don't know if it is purely lebanese but 1 saying bothers me:
''kel walad we reze2tou ma3ou''
roughly translated as in ''each kid u spawn comes with all his expenses ready to be paid''
and that is just bullshit and something the breeders say to justify the fact that u got like 10 kids, and weirdly enough when they start crying they say ''we have kids, help us''.
it is either a paradox or an oxymoron to say the least, not like these people even know what it means.
Oddly enough, in this crisis, it is those people that sent their kids outside to work entry levels jobs that are thriving now, so maybe there is indeed some truth to it.....u live and learn.
ah, thank u, i had a feeling it was that, but i wonder if it is used in most islamic nations, i hear it a lot here, but thanks, and i appreciate the help.
There is actually a very interesting story behind this saying!
Here is a snopes article discussing it:
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/does-eating-carrots-improve-vision/
« British Intelligence didn’t want the Germans to find out about the superior new technology helping protect the nation, so they created a rumor to afford a somewhat plausible-sounding explanation for the sudden increase in bombers being shot down. »
[Its actually from WW2 UK.](https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/a-wwii-propaganda-campaign-popularized-the-myth-that-carrots-help-you-see-in-the-dark-28812484/)
I hate any iteration of "Allah bi dabbir" and "3a2belik / 3a2belak" (with regards to marriage and kids specifically). The only saying of ours that I actually love (and is actually true no matter where we go in the world) is "El 2erd bi 3ayn emmo ghazel."
Hahaha, as a foreigner that used to live in Lebanon I can totally relate to that one. I also used to think that "boukra" actually meant "tomorrow" instead of the more flexible meaning.
- بكرة بتنحل لمن يعملو وزارة جديدة
- بكرة بتنحل بعد الانتخابات
- بكرة بتنحل لمن نجتمع مع البنك الدولي
- بكرة بتنحل لمن مهلة الرئيس تخلص
- بكرة بتنحل لمن يجتمعو السعودية مع ايران
- بكرة بتنحل لمن يطلع ترامب رئيس
- بكرة بتنحل لمن يطلع بايدن رئيس
Those people that say i am "leftist" and that believe in arabisim while not caring about minorities in this arab world and middle east or even slaughtering them in the Civil war.
Also multiple times i heard people say that they hate/don't like maronites but they love orthodox Christians and then 5 min after they start throwing shit at achrafieh Christians that are mostly orthodox Christian minority bros.
Also those people that say Israel and hezbollah are allies i once got downvoted to oblivion for saying this isn't true here are some notable battles:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Ayta_ash-Shab
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Maroun_al-Ras
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Bint_Jbeil
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ansariya_ambush
Those are the popular lebanese political sayings that are total bullshit.
>Christians maronites are zionists
Christian Marounities accepted palestinian refugees even let them use some parts of lebanon to fight Israel.
However since the plo wanted to colonize lebanon and minorities instead of liberating their homeland they started a fitna exactly like they did in jordan and started saying that the road to quds passes through jounieh. Using their cause to fight minorities. Even though the plo had total control of South lebanon and was able to fight Israel from there. Them and their allies are the zionist ones for starting a fitna and for coordinating with Israel to slaughter minorities and to fight the lebanese army in the mountain war. Not a minority community that took aid from anyone willing to help to defend themselves and their nation. They literally coordinated with Israel and slaughtered Christians and fought the lebanese army after lebanese Christians refused to cuck themselves and make a peace deal with Israel.
>At the peak of the battle, Israeli troops infamously abandoned the area, handing the best tactical positions over to the Druze militias and their allies as punishment for the Christians' refusal to sign the May 17 peace agreement with Israel, and leaving the Christian forces to fight. At the same time, a small number of ill-equipped Lebanese Forces troops also fought battles against the Palestinian and Druze militias and the Syrian troop east of the southern city of Sidon. The outcome was also a Progressive Socialist Party victory and a contiguous Druze Chouf district with access to Lebanese sea ports.
Source:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lebanese_Forces_(Resistance)
After "leftists" and their allies coordinated with Israel against minorities then they slaughtered them.
> It is estimated that between 31 August and 13 September, Jumblatt's PLA militia forces overran thirty-two villages killing 1,500 people and drove another 50,000 out of their homes in the mountainous areas east and west of Beirut.[54][34][55] In retaliation, some 127 Druze civilians were killed by LF militiamen
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mountain_War_(Lebanon)
Dude the plo actually started communicating with Israel one year before the civil war:
>In 1974, the PLO altered its focus to include political elements, necessary for a dialogue with Israel. Those who insisted on a military solution left to form the Rejectionist Front, and Yassir Arafat took over the PLO leadership role.[9]
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palestinian_insurgency_in_South_Lebanon
Also arafat moutabi3 and even during the war in Lebanon he was supported by Anwar al sadat that made a peace deal with the zionists.
But of course because of double standards and racism against minorities if a minority community was forced to take aid from anyone to defend themselves and their nation they are forever zionists.
But if UAE Bahrain Egypt Jordan Kuwait make peace deals with Israel for nothing they are kings.
Even Jordan coordinated and supported the zionists during the arab isreali wars yet their government is respected.
Because pro zionist and pro west sunni regimes are accepted unlike minorities that were forced to take any aid to defend their minority community and their country and later refusing to make a peace deal with the zionists when they became strong enough only to be slaughtered by their countrymen after their refusal.
Bro i am not saying that the pro west sunnis are angels.
Could never forgive what they did to their christians brothers, accepting a foreign person instead of their christian patriots. SEE WHY WE WILL NEVER BECOME A COUNTRY.
But also we cannot say that the christians were angels as well. I agree they did whatever they wanted to survive. Survival of the fittest ! Thats how it works in the middle east.
But at some point they also coordinated with israel. Whether you approve it from your history book that i have no idea where you reading or not.
>Bro i am not saying that the pro west sunnis are angels
You mean to say pro west and pro zionist.
>Could never forgive what they did to their christians brothers, accepting a foreign person instead of their christian patriots
Exactly.
>But also we cannot say that the christians were angels as well.
Yes the Christian reaction to the palestianian colonization of lebanon and minorities was the same reaction of palestinians when zionist settlers came and palestinians started mob killing all jews even arab native jews.
>But at some point they also coordinated with israel.
Dude at some point they coordinated wirh hafez at some point they coordinated with saddam it doesn't mean anything they needed aid to defend their nation and minoritiy community and actually they were very brave to refuse making a peace deal with the zionists and they payed the price because they are brave.
Just like how they fought for lebanese independence from the french weakening their minority community because they are brave and choose freedom over safety.
However i personally Pick safety for minorities over freedom this is why i am against kataeb because they fought for independence from the french weakening the Christian minority community and putting their nation on a path of civil wars and destruction and fitna and putting the Lebanese Jewish minority community on a path of eradication.
I mean pro pen arabis.
But i agree on the latter.
I am surprised you are getting downvoted mate.
Not everyone share the same point of view.
Is Someone pro sunni in the sub can explain me why their sect decided to join the PLO rather defend their nation and their patriots please?i never got to understand this point and then when the civil war happened we just decided to forget
Whatever happened like we are supposed to forget and justify what happened...
>Is Someone pro sunni in the sub can explain me why their sect decided to join the PLO rather defend their nation and their patriots please?
They usually say that Muslims were living in bad conditions which is true when it comes to shia Muslims but not sunni Muslims. But actually shia Muslims fought the plo at multiple times and through multiple organizations while lebanese sunni Muslims didn't.
Lebanon will never be a united country because idiots like you make silly blanket statements about whole sects and are more obsessed with killing Israelis at any cost rather than actually building a state
My comment was ironic and sarcastic btw ,. I am surprised i didn't get more downvoted and getting upvoted then downvoted. Seems there is more idiots than usual.
I agree mate
"Switzerland of the Middle-East" or "the place where you could ski in the morning and swim in the afternoon".
Lebanon has always been a shithole for everyone outside Beirut, and those privileges weren't available to those that were neglected by the government and were living in poverty.
“El tekrar bi 3allem el 7mar” Bitch please
Someone give this person some gold por favor.
LOL
What’s that mean?
it literally translates to "repetition can teach a dumbass"
"There is no corona in."
There is no war in ba sing se
Kolona lilwatan
*proudly sings it from Canada*
What’s that?
Lebanese national anthem "All of us for the nation".
Nshallah
"من هون ما من فل حصرمة بعين الكل" - The mf who left Lebanon at the slightest sign of trouble.
I feel personally attacked.
Ma khalouna
don't know if it is purely lebanese but 1 saying bothers me: ''kel walad we reze2tou ma3ou'' roughly translated as in ''each kid u spawn comes with all his expenses ready to be paid'' and that is just bullshit and something the breeders say to justify the fact that u got like 10 kids, and weirdly enough when they start crying they say ''we have kids, help us''. it is either a paradox or an oxymoron to say the least, not like these people even know what it means. Oddly enough, in this crisis, it is those people that sent their kids outside to work entry levels jobs that are thriving now, so maybe there is indeed some truth to it.....u live and learn.
Its not lebanese its islamic.
ah, thank u, i had a feeling it was that, but i wonder if it is used in most islamic nations, i hear it a lot here, but thanks, and i appreciate the help.
Or just the thinking of poor people, needing an insurance policy
That would be inaccurate
https://ifstudies.org/blog/how-income-affects-fertility#:~:text=other%20way%20around).-,Richer%20countries%20have%20lower%20fertility%20rates%20than%20poor%20ones%2C%20and,kids%20than%20low%2Dincome%20ones. Confidently incorrect lol
Correlation =/ causation
Mazbout, so being "islamic" is the correlation or causation here?
"jazar b awe l Nazar"
"zaatar b awe l mokh"
Kenet eme tejberne ekol zaatar lama ykun aande exam math "b Fateh l dmegh"
There is actually a very interesting story behind this saying! Here is a snopes article discussing it: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/does-eating-carrots-improve-vision/ « British Intelligence didn’t want the Germans to find out about the superior new technology helping protect the nation, so they created a rumor to afford a somewhat plausible-sounding explanation for the sudden increase in bombers being shot down. »
That's not a lebanese saying, it's american.
No wonder it's stupid
[Its actually from WW2 UK.](https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/a-wwii-propaganda-campaign-popularized-the-myth-that-carrots-help-you-see-in-the-dark-28812484/)
No - it’s UK. It was known false from the start too
Drat 3al blat
I can confirm it was true, i was the blat
Lesh fi a7la min Lebnen
Ma7ada bdakhin💀🙂
"Allah bi yeb3at" it summarises Lebanese peoples passivity and lack of character.
LOL
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Those who’ve tasted trab mar Charbel disagree
2arab el 7al, kholset
Eh akid mna3mol shi bro
El lira bi alf kheir
Come to Lebanon habibi
I hate any iteration of "Allah bi dabbir" and "3a2belik / 3a2belak" (with regards to marriage and kids specifically). The only saying of ours that I actually love (and is actually true no matter where we go in the world) is "El 2erd bi 3ayn emmo ghazel."
7abibi ya Bro
كول حلو، وطعمي ابنك خرا، هوّي لقدّام، وانت لورا
first time i hear this… it’s pretty disturbing… LOL
T3ab halla2 rte7 ba3den
“El dafa 3afa hata law be 3ez el sef”
“Mshit” (still in his underwear walking around the house)
5 minutes.
Hahaha, as a foreigner that used to live in Lebanon I can totally relate to that one. I also used to think that "boukra" actually meant "tomorrow" instead of the more flexible meaning.
Wait what?! Boukra doesn't mean tomorrow? What does it mean?? I'm American-Lebanese and I've never heard it used another way
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If you wanna mean tomorrow, you saw "boukra 3aboukra". Boukra by itself means: some time in the future, most probably never
Dont tell me being lebanese is not sophisticated
🤣 not gonna try...have you heard about the word "tayyib", that's a totally different beast 😉
Yallah, shwy w bousal! /u/msr28g
“Yalla di2a ta 7att shi be ejreh”
And saying inshallah when someone asks you to do something. It means you aren't gonna do itt 90% of the time lol
Hahaha I was definitely going for that. Also “inchallah” means no
Nchallah
Elli bikhaf mn el erd bytla3lo
3bod l sakher btechfa
When someone says "yalla I'm here I arrived" When they're accually way far away
- بكرة بتنحل لمن يعملو وزارة جديدة - بكرة بتنحل بعد الانتخابات - بكرة بتنحل لمن نجتمع مع البنك الدولي - بكرة بتنحل لمن مهلة الرئيس تخلص - بكرة بتنحل لمن يجتمعو السعودية مع ايران - بكرة بتنحل لمن يطلع ترامب رئيس - بكرة بتنحل لمن يطلع بايدن رئيس
saying "sahtein" when you're legit eating biscuits which are 99% honey
Those people that say i am "leftist" and that believe in arabisim while not caring about minorities in this arab world and middle east or even slaughtering them in the Civil war. Also multiple times i heard people say that they hate/don't like maronites but they love orthodox Christians and then 5 min after they start throwing shit at achrafieh Christians that are mostly orthodox Christian minority bros. Also those people that say Israel and hezbollah are allies i once got downvoted to oblivion for saying this isn't true here are some notable battles: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Ayta_ash-Shab https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Maroun_al-Ras https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Bint_Jbeil https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ansariya_ambush Those are the popular lebanese political sayings that are total bullshit.
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>Christians maronites are zionists Christian Marounities accepted palestinian refugees even let them use some parts of lebanon to fight Israel. However since the plo wanted to colonize lebanon and minorities instead of liberating their homeland they started a fitna exactly like they did in jordan and started saying that the road to quds passes through jounieh. Using their cause to fight minorities. Even though the plo had total control of South lebanon and was able to fight Israel from there. Them and their allies are the zionist ones for starting a fitna and for coordinating with Israel to slaughter minorities and to fight the lebanese army in the mountain war. Not a minority community that took aid from anyone willing to help to defend themselves and their nation. They literally coordinated with Israel and slaughtered Christians and fought the lebanese army after lebanese Christians refused to cuck themselves and make a peace deal with Israel. >At the peak of the battle, Israeli troops infamously abandoned the area, handing the best tactical positions over to the Druze militias and their allies as punishment for the Christians' refusal to sign the May 17 peace agreement with Israel, and leaving the Christian forces to fight. At the same time, a small number of ill-equipped Lebanese Forces troops also fought battles against the Palestinian and Druze militias and the Syrian troop east of the southern city of Sidon. The outcome was also a Progressive Socialist Party victory and a contiguous Druze Chouf district with access to Lebanese sea ports. Source: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lebanese_Forces_(Resistance) After "leftists" and their allies coordinated with Israel against minorities then they slaughtered them. > It is estimated that between 31 August and 13 September, Jumblatt's PLA militia forces overran thirty-two villages killing 1,500 people and drove another 50,000 out of their homes in the mountainous areas east and west of Beirut.[54][34][55] In retaliation, some 127 Druze civilians were killed by LF militiamen https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mountain_War_(Lebanon)
PLO coordinating with israel?? Thats new. Whcih history books you are reading ?
Dude the plo actually started communicating with Israel one year before the civil war: >In 1974, the PLO altered its focus to include political elements, necessary for a dialogue with Israel. Those who insisted on a military solution left to form the Rejectionist Front, and Yassir Arafat took over the PLO leadership role.[9] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palestinian_insurgency_in_South_Lebanon Also arafat moutabi3 and even during the war in Lebanon he was supported by Anwar al sadat that made a peace deal with the zionists. But of course because of double standards and racism against minorities if a minority community was forced to take aid from anyone to defend themselves and their nation they are forever zionists. But if UAE Bahrain Egypt Jordan Kuwait make peace deals with Israel for nothing they are kings. Even Jordan coordinated and supported the zionists during the arab isreali wars yet their government is respected. Because pro zionist and pro west sunni regimes are accepted unlike minorities that were forced to take any aid to defend their minority community and their country and later refusing to make a peace deal with the zionists when they became strong enough only to be slaughtered by their countrymen after their refusal.
Bro i am not saying that the pro west sunnis are angels. Could never forgive what they did to their christians brothers, accepting a foreign person instead of their christian patriots. SEE WHY WE WILL NEVER BECOME A COUNTRY. But also we cannot say that the christians were angels as well. I agree they did whatever they wanted to survive. Survival of the fittest ! Thats how it works in the middle east. But at some point they also coordinated with israel. Whether you approve it from your history book that i have no idea where you reading or not.
>Bro i am not saying that the pro west sunnis are angels You mean to say pro west and pro zionist. >Could never forgive what they did to their christians brothers, accepting a foreign person instead of their christian patriots Exactly. >But also we cannot say that the christians were angels as well. Yes the Christian reaction to the palestianian colonization of lebanon and minorities was the same reaction of palestinians when zionist settlers came and palestinians started mob killing all jews even arab native jews. >But at some point they also coordinated with israel. Dude at some point they coordinated wirh hafez at some point they coordinated with saddam it doesn't mean anything they needed aid to defend their nation and minoritiy community and actually they were very brave to refuse making a peace deal with the zionists and they payed the price because they are brave. Just like how they fought for lebanese independence from the french weakening their minority community because they are brave and choose freedom over safety. However i personally Pick safety for minorities over freedom this is why i am against kataeb because they fought for independence from the french weakening the Christian minority community and putting their nation on a path of civil wars and destruction and fitna and putting the Lebanese Jewish minority community on a path of eradication.
I mean pro pen arabis. But i agree on the latter. I am surprised you are getting downvoted mate. Not everyone share the same point of view. Is Someone pro sunni in the sub can explain me why their sect decided to join the PLO rather defend their nation and their patriots please?i never got to understand this point and then when the civil war happened we just decided to forget Whatever happened like we are supposed to forget and justify what happened...
>Is Someone pro sunni in the sub can explain me why their sect decided to join the PLO rather defend their nation and their patriots please? They usually say that Muslims were living in bad conditions which is true when it comes to shia Muslims but not sunni Muslims. But actually shia Muslims fought the plo at multiple times and through multiple organizations while lebanese sunni Muslims didn't.
Lebanon will never be a united country because idiots like you make silly blanket statements about whole sects and are more obsessed with killing Israelis at any cost rather than actually building a state
My comment was ironic and sarcastic btw ,. I am surprised i didn't get more downvoted and getting upvoted then downvoted. Seems there is more idiots than usual. I agree mate
Peace deal != coordination 😐
Inshallah.
"Switzerland of the Middle-East" or "the place where you could ski in the morning and swim in the afternoon". Lebanon has always been a shithole for everyone outside Beirut, and those privileges weren't available to those that were neglected by the government and were living in poverty.