• Your statements should start with "Enno".
• The words "Khayi" “Man” "Bro" "Cuz" are a big part of your vocabulary. 
• The word "Wallah" has replaced the word "Really" in your vocabulary.
• You Believe that “Bounjouren” “Bonsoiren” are registered vocabulary words.
• You say the words "Stylak" and "Salbe" very often.
• You say "Bolice" for "Police"
• You call a night club "Night" and McDonalds "Macdo"; Abbreviation is a convenient style of communication. 
• Your father swears at you with words that affect him (Yilaan Abouk)
• Whenever you see a relative you haven’t seen in a while, you say : ''Yee Shoo mgayar wo mihlaw"
• ''We'll only stay 10 minutes'' means you’re spending the whole day.
Attitude 
• You are so "Class" while everyone else are "Nawar"
• You never stand in line.
• You don't memorize your full National Anthem.
• You talk for an hour at the front door when leaving someone's house.
• You think that Syrians are the butt of all jokes.
• You can't do anything in life unless you have a Wasta
Food
• You eat almost everything with bread.
• You put olive oil on EVERYTHING and brag about how healthy it is. 
• You always need to have a Supply of Nuts & Bizir. 
• You always fight over who pays the bill. 
• Your mom makes food for 10 people but you are only 3 on the table.
• Your mum cooks a meal that lasts three days   

Argileh  

• To Lebanese Argileh has become as essential as Fresh Air. 
• A good restaurant is measured by how good is their Argileh, and whether the Nara guy is always around!!
Family 
• Your mother yells at the top of her lungs to call you for dinner even if you're in the next room.
• You ask your dad a simple question and he tells you a story of how he had to walk miles just to get to school. 
• Your parents don't realize phone connections to foreign countries have improved in the last two decades, and still scream at the top of their lungs when making long distance calls.
• You have to have at least 3 relatives living in your neighborhood. . 
• Your Family is never happy with what you've achieved . If you graduated from school they'll tell you "Eqbel Shahadeh El kbeereh", when u get that "Oqbal el Aroos / Areees", when you get that "Oqbal ma nefrah be Wledkom", and when you get that "Oqbal Shadet Wladkom”, and it keeps on going... 
 Cars
• You drive a new BENZ but you can’t afford money for gas
• You drive cars with white Fume windows.
• You don’t feel embarrassed filling gas for 3$. (5.000 LBP)  
• You can talk on your cell phone, eat a sandwich, drink, and smoke while driving a manual shift. 
• You never wear a seat belt.
• You spend all your money buying accessories for the car. (But not Gas).
• You are permitted to have a little chat with your friends in the next car, and block the way on a green traffic light.
• All roads are 2-ways, so driving in the opposite direction is always permitted.
• If you are a boy you have to learn how to drive when you are 14 years old.
• You stole the car when your Parents were asleep, and were involved in an accident that they don’t know about, till now.
Clubbing
• Lebanon = Night Life; No introductions needed here.
• You have to be professional in holding your cigarette and drink in one hand and have easy access to both.
• You think its cool to dance and smoke at the same time. 
• You can’t spend the night in one particular Night Club (At least 3).
• You Can Do The Dabkeh  

Traveling
• You are standing next to the largest suitcases at the Airport.
• When you arrive at the airport back home you find at least 20 relatives waiting to greet you.
• Getting a visa to Europe or the States is like getting a baby; everybody tells you "Mabrook"

Politics
Last but unquestionably not least.
• You love yellow cause u love "Hezbollah", blue cause u love "future"
• You should get involved in politics, before kindergarten.
• You hope that the political situation will be solved but you know that it won’t.

Great article on the Sing & Cook release of LebGuide's "100 Lebanese Recipes" app in Al Jarida daily newspaper!

LebGuide's iPhone app is on Altechnologia, the 1st portal in the Middle-East to help people choose and buy the proper technological products that suit their needs.

Check out this newly launched portal: www.altechnologia.blogspot.com

LebGuide's apps are #1 and #2 in Lebanon in the Lifestyle category... :-) Again and again!


Check out our applications:

• 100 Lebanese Recipes: http://bit.ly/100-lebanese-recipes
• 100 Recettes Libanaises: http://bit.ly/100-recettes-libanaises
• 100 Libanesischen Rezepte: http://bit.ly/100-libanesische-rezepte

Check out LebGuide’s iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad application “100 Lebanese Recipes” and its latest release! It brings the delicious taste and richness of the Lebanese cuisine to your home as well as make you discover the first e-single of a Lebanese expatriate artist: "Summer Days" by LAMICE. An innovative way of combining “cooking” and “singing”! Just shake your device whenever you want to hear the song while you cook, and once you finish cooking, interpret it your own way while watching the integrated multi-language karaoke video clip! While you enjoy the drums of the Lebanese derbaké mixed with Latino and African rhythms, discover a huge variety of dishes. The app includes salads, starters, meat, chicken, fish and vegetarian dishes as well as famous desserts. All recipes are decorated with high quality pictures to give you an upfront idea of what you are about to cook. You can browse the recipes by category, name and pictures, search and save your favorite dishes, calculate and convert different liquid or dry units, and last but not least, browse a wide glossary of cooking terms.

Download this app now and become a fan of Lebanese cooking with 100 of the finest recipes! Only US$0.99/0,79€. Available in English, French and German languages.

More information: http://bit.ly/100-lebanese-recipes

Discover "SUMMER DAYS" by LAMICE! LebGuide is glad to share with you an innovative way to combine "Cooking" and "Singing".

LebGuide operated an exclusive partnership with LAMICE for her first e-single "SUMMER DAYS". The song tells the story of friends who met in the Mediterranean island of Cyprus. The "world fusion pop" version of her song is in total osmosis with the Lebanese Mediterranean cuisine. You'll enjoy the drums of the Lebanese derbaké mixed with Latino and African rhythms. It is an invitation to travel and to use all your senses while you cook. The Lebanese diaspora scattered around the world will also feel touched by LAMICE's song, as "SUMMER DAYS" is also available in a multi-language karaoke. LAMICE offers you to sing an international hit in your language of adoption!

Just shake your iPhone whenever you want to hear the "world fusion pop" version while you cook, and interpret the "elector-house" version your own way over the "multi-language" karaoke once you finish cooking!

Download LebGuide's iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad app for cooking while singing!

• 100 Lebanese Recipes: http://bit.ly/100-lebanese-recipes
• 100 Recettes Libanaises: http://bit.ly/100-recettes-libanaises
• 100 Libanesischen Rezepte: http://bit.ly/100-libanesische-rezepte

LebGuide's apps are #1 and #2 in Lebanon in the Lifestyle category... :-)


Check out our applications:

• 100 Lebanese Recipes: http://bit.ly/100-lebanese-recipes
• 100 Recettes Libanaises: http://bit.ly/100-recettes-libanaises
• 100 Libanesischen Rezepte: http://bit.ly/100-libanesische-rezepte

EINFÜHRUNGSPREIS! Mit dieser App holen Sie sich die libanesische Küche direkt ins Haus – genießen Sie 100 der besten libanesischen Gerichte und entdecken Sie den Geschmack des Mittleren Ostens. Die große Auswahl an Rezepten beinhaltet unter anderem traditionelle Salate, Vorspeisen, Fleisch- und Fischgerichte sowie bekannte vegetarische Gerichte und Desserts. Mit dieser App lassen sich traditionelle libanesische Menüs zaubern, mit denen Sie Ihre Freunde und Familie begeistern werden. Alle Rezepte sind mit Bildern der fertigen Gerichte illustriert, so dass Sie schon vorab einen Eindruck vom Kochergebnis bekommen.

Hauptfeatures:

• Durchstöbern Sie Rezepte nach Kategorien oder Namen
• Hochqualitative Bilder vermitteln Ihnen einen guten Eindruck
• Durchsuchen Sie Rezepte nach Namen, Beschreibungen oder Zutaten
• Markieren und speichern Sie Ihre Lieblingsgerichte
• Berechnen und konvertieren Sie verschiedene Küchenmaße
• Informieren Sie sich mit einem Glossar über typische Begrifflichkeiten

Außerdem in dieser App:

• Bekommen Sie jeden Tag einen neuen Rezeptvorschlag
• Schütteln Sie Ihr Gerät für einen zufälligen Rezeptvorschlag
• Teilen Sie Ihre Erfahrungen über Facebook
• Informieren Sie via Twitter über Ihre Lieblingsgerichte
• Empfehlen Sie Freunden Rezepte über Email
• Für Zugriff auf die Rezepte ist keine Internetverbindung notwendig

Die Sammlung an Rezepten beinhaltet etwa Ahweh, Baklawa, Falafel, Fatayer, Hommos, Kafta, Kebbe, Knefeh , Labneh, Maamoul, Manakish, Rkakat, Samak bi Tahini, Sambousek, Sharab el Wared, Shawarma, Shish Kabab, Shish Taouk, Tabbouleh, Tahini, Taratour… und viele mehr! Für eine komplette Übersicht der 100 libanesischen Rezepte besuchen Sie www.LebGuide.com.

Downloaden Sie unsere App und werden Sie ein Fan der libanesischen Küche mit 100 der besten Rezepte!

Sahtein! Guten Appetit!

• 100 Libanesischen Rezepte: http://bit.ly/100-libanesische-rezepte
• 100 Recettes Libanaises: http://bit.ly/100-recettes-libanaises
• 100 Lebanese Recipes: http://bit.ly/100-lebanese-recipes

L'application en français de LebGuide (100 Recettes Libanaises) est deja #7 dans la catégorie Style de Vie de l'App Store!

Bon appétit à tous!
Sahtein!

LebGuide propose de découvrir ou redécouvrir le goût délicieux et la richesse de la cuisine Libanaise avec sa nouvelle application pour iPhone, iPod Touch et iPad!

L'application de LebGuide est disponible en français ("100 Recettes Libanaises") ou anglais ("100 Lebanese Recipes"). Depuis son lancement en Decembre 2010, l'application est #1 au Liban dans la catégorie Style de Vie (Lifestyle) de l'App Store.

L'application est très simple d’utilisation. Les 100 recettes comprennent des salades, des bouchées, des entrées, des plats à la viande, au poulet et poisson ainsi que des plats végétariens et des desserts. Elles sont toutes classées par catégories et sont illustrées par des photos de haute qualité!Avec cette application de LebGuide, il est possible de :

• Parcourir les 100 recettes par catégorie, nom ou photo
• Rechercher toutes les recettes
• Sauvegarder les recettes préférées
• Convertir entre les différentes unités de mesure
• Parcourir le glossaire d'expressions de cuisine Libanaise
• Secouer l’iPhone, iPod Touch ou iPad pour une recette surprise
• Partager et commenter les recettes sur Facebook et Twitter
• Recommander les recettes par e-mail à ses amis
• Toujours accéder à tout le contenu sans connexion Internet

La collection de recettes comprend 100 des meilleures recettes Libanaises! Comme par exemple les recettes de Ahweh, Baklawa, Falafel, Fatayer, Hommos, Kafta, Kebbe, Knefeh, Labneh, Maamoul, Manakish, Rkakat, Samak bi Tahini, Sambousek, Sharab el Wared, Shawarma, Shish Kabab, Shish Taouk, Tabbouleh, Tahini, Taratour... et bien plus encore! La liste entière est disponible sur le site de LebGuide (http://www.lebguide.com).

L'application est classée dans la catégorie Style de Vie (Lifestyle) de l'App Store au prix de 0.79€ (prix de lancement).

Sahtein! Bon appétit!

A propos de LebGuide

LebGuide est un guide touristique sur le Liban qui comprend des informations sur le pays, son histoire, ses sites touristiques et sa cuisine ainsi qu'une sélection de photos et un répertoire de liens relatifs au Liban. LebGuide propose aussi les actualités, la météo, des vidéos, des recommandations de livres, un blog ainsi qu'une application sur les recettes libanaises pour iPhone, iPod Touch et iPad.

• E-mail: info@lebguide.com
• Site: http://www.LebGuide.com
• Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/lebguide
• Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/lebguide

• 100 Recettes Libanaises: http://bit.ly/100-recettes-libanaises
• 100 Lebanese Recipes: http://bit.ly/100-lebanese-recipes

LebGuide's French app '100 Recettes Libanaises' is in the Top25 in the Lifestyle category in France!


Découvrez le goût délicieux et la richesse de la cuisine Libanaise avec la nouvelle application de LebGuide: Téléchargez les '100 Recettes Libanaises' et devenez un fan de la cuisine Libanaise avec 100 des meilleures recettes!

LebGuide, your tourist guide to Lebanon, is now on Twitter: Follow us @lebguide to stay up to date with the latest news related to LebGuide and its iPhone app "100 Lebanese Recipes"!

The 100 Lebanese Recipes app is now also in French 100 Recettes Libanaises and the English version is still #1 in the Lifestyle category in Lebanon :-)

Utilisez cette application et découvrez ou redécouvrez le goût délicieux et la richesse de la cuisine Libanaise! Les 100 recettes comprennent des salades, des bouchées, des entrées, des plats à la viande, au poulet et poisson ainsi que des plats végétariens et des desserts. Elles sont toutes illustrées par des photos de haute qualité pour vous donner à l'avance une idée de ce que vous êtes juste sur le point de cuisiner!

Avec cette application, vous pouvez :

• Parcourir les 100 recettes par catégorie, nom ou photo
• Rechercher les recettes et sauvegarder vos recettes préférées
• Convertir entre différentes unités de mesure
• Parcourir le glossaire d’expressions de cuisine Libanaise
• Secouer votre iPhone / iPod Touch / iPad pour une recette surprise
• Partager et commenter les recettes sur Facebook et Twitter
• Recommander les recettes par e-mail à vos amis
• Toujours accéder à tout le contenu sans connexion Internet

La collection de recettes comprend par exemple Ahweh, Baklawa, Falafel, Fatayer, Hommos, Kafta, Kebbe, Knefeh, Labneh, Maamoul, Manakish, Rkakat, Samak bi Tahini, Sambousek, Sharab el Wared, Shawarma, Shish Kabab, Shish Taouk, Tabouleh, Tahini, Taratour ... et bien plus encore!

Téléchargez notre application et devenez un fan de la cuisine Libanaise avec 100 des meilleures recettes!

   

Sahtein! Bon appétit!

The 100 Lebanese Recipes app is #1 in the Lifestyle category in Lebanon!

This new version introduces a new browsing feature in landscape mode, check it out!


Update your application in the App Store or download it if you don't already have it:
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/100-lebanese-recipes/id405852650

10 days after launch, the 100 Lebanese Recipes app is #1 in the Lifestyle category, #8 in All Genres in Lebanon!

   

Check it out if you don't already have it:
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/100-lebanese-recipes/id405852650

Check out LebGuide's app and bring the delicious taste and richness of the Lebanese cuisine to your home - enjoy 100 of the finest Lebanese recipes and experience the flavor of the Middle-East.

The huge variety of dishes includes among others traditional salads, starters, meat, chicken, fish and vegetarian dishes as well as famous desserts. It will allow you to prepare typical Lebanese menus and surprise your family and friends. All recipes are decorated with high quality pictures to give you an upfront idea of what you are just about to cook.

Main functionalities included in this app:

• Browse recipes by category and name
• Check out recipes through overwhelming pictures
• Search by name, description & ingredients                          
• Mark and retrieve your favorite dishes                          
• Calculate and convert different liquid or fixed units                          
• Browse a wide glossary of cooking terms                       

You can also discover a new recipe every day, shake your device to get a random recipe, share and comment the recipes on Facebook, tell your Twitter network about the recipes you like, recommend the recipes by email to your friends, and last but not least, always access all the content (no internet connection required).

Recipes collection include for example Ahweh, Baklawa, Falafel, Fatayer, Hommos, Kafta, Kebbe, Knefeh , Labneh, Maamoul, Manakish, Rkakat, Samak bi Tahini, Sambousek, Sharab el Wared, Shawarma, Shish Kabab, Shish Taouk, Tabbouleh, Tahini, Taratour… and much more!

Download our app now and become a fan of Lebanese cooking with 100 of the finest recipes!
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/100-lebanese-recipes/id405852650

Check out the 100 recipes you can get in the App and preview some of them @ http://www.lebguide.com/iphone/.

Sahtein!
Bon Appetit!   

The LebGuide.com Team
http://www.lebguide.com

(CNN) — While the search for inner beauty is this month drawing Muslims to Mecca for the Hajj pilgrimage, a different kind of search — this time for beauty of a more obvious kind — is drawing many from the Middle East to another location.

The traditional Eid holiday that marks the start of the Hajj is used by many in the region as an opportunity to travel abroad for plastic surgery. Their destination is usually Lebanon, a country whose obsession with physical perfection has transformed it into a very different kind of Mecca.


“We are very busy at this time of year — we work like restaurants, when everyone is on vacation, we’re working,” Roger El Khoury, head surgeon at the Beirut Beauty Clinic, told CNN.

“Every holiday period is busy; people prefer to come here during their vacations, mainly for privacy or secrecy problems.”

The Lebanese plastic surgery industry has flourished in recent years with surgically enhanced beauty becoming increasingly desirable among image-conscious locals. Lebanon’s First National Bank even offers loans of up to $5,000 for cosmetic surgery.

With recent conflict troubles — notably the 2006 war between Israel and Lebanon’s Hezbollah militia — seemingly behind it, the country is luring in more and more clients from further afield eager to take advantage of Lebanon’s renowned medical experts, as well as its sandy beaches and snowy mountains.
El Khoury said his clinic has experienced a 25 percent increase in foreign patients over the past 12 months with clients arriving from other Arab countries in the Gulf and North Africa. There is also huge demand from Lebanese expatriates, he says.

“We don’t have proper statistics, so it is impossible to tell accurately, but we estimate about 20 percent of our business is people from abroad,” said Sami Saad, Lebanon’s representative at the International Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery.

Such is the demand that a travel company has even been set up to help so-called medical tourists book their trip to Lebanon. Dubai-based Image Concept finds them the right accommodation and most importantly, the medics to perform the desired procedures.

“We’re able to make their reservations, give them right addresses and hook them up with the right doctors, because we have access and a priority with many of the doctors and hospitals,” said Zeina El Haj, Image Concept’s founder.

El Haj said she launched her company in June 2009 with the blessing of Lebanon’s tourism authorities who “loved the concept” of marketing the country’s cosmetic surgery industry. Since then, she told CNN, business has boomed.

“Lebanon has doctors with a worldwide reputation. When patients approach us they often ask for a doctor they have in mind. They’ve already done their research.

“It also helps that a lot of Lebanese ladies have had (cosmetic surgery). They are ambassadors for this kind of trend,” she added.

El Haj said her clients mainly come from the United Arab Emirates, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and Qatar, but there are also requests from Europe, the United States and even New Zealand.

“Demand has definitely been increasing. People want to look like the stars they admire — they want the nose, or the cheeks, or the teeth of certain celebrities. They want to look good.”

According to El Khoury the procedure most requested by foreign clients is rhinoplasty — nose jobs — of which he completes about 200 per year. He says Lebanon’s appeal for would-be patients is the affordability of its surgeons and its convenient location.

Added Saad, although Lebanon welcomed the surge in cosmetic surgery tourists, it must also warn them to be wary of unqualified surgeons trading on the country’s reputation.
He advised patients to ensure any medical procedures were performed by specialists registered with the Lebanese Society of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery (LSPRAS), an internationally-endorsed body set up to regulate the industry.

“The society knows there are lots of people who come back to Lebanon with papers saying they’ve done work with certain plastic surgeons, but it doesn’t mean anything if they haven’t had any hands-on experience or worked officially in the operation room.”

Saad said LSPRAS offered surgeons a highly-qualified peer group for them to fall back on in case of difficulty, but stressed that problems that resulted in legal action were few and far between.

“Litigation is not a very common thing here in Lebanon. It’s a bit different from the United States — there the result has a big importance in terms of litigation. In our part of the world, unless it’s a major disaster due to neglect or poor experience, it’s not a cause for lawsuits.
 
Link to the CNN Article.

Some funny photos:

Check out this article from Carole Cadwalladr in The Observer in November 2009: How the Lebanese capital went from warzone to 2010's most glamorous tourist destination. Also, check out the travel guide on Beirut on the Guardian's website.

... by Lebanese!

1. Lebanon has 18 religious communities.
2. It has 40 daily newspapers.
3. It has 42 universities.
4. It has over 100 banks (not branches of a bank).
5. 70% of the students are in private schools.
6. Many of the Lebanese people are Christians (the highest percent in all the Arab countries).
7. There's 1 doctor per 10 people in Lebanon (in Europe & America, there's 1 doctor per 100 people).
8. The name LEBANON appears 75 times in the Old Testament.
9. The name CEDAR (Lebanon 's tree) appears 75 times too in the Old Testament!
10. Beirut was destroyed and rebuilt 9 times (this is why it's compared to The Phoenix).
11. There's 4 Million Lebanese in Lebanon.
12. There's around 15 Million Lebanese outside Lebanon!

Other interesting facts:

1. Lebanon, the country, was occupied by over 16 countries: (Egyptians-Hittites-Assyrians- Babylonians- Persians- Alexander the greats Army- the Roman Empire Byzantine- the Arabian Peninsula-The Crusaders- the Ottoman Empire- Britain-France- Israel- Syria).
2. Byblos (city in Lebanon) is the oldest, continuously living city in the world.
3. Lebanon 's name has been around for 4,000 yrs non- stop (it's the oldest country/ nation's name in the world!)
4. Lebanon is the only Asian country that doesn't have a desert.
5. There are 15 rivers in Lebanon (all of them coming from its own mountains).
6. Lebanon is one of the most populated countries in its archeological sites, in the world!
7. The first alphabet was created in Byblos (city in Lebanon).
8. The only remaining temple of Jupiter (the main Roman god) is in Baalbeck (the City of the Sun).
9. The name of BYBLOS comes from the BIBLE!
10. Lebanon is the country that has the most books written about it.
11. Lebanon is the only non-dictatorial country in the Arab world (Yes, we do have a President!)
12. Jesus Christ made his 1st miracle in Lebanon, in Qana (The miracle of Turning water into wine).
13. The Phoenicians (Original People of Lebanon) built the 1st boat, and they were the first to sail ever!
14. Phoenicians also reached America long before Christopher Columbus did.
15. The 1st law school in the world was built in Lebanon, in Downtown Beirut.
16. People say that the cedars were planted by God's own hands (this is why they're called 'The Cedars of God', and this is why Lebanon is called 'God's Country on Earth'.

I love Lebanon ..... may God bless my homeland forever....

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