A Lebanese reader sent me this: "Hello As'ad, you know how you always mention that every foreign student who goes
through Lebanon is offered a job at Now Hariri, well I can personally testify to
that after the few past weeks as about half the foreigners I have met work
there, and the other half have been offered a job there, also they all appear to
take some form of 'amiah (lebanonese) arabic classes in some institute that does
that in Ashrafieh (surprise surprise!) Most of them are super clueless about
most aspects of society here, while a minority of them (mostly males) appear to
be more keen on language as well as customs and more specific aspects of society
even if they dont show it directly..."