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From: bellan@cs.umb.edu (Bechara Bellan)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.lebanon
Subject: BAD TRAVEL AGENT
Date: 25 Jan 93 15:55:18 GMT
Distribution: soc.culture.lebanon
Organization: University of Massachusetts at Boston


Hi,

It is important that everybody that there are bad travel agents.  I
visisted Lebanon last month where I bought my ticket with Air France
from a dealer in Boston. THe name of the Travel Agent is 

D'International in West Roxbury.

The agent which happened to be a lebanese person and I trusted her
because she said that she likes to help the lebanese student. I booked
my ticket through her and paid her a month in advance. She booked my
flight on a non existing flight from Paris to Boston where they
charged me $100.00 penalty. She refuses to pay me my hundred dollars
on the premises she made a mistake which I had to absorb.  

I learned one thing never by a ticket from this dealer and make sure
that the rest of the world know about her.  I also foiund that she did
the same thing with several other people.

Be aware.


B. Bellan
From: U38065@uicvm.uic.edu (Nasri)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.lebanon
Subject: Re: Visiting Lebanon: More Questions
Date: 24 Jan 93 20:02:04 GMT
 <1993Jan19.172954.1@v2.cgu.mcc.ac.uk> <C15Cty.2pF@ccsun.strath.ac.uk>
 <1993Jan21.113802.1@v2.cgu.mcc.ac.uk> <1993Jan22.161743.12614@athena.mit.edu>
Organization: University of Illinois at Chicago

Let me get this straight philo, you mean that a SYRIAN gave you the Tour of
the Catle in Tripoli ?

Man, laweiyn rayhin?


Anyway, does anyone know anything about Jeitta ?
When I was in Leb 4 years ago, I was told that it was being used by the LF to
store weapons?  Is it open to public now ?  And are Syrians given the tour ?


Nasri

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|        La valeur n'attend point le nombre des annees.                 |
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From: hminassi@sdcc13.ucsd.edu (Eh bien continuons.)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.lebanon
Subject: Major IRC Meeting II
Keywords: Everyone Welcome
Date: 23 Jan 93 10:08:52 GMT
Organization: University of California, San Diego


Parev!!!

There will be a meeting on IRC this
Saturday, 1/23/93 at 1p.m. Pacific
time (west coast time) on channel
#Hayastan.  IRC permits conference-
type chatting via the modem.

From Unix Type:  irc    [Return]
Then Just Type:  /join #Hayastan    [Return] 
Then you're all set to communicate with
fellow Armenians.

Looking forward to seeing you there!


H. Minassian
From: masri@binah.cc.brandeis.edu
Newsgroups: soc.culture.lebanon
Subject: Re: Names
Date: 27 Jan 93 19:31:22 GMT
Reply-To: masri@binah.cc.brandeis.edu
Organization: Brandeis University

In response to Kamie's post about names, (sorry I don't have the ability
to copy the text) there are two factors here:

1) I agree with you that one shouldn't have to change one's name but the 
sad truth is -- you do.  My husband recently went through this in trying
to break into the banking field here in the U.S.  He was told straight out
by insiders in the field that his resume wouldn't make it past the trash
can with a name like "Abdul-Hafis" on it.  Sure enough, he changed it to
"Alex" and started getting calls for interviews.  He has not "officially"
changed his name and would be very offended if people he knows well called
him Alex, but it was something he had to do to get a job.  

2) The second point is that I don't think you understood the reason for the
list in the first place.  It wasn't for adults to be able to find an "Ameri-
canized" name for themselves.  It was for people of Arab heritage who plan
to live in the U.S. (or who are married to Americans) to find names for
children which fit in well in BOTH cultures.  For example, I'm Irish-
American and my husband is Lebanese.  We wanted our child to have a name 
that reflected both heritages.  We chose "Iskander" (to be pronounced 
"Alexander" here and "Iskander" in the Middle East) for a boy and "Hana"
for a girl (which is similar to "Hannah" in English).  Now we have 18 month
old Hana and both sets of grandparents are able to understand and pronounce
her name.  

This was not meant as an exercise in eradicating one's culture, rather 
an attempt to bring together two cultures.


Debbie Masri
Newsgroups: soc.culture.lebanon
From: wshaib@bnr.ca (W. Shaib)
Subject: Plays by Ziad al-RaHbani
Reply-To: wshaib@bnr.ca (W. Shaib)
Organization: BNR Ltd.
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 16:29:32 GMT

hello all,

A friend who has just come from a trip to Beirut
brought with him a recording of a play written
by Ziad al-raHbani (Fairuz' son) which is 
supposed to be a parody on the "typical
RaHbani-Brothers' plays". The play is called
'shee fashel' (or 'Failure'), and is utterly
hilarious. The height of the parody comes 
towards the end of the play when the chorus is
singing this 'typically pre-war lebanese' song,
and a tough biker (Abou ezzelof) interrupts the
'festivities'.
This was my first exposure to Ziad al-RaHbani's
work. The play, I understand, is a few years old.
Does anyone know of any other plays he has made
recently? Also, does anyone have a recording of
his other play "A Long American Movie", (or
"Film Ameriki Tawil") ?

As a footnote, here are the (approximate) lyrics
to the song from Shee Fashel.

rajja@na al-jarrah w rij@et la S-Haba
w dai@etna wiHdi w sharra@na bwaaba
w rajja@na al-jarrah
w rajja@na al-jarrah

killna ikhwi w raH nibka ikhwi
w nrajje@ iyyam el-hilwe
w terja@ saHetna tiDwi
@am tiDwi, @am tiDwi

b' el-maHHabi w el-imaan
raH nirja@ nibni libnaan
w yerja@ yet@ammar 
w n@alli n@alli el-binyan

w raH nikhlak libnaan jdeed
killo ghnaani w @na'eed
ya baladna ya baladna ya baladna....

Cheers,

============================================================================
Wadih J. Shaib                     |   "BNR And I Don't Necessarily 
BNR - Ottawa, Canada               |    Share The Same Opinions..."
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From: kfh3591@tamuts.tamu.edu (Khalil Hayek)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.lebanon
Subject: Re: Draft Exemption
Date: 21 Jan 1993 13:06:08 GMT
Organization: ~/lib/organization
NNTP-Posting-Host: tamuts.tamu.edu

I was in Amman recently, and this is what I heard from 
Sawt El-Janoob (I guess that's what the station is called). 
I heard that a deadline (sometime last week) was set so that 
people who have already applied for draft exemption should go
ahead and pay the $1000 by that deadline or else the exemptions
will be dropped. the reason was that [after the deadline] the 
issue of draft service should not be determined by the financial
status of citizens.

[this is what I remember from the broadcast from last Friday. 
please correct me if I got something wrong.]

-Cheers. 
-Khalil.
Newsgroups: soc.culture.lebanon
Subject: Re: Mamluk Remnants in Tripoli
From: hchammou@wsuhub.uc.twsu.edu
Date: 27 Jan 93 12:31:51 CST
Organization: Wichita State University, Wichita, Ks

Basil,

how are you

It has been a while.

-Hassan.
Newsgroups: soc.culture.lebanon
From: alami@McRCIM.McGill.EDU (Wassim Alami)
Subject: Military Draft
Organization: McGill Research Centre for  Intelligent Machines
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 93 01:04:46 GMT


Al-Hayat, Beirut , Wed Dec. 27th.

A ministerial Ad Hoc committee will submit a project of law to the government
for acceptance. The project of law consists of:

1- Release the people born between 66 and 74 inclusive of military service.
2- Abolish the money in place of military service .
3- Reduce the service time from 18 months to 12 months.
4- Return collected money to their sources.

This makes some sense, let's hope the law will pass.

Wassim Alami
From: zzaaskk@v2.cgu.mcc.ac.uk
Newsgroups: soc.culture.lebanon
Subject: Re: Names
Date: 26 Jan 93 09:58:01 GMT
Organization: Manchester Computing Centre CGU

I find the need for crossing over foriegn names quite repulsive and disturbing.
Why should people change the names they have so that the American ear is not
taxed. People should be called what thier names are. How the Americans would 
like it if other people asked them to adapt other names to suit the country
they are visiting, or planning to live in? 

I gues it is all connected to two factors. The idea of America as a melting
pot. Where the only way to be accepted is to lose your identity to an anglo
saxon model. While on the same level the anglo saxon keep trying to promote 
the  diversities of the anglo saxons eg. the gay rights movment. So you can 
keep and express your sexuality but you cannot keep your name. 

The other factor I can think of the the arrogance of the Anglo Saxon that
consider that their cultur is supirior to other cultures and the only way to
communicate with them is to try and imulate them. This can be tied to the
melting pot theory. Should not we be promoting the Multi Cultural society. The
first step in asserting the rights of ethnic minorities is to keep their right
to keep and use their names!

Well who cares any way.

 
Kamie Pronounced Ka-m-ie
Newsgroups: soc.culture.lebanon
From: purwinto@rodan.acs.syr.EDU ()
Subject: PEACE: To whom it may concern
Organization: Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY
Date: Sun, 24 Jan 93 21:00:52 EST


-----start of forwarded msg

Date:         Sun, 24 Jan 1993 01:36:40 EST
Reply-To: CFE Graduate Student List <CFEGRAD@SUVM.SYR.EDU>
Comments:     Warning -- original Sender: tag was CFELIST@SUVM
From: FKELLE@SUVM.SYR.EDU
To: Multiple recipients of list CFEGRAD <CFEGRAD@SUVM.SYR.EDU>

Some of you may be interested, so I thought I would send this along to
the crowd and hope to catch a few possible participants.  Peace, I think
that's what this is about, Fay
_____________________________________________________________________________

To all supporters of peace and justice in former Yugoslavia:

Action for Peace in the Balkans, a multiethnic, San Francisco Bay
Area-based peace group, has organized a nationwide telegram hotline to
President Bill Clinton, urging him to seek a peaceful solution to this
conflict. The telegram reads:

"I oppose military intervention or lifting the arms embargo in the civil war 
in former Yugoslavia.  Such action will fuel the fighting, prolong civilian 
suffering, and lead to an even wider conflict in the region. Exercise 
evenhanded diplomacy and pressure the three warring sides in Bosnia and 
Hercegovina to negotiate a mutually acceptable political solution."

The procedure for using the hotline is as follows:

1. Call (800) 372-2626 (Western Union, Telegram Hotlines)

2. Ask for hotline no. 9337; it will be identified as "Peace in the
Balkans"; the recepient and begining of text will be confirmed (full text
also read on demand; however, note that within this hotline the text is not
alterable)

3. You will be asked for a name and address of the sender, as well as your
home phone number; a $6.95 charge will appear on your next telephone bill
(however, you can call from any phone)

4. You may (optionally) provide your name and address to the organizers.


We urge you to take part in and advertise broadly this action, which will
be taking place for a limited time after inauguration. Our new
administration's policy on this issue has apparently not been set yet, but
defining it is its highest foreign policy priority. This is why it is of
paramount importance to immediately  let them know that military
intervention is *not* a viable option. This message must be sent in a
clear, visible and organized way, and this action serves that purpose.
Certainly, other means of voicing your opinion on the subject remain
equally important as before. But we ask you to take this action seriously,
since only many thousands of telegrams can make a difference.


ACTION FOR PEACE IN THE BALKANS

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From: steel@hal.gnu.ai.mit.edu (Nick Steel)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.lebanon
Subject: Re: Lebanese boy/girl names....list needed.
Date: 22 Jan 93 20:56:45 GMT
Article-I.D.: life.1jpn2dINNl67
Organization: /etc/organization
NNTP-Posting-Host: hal.ai.mit.edu

In article <Jan19.234938.12294@yuma.ACNS.ColoState.EDU> bh437292@lance.colostate.edu writes:

>Sourayya

This is my aunt's name.  They spelled it on her passport as
Soriyya, exact spelling of the coutnry Syria.

They always cheer her when she crosses the border to Syria,
or at the Syrian Check points in Lebanon.

jle
From: U38065@uicvm.uic.edu (Nasri)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.lebanon
Subject: Re: Visiting Lebanon: More Questions
Date: 24 Jan 93 20:05:27 GMT
 <1993Jan19.172954.1@v2.cgu.mcc.ac.uk> <C15Cty.2pF@ccsun.strath.ac.uk>
 <1993Jan21.113802.1@v2.cgu.mcc.ac.uk> <1993Jan22.161743.12614@athena.mit.edu>
Organization: University of Illinois at Chicago

I did not want to sound offensive about the person with a Syrian accent giving
the tour of a historic landmark in Lebanon, who knows, he might be a Syrian
History major doing an internship in Tripoli  :-)


Nasri

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|        Je suis jeune, il est vrai; mais aux ames bien nees            |
|        La valeur n'attend point le nombre des annees.                 |
|                                                 LE CID (DON RODRIGUE) |
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From: zzaaskk@v2.cgu.mcc.ac.uk
Newsgroups: soc.culture.lebanon
Subject: AUB Scandal! Hariri does it again!!!
Date: 26 Jan 93 10:10:38 GMT
Organization: Manchester Computing Centre CGU

Hariri does it again! 

I do not know if you have got this bit of news from Beirut or not. 
Robert Fisk, The Independent reporter (UK news paper) has reported 
the following 'scandal' in the AUB that involves the underhanded 
involvement of our prime minister. 

Apparently Hariri has provided around $300,000 to supplement the pay AUB
medical staff in order to stave off inflation and stop them from 
emigrating to the states. The fund was kept a secret from the AUB 
American trustees. People who knew about it were Dr. Salti the deputy 
to the president of the AUB and Fouad Senyoura Now a minister then general 
manager of Mediterranean Bank where the fund was allegedly kept. 

Dr. Salti was fired from his position after Mr. Herter the President, who have 
not dared to visit his university since his appointment, knew about the 
fund from a doctor whose payments from the fund were stopped. This doctor
wrote a letter to Herter and the deans. The fund was set up by Mr Hariri,
Dr. Najib Abu Haider and other unnamed donors. Payments were made to about 
18 members of staff, without paying income tax. Shock Horror!

Mr. Hariri stands again accused of saving the best part of the medical 
service in Lebanon. He should be stopped now, other wise he might do 
Lebanon some good. 

Another part to the story, it is suspected in Beirut that Herter is using this 
to Purge Arabs from the AUB senior ranks and send American academics back to 
Beirut to take their places. In anticipation on the lifting of the ban on 
American citizens who wish to visit Lebanon. 

Dr. Salti has also aired some views about the 'Arabisation' of the AUB,
some time ago, in a time frame involving decades! He MUST be SHOT! 
How dare he?
 

Professor Samir Makdisi was appointed in place of Dr. Salti.


Kamie
From: Michael F. Kamprath <kamprath@space-grant.sprl.umich.edu>
Newsgroups: soc.culture.lebanon
Subject: Re: Mamluk Remnants in Tripoli
Date: 22 Jan 1993 21:06:10 GMT
Organization: University of Michigan, Aerospace Engineering
Distribution: world
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X-XXDate: Fri, 22 Jan 93 22:09:56 GMT

In article <C17w0G.C9K@ecf.toronto.edu> FAHS Samir M, fahs@ecf.toronto.edu
writes:
>
>Recently on SCL, there was a mention of the remnants of the Mamluks in
Tripoli. 
>Some excerpts from a book by John Gulick, Tripoli: A Modern Arab City, are
>included below.  The book dates back to 1967, and as the title indicates
>it is not totally devoted to the history of the city, but it addresses the
>different aspects of it at the time the book was written. 
>

What/Who are the Mamluks?

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|Michael F. Kamprath                   | The University of Michigan  |
|  kamprath@space-grant.sprl.umich.edu |      Aerospace Engineering  |
|  kamprath@engin.umich.edu            |      Graduate Student       |
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Organization: University of Illinois at Chicago
Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 22:09:43 CST
From: Nasri <U38065@uicvm.uic.edu>
Newsgroups: soc.culture.lebanon
Subject: Re: Names

Well, i saw all of those correspondant english names for arabic names,
what can I do with my name, NASRI the closest I could think of was Nas or
Nathan.  Can anyone think of anythink else ?  pple keep calling me NAZZRAYH !


Abou-Nasra

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|        La valeur n'attend point le nombre des annees.                 |
|                                                 LE CID (DON RODRIGUE) |
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From: chao6@husc11.harvard.edu (James Chao)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.lebanon,soc.culture.magyar
Subject: Model United Nations Conference in the Czech Republic
Date: 23 Jan 93 00:48:16 GMT
Organization: Harvard University Science Center

(If possible, please print out and post for people who might be
interested)

To all those interested in international relations, politics, and the
United Nations -- WorldMUN is a great forum for the discussion of 
current issues being debated by the United Nations today: 

Harvard World Model United Nations (WorldMUN) is an international
conference that brings together university students and young
professionals from around the globe to siimulate the workings of the
United Nations.  The second annual WorldMUN conference will be held from
March 28, 1993, through March 31, 1993, at the Hotel Diplomat in Prague,
The Czech Republic.  

Ten committees, representing the General Assembly, Economic and Social
Council, and Specialized Agencies of the United Nations, will discuss
issues from the actual UN agenda.  In addition to the formal debate of
resolutions, committee sessions will be augmented by presentations from
politicians, businessmen, scholars, and activists who have helped shape
the dramatic world events of recent years.

In this era of momentous political change, WorldMUN seeks to assess the
role of the United Nations in a new world order.  WorldMUN marks the first
truly international simulated United Nations where participants play the
roles of their own nation's ambassadors.  WorldMUN strives to teach
tomorrow's leaders about the United Nations and its methods of conflict
resolution.  It aims to foster skills in negotiation and debate, in order
that delegates may formulate resolutions on topics currently discussed in
the real United Nations.  These resolutions will be sent to the actual
United Nations committees.

WorldMUN 1993 will take place at the Hotel Diplomat in Prague,
The Czech Republic.  The Hotel Diplomat is Prague's most modern conference
center.  Prague is both one of the most beautiful metropoles of Europe and
an ideal location for debating current world politics and the changing
role of the United Nations.

The Hotel diplomat is a luxury resort that offers restaurants, shops, a
night club, and fitness and spa equipment.  Delegates will stay at the
Hotel Diplomat for the reduced rate of 130DM/day double occupancy, which
includes two meals a day.

Delegate registration is $US60 per delegate.  For more information, please
reply to this e-mail address or write/fax:
Joshua A. Salomon, Secretary-General
Harvard World Model United Nations 1993
Suite 23, 1430 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02138-3810
UNITED STATES

Telephone:  001-617-493-6995
Fax:  001-617-493-6995

James Chao
chao6@husc.harvard.edu
Organization: University of Illinois at Chicago
Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 23:10:41 CST
From: Nasri <U38065@uicvm.uic.edu>
Newsgroups: soc.culture.lebanon
Subject: Re: Names

Sometimes, I feel it is necessary for a person to change his/her name.

Let's take my case, I am very proud of my name.  It was my grandfather's name
and his grandfather before him, the same thing with my father and his grandfath
er.  The problem is that sometimes I really get sick about people misspronounci
ng my name.  My close friends know how to pronounce it by now, my co-workers
call me Nas, but most of the time it is Naz or Nazree.  The problem is when I
go to one of the university offices were people call me Nazaray or Nassiree
or N-aih-zray, sometimes it gets on my nerves, and I really consider getting a
nick name,  this is why, I introduce myself as Nasri and if people can't get it
 right right away, I ask them to call me Nass or Naz until they get my real
name right.

One incident I had is when I was waiting at the hospital, and after a while, I
did not hear my name being called, when I went to check, they said that they
did call me, they called Nazaray abay-ManZour  (our as in sour _sweet and Sour)
.


Nasri


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|        Je suis jeune, il est vrai; mais aux ames bien nees            |
|        La valeur n'attend point le nombre des annees.                 |
|                                                 LE CID (DON RODRIGUE) |
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Newsgroups: soc.culture.lebanon,soc.culture.arabic
From: philo@athena.mit.edu (philo)
Subject: Talaal Haidar
Organization: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1993 03:55:18 GMT


This is a poem by Talaal Haidar, which was sung by Marcel Khalife. I am
transliterating it here because I think it is an amazing poem. here goes:


bghaybtik nizl sh-shitii
uumi tla@i @al baal
fii faw' sejjaadet Salaa
wel-@am be Sallu 'laal
SawTun mitl maSr l maraa
w-b@albak r-rejjaal
men ketr maa Teli@ l @ish baynaatna
byerba l ghazaal

Waddayt ma@ raa@i Hamaa
yshefli T-Ta's shmaal
'alli s-senii jaayi hawa
be wa''i@ l-khiyyaal
ya rayt ma srajt l-faras 
w-la b@att hal mersaal


-philo.
-- 
.....................
men abl maa Saar sh-shajar @aalii
				(Talaal Haidar)
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