Arabs or not ??

[J()e]

guyz just want to know if u concider yourself arabic or not ..

first plz give me ur definition of the word arab and then clarify ur point ..

[khello]

i think we are originally phecians but with the arab help for lebanon for many years we must concider ourselves arabs

[Crystal Soul]

from the begining we are phenecians but when lebanon had his independance in the dostour they said "lobnan balad zou wajh arabi" so we r arabs and we have meetings with all the arabs presidents and every thing is cool i don t think that someone have a probleme abt it

[fedayi]

Maronites,Orthodox,Room catholics and non Armenian-protestants are Arabs,hence they speak Arabic ,they live in the Arab world ,their traditions are close to the Arab traditions.The only difference is that they are Christians.Not only in Lebanon there are christians,but in Egypt also there are 7 million christian Arabs and in other Arab countries too.And just like GMA said Lebanese christians are Eastern Oriental chrisitians who are from Antioche.Lebanon loses its meaning without the christians because the latters have lived in this country for thousands of years, and neither Saad el Hariri nor Sayyid Hasan Nasrallah has the right to manipulate the christians.

[SysTaMatIcS]

well the answer is simple wats the language u use and talk ??

[xcoder]

Originally Posted by systamatics

well the answer is simple wats the language u use and talk ??

Americans are british?
No lebanon is not arabic, it used to be "zou wajeh arabi" but taef agreement changed it.
However after thinking about this subject i don't think lebanese are arabs. ino for god sakes what do we have in common with KSA and Kuwait or Egypt.
Lebanon is phonecian and this is way better than being arab we created the alphabet and were the first to cross the sea. we are not arabs nor desert people.

[El-Meghwar]

Lebanon is a mixture of different communities and races ( arabs-phoenisians-turkish-europeans-persians etc.. ) so no we are not arabs nor phoenicians nor any precise race , we are a mixture of all these races .
so we are just LEBANESE .

[abousoun]

العرب هم من تكلّموا لغة الضاد وهم من الشعوب السامية التي سكنت شبه الجزيرة العربية و المناطق المحيطة بها من بلاد الشام و بلاد ما بين النهرين

اللبنانيون من حيث المبدأ هم عرب فينيقيون... رغم أن الكثير منهم يقولون انهم ليسوا عربا... بل فينيقون ... الا ان معظمهم لا يعلم ان الفينيقيين شعب سامي ... عربي

ويجتمع معظم علماء اللغات على أن أختراع الأبجدية الأم جاء عن طريق الفينيقيين، التي ولدت منها جميع أبجديات العالم مثل اليونانية و اللاتينية و العربية و العبرية
فهل ذلك يجعل لبنان بلد لاتيني أو عبري؟

المشكلة في نظري باللبناني انه وبرغم لطافته وحسن تعامله فانه في أعماقه متكبر جدا
ويعتبر نفسه غير عربي ... ا

ختاما أنا عربي وفخور بكوني عربيا ا

Thank You ...

[lebanese_a]

Originally Posted by El-Meghwar

Lebanon is a mixture of different communities and races ( arabs-phoenisians-turkish-europeans-persians etc.. ) so no we are not arabs nor phoenicians nor any precise race , we are a mixture of all these races .
so we are just LEBANESE .

I agree choosing just to be arabs is erasing one part of our history.
Now the question is, are we gonna accept this diversity and live according to it???

Oh and btw: We are arab coz we speek arabic is the stupidest argument!!! Belg speak french and german choo saro

[Tawa]

first plz give me ur definition of the word arab

People, Some Of You Forgot To Answer This Question.

Arabs Today Are Only The People From The Gulf, People From Saudi Arabia, And Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar, United Emirates, Maybe Iraq And Egypt Also...

But, Lebanon? Tunisia? Algeria? Libya? Marroco Somalia... And Others, Those Are Not Arabs Anymore... I Don't Think They're Arabs Comparing To The Gulf People... I Mean, Maybe In Lebanon We Speak Arabic, But We Are Not Arabs, The Real Arabs People Are The Pure Muslims, The Muslims That Comes From Saudi Arabia...
No Offense For Other Muslims It's Just My Opinion...

Lebanese Are Not Arabs... I Think We're Just Like El-Meghwar Said... I Mean, We Have 17 Religions Come On!!!