r/lebanon

hello. i want to open up a discussion regarding the declining arabic literacy rates in lebanon, especially among younger generations.

this can vary heavily depending on the region u live in, your economic and social class, your education level, your religion etc. Please if you truly do not believe the illiteracy rates are rising then simply click off my post ! also please do not credit all of it to "student laziness at school", some of the most hardworking people i know who ace everything struggle with arabic. I want a real, nuanced discussion on the topic.

ill open up with my situation; im F22, a STEM major with a high GPA, but i can not read most arabic street signs/ads correctly. my arabic speaking and listening skills are bad enough that i feel embarrassed to socialize with strangers in arabic. i consider myself a foreigner in my own country. ive tried reading more arabic literature, news articles, even taking an arabic class but it did not help. for me (which i consider an extreme case), this isnt just a struggle with fosha, but even the lebanese dialect. Ive spoken to a couple parents of arabic illiterate people, and theyve told me that there was an arabic curriculum restructuring years ago that has left the affected generations at a way lower literacy level, is it true?

It just stopped, not sure isa sot 2assef aw fer2e3, anyone heard that as well?

My friends said yes even tho im not going?!
Do i have to!? Weddings are a scam!

Shou hal ka7tane when it comes to salaries… tab fhemna ma3eshet ma fi bass being underpaid w understaffed??? And refusing to hire … and running businesses and agencies on one person max 2. Tab la ma zida 3…ma3 eno hiye one max 2.

7a zid 3al CV taba3e eno beje “one man show”

Im so tired.

Also b manenoukon b we can “outsource” if needed w hiye max budget for outsource bet jebelkoun fiya w2iyet jambon w jebneh bel supermarket.

Sha7i7. Kel anwe3 el sha7i7.

I was born and raised in Brazil, my dad's side of the family is Lebanese, a couple years ago we left brazil and came to the US, but we never got lucky with our visa and now that it's become really hard to stay here I've been thinking of going to Lebanon, we're getting our lebanese passport soon and thought it would be nice to move to a new country, get a master's degree and try life there. How hard is it with university there? and getting a job and living a decent life? is it worth it?

What year do you think fiber will be available across the rest of Lebanon?

I'm guessing 2055

i was thinking off how many small niche communities that dont exist here because no one provides for them so what do you think needs to be available for more uniqueness

Hello,

I come from the south of Lebanon.

A building next to ours was bombed last month, and because the explosion was so strong, it destroyed around half of our family-owned building.

Since the building is literally cut in half, the baladiye and Majles l Janoub sent an engineer to assess the damage. He noted “kayd dars” and said that the building could be renovated.

However, the situation is much more serious than that. The building is cut in half, almost all the walls are cracked, the foundation has been severely damaged/erased, and even the middle floors are destroyed. On top of that, the building was built in the 1950s, so it was not designed according to modern structural standards, and it is built on sandy soil.

Anyway, Majles l Janoub (Haraket Amal), working with Khatib & Alami, told us that we should pay around $7,000 for them to classify the building as “destroyed” rather than “to be renovated.” They explained that this would allow us, eza fi i3adet i3mar, to qualify for reconstruction. Otherwise, they will classify it as a building that can be renovated.

Our concern is that, given the current condition of the building, we seriously doubt that renovation is technically safe or realistic. We are afraid that we could end up being forced to renovate a building that is already structurally compromised, and that the result may not be durable or safe in the long term.

At this point, what can we do?

They are asking for money in order to classify the building as destroyed. If we do not pay, they say they will classify it as a building that can be renovated.

What are the possible legal and technical solutions to counter this situation?

Is it good? Is it better than rim? I bought a bottle of tayla 1L to try, it tastes good. I feel rim has a taste that I can’t describe well I don’t love it but i don’t mind it.

Just trying to figure out if it’s really worth paying extra for the glass

Ty

I havent had any in 2 days, 0 hours.

شهادة مدرس مخضرم :

التعليم في لبنان لم يعد يبني أجيالًا… بل يستهلكها.

منهاج من زمن آخر، يقتل الفضول ويكافئ الحفظ، مدارس تحوّلت إلى مؤسسات تجارية، وأساتذة كثر انتقلوا من أصحاب رسالة إلى مقاولين: صفوف، خصوصي، علامات، ودفع.

صار التلميذ بالنسبة للبعض فاتورة تمشي على قدمين؛ المهم يدفع القسط، يشتري الكتب، يأخذ دروسًا خصوصية، ويحفظ ما يكفي لينجح… لا أن يفهم، يفكّر، يناقش أو يكتشف ماذا يريد أن يصبح.

نعلّم أولادنا كيف ينجحون في الامتحان، ولا نعلّمهم كيف ينجحون في الحياة.

ثم نتساءل لماذا نخرّج كل سنة آلاف الشهادات وقليلًا من أصحاب الفكر والمبادرة والإبداع.

أخطر ما يُدمَّر في لبنان ليس الحجر… بل عقل الجيل القادم، والمصيبة أننا نسمّي ذلك تعليمًا.

I used to love this restaurant, but due to economic instability, it closed down in 2018 or 2019 can’t even remember exactly. The food was absolutely scrumptious. I wonder if it will ever reopen.