tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4163876234969175446.post7690717406772703918..comments2023-11-05T10:39:59.374+02:00Comments on Land and People: Lebanon, Syria, AmericaRami Zuraykhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14644937988631864952noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4163876234969175446.post-4326894089306668222009-01-03T00:51:00.000+02:002009-01-03T00:51:00.000+02:00I agree with Leila. We have no problems with hyphe...I agree with Leila. We have no problems with hyphenated identities. I consider myself Beiruti-Lebanese-Levantine-Arab-American-francophone... but not big on Phoenicians.<BR/><BR/>In the US, they are big on integration for obvious reasons. I remember reading not too long ago an open letter from an American politician of Lebanese origin, and his conclusion was that he is "American, no hyphens".<BR/><BR/>I enjoy being a mongrel.<BR/><BR/>MM.Ms Levantinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04099790210004715335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4163876234969175446.post-68952213759003116142009-01-02T21:08:00.000+02:002009-01-02T21:08:00.000+02:00The old racist anthropology just reminds us that n...The old racist anthropology just reminds us that nobody is all that objective - in a hundred years our descendants will be laughing at us (or shuddering).<BR/><BR/>Now about those morphing Syrians - I am STILL like that. I'm an Arab among Yemenis in Oakland, I'm a Christian, I'm a secularist American who touts the Constitution, I'm a liberal feminist Californian, I'm a woman of color, I'm a Democrat, I'm a Southerner (well daughter of the South) etc. etc.<BR/><BR/>Let's say that we Syrian/Lebanese/Phoenician/Arabs are the ultimate post-modernists. We know that identity is a construct and it's fluid. Nation, religion, tribe - all are constructed by language and customs, and all can be donned and doffed like theater costumes.Leila Abu-Sabahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14161833022292457787noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4163876234969175446.post-25160860626202607582009-01-02T18:22:00.000+02:002009-01-02T18:22:00.000+02:00I would like to see what passed as the scientific ...I would like to see what passed as the scientific process back then.<BR/><BR/>-BlueEyes-Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com