Middle Eastern Thread

[Khaled]

cool...
glad this tread is back... just read though it for a while lol

tell me about arabic culture people...i know hardly anything about it!!
i need to go back to my roots!

what do u need to know??
(other than what has been discussed so far)

according to this thread: arabic culture = good food

 

[aznchaos]

good food and hookahs

 

[Jurhum]

cool...
glad this tread is back... just read though it for a while lol



what do u need to know??
(other than what has been discussed so far)

according to this thread: arabic culture = good food

You see, we have a competetion going on. We brought this thread back to live, guess who went to bring their thread back up? Those damn Aussies.

Anway, keep this alive people... and this post is in memories of our lost brothers and sisters of hitemup.com...
Heesh
Belle
FifthCharm
Jabbar

who else?

and Helena, yeh what exactly do you want to know?

 

[Jurhum]

cool...
glad this tread is back... just read though it for a while lol



what do u need to know??
(other than what has been discussed so far)

according to this thread: Arabic culture = good food

Arabic culture is way deeper than that. It's not just about our delicious, mouth-melting, tasty dishes. It's about the roots. It's about the style, so simple, yet so complex.

The language in itself is very intricate and profound. The predominant language in the Arabic world is obviously Arabic,yet the Arabic characters are used Farsi language and Urdu as well. Adding to that, the Wests own numerals are traced back to the Arabic language.

The Arabic language reads from right to left, also written this way. It contains 28 characters, most which have an equivalent letter in the English, or Latin if you may, characters. Arabic is of the Semite languages, similar to Hebrew. Thus, Arabs are considered Semites.

The Arabic language is divided into two sections. The correct classical form, which is the one used through newspapers, news channels and the likes, and the regional dialect variations, which is used throughout the region. Although these dialects may vary, most words are very similar.

How the culture varies from one country to another while most of its aspects aren't lost, is interesting.

This post isn't intended to you Khaled, I know you are knowing of these things. Its a general post.

 

[devils_advok8]

Will you guys stop talking about Arabic food?

 

[Khaled]

What i like most about arabic culture is the poetry.
I think that it was the 1st culture to have dis poetry (that kinda remind me of rap music and freestyles)

Arab poets like mutanabbi are the shit. They have some of the greatest quotes ever. i might translate some here later on

 

[Jurhum]

^That is exactly what I love about it, too. Great poets. I am speaking of classical poetry. Such, as Alkhansa', Amr'a Al qais, many others as well. Mutnabi has classical poetry. Amazing. Also, modern day poets, such as Nzar Qabani... not all of his work.. some of it.

 

[devils_advok8]

What i like most about arabic culture is the poetry.
I think that it was the 1st culture to have dis poetry (that kinda remind me of rap music and freestyles)

Arab poets like mutanabbi are the shit. They have some of the greatest quotes ever. i might translate some here later on

Yeah, man.You see that alot with the Quran.I think it loses it's meaning and beauty when translated, regardless of the quality of translation.

 

[pacchaldo]

100 percent Chaldean originally from the greatest middle east country Iraq

 

[Khaled]

Why Lebanon is the greatest country in the middle east (and the world):

1- 17 religious communities

2- 40 daily newspapers

3- 42 universities

4- Over 100 banks

5- 70% of the students are in private schools

6- 40% of the Lebanese people are Christians (this is the highest % in all the Arab countries)

7- There's 1 doctor/10ppl (in Europe & America there's 1 doctor/100ppl)

8- The name LEBANON appears 75 times in the Old Testament

9- The name CEDAR appears 75 times in the Old Testament!!

10- The country was occupied by over 15 civilizations Egyptians-Hittites-Assyrians-Babylonians-Persians-Alexander the great-The Roman Empire-Byzantine-The Arabian Peninsula-the Crusaders-the Ottoman Empire-Britain-France-Israel-Syria)

11- There are 15 rivers in Lebanon (all of them coming from its mountains)

12- Beirut was destroyed and rebuilt 7 times (that's where the phoenician's name came from)

13- There's 3.500.000 Lebanese in Lebanon

14- There's 5.630.000 Lebanese outside Lebanon + 6.000.000 in Brazil alone!!


OTHER INTERESTING FACTS:

15- The Phoenicians created the 1st boat ever

16- The 1st alphabet was created by Cadmus in Byblos

17- The 1st law school was built in Lebanon

18- Jesus Christ made his 1st miracle in Lebanon

19- The name of the BIBLE comes from the name of our city BYBLOS

20- Byblos is the oldest city in the world

21- Lebanon is the only Asian African country that doesn't have a desert

22- Lebanon is one of the most populated countries in its archeological sites in the world

23- The only temple of Jupiter is in Baalbeck (the city of the sun)

24- Lebanon is the only non-dictatorial country in the Arab world

25- Phoenicians reached America long before Christopher Columbus

26- Lebanon is the country that has the most books written about it

27- People say that the cedars were planted by God's own hands (this is why they're called God's trees)

28- Lebanon's name has been around for 4,000 years non-stop (it's the oldest nation's name in the world!)

29-The Phoenicians sailors were the first to explore the coasts of West Africa and Britain in 1000 B.C




Pretty good for 10,452 sq km (lebanon's area)

 

[Helena]

^^man that was interesting..

i wanna know everything...i'd like to go to Saudi myself one day but untill then..i just want to know...i dunno...things about arab culture.

i've already figured out that y'all like ur food!