https://gingerbeirut.com/mundane-luxuries/ An outsider's commentary on Lebanese culture and society. Rules not included. Mon, 04 Nov 2013 11:02:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.7.1 https://gingerbeirut.com/mundane-luxuries/comment-page-1/#comment-33042 Thu, 27 Oct 2011 13:22:24 +0000 https://gingerbeirut.com/?p=1631#comment-33042 Haha – did I give myself away? Ok I admit, I didn’t actually receive visitors until 48 hours after the fact; I guess a good dose on Englishness is hanging on in there.

]]> https://gingerbeirut.com/mundane-luxuries/comment-page-1/#comment-33041 Thu, 27 Oct 2011 13:13:42 +0000 https://gingerbeirut.com/?p=1631#comment-33041 You’ve pretty much said it Jasmine. Lebanon is all that and then some.

]]> https://gingerbeirut.com/mundane-luxuries/comment-page-1/#comment-32802 Mon, 24 Oct 2011 14:48:23 +0000 https://gingerbeirut.com/?p=1631#comment-32802 “When dozens of friends and family turn up the day after you’ve given birth – because they will”
I envy you. You got a whole day to rest after your delivery! That’s true luxury!

]]> https://gingerbeirut.com/mundane-luxuries/comment-page-1/#comment-32587 Thu, 20 Oct 2011 23:19:42 +0000 https://gingerbeirut.com/?p=1631#comment-32587 Interesting article! It’s weird how perceptions change. We were talking about Beirut as a couple of my friends had gone there on holiday and my mother was surprised because she said when she thought of Beirut she thought gritty, politically charged, etc. I said when I thought of Beirut I thought of glamorous women, plastic surgery and nightlife. She said it’s because she’s older but I think Lebanon is both of these and so much more.

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