{"id":65083,"date":"2023-04-03T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-04-03T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/65083\/14-ways-you-can-say-no-without-saying-no-in-lebanon"},"modified":"2023-04-03T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2023-04-03T00:00:00","slug":"14-ways-you-can-say-no-without-saying-no-in-lebanon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/en\/65083\/14-ways-you-can-say-no-without-saying-no-in-lebanon\/","title":{"rendered":"14 Ways You Can Say No Without Saying No In Lebanon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Lebanese people are actually much more afraid of confrontation than you would imagine. One of their favorite activities is to say no without actually saying the word no, here are 14 ways they do that.<\/p>\n<p>  <b>1. Nshallah<\/b> <\/p>\n<p>  All things are possible through the divine light of procrastination.<\/p>\n<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.tenor.com\/ObZoMx8zNqYAAAAC\/david-ramsey-hope.gif\" width=\"70%\"> <\/p>\n<p>  <b>2. Mne7ke<\/b> <\/p>\n<p>  I suddenly cannot hear.<\/p>\n<p>  <b>3. Men shouf<\/b> <\/p>\n<p>  I have 0\/20 vision.<\/p>\n<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media0.giphy.com\/media\/3o6Zt2l7JNe272QpqM\/giphy.gif\" width=\"70%\"> <\/p>\n<p>  <b>4. Kello byetzabat<\/b> <\/p>\n<p>  Never gonna happen.<\/p>\n<p>  <b>5. Khaline es2al eme<\/b> <\/p>\n<p>  Yes I\u2019m 29, what about it?<\/p>\n<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.gifer.com\/origin\/f3\/f368fe9b9509ba20abda4b4d59fb552c.gif\" width=\"70%\"> <\/p>\n<p>  <b>6. 3am betshatte<\/b> <\/p>\n<p>  Sorry.<\/p>\n<p>  <b>7. Kteer shakla 3aj2a lyom<\/b> <\/p>\n<p>  I haven\u2019t looked out the window, but I can feel the vibe.<\/p>\n<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.tenor.com\/gSLofj-lH5QAAAAC\/look-thats-not-gonna-happen-30rock.gif\" width=\"70%\"> <\/p>\n<p>  <b>8. El dene Ramadan<\/b> <\/p>\n<p>  El dene sayfiye, el dene bared, el dene menteke\u2026<\/p>\n<p>  <b>9. Kteer mashghoul hal eyem<\/b> <\/p>\n<p>  Bta3ref keef hek el sheghel eh kteer ta3ab. Meanwhile:<\/p>\n<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.pinimg.com\/originals\/fe\/69\/ac\/fe69ac8e383a5d6249c4986194fdaf9e.gif\" width=\"70%\"> <\/p>\n<p>  <b>10. Ade el se3a 3andak?<\/b> <\/p>\n<p>  Oh sorry It\u2019s 2:00 here, this won\u2019t work<3\n\n  <br \/>  <b>11. Hal jome3ten kteer sa3been wallah<\/b> <\/p>\n<p>  Ask me again in 2 weeks.<\/p>\n<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.tenor.com\/8PyJFyhI7BkAAAAC\/judge-judy-not-gonna-happen.gif\" width=\"70%\"> <\/p>\n<p>  <b>12. Yalla halla2 bas o2bad<\/b> <\/p>\n<p>  Yalla halla2 bas o2bad. Yalla halla2 bas o2bad. Yalla halla2 bas o2bad. Yalla halla2 bas o2bad. Yalla halla2 bas o2bad.<\/p>\n<p>  <b>13. Ana akid miyye bel miyye in<\/b> <\/p>\n<p>  You\u2019re never seeing this person again in your life.<\/p>\n<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.gifer.com\/origin\/be\/be59bf46039b6048cb568bb6e88c8d48.gif\" width=\"70%\"> <\/p>\n<p>  <b>14. Yalla hala2 bas tozbat el lira w yentekhbo ra2ees<\/b> <\/p>\n<p> 1<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lebanese people are actually much more afraid of confrontation than you would imagine.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":614914,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_preview_accessed":0,"footnotes":""},"tags":[],"media-embed-type":[],"class_list":["post-65083","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-listomania"],"authorship":[17],"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>14 Ways You Can Say No Without Saying No In Lebanon<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Lebanese people are actually much more afraid of confrontation than you would imagine.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" 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