding the local 3ein, he will never let go of his technically not true claim to fame. <\/p>\n<p>  <b>3. Enchanting Your Grandma <\/b><\/p>\n<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media1.popsugar-assets.com\/files\/thumbor\/Tw7uff0jaMdnwbuDRIIqGnG1VuA\/fit-in\/1200x630\/filters:format_auto-!!-:strip_icc-!!-:fill-!white!-\/2016\/01\/31\/192\/n\/1922398\/d21ee2ea9544d6ed_hot_sandy\/i\/When-Hot-Sandy-Rolls-Out-All-Like-Tell-Me-About-Stud.gif\"width=\"100%\"><\/p>\n<p>  \u201cKel banet el day3a ken baddon yene, settek awal ma shefetne ngharamit feye 3atool,\u201d your grandfather, probably. Cue your grandmother\u2019s eyeroll. <\/p>\n<p>  <b>4. Lost Relatives<\/b><\/p>\n<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.giphy.com\/media\/11OUM7lAlLT63m\/giphy.gif\"width=\"100%\"><\/p>\n<p>  In every Lebanese family, there is always a relative that\u2019s been lost abroad, and that your grandfather wants you to look up on the internet to try and find them. Sadly, Googling your grandfather\u2019s uncle\u2019s name shows no results. Try explaining that to him, though. <\/p>\n<p>  <b>5. Ye Olde Days Of Riches<\/b><\/p>\n<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media2.giphy.com\/media\/VTxmwaCEwSlZm\/200.gif\"width=\"100%\"><\/p>\n<p>  No matter what socioeconomic level your family belongs to, your grandfather will tell you about \u201cayyem el 3ezz, wa2ta kenna nel3ab bel masare le3eb.\u201d Where this fortune comes from or how it was lost changes between a tale and another, but the lost treasure is a pillar of the grandfather tall tale. <\/p>\n<p>  <b>6. Being In A Newspaper<\/b><\/p>\n<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media1.tenor.com\/images\/6920ec7e3739999f58f79bfa9574fa76\/tenor.gif?itemid=4630939\"width=\"100%\"><\/p>\n<p>  No matter how mediocre his life has been, there\u2019s always a newspaper clipping that has mysteriously been lost that had his picture and a small article about some achievement he\u2019s done. <\/p>\n<p>  <b>7. Being Kidnapped<\/b><\/p>\n<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/31.media.tumblr.com\/e1bc070ba0a29ba61dbceef40b2ef53c\/tumblr_inline_o19vm72d0o1qbajca_500.gif\"width=\"100%\"><\/p>\n<p>  Being kidnapped, or almost kidnapped in some cases, seems to be a recurring theme in Lebanese grandfather\u2019s stories. It could be in any setting, be it the civil war or abroad, but they barely just made it out. Be it true or not, it\u2019s a good thing they did, because without them there would be no you! <\/p>\n<p> 1<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\nLebanese grandpa\u2019s and tall tales go hand by hand.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":625867,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_preview_accessed":0,"footnotes":""},"tags":[],"media-embed-type":[],"class_list":["post-55736","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-listomania"],"authorship":[73],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.3 (Yoast SEO v27.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>7 Stories Your Lebanese Grandpa Swears Are True<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Lebanese grandpa\u2019s and tall tales go hand by hand.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, 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