From: faris@sarcasm.trl.OZ.AU (Aziz Faris)
Subject: Re: THE NEW l
Reply-To: a.Faris@trl.oz.au 
Organization: Telecom Research Labs, Melbourne,Australia
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1993 03:29:37 GMT

In article <1993Jan8.151451.10000@ac.dal.ca>, bibr0027@ac.dal.ca writes:
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|> Ya halla bil shaabab..Libnan waa basss, wa airee with the rest"

Is this what your Orthodox Chrsitianity tells you to do?.

|> 
|> Greetings to all my fellow Lebs and others in this news group.
|> I have also been a passive viewer here too, until now....

First you want to shove your equipment and then you want to greet them, most
do it the other way around. Whom do you want to shove your belongings into and
who are you greeting?.

|> 
|> My name is John Lawen, hmmm you're saying..."Don't sound Lebanese.."
|> Well it is....nevertheless, my grandparents think 'Lawen' is perhaps
|> Jewish in origin.  That does not matter...I am Lebanese.  I was born in
|> Canada, but nevertheless my parents have brought me up to be Lebanese,
|> and nothing but.  I must stress not all Lebs think alike...

Very comforting to know that not all Lebs think alike. Your parents tell you
that you are Lebanese, but they don't know who they are?.

|> 
|> I had lived in Lebanon between '85-'88, and then revisited in the summer
|> of 91 for 12 long weeks.  The dollar was about 900LL at that time.
|> Things have changed.
|> 
|> My mom, two sisters and brother are there rite now.  Sis is at BUC.
|> I guess my family tends to cycle between here and there every 2-3 years.
|> Canadian (American) culture tends to spoil little Lebs.  They loose their
|> identity to the American melting pot.  In my view, they are neither 
|> Lebanese nor are they Canadians.  They are lost in between two worlds.
|> They want to be Canadian yet they are not accepted that easily.  Why even
|> bother...I say.   Just be the best LEB you can, wa airee with the rest.
                                                   _______________________

This is just a reminder, to drive the point home.

|> 
|> I stay in Jounieh when I go to Lebanon.  Portemilio to be specific.  
|> Anyone been there?  It is nice.  Rimal is the next best thing...hahah
|> I visited all parts of Lebanon except the Israel Secruity Zone.  My village
|> is perhaps about 10 min drive from Hasbaya.  Oh well maybe one day we can
|> cross the border without being shot at by our own army (SLA).  Even maybe
|> one day, Peace with Israel is possible.  It would be nice to visit some of
|> my Israeli and Palestinian friends in Israel.  A nice sunday afternoon drive
|> to Tel Aviv......anyway...off topic.

The SLA is your army, it sounds that it should have been very easy to get
across the border.

|> 
|> Went to Ehdin, Zagharta, Bshrery...etc...I am not from the shmal..so I only
|> visited.  It was OK....too many mountains I must say.  I am original
|> from the jnoub.  Our village is half Rome and half Druze.  A semi-happy
|> existence together since the 1700's?  Who knows?

A genuin Phoenician.

|> 
|> 
|> Maybe I have said too much.  Maybe not?  I would really like to have a 
|> couple of Lebanese penpals thru e-mail.   Please reply whenever.

Actually, you did not say anything worthy.
  
|> 
|> Marriage is on my agenda in the next couple of years.  My mother
|> supposedly has two or three 'nice' girls lined up.  Don't you just love
|> it....how one can get introduced to a girl and after 5-6 months you
|> get married.  Trust me it beats the Canadian divorsee.  Any thoughts?

Yeah, buy a new personality first.

|> 
|> Oh ya...we have been calling Lebanon via 'someone'.  It is costing us
|> $1.20 CAN per minute.....Anyone have cheaper rates?

Try the nearest Israeli embassy, they might want to relay the messages across
the border via the SLA.

A.Faris
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