Sydney LIFE Gala Dinner: Zaatar First, Middle Eastern Modern Cuisine, Lebanese Lunch, Melhem Zein

[@houdaharb4058]

When I think I’ve said everything I can possibly say about Lebanon’s brilliant Anthony Rahayel, I realise it’s not enough & he really is the best thing that’s happened to Lebanon in a very long time. 🙏 When you support networks & organisations like LIFE as we saw in this video, or people like Anthony & the work he does in Lebanon, you are keeping that hope alive & well in making tomorrow for Lebanon better. ❤

[@thewolfethatcould8878]

Houda, your comments are Always top notch! Keep em going!

[@batouta143]

Thank you Anthony for all that you do! Your passion, mission and love for all things Lebanon and the Lebanese is so heart warming and inspiring. Thank you for taking us everywhere you go! Sending you all my love ❤

[@George-rm7yw]

Anthony, you make me sooo home sick. Aussie living in Europe, I miss my home town of Sydney... also living in a country where there is very little Lebanese influence, I can taste the Lebanese food through your videos. Keep it up brother.

[@ngno]

Thank you

[@sakinahmohammedhaidar7228]

Super Super 👌 👍 great work very nice thanks Anthony good luck 👍 👏 😀 🙏

[@ngno]

Thank you 👍

[@bigboss181277]

Shady needs to take it down a notch! Bro chill!

[@noureddineguedria958]

رحلة طيّبة و إقامة هانئة... *أنطوني* أشكرك على الجهود التي تبذلها لعرض خصائص الأماكن التي تزورها و مشاعر الأهالي الذين يفخرون بالانتماء للوطن الأم

[@zekrazekra8893]

منور...⭐️🌟⭐️🌟👍

[@دكتورةنائلةلولو]

كتير حلو اللي بتقدمه

[@georgettemoussa221]

I miss Australia so much ❤❤

[@خضيرخضير-ق8ح3و]

اشتقنا نشوفك في العراق استاذ أنتوني الغالي

[@badran_a.b2526]

Hi Anthony يا ريت لو بتعرفنا على الأسعار وتكاليف الرحلة من الأوتيل للأكل حتى المواصلات بكل دولة .. هيك اذا حبينا نزور ونعمل سياحة بشي دولة بكون عنا فكرة .. يعطيك ألف عافية وكلك ذوق 😊❤

[@ayaaya4596]

ممتاز واصل

[@RaniaKaram]

❤

[@MauriceJ-s6z]

Habibi please when you to Geneva, try the lamb shawarma at "les parfums de beyrouth" and thank me later 😄

[@tinaa3005]

Anthony I know you love bouza, please try Hakiki ice cream in Newtown! It is delicious!

[@yousifyoukhana2418]

🌹🇱🇧🌹🇱🇧🌹❤️

[@omaralhalboosi2713]

With all respect , you mentioned in your speech , that you prefer to not call Lebanese dialect as an Arabic? I don't want ti make an argument , but you might have an explanation that I don't know of. As as Iraqi , out dialect is apart from Arabic language as we many words that belong to different civilizations like Sumerians and Assyrians , but we still call out speech as An Arabic dialect. No offense to you , you are an Ambassador to all of us , but I just was cereous. Thanks!

[@salemmosley5833]

50:20 Underneath that provocative statement lies hidden messages and many a tension between some of the Lebanese; and I'm pretty sure a lot of the audience had strong reservations about what you just said. The only people who actually call the Lebanese dialect a language of its own are Lebanese nationalists or Lebanists; they usually carry a certain agenda and ideology, otherwise they wouldn't bother calling Lebanese a "language". It's pretty schizophrenic how you go about this; while you were recently in Washington meeting the Lebanese you would talk about Lebanese as an Arabic dialect, and other times (like this one) you'd say that it is a language--this time you went one step further and stated that you don't like to call it Arabic, which is a little sickening to say the least. I personally am not aware of any linguistic classification that regards Lebanese as a language of its own; and having loan words from other languages doesn't magically turn a dialect into a language--all languages and dialects within them to varying degrees have loanwords from other languages, it's pretty normal. If you go to the villages in Lebanon instead of the big cities, you would notice loanwords from other languages, esp. English and French, decrease and their speech would be more "pure"; no one there would really say "Hi, kifak, ca va..." This Lebanese "language", what are the geographic boundaries within which it is spoken? Are its supposed dialects not also languages of their own? When did this "language" come about, and who called it Lebanese? Why isn't it considered a dialect within a greater Levantine "language"? So many questions arise. It also doesn't help your case that Lebanese is understood without a problem by the vast majority of Arabs; for a dialect to be classified as a language, it needs to be somewhat mutually unintelligible to the speakers of the other dialects under that mother tongue--which is not the case for Lebanese or Levantine in general... No one doubts that you're in love with everything that has to do with Lebanon, but this kind of rhetoric only divides instead of unite (you should know that by now), even if it has a good intention behind it.

[@thewolfethatcould8878]

I wonder if Ash's Spice Cookbook is available to be signed if I ever find one @ 18:30 or so 🥲? Also after almost wrapping the speech up at 1 hr 04 min or so; I do not think I have ever in my middle aged lifetime heard anyone word the backgrounds of so many as precisely as you just did. That was a a true dancing with destiny moment Anthony. Great episode as always, thank you all so much.