Monday, August 8, 2011

So, Lebanese people, you are arab or not?

Lebanese people are Arabs in the broad sense of the word. If you say that they are not Arabs then you would have to redefine the meaning of the word 'Arab'. We Speak Arabic and have been doing so for the past 1400 years (some languages such as English did not even exist 1400 years ago) and before we began to speak Arabic, we spoke Aramaic which is one of the most closely related languages to Arabic (both semitic languages), and we also have customs and traditions that are (generally speaking) similar to other Arabs (not identical but similar). Therefore we are ARABS.

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