Talk:Culture of Lebanon
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[edit] hospitality
No mention of lebanese culture should go without a piece on the brilliant hospitality of the people Rm uk 03:40, 18 August 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Women's rights
"Although in practice gender-based discrimination still occurs, women legally enjoy full rights to work, vote, travel, and run for public office."
Formal right is different from enforced right. And the status of women differs from one community to another. Muslim woman can be divorced easily and inherit half the man share. Even in the christian community, a married woman can be legally forbidden to work by her husband (rare but legal). Woman cannot transmit nationality. A man can have his wife on his passport (and this creates a de facto travel restriction) but the opposite is not possible. --equitor 14:47, 12 May 2005 (UTC)
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- good points you raise there! hehe happily position of women in lebanon far better than in other parts of middle east Rm uk 03:40, 18 August 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Impending deletion of Lebanese musician page
Some editors here might care that the (terrible) page on Nourhanne has been flagged for deletion; improving it (a lot) would save it. — SMcCandlish [talk] [contrib] ツ 21:44, 24 July 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Use of Arabic Language
The statement "many Maronites still speak French at home" is not sourced. Not only is the statement implying that a notable minority speaks French as a first language, which is disputed, but it also implies that there was a time in the past when French dominated.
There is a lot of attention paid to the issue of non-Arab identity without any sources or substantiation. From my own experience I do not see evidence of substantial groups of Lebanese, including Christians, with the exception of the Armenian minority, using any language other than Arabic as their native tongue. There are indeed groups that claim not to be Arabs but this hardly serves to define a cultural reality but a political one. Indeed, some of Lebanon's most prominent artists are Christian and they use Arabic predominantly. Anecdotally, I would add that in my own experience, French and/or English are rarely spoken as a first language by the Lebanese, and when they are its by people who have lived for significant periods of time outside Lebanon. --User:Emirbachir
[edit] Shi'a scholars
As a Shi'a Iranian I'm in Lebanese shi'a sholars' debt. Thus I add a new par and add something about Islamic knowledge which has produced by scholars of Jabal Amel. --Sa.vakilian 17:13, 23 November 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Not NPOV
This article is obviously anti-christian. It boldly says "it would be wrong to", this phrase is clearly indicates a slanted POV Yoiu17 06:59, 13 December 2006 (UTC)
