Why does Brazil have more Lebanese than Lebanon?

They even have their own Beriut sandwich all over Brazil.
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[@timak23LB]

I'm lebanese and I'm in love with brazil just like if lt was my country too. My dream is to visit this beautiful country 🇧🇷❤🇱🇧

[@ApriliaRacer14]

Greetings from California! By far my favorite food is Lebanese.

[@mohamedalnemer1199]

@@ApriliaRacer14 نعم يا صديقي المطبخ اللبناني هو اشهر و الذ مطبخ عربي على الاطلاق لانه مطبخ غني و متنوع.. تقبل خالص تحياتي محمد من السعوديه 🌹

[@user-ht7cu1it7z]

Same here I love Brazil I have many relatives in Brazil I never met sure would be nice to visit Brazil 🇧🇷❤️🇱🇧lots of love 💕 to all

[@brunojeannetti4606]

As a brazilian, we are always delighted to have people from around the world visit us and get to know the country, you’d be more than welcome!

[@timak23LB]

@@brunojeannetti4606 thank you dear, omg I love Brazil soo much and I have your flag in my room, we always support OUR brazilian football team. Love you dearest people 🇧🇷❤🇱🇧

[@kosmicheskiprah]

Lovely story. Brazil is like the big Mama that has brought so many different cultures together. Good for those people they were able to establish themselves. Very sad story for the actual Lebanon. They struggled so much. Stay strong, you bold people.

[@FallenLight0]

Yeah, unfortunatelly the reason that made all these different cultures come to Brazil is not a happy reason. They didn't come here by choice, they were suffering where they were. Italians, Germans, Japanese, Lebanese, Ukranians etc suffered a lot by wars and crises, and then came to Brazil and suffered again (because the life of immigrants is not easy, especially in a poor country like Brazil). Which is different from USA, a country as diverse as Brazil, but that got people from all over the world (and keep getting), but they have way more opportunities and better life there. And you can see it by the number of new immigrants, Brazil barelly get a relevant number os immigrants compared to the number USA gets nowadays.

[@javierdenardo2607]

No, its the New World

[@Solek95]

Brazil has a large Slavic colony in the state of Paraná, especially Ukrainians, Poles and other minorities.

[@marlindagomez5766]

I'm Brazilian of Italian descent..

[@marlindagomez5766]

We accept immigrants as long as CHRISTIANS

[@Homer-OJ-Simpson]

Brazil is one of the most diverse countries in the world, especially around São Paulo. One of the largest number of Lebanese and Japanese people in the world. Lots of different European (historically) immigrants not only from Portugal but German and Italian. And of course they have a considerable population of indigenous and black people.

[@Violant3]

being brazilian i'm shocked to know only now through youtube videos how many different cultures of the world we have here, something i didn't care that much back in history class, i feel so happy knowing we invite and accept everyone who wants to come here.

[@GG-wy8pk]

Brazil is like us, but poor

[@neon-astronaut]

That’s fascinating

[@joaoluiz1114]

As a Brazilian I see that as kind of propaganda, often proudly repeated by some Brazilians to foreigners. For some extent, It's true, but most medium size European and American cities, as well as the main cities in Canada and Austalia are far more diverse than São Paulo. There are also few first generation immigrants in São Paulo (except for some Chinese, Peruvian, Bolivian and few others, that stil migrate to the city looking for opportunities) and, except for (usually business related) travelers, listening foreign languages isn't much common (Uptin has comented that in another video, also). Few Indians, Iranians, Southwest Asian, Central Asian and others from MENA (except for Syrian, Lebanese, Palestian, normally Christians) have immigrated to Brazil during the history. From Europe, most immigrats were from Italy, Spain, Portugal, Germany as well as Askhenazi Jews from Eastern Europe. There were no significant migration from France, Greece, the UK, Ireland or from Nordic European countries to Brazil. Southeen Brasil have received more Slavic immigrants though, but not as much as USA, Canada etc, same about German immigrants. Loving levantine/Italian cusine, I find much harder finding restaurants in São Paulo (and Impossible in the rest of Brazil) not strogly adapted to the Brazilian taste . Spanish immigration in Brazil, on the other way, is misteriously almost ignored, even being the third largest group of immigrants that have historically arrived to the country. Brazil, is indeed very miscigenated and ethnic and ancestry play a much less role than in the Anglo-saxon or germanic world, but is not as diverse as Los Angeles, New York, London.

[@peterhens7430]

@@joaoluiz1114 you are wrong brazil has more labenese than lebanon just look at joe delagado the person who responded to you he has video in his c h. a. n nel that shows protest against corruption and streets and its ttue brazil is a white and syrian and lbanese country origin

[@csoniah4432]

What I find interesting is that each group still keeps their own traditions alive while being integrated to brazilian culture, which is the result of all of theses cultures together.

[@MrJeanNunes]

yes! and not in a segregated fucked up way like the americans do, but in a really wholesome culturally diverse manner. gotta love our country

[@spellonyou7987]

What is Brazilian culture ? I'm curious.

[@emmano6340]

@@spellonyou7987 We have 500 years of history. Do some research and reach your conclusions.

[@csoniah4432]

@@spellonyou7987 Culture is a difficult thing to explain when a country is so diverse but I think you can put all the cultures here in 3 big groups. You got the general one, the regional and the immigrant, which can be associated with the previous two. I will explain. The general Brazilian culture is the base of our culture, what many consider brazilian culture. Has more Indigenous, African and Portuguese influence. They were the majority here before immigrants started coming for work during the industrialization of the country. The general BR culture was created slowly when Brazil still had Monarchs. The king feared rebellion and conflicts from the different groups and needed to create a sense of belonging and union of a nation. So they king got different elements from each of the 3 groups I mentioned and " made them common" for everyone. For example: Celebrating carnival, celebrating são joão, playing soccer, strong beach culture because most cities are located by the coast, eating rice and beans everyday, wearing sandals everywhere, hugging and kissing while greeting, being around nature and utilizing natural products and natural medicine etc. These are things all brazilians do and usually what is exported to foreigners as well, the image of the country. The second one, the regional culture is known only by locals of that region and is more rich and specific. There's different ways of living in each region like cangaço, gaúcho culture, Carioca culture and indigenous culture which varies from one indigenous group to another. Each region got different dances, traditional outfits, biome, food, accent, practices and even influence from different countries that invaded that region or from the immigrants that are majority there. The state of Pernambuco for example has a lot of Netherland influence in the architecture , they invaded for decades while Portugal was already here. The last one, immigrant culture is what you saw in this video, like I said above they can be integrated in the general culture because is strong and present everywhere and because some regions received specific types of immigrants regional culture can be tied to immigrant culture. For example in the south of Brazil, where you have more germans and where the model Gisele Bündchen came from. So i hope this clarified a bit, sorry it was too long.

[@joelaldodiaz]

@@MrJeanNunesDon't they attend an exclusive lebanese-only country club??? Sounds segregated af.

[@simonaelhaddad6527]

Such a great video! As a Lebanese I’ve always thought of the 12 million Lebanese people living in Brazil, and now thanks to you I kinda got to meet them and know more about them. So thank you!

[@uptin]

Glad you liked it!

[@flawyerlawyertv7454]

12 million people? Wow!

[@timetraveler9518]

Me too, maybe one day ill go visit brazil

[@Blurb111]

Everybody feels like home in Brazil, it doesn’t matter where you come from.

[@franciscotomascavallo3924]

Unless you are from Argentina.

[@Blurb111]

@@franciscotomascavallo3924 yes 😂

[@yousandro1999]

funny thing is that brazilians are the ones who dont like Brazil the most, so they usually move to Portugal or other places with a better life conditions

[@saumpaulinaaaaaaa]

Tell it to the black people who comes to Brazil, a very racist country

[@zero59267]

I thought it's like dark souls. How true is it? You know with how media usually portrays Brazil

[@luizhenriquematias4657]

The thing about etnics in Brazil, is that we call some groups as lebanese, japanese, germans, but we know they're common brazilian folks. The culture is completely integrated and the difference is just the blood they carry. Way more different from the US wich seems having etnic groups that never integrate theirselves completely in the culture. Off course the most common thing to happen is the culture from the original etnicity being completely vanished with time. I have my self 4 different ancestries, but am really far from having any aspect of their original culture. It all mixed up into a single one wich I k'now as paulista.

[@brandongarber4335]

thats a big generalization lol. I'm born and raised in the US and have been in brazil the last 8 years. The US have neighborhoods like little italy and china town but even those places are pretty diverse now.

[@luizhenriquematias4657]

I'm not saying America is living an apartheid, but still judge people based on etnics, and has a plenty of etnic neighbourhoods completely not integrated. US: It's all about "race" Brazil: It's almost all about money

[@brandongarber4335]

@@luizhenriquematias4657 a lot of ethnic groups do like to stick together btw. And you can’t really compare the US and Brazil in this situation. My high school had over 70 languages spoken and immigrants from all over the world continue to come into the country. Most of my friends including myself have parents that are foreigners. Brazil just has defendants and they’ve had generations to settle in. Plus a country club for only one nationality would be cancelled in a heartbeat there lmao

[@igormedeiros8021]

@@brandongarber4335 I would be cancelled because of American segregation history in a time in which the US didn't have so much immigrants. Of course there's racism in Brazil, but we are a much more race-mixed country. Also, the Lebanese are not a supremacist group in Brazil.

[@ingridbaima4276]

@@brandongarber4335 The thing is that the integration of these migrant populations in the USA and in Brazil (not just Brazil, Latin America in general) is extremelly different simply because of one fact: the logic of the racism in the USA and in Latin America is radically different. In The United States, the belief that the white race was superior came with protectionism of it. It couldn't be mixed with the other races or else it would "get dirty", that's why you saw legal principles like one-drop rule, for example. In Latin America, it was quite the oposite: The white race is superior, and, therefore, will persist through time, while black, indigenous and asians would perish. Here, the government encouraged inter-race marriages and interactions with the belief that, by doing so, they would end the population of other races "non violently" withim some years, since that when marrying opressed populations with white people, their genes would be weaker and don't pass on to next generations. That's obviously a bunch of bullshit, but i think it summarizes well what Luiz was tyring to say: immigrants are better integrated here than in the US, not because of generalizations, but because while the US government was taking procedures to avoid "mixing races", Brazil government was doing pretty much the opposite, and that will obvioulys show. Now, that doens't mean the miscegenation of Latin America is a good, harmless thing. It's also obvious that miscegenation born from such hideous ways of logic wouldn't come without bad consequences for marginalized people here. They're just more subtle

[@heartthrobheart6288]

Brazilians are very welcoming people. Would love to visit someday

[@AleSmile]

That's a great video! That's literally my reality as I'm Brazilian, of Lebanese descent and also member of the club you went to. They also have some activities like Dabke or Arabic lessons or sometimes movie sessions with films in Arabic. Many people, mainly the older generations, still speak Arabic and building a tight knit community in the club means they have a place to practise.

[@pondeify]

what if Europeans opened a club and said 'whites only'?

[@throwawayidiot6451]

@@pondeify do you not see the difference between nationality and ethnicity?

[@adnoor823]

@@pondeify Lebanese are also white 😂

[@Igor_054]

@@pondeify Brazil had plenty of clubs exclusive for European groups as well. Some Clubs only accepted members of German ancestry, others only Italians, only Portuguese, etc. However, for instance, Arthur Friedenreich played for a German ancestry Football club in 1909-1911 due to being a child of a German, regardless of having a Black mother as well. The criteria was not necessarily race or skin colour, but ancestry and community.

[@romanbrandle319]

@@adnoor823 And more racist than whites what a bunch of disrespectful thugs .

[@user-rw7mf4oo1h]

Brazil is the second home to everyone! If you still haven’t been to Brazil, what are you waiting for? Just go and enjoy your summer or winter holidays in Brazil 🇧🇷

[@patriciasousadasilva9077]

Not everyone. I'm a brazilian amazonian from pará state, with indigenous ancestry. Brazilian Amazonia is my first home, always

[@Sakura0590]

@@patriciasousadasilva9077 ele se referiu aos estrangeiros por isso falou "segunda casa". Se vc é brasileira não há como aqui ser a segunda casa, rsrs

[@Alex-bf5qu]

​@@patriciasousadasilva9077amazônia fica onde????

[@karthikshetty2206]

Lebanese are hard working and successful everywhere except in lebanon 😁

[@aimtiaz_]

Lebanon + Australia. All major crime families in Australia and gangs are Lebanese run. Anyone disagrees lookup Hamze, Alameddine, Comanchero

[@waelseifeddine8238]

?

[@jzk2020]

Like Indians and Nigerians LOL

[@karthikshetty2206]

@@jzk2020 yes

[@thesmogo]

@@jzk2020 any population that manages to emigrate thousands of miles away will statistically be harder working than the base population that they came from.

[@LeprosuGnome]

All people are welcome in Brazil! 🇧🇷❤️ If your country is in crysis you are even more welcome, a lot of people from Venezuela and a few countries in Africa have also come here seeking a better life, we would be glad to help

[@sadaofutaki]

❤️

[@LoveClassicMusic0205]

Brazil looks like a beautiful country with wonderful people, but I can't speak Portuguese so that would make it impossible for me to live there. I really wish I could. Southern Brazil (Santa Catarina area) looks like a great place to live.

[@tamarys89east38]

Don't make the same mistake in Brasil like Europe did with too much immigrants... I am from Brasil too and living in the Netherlands. Bad bad bad idea... just wait in a couple of years and too many Arabic people are come, Brasil will regret.. you have really no idea. Especially with muslims. And that isn't a racist thing, it's protect your life, like really

[@yararaffoul]

I love the way Maurice spoke of lebanon🥺😍 at least someone who hasn’t lost hope 💪

[@paleamigo8575]

Yes, that was a interesting way of describing one's connection to their country.

[@alidk5923]

This is why I guess Brazil have such a good looking people. From Kuwait, a huge love to our Lebanese brothers.

[@2011wdb]

A lot of Lebanese Brazilians mixed with Italians Brazilians, I think is the most common mix we have after the typical Afro + Native + Portuguese (Iberians)

[@marlindagomez5766]

Most of the Lebanese in Brazil are 95% Christians. They came here bcuz Islamists terrorist of Lebanon

[@becarvalho4573]

Os libaneses que vieram para o Brasil também influenciaram muito na cultura brasileira. Adoro a música e a comida que trouxeram!!! ❤😍

[@thesmithii6014]

Pelo sobrenome de você vejo que você tem ascendência brasileira... Carvalho.

[@ayomide1007]

1:00, there are similar stories like this in Nigeria, alot of Lebanese that were on there way to Brazil but ended up in Nigeria and decided to stay, there is a large Lebanese population in Lagos Nigeria.

[@redademe]

Yup I reckon Trump's youngest daughter is engaged to a Lebanese Nigerian.

[@7Frosty7]

there are lebanese people in nigeria?? what the fuck?

[@daudkhan4218]

@@7Frosty7 lebanese and indians are literally huge and rich in nigeria

[@lucifer9880]

@@7Frosty7 in south lebanon, we have a famous tradition: when you finish high school, you either go to west africa, or go go college. (What's interesting is that all those who go to africa, after 10-15 years, they return millionaires if not multi-millionaires).

[@7Frosty7]

@@lucifer9880 والله حاجه غريبه الصراحه

[@jacbrito]

There's not one single birthday party in Brazil that you won't find a famous middle eastern snack called KIBE, or an entry made of small pita breads stuffed with a delicious filling made out of eggplant, olives, onions, garlic, and some other ingredients I cant remember. They are very popular here and many Brazilians think these are local food. :-)

[@kola3758]

There wasn't a Brazilian emperor in the 1890s, monarchy ended in 1889.

[@arlofs]

Jewish-Brazilian here. We also have played a major influence in Brazil’s history. We have our own country club in São Paulo (Hebraica) and founded the best hospitals (Hospital Albert Einstein). The first Jews to land in New York were from Brazil. Even Facebook’s co-founder is a Brazilian Jew. Cheers 🥂

[@Ricardo-cp2lu]

Go back to Khazaria.

[@aag3752]

Literally irrelevant.

[@riezan]

Uptin, This is simply amazing, You always cover something that we have never heard before. Not to mention your gentle and respectful approach. Please keep it up.

[@larissaayoub8464]

Thank you for talking about lebanese people in Brazil💗I love the way Maurice spoke of Lebanon💗 Sending you love from Lebanon💗🇱🇧

[@Anonymous_Individual007]

Tá morando lá Brima ?

[@vitorabdala1]

Awesome! I'm from Rio. My greatgrandfather came from Beirut in the 19th century and landed in Fortaleza. I hope Lebanon recover fast from this terrible crisis.

[@EliasRoy]

Your channel is so underrated. I hope this channel can hit 100K subscribers Great Work Uptin!! 👏

[@alexwoodies4043]

I have a feeling he will have a million subs within a year.

[@uptin]

Thanks so much for the support

[@hadisidaoui5784]

So agree! Terribly underrated! Much love from Lebanon ❤

[@aag3752]

@@uptin I'd be glad to subscribe if you stop calling us Arabs. In the ME, the word Arab means Arabic speaker. But you're using it as if we were all the same people. NOT TRUE! Lebanese only speak Arabic. But we're genetically and culturally different. You don't need to resort to using the word Arab to describe us when you already have a perfectly good word like Lebanese. Please call us by what we are, which is just Lebanese.

[@whatfoodsmenu]

Fantastic report. Thank you for all your efforts to bring us these incredible stories.

[@m.c.fromnyc2187]

Great video! The Beirute sandwich is a variation on the Kallage sandwich from Lebanon or Syria. In the Middle East, it’s a grilled cheese sandwich in a Lebanese bread, sometimes with Za’atar, or Tomato. In Brazil they added meat or Turkey, lettuce, etc.

[@longwilly7167]

Turkey is meat. It is not a vegetable.

[@m.c.fromnyc2187]

@@longwilly7167 I know what turkey is. It’s a big bird called “peru” in Brazil. It’s called “dinde” in French, and “pavo” in Spanish. The Kallage in Lebanon and Syria is a grilled cheese sandwich in Lebanese bread, sometimes with a little za’atar. In Brazil, this sandwich is called Beirute. It’s mostly found in São Paulo, with a few variations. Some Beirute come with added tomatoes and orégano (beirute pizza), or with added rosbife (roast beef), or with added turkey meat (peru), even with added ham.

[@housseinkashmar9727]

I'm Lebanese and I hope that I could find a job in Brazil 💔

[@adrizinfnvsvxltzfnbattlefo1834]

you can find a job here!!! come to brasil

[@housseinkashmar9727]

@@adrizinfnvsvxltzfnbattlefo1834 I will be thankful if you can help me

[@adrizinfnvsvxltzfnbattlefo1834]

@@housseinkashmar9727 I dont think i can, but try finding the Brasilian Embassy in lebanon, i think they can help you there

[@marlindagomez5766]

Brazil has so much poverty.

[@adrizinfnvsvxltzfnbattlefo1834]

@@marlindagomez5766 where are you from?

[@undertakerkl]

Appreciate you teaching me something new about my country. I knew 🇧🇷 had more Japanese than 🇯🇵, although I wasn’t aware of 🇱🇧. Which is what one of my closest friends is half of, aswell as my other friend who is 100% 🇱🇧.

[@MrVitorao]

We don't have more japonese than Japan. We have the biggesr japanese population outside of Japan.

[@FallenLight0]

wait you said a wrong information here. Brazil doesn't have more Japanese than JP (that's impossible), actually Brazil has more japanese descendants than any country outside Japan. And it's important to emphasize: Japanese descendants in Brazil, although they are huge in number, they are not "japanese" that much culturally speaking compared to the Japanese in USA for example (where they didn't mix a lot with other ethic groups, and they keep getting new japanese there). In Brazil very very few japanese descendants speaks japanese, and Brazil don't receive more "original" japaneses nowadays, which makes the brazilian-japanese increasingly distant from their ancestors roots.

[@igorjee]

@@FallenLight0 egzaktli

[@Mattosfiori]

@@FallenLight0 This is not quite true in America, many Japanese have become so American that they are nothing like the Japanese in Japan, like the Chinese who have their large community, many of them also do not look like those in China, it is because they live in America and have adapted too the American culture.

[@meismax]

Thanks Uptin for bringing us stories not told anywhere else!

[@pinkkawai1235]

I am Polish Brazilian here there are many cultures

[@EduOliva1]

Comida Árabe é popular aqui em São Paulo há muito tempo devido à imigração. Depois do Habib's expandiu-se por todo o Brasil. Adoro comida Árabe.

[@fmac6441]

Não só em São Paulo, o Rio também tem uma grande colônia “sírio-libanesa”

[@EduOliva1]

@@fmac6441 Com certeza!

[@Solek95]

@@EduOliva1 Os Libaneses começaram a chegar ainda com D.Pedro ll em especial no nordeste.

[@EduOliva1]

@@Solek95 Certo. Ainda bem que tem gente que conhece a história mais a fundo. Eu conheci mais o pessoal da 25 de Março e das muitas lanchonetes Árabes daqui de SP.

[@masfiqratul7559]

@@fmac6441 So it is Quite easy to Find Halal Food in Sao Paulo? Dam Man I have too see what Arab is like in Brazil

[@Evan-qf2rf]

interesting! Thanks for making this video, Uptin!

[@mohammadibnallah8062]

I just did not like the fact that there is a club that to enter you have to be Lebanese. I don't think it is fair and if Brazil had a club where Lebanese people could not enter, they would call it racism.

[@MarceloCarvalhoUNR]

To be honest Mohammad nobody cares if only lebaneses can be members, that's pretty common around here. The Membership for this type of clubs is passed through generations. The gran-granparents built the club and they kept it on the family. Most of these country clubs work in that way and nobody cares, in a period of one or two generations it will become the club's history. The one in my city (Belo Horizonte) is no longer exclusive for Syrians or Lebaseses, I belivie half of the members, maybe more, have no connections with Lebanon. The same happed with big football clubs like Vasco (only portugueses), Gremio (only Italians) and the list keep going on and on.

[@100viadoraiz3]

@@MarceloCarvalhoUNR I understand, but I still believe that thete should be no such a thibg as "only for". It can be considered racism.

[@DouglasLima]

It is pure racism indeed. Period. It’ll end, yes. Should’ve been over a long time ago yet.

[@mohammadibnallah8062]

@@DouglasLima Had it been the other way around.... people would be screaming.

[@schoppenhauer8541]

​@@mohammadibnallah8062 it's true, but in Brazil we understand this.

[@Flor-sl5qs]

Greetings from Florianópolis, Brazil❤️i'm a lebanese descent but born in Brazil🇧🇷💞🇱🇧

[@fine1298]

That grandfather is the manifestation of "you're going to brazil"

[@azul20011]

Awesome perspective that don’t even myself (being a Brazilian) had. Thanks for creating this content.

[@uptin]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@MillhouseSpeaks]

Really fascinating and insightful!

[@dentdaniel]

In my city, the capital of Brasil, Brasília. The two most famous bars, are called libanus and Beirut

[@ruicosta6474]

To be honest, just realized that I have lunch almost daily in a lebanese brothers restaurant. It's so succesful that they expanded during the pandemic and a little before more of their family came and have two mattress stores nearby.

[@warpeace6097]

Great channel...wish you all the best uptin

[@RobertoHelou]

Such a good video brother 🙌🏼

[@luisgugustavo]

Keep coming to Brazil! You are more than welcome here and it doesn’t matter where you come from: Lebanon, Syria, China, Italy, Congo, Cameroon, etc. Just come and we will be more than happy to share existence in the same country!!

[@mohamedalnemer1199]

اخي الكريم تقبل خالص تحياتي واسال الله ان يحفظك من كل الشرور.. محمد من السعودية

[@marlindagomez5766]

Wrong.. if u come to Brazil. We have to adopt the Brazilian culture and must speak Portuguese.. period

[@afreaux3275]

@@marlindagomez5766 The brazilian culture is the mix of all the cultures of the people who migrated and helped to build our country. Yes, they should integrate into our customs and values, but they should preserve their identity and culture, our strength consist in being different and being able to coexist peacefully in union.

[@marlindagomez5766]

@@afreaux3275 Wrong.. it's disrespectful.. if want to migrate in any countries u have to ASSIMILATE AND ADOPT THEIR OWN CULTURE.. Otherwise it's very DISRESPECTFUL.

[@marlindagomez5766]

Just like Japan and South Korea. They manage to stay clean and one of the SAFEST countries on earth with low crime rate.. I preferred monolingual and less diversity.

[@johnnie1529]

I am from Belo Horizonte, I lived for a long time in São Paulo, but I already knew Arabic food. In Belo Horizonte there is a street, where practically everything is Arab and Lebanese. We also have clubs, which is called Syrian-Lebanese! In my childhood I had a Syrian friend, who, when I met him, didn't speak any Portuguese. Another great friend I had was Arab and was a famous painter, from the Guignard school. I think we have more Syrians than Lebanese here in Belo Horizonte! The best Syrian bread I ate in my life was in Foz do Iguaçu, in the state of Paraná. São Paulo concentrates a lot of the Arab culture, but they are present almost everywhere in Brazil.

[@carloshenriquecardozomuniz7437]

I watched some of your videos and i Just loved it! Good work bro! I'm from Brasil by the way... Hehe

[@betweenlamppost]

Uptin, keep up the good work , I subscribed to your channel because you make very high quality videos with good edits, very informative and professional. You deserve more subscribers and I’m sure eventually will happen.

[@sachaishak]

Thank you for this video 😍❤️ As a lebanese living in Lebanon, I can assure everyone that the lebanese people are survivors and hard workers. But the situation in Lebanon doesn't provide good working opportunities if any. That is why lebanese people succeed in other countries and not in Lebanon. It's not our fault, it's the government's fault for leading our country to rock bottom.

[@Amadeus-ms9lt]

Sadly, the Lebanese government is enslaved by the banking mafia which are robbing the hard working Lebanese people. Then they distract people with theatrical politics and nationalism.

[@LB-tf9hg]

Well. The politicians are not aliens from outer space. They are lebanese people. The president and the government is formed by lebanes people. The issue is in the morals.

[@LB-tf9hg]

It is not only the the politicians who are corrupt. Many lebanese people only care about money and are willing to kill for money. We can see what they are doing in Germany and Africa.

[@sachaishak]

@@LB-tf9hg This is unfortunately true..because there are a lot of ignorant people

[@Justisinus65]

It is partly the fault of Lebanese people themselves, people keep electing the same corrupt politicians for decades, incompetent politicians should be voted out, that would be a good start.

[@sultanmahmood1064]

Interesting statistics, I hadnt ever realised that the population was of lebanese people in brazil was soo large, I had been suprised by the numbers of lebanese people in latin america initially the first times I visited the region, in particular in Puebla Mexico where the local cusine is influenced massively. Brazil is interesting with its mix of populations from the middle east especially in the western parts next to paraguay.

[@FOLIPE]

It isn't so large that's why you didn't realize it

[@peterhens7430]

@@FlamencoOz you are wrong brazil has more labenese than lebanon just look at joe delagado the person who responded to you he has video in his c h. a. n nel that shows protest against corruption and streets and its ttue brazil is a white and syrian and lbanese country origin

[@Vesperlush]

@@FlamencoOz bork

[@Alexandre.10]

The Lebanese helped to build this country, several cities grew with their help, and many also miscegenated.

[@28Justchecking]

@@FOLIPE they are 13M Lebanese in Brazil ;)

[@nomadmundo]

I simply loved your video, truly refreshing and creative..👌The worst part of this video is it ends so soon..😉

[@asj3647]

This was an very good video I appreciate your videos!🙂

[@uptin]

Happy to hear that!

[@rakyat47]

I met 2 Brazilian foreign student in campus, one of then is of lebanese origin. The other is German polish

[@LoverOFhopeANDcompassion]

I like your no nonsense style. Cut straight to the solution. Well I hope they're helping pp back in lebanon.

[@MattZaycYT]

Underrated chanel, underrated content.

[@sukhvirsingh696]

Bro luv u. Your content is genuine and very different

[@uptin]

Thank you so much!

[@broddablack5290]

This is so amazing! Lebanese people are so caring and have a heart ❤️

[@marlindagomez5766]

Only the Lebanese Christians are good.

[@moodymoody2013]

Amazing video! I knew Brazil had many Lebanese but did not know the culture is so big there.

[@FlamencoOz]

This is a lie, they are mainly descendants of Lebanese or partial descendants not actual Lebanese. Most have very little to do with Lebanon.

[@mhammadalloush5104]

@@FlamencoOz IMO its like ethnic Asians saying they're Chinese/Korean/Japanese/etc. even though they are several generations displaced but they still live inside a community that belongs to their country

[@nourkaram8813]

the thing with kibbeh is that we have a lot of diverse one's (depending on the occasions- the region ect...) and so as it's usually is ground/minced meat and onions , we do have ,pumpkin- or even walnut and onions those are mostly eaten when its easter

[@prasadnilugal4691]

All videos are fantastic

[@dkz00]

brazil is home to everyone. best place in the world. we still have freedom

[@flawyerlawyertv7454]

"still".

[@dkz00]

@@flawyerlawyertv7454 let me correct it: “then, brazil was home to everyone. used to be the best place in the world because we still had freedom.”

[@serendipity1999]

Mediterranean Arab countries have always caught my attention. Their history, cuisine, architecture is so unique. I would like to visit them one day. I feel sorry for their current situation, especially for Syria. Love and respect from Azerbaijan.

[@musa9371]

Love bak from lebanon 🌹

[@aag3752]

If you have ANY respect, then don't call us Arabs. There's no such thing as an Arab from the Mediterranean. We're from the Mediterranean, that's why we're NOT Arabs. We're simply Lebanese.

[@andrewgarcia9205]

Luv your content bro

[@uptin]

Thanks for watching!

[@mohamedbhamjee1856]

Great one learned a lot on people migration keep it up

[@OrderMeetsChaos]

Here from Lebanon ... And I'm amazed about how you guys are keeping Lebanese culture in brazil... I'm one of the Lebanese people who don't want to leave Lebanon, because my country needs me and needs lebanese people to be reborn... And I want to be part of the solution... But if you Lebanese people who are living abroad are able to help us, I think you guys are able to make a big change❤ 🇱🇧

[@aag3752]

Tell him to stop calling us Arabs. He thinks Arabs are a single people.

[@johnnie1529]

I am not of Lebanese, or even Arab descent, but I like Arabic food so much that I can't explain it. I even learned how to make many Lebanese dishes! I think in my past life I was Lebanese!

[@aag3752]

We Lebanese ARE NOT OF ARAB DESCENT! Man. Lebanese are Mediterranean. Did you see anybody here that looks like a Peninsular Arab? Of course not. We have our own ancestry. Nothing to do with Arabs.

[@a.h.badran8589]

Great video A lot of new information I never knew

[@uptin]

Glad to hear it!

[@rosesbirdsanctuary]

Love your videos.

[@uptin]

Thanks sm for watching

[@AntonioFelipeLopez]

Brazil is like a world size bowl for world wide culture. Love to lebanese people from a brazilian friend.

[@wj242]

meu avô veio pra cá com seus pais, era cristão obviamente foram perseguidos dizia que aqui era um paraíso, chegaram e foram espalhados no país e fez a vida aqui em MT. tem muitas familias que vieram de lá, se integraram totalmente no país e tem familiares lá mas tem uma mesquita aqui, então não foi só cristão em 1890. no centro de Cuiabá tem muitos que moram e tem comércio aqui.

[@patriareligionomuerte]

Maronita?

[@soghepardo]

Congratulations 👏🏻 very nice video 🎉 Uptin 🎉

[@aag3752]

Not really. He thinks all Arabs have the same ancestry. Lebanese have a different ancestry, as you can see. We're not Arabs, we're Arabic speakers. I imagine in Brazil most Lebanese don't even know much Arabic. So nothing to do with the Arabs in that case.

[@roberthaddad5785]

Thank you. This was a cool video.

[@uptin]

Glad you liked it!

[@sam7670]

just told my parents off for not migrating to Brazil and coming to Australia instead... just kidding with them of course. never knew brazil had such a big Lebanese population! definitely need to go visit

[@MayconCardosoSanches]

@@FlamencoOz Deixa de ser idiota.

[@outlyfe7570]

@@historynetwork852 your opinion is irrelevant 😂

[@ericmendes3293]

Joe, dude you’re racist as fuck. No wonder you’ll vote for Bolsonaro, jeez. Chill man, what difference does it make if Brazil is majoritarian white or not, like for real?

[@joaocanabrava8500]

How come such tiny country have people everywhere?

[@eri-mq4rq]

@@historynetwork852 You are delusional.

[@BrazilResearcher]

Brazil is home of having the largest communities of Brazilians who are of Portuguese, Spanish, Italian, Lebanese, Syrian, Korean and Japanese descent.

[@mohdjibly6184]

Nice sharing ...thanks

[@Aloha698]

I’m from Rio de Janeiro, and here we have a lot of Syrian descendants/ immigrants as well . We are very fortunate to have all the amazing food from Middle East so available here

[@guilhermeh.v.santos7424]

Wow very interesting video, I live close to this icecream shop, but I never tried, because is always crowded, now i'll feel like a must, i'm not lebaneses i dont have any link but I was born here in Sao Paulo and I love this diversity of the city, thats what makes Sao Paulo so special. Think you should try some japanese there are of lot of them here too, one of my favorites btw.

[@Serrchh]

You definitely should, you won’t be disappointed trust me.

[@JohnDoe-ce1fs]

Try it, you'll be glad you did.

[@AdrianoUrielSdosSantos]

In Brazilian society there are so many arabics surnames, especially from Lebanon and Sirya, for example: -Temer (was president from Brasil since 2017-2019) -Alckmin (ex-governor from São Paulo State -Boulos (one young brazilian politic from Socialist party) -Haddad (Ex mayor from São Paulo City) -Tebet (republic senator and actually candidat from brazilian government) And many others like Amin, Feghally, Jabour, Maluf , Jereissati, Jatene, Kassab, etc

[@jacbrito]

Just crooks and socialist a-ho-les

[@rafaelbaldini1818]

Here in Rio de Janeiro there are many epic lebanon heritage restaurants like Rotisseria Sírio Libanesa, and Elias

[@ssusnqlunch4523]

I have to admit that Lebanese in business are one of the best minds. they have made a reasonable success in many areas. Like in middle east (gulf states, Egypt) and South America (Brazil, Argentina, Colombia, Venezuela...) even macxico and Panama. I have met some Lebanese in China and they are doing very well. They like to Brand them self and don't except to do low cost products only premium and middle high.

[@brumby8491]

Good job !! FYI, the pumpkin kebeh you ate is also a dish in Lebanon, but not sold in restaurants.

[@uptin]

Interesting!

[@janaawada7890]

True

[@rah9722]

My grandma acually recently made it

[@rickypego1]

I was born in a small town and we have hundreds of lebanese descendants here.

[@guillaumeaccari]

My grandfather was born there in like 1920 ish then as far as i know moved to france in 1940 ish then came back home with his siblings who moved later on to australia

[@euentusiasta7686]

Um documentário em INGLÊS falando sobre LIBANESES no BRASIL, tem nome para essa magia?

[@anshtokas]

I still remember once my tongue slipped and i called lebanese restaurant a lesbian restaurant in front of my family

[@uptin]

omg

[@theancientsancients1769]

Lol 😆🤣

[@wilb6657]

Brazil is just so diverse. They also have the most Japanese outside of Japan and the most black people outside of Africa.

[@marlindagomez5766]

And the most White European than any other.

[@Lizzy_1819]

All of this is grossly exaggerated lmao. Asians are less than 1% of Brazils population. And black Brazilians are 10% (they are historical Brazilians but people exaggerate too much their proportion). Most Brazilians are mixed race of different types (45%). 43% are white. 1% are indigenous peoples.

[@pauloamw]

Brazil welcomes all, we are grateful for and made better by our Lebanese and other communities.

[@ebeb9156]

I am from Israel and i am glad that Lebanese people are happy. Dont suffer under Hesbollah regime and crock politics

[@flawyerlawyertv7454]

What are Hesbollah Regime and Crock Politics? I didn't know they existed until now.

[@marcelonunes12]

I don't understand how it is possible to have a club in Brazil that for you to be a member you have to be Lebanese only.

[@28Justchecking]

Why not? Who is taht possible european in Brazil can have a club Italian, Latins to have in the USA Its like Leo's club yacht club etc And other major or title club But just for Lebanese and not every Lebanese i need to pay to be a member Thats it

[@cunegundescandido]

Some brazilians don't accept they are brazilians. In South of Brazil you will see some brazilians saying they are Germans, but actually their ancestors was Germans. Nowadays, they don't even speak german. We call this "mongrel syndrome", but the most part of people accept they are brazilian.

[@RaniaKaram]

wow! what a beautiful video! I miss my Lebanon every day . Thanks Uptin

[@habazlambazazathe6th989]

I miss you toooo Rania

[@tarsoelvis]

Sou brasileiro, gostei muito do seu vídeo!

[@schoolofyalla]

Super interesting video....maybe one on Palestinians in Chile next???

[@jihadi-against-oppression]

There are more Syrians and Palestinians in Argentina

[@jihadi-against-oppression]

@Gio yes but mostly they are Christians and intermingled with other ethnicities so mostly you can find half Lebanese Argentine but in Brazil, Lebanese descent are more segregated

[@anskuaaaak]

Wow very interesting, I never knew before that they have like 3x lebanese population than in Lebanon itself. So great they are keeping the culture alive😍

[@joaoluiz1114]

Most don't. As a Brazilian deeply interested in the Middle East, I've learned more about the region, including Lebanon itself, in one year in Germany, than in the rest of my life in Brazil. The good part is that most "Lebanese" in Brazil are so integrated (most immigrats were Maronite Christians, usually converted to the Catolicism, but Muslims have integrated quite well too) that most are no any different than any other Brazilian. The Brazilian-Lebanese food in the older restaurants (usually runned by 3-4 th generation Lebanese-, Brazilian) ressembles more the Old home made recipes, than most things foound in modern Lebanon: they use more rice than fries and "kibbeh Nayyeh" and Its local versions of Sfiha seems more relevant in Brazil than in Lebanon or other countries with big Lebanese diaspora (USA, Mexico, Argentina).

[@sbjncn]

i thought that south america but muslim free but damnit they are everywhere ; sucks

[@PEACE-yd6hs]

@@sbjncn Islamic Not Terrorist Religion Actually Hindu From India Terrorist Religion In America

[@viniciuskarimov3516]

@@sbjncn The whole majority of arabs here are christian, not muslim.

[@brahmaistrash.indiaisatoil5292]

@@sbjncn we are everywhere and we are the fastest-growing religion cause people are discovering everyday that Trinity is a lie and Christianity is fake, so deal with it hmar

[@broddablack5290]

This is true! My Mother’s side are of Lebanese decent who went to Jamaica 🇯🇲 there was a small community of them. They are always hardworking and always set up businesses. They are usually merchants, it’s in their blood!

[@parsvishal]

Really nice video

[@uptin]

Glad you liked it

[@joelaldodiaz]

No one seems to have a problem with an exclusive country club that excludes everyone outside of an ethnicity ?! Can you imagine a country club in South Africa that only caters to Afrikaners.

[@ponyclub3198]

It's easier for them to call Israel Apartheid state. That deflects from the Arab basic racism, especially towards black people

[@DouglasLima]

Oh yes I do! It’s ridiculous

[@alienace3120]

Love how you spent enough time in Lebanon to pronounce the food name right 🤣🤣

[@uptin]

Haha

[@saidnb583]

You’d also have to come to Barranquilla, Colombia. Shakira’s hometown. Here there are tons of Lebanese descendants and Lebanese restaurants and culture.

[@dancenowccdss939]

Shakira do arab Egyptian dance not Lebanese lol😂

[@mariadaluzrodriguesderodri1862]

Aquele doce folhado com castanha ? Hummmmmmmmmmm Povo da comida boa . Felicidades a esse povo . Tomara que o governo deixe de safadeza

[@MH-jb1yq]

People definitely forget that when the migration of Levantine peoples in the early 1900s were actually defined as Syrians, ethnically, there is little between western syrians and Lebanese but these days all the diaspora in the America’s are told they’re Lebanese when in reality when they migrated the state didn’t exist, they were Syrian or even better described as Levantine

[@SaadonAksah]

Awesome!

[@phorontadarth3909]

Beautiful story ,I m Native Algerian ,I know few people from Lebanon they are very nice people ,👌👌👌

[@aag3752]

Tell this guy to stop calling us Arabs. As you can see from our looks, we're not Arabs at all. Same is true for Algerians, I hear. I really hat e when someone tries to call me an Arab. I'm just Lebanese. It's Mediterranean, not desert.

[@kayflip2233]

“They see the love, the food, the music, the good weather” - stuff only Brazilians and Lebanese out of all the nations of the world have in common. 😂

[@jojoblum6385]

How the heck do u not have more subscribers? Ur content is amazing!

[@uptin]

Thank you so much!