Why is Lebanon so FRENCH?

When I meet people here, many of them speak Arabic, English and FRENCH. But it might not always be like this. Here's why.
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[@mahmoudanabtawi]

Colonization, simple answer for the entire video.

[@elienehme_]

Lol…when was Lebanon colonized?

[@mahafujrayhan2877]

@@elienehme_ it was not only colonized but also f** ked up

[@CarRevvedGaming]

Same answer to the North African nations

[@elienehme_]

@@CarRevvedGaming No

[@mar3857]

EXACTLY

[@koumaylmokdad971]

French isnt a secondary education language. Its usually the primary one cz all of the scientific subjects, such as physics, chemistry, etc... are taught in french.

[@ramieg4693]

depends what school you’re in. sciences are in french only in a handful of schools probably less than 30%

[@greenguccy6663]

@@ramieg4693 wayyy more than that bro

[@marcbietch2743]

@@ramieg4693 science subjects and math in lebanon are not taught in arabic , it's either french or english, an approximate of 65% french and the rest 35% english

[@ahmadnoureddine147]

@@ramieg4693 it is actually everywhere either in English or in French. I have never seen a lebanese school where they teach the sciences in arabic

[@koumaylmokdad971]

@@ramieg4693 less than 30%???? Last time i checked ive never heard of a lebanese school that teaches sciences in arabic, so i dont see where ur getting ur numbers from

[@rorob8788]

I am lebanese and proud of my arabic language

[@mahafujrayhan2877]

@Alexander the are cruseders children

[@influncercage5286]

@Alexander just shut up and watch charles hayek

[@rashidrosh]

Lebanon An arab nation

[@Jewzi123]

@Alexander You are a Maronite Catholic ( you came from Turkey as a refugees fleeing the Byzantines ) The Canaanites came from Arabia , Phoenician is a Greek term , Muslim Arabs liberated the Mideast from the Byzantine colonialism ( Muslims are the native people of the Mideast ) .

[@middleeasternvibes7981]

@Alexander shut... Lebanon is arabic... Our ancestors came from all over the world... Mesopotamia assyria phonicia cannan... Don't even try to break us... You zionist

[@badinhaq]

Simple answer:colonialism to be continued.

[@j.k.6865]

No it predates that. It goes back further, it was because of french missionaries send by the Church, who opened schools and spread education in this country, that's why Lebanon has a very high level of education historically despite many wars and crisis and shitty governments.

[@badinhaq]

@@j.k.6865 this and that and this and that and this and that.

[@j.k.6865]

@@oshanshan9801 what?!

[@j.k.6865]

@@oshanshan9801 who said I care about France? I'm not even french what are you trying to say?

[@marchajj9941]

Not true. French was use as a lingua franca around the med notably through ottomans elite that wanted to get closer to their european counterparts. Don’t spew nonsense just because you’re one of those anti-imperialists wackos.

[@nightknight2820]

Silly ridiculous question, The answer simply because they been occupied by france. Like Mexicans speak spanish because of spainish occupation. Pakistani speak english because of british occupation.........

[@am3nnet]

00:25 they cut video of him speaking the truth

[@RH-zc5dq]

exactly ..cz thy were colonized by france..like moroco tunisia as well

[@itdoesntmatter5650]

pakistanis soon will start speaking chinese haha

[@odaenathus7825]

@@am3nnet What truth? They were colonized by the French and some of them feel inferior to their white masters, so they speak a few French words pretending they are French.

[@abdelfettas6089]

Not enough reason, Spanish colonized Mexico for more than 300 years, British over Pakistan 90 years, French almost 30 years on top Ottomans ruled over Lebanon for more than 400 years, extremely few speak Turkish, i believe the French comes mostly from the French missionaries who built many schools and universities in the country.

[@GAC007]

Thank you Uptin for all the effort you make for these videos talking about Lebanon and allowing the world to discover more about it. From a Lebanese habitant 🙏🇱🇧❤

[@uptin]

Thankyou Georges!

[@user-mg3cb7tn2u]

Im lebanese and proud of my arabic heritage

[@verysmartultrahuman939]

good for you, don't fall for the French bullshit.

[@christ_m0128]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@aintyours7470]

Slave of France in Arabia 🤣

[@user-mg3cb7tn2u]

@@aintyours7470 at least the muslims kicked the crusaders asses 5 times when they tried to conquer jerusalem🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕

[@user-mg3cb7tn2u]

@@christ_m0128 and why so jealous is it because lebanese christian girls prefer lebanese muslim men especially from baalbeck since theyre way more masculine than the boys in achrafiye

[@mixersz3186]

Actually less people are learning French nowadays in Lebanon. The interest of learning English is more common than learning French.

[@lous.1548]

Exactly ... French was fashionable in the 80s .. not anymore

[@mint8648]

Source?

[@flxdz7103]

Speak for yourself because French is an official language of Lebanon is not. 70% of the schools use French as their medium of instruction while just 30% for English 😝🤪🤣😁 There was a petition made in August 2020 shortly after the huge explosion in Beirut to put Lebanon under French Mandate. Why was not petition to put the country under the UK/US? Because the Lebanese felt no affinity to the Anglo-Saxon 😝🤪🤣😁

[@legendsnakeman6226]

Lebanon is so french, that they just started a new revolution!

[@michaelhamze8543]

Too bad they don’t got a Napoleon

[@thectheb]

@@michaelhamze8543 they got me

[@DecemberGalaxy0]

And they might surrender when israel comes, it's already doing operations and violating their lands

[@unkouwnfigure2746]

Because it was a French colony (EHEM...Mandate sorry), of course, they think that it's because the French love them and care for them, in reality, it's very simple when a country colonizes you, they'll spread their language, culture, and norms unto you, it isn't because of some sort of SpeCiaL RelAtioNsHIp, countries have interests, not relationships (in most cases, of course, there are exceptions, but when two countries actually DO have a special relationship they are usually two strong and powerful countries, not some small, tribal, and divided 3rd world country in the middle east.)

[@Lapantouflemagic0]

Well, that's partially true, but you're forgetting that france also wanted to have a foothold in the region to protect its possessions in the "holy land", and also we wanted to be there as a protector of the maronite christian communities here, at a time were this was something countries cared about. if the point was only to spread french culture and stuff, we would have forcefully converted people so as to not have to deal with all those religious groups.

[@user-mg3cb7tn2u]

During the french mandate when the maronite christians where given more superiority they used to support the french mandate but the muslims in the south and chouf and bekaa and baalbeck and akkar/north provinces where fighting for independence and kicked the french's ass

[@unkouwnfigure2746]

@@user-mg3cb7tn2u You didn't kick no one's ass mate, you're talking about the French army here, a bunch of uncivilised people in some 3rd world middle easter country carrying a bunch of guns they don't know how to use wouldn't have been able to defeat what was then the third strongest army on the planet. All that happened was that France was bankrupt due to World War 2, and hence had to give up their colonies because they costed a lot of money to maintain.

[@Theziz8]

Nfokho

[@Jewzi123]

The Algerians forced the French out (( in reality the prosecution of Algerians by the French forced Algerians to reject the French colonization , France wanted Algeria because of its oil and rich land but it didn’t want to grant them equality .

[@mohammadbinsalman4267]

Been under French rule for just 23 years and starts assuming to have so called "French Heritage" 🤦🏽‍♂️

[@lucifer9880]

Yep i'm lebanese and thats sad. We in lebanon try so hard to forget who we are, which is really sad

[@marchajj9941]

French predates the mandate in the east med. it was actually the lingua franca back then mainly spoken by ottoman elites. Stop spewing nonsense and cater for the so called arabits movement.

[@Jewzi123]

The French language was introduced by French colonization of the Muslim Med , the reason that France colonized the Mideast was because the Maronite Church lobbied the French to colonize the Mideast, it started when the Maronite Church called for a Genocide agonist the Druze ( so mount Lebanon would be exclusively for Christians the Orthodox Church refused to join the Maronite war on the Druze in fact some orthodox sided with the Druze against the Maronite , the Maronite were defeated after more then 15000 Maronites were killed the War mongering Maronite Church which refused the calls of peace by the Druze started to call for peace and coexistence after the Maronite collapsed on one hand on the other hand they were secretly calling for the French to come and colonize the Mideast to save the Catholic Maronite and advance their sectarian political agenda , after the French arrived the church returned to arrogance and demanded the punishment of the Druze who’s only crime that they defended their people from the church Genocide against them and indeed the Druze were executed while the war mongering Maronite Church were treated as royalty by the French and an Apartheid state that favored the Maronite was crated many Maronite want to return to Apartheid although the current constitution grunts them more rights then any group they considered it unfair to them because they want to go back to the Apartheid system ( ironically the current system is Apartheid were the Christian minority have more rights then other groups including the Muslim majority ) .

[@ShahJee101]

@@lucifer9880 with English Language one can understand its need in modern world. But french meh

[@michaelgerardcondon8531]

I love that the population is so European and Arabic at the same time . I think Lebanon is the most amazing country in the Mideast . A hidden jewel that more people need to visit .

[@gavinperry8433]

Same reason Indians speak English, Brazilian speak Portuguese, rest of south America speaks Spanish

[@lizevingamos7063]

To all Lebanese people, it is okay to speak French, but don't stop speaking Arabic. Arabic is part of your culture and heritage. In addition, Arabic is also a major language, just like English and French. If you guys can speak all of the three languages, you will have a major advantage on the global scale. Love Lebanon and Lebanese so much, from Norway 🇱🇧❤️💯 🇳🇴 إلى كل اللبنانيين ، من الجيد التحدث بالفرنسية ، لكن لا تتوقفوا عن التحدث بالعربية. اللغة العربية جزء من ثقافتك وتراثك. بالإضافة إلى ذلك ، اللغة العربية هي أيضًا لغة رئيسية ، تمامًا مثل الإنجليزية والفرنسية. إذا كنتم تستطيعون التحدث بجميع اللغات الثلاث ، فستتمتعون بميزة كبيرة على المستوى العالمي. أحب لبنان ولبنان كثيرا من النرويج 🇱🇧❤️💯 🇳🇴

[@mhmdnasserdine8718]

❤️❤️🇧🇻

[@norbertkale853]

Lize Vingamos Yes, I agree ! Well explained 👍

[@primatalogico1162]

Arabic is as much a part of the culture and heritage as English is ! All 3 are not native to Lebanon ! But of course, learning any language is a blessing and an advantage !

[@norbertkale853]

@@primatalogico1162 Yes, it is 👍 The more languages you know the better !

[@Bibliotecanatalie]

@@primatalogico1162 we speak arabic since thousands of years and its not native to Lebanon!? 😂

[@rmbcats5589]

I'm lebanese and I resent people who are ashamed of their language

[@a.r.375]

Absolutely. But even more so I wish we would go back to the original language of our lands, because even arabs conquered us - even if a thousand some years ago

[@AB-fv8qm]

@@a.r.375 "The languages of our land" that no more existed!!! 🙂

[@a.r.375]

@@AB-fv8qm yea , which is sad . We were conquered and our language that we called our own was stolen. Ur point?

[@dom1abc1mbc]

@@a.r.375 your ancestors are mainly arabs

[@a.r.375]

@@dom1abc1mbc thats not historically factual at all. So lebanese are the same as , say , saudis? Please stop lying to yourself

[@finalbox4416]

Really cool topic, didn't know about this before!

[@lubnan4164]

Lebanon and france are best friends 🇱🇧❤️🇫🇷

[@coffeejab3381]

Great video as always ♥

[@uptin]

Thankyou!

[@decentteacherv.1107]

Uptin is the best... i wish i could talk to him more often... so much ideas to share

[@kamoulim6450]

Everyone that watches him feels that way

[@uptin]

❤️

[@walid-wl9uo]

Hello Uptin as a Lebanese born and raised and married to a French ...I would like to comment the following since the Information are not accurate: 1-not everyone speaks French in Lebanon ... Mostly east , south, and north areas of Lebanon they dont speak French the majority 2-french president visits Lebanon not for the love of French to Lebanese geopolitically they want a foothold on the Mediterranean to have the resources as British has Cyprus Russia has Syria...Israel turkey Egypt ...etc 3-the largest immigration community of Lebanese immigrants is in Latin America not France so having the French passport doesn't make any special relationship 4-"french people tend to go to lebanon more than other country" is so WRONG ..... anyone can check the statistics and Lebanon wasn't under french empire it was barley 20 years mandate..... actually talking to french they don't know where Lebanon is they miss guide it with Libya often 5-"lebanese speaking other languages makes them open to other opinions and tolerant to others" I will just laugh.....hahahahhaha I leave this for your own experience 6-"our laws were imported by France" actually that was in the 1920s due to the mandate and they have never developed actually if u dig in the Lebanese laws we are so much delayed in comparison to other countries including France MY PERSONAL OPINION: lebanese have nothing related to France and french society doesn't give a fuck about Lebanese .....only is that part of the Lebanese community think by speaking French they have a more connection to Europe which makes them not Arabs because they believe Arabs are lower level than them which is stupid ofcourse. Lebanese communities they have extremely Arabic tribal mentality check it in their political system and religious blindness ....their leaders are by religion and descendance of the same family.....in reality no one in the world sees Lebanon more connected to Europe actually they see it another Arabic country ...french have more connection to Algeria and Tunisia than Lebanon.

[@walid-wl9uo]

@F S it is not only about speaking the language....huge amount of Lebanese truly think that they are more Europeans than Arabs...judging by that we go drink alcohol and have some nightclubs ...that's stupid.....the Turks ruled Lebanon more than 350 years and compared 20 years France rule I didn't see anyone speaking Turkish...

[@walid-wl9uo]

@mathieu-_-2010 no my friend you are absolutely wrong with all respect and I will explain you why: 1-you are not a French speaking community ...you are an Arabic/shami community who likes to speak French among each other .....don't forget you are not the only who speak French Algeria Tunisia ...etc and half of Africa speak French with other countries in the world due to colonization which I mean literally french people were living there( this didn't happen in Lebanon ) and these countries never recognise themselves as french. So the language is not more than a mean of communication but I don't understand why some Lebanese speak it among each other 2-the relationship of area/religion is so wrong dówntown Beirut and the surrounding area...hamra ..etc looks more like Europe than jounih and jbeil...and people there also speak 3 languages and go to parties etc... So the difference is only religion but that doesn't mean Christian = Europe and Muslim = gulf of Arabia go to the Christians in the mountains and they speak Arabic among each other not french...don't forget that the Lebanese educational system forces a 2nd language so basically all people who go to school learn other language the issue if they talk it among themselves in daily life or no ...that doesn't have to do with Europe and being western As.a result remember that UAE Dubai is an Arabic country and received more djs bands parties and night clubs more than lebanon and all the western world want to go visit Dubai and it is modernized without loosing it's Arabic culture France government and french people see u Arab no more no less go to french embassy and tell them I am Christian. I want to go to France they tell you go make visa like everyone else and visas are given to gulf people faster and easier than to Lebanese .... Lebanon is an Arabic tribal poor mentality they elect their leaders by family religion and they never change and as a result of that if Lebanese were more like Europe the country would have looked more like Europe not a poor zero services country....

[@jms12411]

Well said 👍🏼

[@user-ud7ld4rf9b]

@@walid-wl9uo morocco was just under the protectorat and not colonized but we still speak french, I don't think that it's a question of colonisation

[@ryugalaw]

Whill I agree with 95% of what you said... Your choice of painting the Arabs with tribalism and backward mentality is just wrong.... Yes, the Lebanese are Tribal people, they are separated on religion, and yes they have backward mentality at least at the moment. But that doesn't mean that the reason they have this is because they are Arab. Go see in the USA, or the Nazis, or any community. They all have tribalism, it's a human trait which needs to be fought. Not an Arab trait. If you look at history, you'd see Arabs coexisted with all types of people, be it Turks, Spanish, Christians, Jews, etc...

[@redademe]

Compared to North Africans I find the Lebanese speak French with a thick and recognizable Arabic accent. English is IMO more prevalent than French in Lebanon.

[@coffeejab3381]

Agreed!

[@o6301]

True . Lebanese tend to sing and elongate their words and pronunciation. Maghrebis don't have an accent .

[@LoverOFhopeANDcompassion]

ill settle for english anytime french are the root cause of all lebanons problems since 1920

[@norbertkale853]

Mandelaisalive Such accent is lovely 👍🙂

[@nadiael9032]

Exactly, they speak French with a Lebanese accent 😁unlike North Africans especially moroccans and Algerians, they speak in general all languages with a fluent accent like native speakers 👌

[@jeremymonin8343]

J'ai retrouvé une vidéo de l'INA sur les Libanais et la langue française dans les années 60. Quand j'écoute le discours des personnes de l'époque, les Libanais avaient un dialecte très ressemblant à mes grands parents qui vivaient en campagne à rouler les R. J'ai eu des larmes au yeux moi qui a 25ans. J'espère que le Liban retrouvera sa grandeur, à savoir la Suisse du moyen-Orient. En tout cas, j'espère visité ce magnifique Pays rapidement. Tout mon soutien de la France

[@Auslaender16]

Merci beaucoup frère

[@ZaDude1970]

Thank you Uptin for the good overview of Lebanon ❤ I'm Lebanese & lived in France back in the days for 7 yrs straight. Many Lebanese have family members with French citizenship. My dad, 3 stepbrothers, stepsister & practically all my cousins have the French citizenship. Our national flag back then (before we took our independence in 1943) was the French flag with the the Lebanese Cedar in the middle (Flag of the State of Greater Lebanon, from 1920 till 1943). Our current national flag that we know now was adopted in December of 1943. This explains explains a bit the history of Lebanon & France's historical relationship throughout the yrs: In 1920, soon after the end of World War I, the League of Nations mandated that Lebanon would be administered by France after the Partition of the Ottoman Empire. Lebanon officially became part of the French colonial empire, as part of the French Mandate for Syria & the Lebanon, & was administered from Damascus. From 1929 to 1931, Charles de Gaulle was posted as General Staff of the Levant Troops in Beirut. During World War II, Lebanon was initially administered by Vichy France. By 1942, the territory came under Free France. In August of that same year, General De Gaulle returned to Lebanon, to meet with the occupying British forces who had entered the territory to prevent German advances into the Levant. Lebanon has officially declared its independence from France on the 22nd of November, 1943,

[@DylanBoynukalin]

Wow that was really good

[@LEDGam1ng]

Underrated channel

[@uptin]

❤️

[@prhasn]

A very insightful video. I heard about this before, still, the video was very informative. I agree with the guy who spoke at the end, English is the language of the world now. Chinese might compete with English in the future, but definitely not French.

[@danielkhoury4179]

No one will learn Chinese, lol.

[@paulkenneally789]

You clearly don’t understand the power and draw of English as a universal language. English is spoken widely in Africa and the Caribbean.. obviously USA. Chinese has no attraction outside of China. To be literate in Chinese, you need a huge amount of characters , compared to the Latin alphabet. Chinese is also tonal, mistakes could be seriously embarrassing. English, l think.

[@danielkhoury4179]

@@paulkenneally789 Yes. Mandarin is difficult to learn. It can never replace English or French.

[@paulkenneally789]

@@danielkhoury4179 Mandarin is vey difficult,. French is being replaced in former Francophone countries in favour of English. I think the internet has just made English the lingua Franca. All power to linguists.

[@danielkhoury4179]

@@paulkenneally789 Yes. English will be the global language.

[@finalbox4416]

BTW, what software do you use for editing? And do you do it all by yourself or have anyone to help you out?

[@jana-io2sb]

Yea in my school we learn mostly English and arabic but we have a third language French we also take French but rarely use it in school but as basics of a language we know the basics of it numbers letters etc... My uncle is French and my cousins as well and my aunt is as well and they all live in France

[@mansoura.6586]

Lebanese and proud of my indigenous Canaanite-Aramaic roots ❤️

[@feisalajaj7954]

Proud by glorifying france?

[@mansoura.6586]

@@feisalajaj7954 how’s being proud of my roots is glorifying France? Elaborate Ayrab

[@feisalajaj7954]

@You Tube الله يسامحك اخي، لن ارد بمستواك السافل والدنيء، سانتظر لاخذ حقي منك يوم الدين، الله يسامحك

[@feisalajaj7954]

@@mansoura.6586 this video is how the french culture is dominated in lebanon. So saying this here while watching the video is inappropriate. And I apologise if you don't mean it like that. It's just how I saw it. But I mighe be wrong. Have a nice day

[@mansoura.6586]

@@feisalajaj7954 inappropriate how? 😂 and what’s wrong with the French language dominating? I mean arabs literally conquested the Levant and North Africa and forcefully arabized its indigenous people. But yh speaking French in this part of the world is shamed but speaking arabic is glorified

[@germankarlx1773]

It is the way of sunna of prophet to speak your own language arabic. Arabic is a beautiful language do not trade it for no matter what language, allah love pure humans , do not add or subtract. Allahu akbar

[@jananbarbar8335]

I think it is important to speak more than two Languages ,I was French educated I learned as well English and Italian ,I find myself now Speaking arabic,French, English and Italian .

[@abdessamad6814]

I mean this is not something exclusive to Lebanon almost all former French colonies still teach French as an essential language in their schools.

[@danemon8423]

but lebanon was never a french colony. It was a french-league of nation protectorate, and had an independant government . And it was after ww1 jsut for a short time

[@FoodXBert]

Great video

[@uptin]

Thanks man!

[@muhammadhaji5017]

Why Lebanon so french? Algeria: Am I joke to you?

[@munous1397]

loool

[@omzzzz5186]

Thank you so much for sharing your experiences in Lebanon! Lots of us Lebos will watch these in the future and see the real Lebanon when they cant go there themselves

[@koiforeveryone8221]

I was born in Tripoli. My heart ❤️ is still there.

[@coffeejab3381]

My family are from Tripoli as well. My heart is always going to be there ♥

[@ChrisBechaalani]

Before the french mandate we have had good relations with France, Italy and the Catholic church. Some of our most prestigious schools and universities are present since way back. A typical middle class lebanese habitant would speak all three languages but some only speak english depending on the high school they attended. Many adults just need to practice their french to remember it but english is easy for everyone and not that hard to speak. Even our Arabic dialect sounds ten times better than other dialects because its smooth and fluent: many maghrebi girls have told me so. Not to mention how much we’re appreciated and loved in France because of our hard work and good social status. While in the USA they would not even know to show Lebanon on the map.

[@walid-wl9uo]

I was told lebanese dialect sounds horrible and that Egyptian Arabic is the sweetest....maybe that's why lots of singers including Lebanese sing in Egyptian accent....second french doesn't love you or give a fuck about lebanon ...they just use it for political influence in the region....I am married to a French and for them Lebanon is Arab case closed gulf people are easier to get visa to visit France than Lebanese...

[@Bibliotecanatalie]

Your dialect does not sound better than anyone

[@Bibliotecanatalie]

I am Lebanese and I proudly speak Arabic ❤️

[@cominus]

Ok so go fight for Hazbulla

[@Esoterica-Arabic]

@cominous. Stupid

[@okashiname8326]

French speaking Phoenicians LMAO.

[@sam-fk8zr]

وستظل لبنان معسكر فرنسي بامتياز... الان عرفت لية لبنان دولة من غير سيادة.. صدقوني لحسكم للفرنسيين ومحاولتكم التقرب منهم والحتكاك فيهم بشكل مبالغ فية... بيخلي لبنان دولة بلا سيادة وبلا قوة

[@dom1abc1mbc]

شيء يفشل و يدل على ضعف الهوية و الانتماء

[@growtopia-bxtch9730]

I am English educated but i see so much french people speaking but english is spreading in the world better than the french Sorry for my English but i oftenly speak arabic

[@danemon8423]

cause english is an easy language and most of the famous new tech companies are from the us

[@tonygaming7561]

Wow, I'm proud that you could learn English to this level! English is very hard for arabs to learn. I'm Iraqi and my parents struggle to learn English properly, I'm proud of you. I'm currently trying to learn Arabic, and it's so hard! The only word I know how read and write properly is لبنان (Lebanon) 😂

[@flxdz7103]

​​@@danemon8423 If English is easy, then how come that Francophone Africans speak French at a native-level fluency while Anglophone Africans speak BROKEN English 😝🤪🤣😁 I heard how a number of Nordics, Indians, and Koreans speak speak French and it is much better that their English which their first foreign language that they learned 😝🤪🤣😁 Lastly, there are also high-tech companies from French-speaking countries. Just make a comparison between France and the UK which one is more high-tech so, don't be so ignorant 😝🤪🤣😁

[@alfonsoportugal6754]

When I was in Lebanon I was told that there was a certain resentment against using the French language because the schools forced the kids to speak French instead of Arabic. I met lots of people who preferred to speak English than French. My guess is that certain nationalism in the Lebanese people had a bit to do with that. I think your videos are very interesting and eye opening.

[@mansoura.6586]

Arabic was also enforced upon Lebanese through history during Arabic conquests. So what’s your point?

[@Jewzi123]

Saying Arabic was enforced on the Levant is like saying Hebrew was Enforced on Jews , the Byzantines were already colonizing the Mideast and Greek was becoming the language of the Mideast after Latin was abandoned in favor of Greek , Also The Levantine Muslims are genetically closer to each other and to Saudi then they are to other Levantines like the Maronite Lebanese who came from Turkey escaping Byzantine prosecution ( the closest people to canaanites are also Saudis based on the discovery of 4000 year old graves , finally the ancient homeland of Saudis and Arab Levantines is the Levant so they are not invaders but natives of the Mideast and Levant and Arabia which is natural , since they are not from Europe or the moon .

[@Jewzi123]

Yes France was enforced on Muslims but not on Maronite Christians who welcomed it and consider France their mother , Lebanon was Crated by France for the Maronite, it originally wanted to establish a small Christian state but the Maronite wanted More lands this is why the Muslims were included in Lebanon , but the Maronite later on tried to send the Shiite to Iraq and to cleanse the Sunnis but they failed as they failed with the Druze .

[@Jewzi123]

The Story Of Lebanon started when The Maronite Catholic Church in Mount Lebanon requested France to colonize the Mideast ( the background in short ) : The Maronite Church declared war on the Druze minority giving the Druze 2 options either face Genocide or to abandon their homes and lands to the Catholics ( in short ethnic cleansing) , the Druze tried to convince the church not to attack them or ethnically cleanse them but the church refused and labeled the Druze the enemy of the Cross and infidels that needs to be destroyed, After the attack started many Druze were killed but eventually the Druze despite there small numbers managed to defeat the Maronite Catholic militants of the church killing over 15000 of them, the Catholics collapsed and lost, As a result the war mongering church started to call for peace and coexistence on one hand on the other they secretly were lobbying Catholic France to save them this was the excuse that the French used to colonize the Mideast in the name of protecting the Catholics,,, the Druze who defended them self were punished under pressure from the church and France while the church was treated like royalty ,,, France also introduced dangerous policy such as the policy of Minority’s against the Majority which is the source of conflict in the region especially in the Levant , making French colonization the most dangerous in the region , while the Crusaders and Mongols killed almost half the population of the Levant , the Crusaders impact faded away but the impact of the Mongols and French colonization remains to this day the Mongols are responsible for the Sunni Shiite conflict we see today , the French are also responsible for the conflicts in the Levant by introducing the policy of minority’s against the majority and rearranging population demographics Iran today has inherited the policy of minority’s against the majority, the undermining of Sunnis in the levant by France has allowed Iran to dominate Lebanon and more importantly Syria .

[@alfonsoportugal6754]

@@mansoura.6586 Very simple, Lebanon is an Arab nation, not a French or European nation. It is very good to have the legacy of another culture, but not at the cost of your own. Lebanon has a rich culture, and it is much closer to the Phoenicians than any other culture, and that has a great value. I was glad to meet a lot of people who spoke great English and even Spanish. Very impressive.

[@aimanfakia]

Go to Morocco, you'll be surprised how we speak way better French, especially in Rabat and Casablanca.

[@Jewzi123]

Why are you proud of that ? How silly of you, While Algeria is following the rest of the world by making English the first foreign language ( the rest of the Maghreb including Morocco is behind the rest of the world by making French its first foreign language ( even France has made English its first foreign language ) .

[@norbertkale853]

Aiman Fakia Yes, I agree 👍

[@sterek.]

@@Jewzi123 chill bb

[@mansoura.6586]

@@Jewzi123 and why are you so pressed about it Ayrab

[@mansoura.6586]

@Jinny Barebuckle do about what? 😂 And were did i mention anything about the arabic identity 💀🤣 stay mad ayrab 🙂

[@Pro-fx3on]

Love Lebanon 🇱🇧 From Somalia 🇸🇴

[@RaniaKaram]

Interesting to watch this video 2 years later. Uptin doesn't know that sometimes some of his videos have an impact on some people. This video and other events made me research this subject. And boy did I discover all the history. We don't get taught these things at school, that's why people don't know. And depends where you go in Lebanon and who you speak with, France can be "La tendre mère" and a very beloved language or it can be the "Colonial occupier". The short answer is that we have relations with France since the Middle ages. and yes French missionaries were the first to come and build schools and hospitals. When I say we, I mean my ancestors (Christians). However, for the last 100 and something years, Lebanese from all sects learn in french speaking schools, and also study/live in France. Especially also with the pact of 1943, which gave us Lebanon

[@Alla_is_the_Greatest]

Only christian in lebanon speak french 23% christian in lebanon 74% muslim in lebanon The christians in lebanon is not arab

[@petersayah3904]

Whatt lol😂😂😂😂

[@Alla_is_the_Greatest]

@@petersayah3904 والله يا اخي انتو اشرف ناس بس حلو الواحد يحكي الصراحة مو حلو نخفي عروبتنا و اكيد انت تتفق معي اما المسلمين اكثر من المسيحيين بكثير يا صاحبي بس المسيحيين يرفضو يقولو لبنان دولة مسلمة برغم من انو لبنان في مجلس التعاون الإسلامي لأسباب طائيفية 74% muslim in lebanon 23% christians

[@orthodoxempire697]

@@Alla_is_the_Greatest 23% lol stop lying dude we constitute 38% of the population

[@orthodoxempire697]

>Christians in Lebanon are not arabs Again this is also false since we are mixed, even muslims aren't genetically arabs only

[@Alla_is_the_Greatest]

@@orthodoxempire697 هاد كات زمان احصائيات 2021 بتحكي غير

[@Toine399]

Simplistic explanation dude

[@iamtima6248]

I'm lebanese and I speak French , English and Arabic 🇱🇧❤

[@yoleis]

Lebanon seems like such an interesting country. I really wish we had diplomatic relations. Cheers from Israel!

[@yoleis]

​@@Anonymous-qy5hm Is Israel really an apartheid and fascist state? We have an Arab party in the coalition, Arab judges, cops, doctors and even some in the army. We have a lot to work on relationship wise, but Arabs are equal citizens in Israel, so um.. it's just not an "apartheid". BTW, we were also the only country in the area to accept wounded Syrians and treat them 100% for free, even though it's considered an enemy state My point is, not everything is what it seems ;)

[@bassembboustany]

Bro I really wanna go down to Tel Aviv but dem "leaders" ain't letting me cross the border. My father actually went there and to the Negev desert during the civil war for military training.

[@jamesbedukodjograham5508]

​@@bassembboustanyIsrael and Lebanon will one day have diplomatic relations to ensure a prosperous middle East.😊

[@cbet]

Cliches aside, my experience has been that most Lebanese don't speak French to any decent level, English is far more ubiquitous, among the French-education schools, only a handful impart good speaking and writing skills, most French-educated Lebanese are more comfortable speaking and writing in English even if they've never had a formal education in English, and most Lebanese are perfectly capable of speaking Arabic and expressing complex ideas in Arabic. In fact I think Arabic is regaining popularity as a way of connecting Lebanese of all classes. So, all in all, this is a video is picking up where unexamined cliches left off and putting no real effort into imparting new, accurate info.

[@johnkilljoy6211]

What you said in the first part is completely true, only a handful speak fluent french (without an accent as well). On the other hand slang lebanese arabic is very common among the youth mixed with so many english words. However; when it comes to modern standard arabic also known as "fosha" the youth dont know anything about it and its level at schools is being dropped with time to accommodate the capacities of this youth that doesnt comprehend it at all. I compare what my nephews are taking in 5th grade now to what i took in first and second grade its absolutely the same. I remember in 9th grade we were analysing arabic poetry grammar which i think the current youth wont even know such a thing existed in school before.

[@wfedfeewd2659]

@@johnkilljoy6211 do you mean - في العروض: بحرالبسيط - بحر الوافر because I currently am in 9th grade and leaning it all though I study in champville dunno if the same can be said for other schools

[@daffalathifilham8028]

@@johnkilljoy6211 I see a lot of lebanes people can speak with others Arabian countries without any problem. Maybe be most of them know much about fusha or the arabic standart

[@Gamer-tf5rm]

I am Lebanese who has a French passport but I live in France.

[@ohBassel]

French/english are not the secondary language in schools but the first. All subjects are taught in either french or english. Arabic is taught as a second language.

[@VoxLott]

And do you think thats a good thing?

[@ohBassel]

@@VoxLott idgaf tbh

[@toufikmirnes562]

@@ohBassel you should. Too much is being lost, not least of which people's time spent on learning second and third language that could be put onto something more useful. And like it or not arabic is way richer than both other languages

[@johannesziaether3916]

@@VoxLott well he didn't say it in a clear way. Arabic is the first language in schools and we learn it on high levels, but generally we use french or english for scientific stuff, maths physics etc... Which makes sense. There's there's history and geography that's usually in Arabic but it can be sometimes in English or French.

[@johannesziaether3916]

@@toufikmirnes562 We learn Arabic as a main language on a high level, rare schools don't give any importance to Arabic but most do. But scientific stuff are usually in French or English.

[@Noah-357]

Because of the french occupation that lasted 40 years and more that force the people to learn French language to instill the hate toward the arabic language and origin.

[@that_lebanese4747]

This is wrong on so many levels first it was a mandate not an occupation and the Arabic language isn't the original language of Lebanon it is Syriac but the ottomans made us stop using it in the late 1800s and the french language in Lebanon is wayyyy older since the time of Louis 9 who made an oath that France would protect Lebanese ( more specifically the maronites) like the own french people

[@mae5657]

I'm french and i love lebanon ❤🇱🇧

[@ZaDude1970]

Many Lebanese love France just as much ❤

[@nightknight2820]

Most of lebanese hate france because of the cancer u left in Lebanon

[@mae5657]

@@nightknight2820 what cancer are you talking about ?

[@rayanmalouli5279]

On vous aime aussi et nous resterons liés !! 🇱🇧❤️🇫🇷

[@mae5657]

@@rayanmalouli5279 🇱🇧❤🇲🇫

[@Belonging85]

Uptin can you make your videos more than 5 minstrel please 😭

[@trend_o1787]

New we do speak Arabic it’s the AUB mostly who stick to the English and French language

[@kamilraad3035]

Visit Baalbeck🇱🇧

[@ramieg4693]

french influence on lebanon will continue to fade a way at an even more rapid pace as many people with good educations will leave the country.

[@norbertkale853]

@@Jewzi123 Your anti-french propaganda is boring !! It seems to me that you are promoting your book 👎😜

[@nouha5909]

Yes and it should be the same thing in every country that has been colonized by those criminals

[@wertyuiopasd6281]

@@nouha5909 shut it you don't know anything about history, you third world prophet-worshipper

[@BG-ej5fy]

I’m from Puerto Rico but my grandmother is from Lebanon and her last name is French origin.

[@FH-er7us]

Pov: you learned french but u forgot it with time 😅😂

[@bassamhala]

2:08 Lebanon was occupied not mandated by France

[@mansoura.6586]

Mandated* The french literally helped Lebanon build a state and extended the borders upon its request

[@mansoura.6586]

@Jinny Barebuckle first of all I’m not Maronite, second you know that arabic conquests happened under different stages and not all of them were hostile do you? And arabs failing to islamize a group of ppl doesn’t mean they didn’t islamize others

[@ArabianStallion]

بسبب الإستعمار الفرنسي للبنان من عام ١٩٢٠الى ١٩٤٣ م Because Lebanon was a French colony from 1920 till its independence in 1943.

[@orthodoxempire697]

Lebanon wasn't a colony, the country is still running on what the french left here back in the 40s, don't twist or change history please

[@aishaaisha6626]

Why don't you speak Turkish then ?? You were under Othman empire for so long

[@dom1abc1mbc]

@@aishaaisha6626 french mandated their language in schools, establishments, everything. even banning hijab like they do now, absolute pervs. Ottomans actually at some point wanted to make arabic a mandatory language.

[@ArabianStallion]

@@aishaaisha6626السعودية لم تستعمر ابدا لايوجد عندنا يوم استقلال بل يوم توحيد اتكلم عن الاستعمار اللذي طال لبنان ودول الشام بعد الحرب العالميه الاولى من قبل الغرب بريطانيا وفرنسا واتفاقية سايكس - بيكو

[@jorham1]

lebanese people look more european than other arabic peoples...i noticed that....am i wrong?

[@RaniaKaram]

I miss my Lebanon

[@HowieRatner]

“Je Parl”é” francais”? Wow great French

[@Jewzi123]

France was and is the nightmare of Lebanon and the Mideast , most of the problems of the Levant is linked to France policy of ( Minority’s against the majority, force demographic changes in the region was France design ) , every country the French colonized is a failed and divide state .

[@loumamehyeddine206]

no we weren't under the mandate of france, we were colonized from france, and no we are not closely connected, we are still under the colonialism of the west. and no, he didn't offer us aid lol.

[@SuperPagt]

it was foolish to extend mount Lebanon. People like you belong in islamic Syria

[@loumamehyeddine206]

@@SuperPagt mount lebanon belong in Syria as well

[@that_lebanese4747]

You are such an idiot Lebanon and France date way back Louis 9 was freinds with the Maronite prince when Lebanon was a fully christians nation they made an oath to protect Lebanese the real colonizers are the arabs that stoped us from using our original language (Syriac)

[@danemon8423]

did you learn history in a cave? after ww1 lebanon became a french- league of nation protectorat and france put a republic there .

[@loumamehyeddine206]

@@danemon8423 umm so do they teach the history from the point of view of colonizers outside caves?

[@chirinebel8166]

You abviously haven't seen Algeria

[@worldoftech6547]

Now in 2023-2024, most signs on the road changed to English, there are many advertisments on the streets like an Ad for the s23 ultra, saying: buy now only for 1245$. Get a free gift card.... Also Lebanese kids now are using English more than Arabic. Because they started watching TikTok in English, they tend to learn new words and use them in conversations with their friends, some families in Lebanon speak English 24/7. French is also still used in schools, math, science, physics, chemistry all are learned in french

[@Fdux]

Most beautiful place in the world….

[@infedius7214]

Let's not get ahead of ourselves mate.

[@Fdux]

@@infedius7214 lived there for 5 years baby... stay down

[@bozcaadalberkut4842]

It is weird ..arabic is way more powerful and elite language than french but you can see how these Arab boys are proud since they can speak French in daily life thanks to French Colonization ☺️

[@sweiland75]

"forced to take all three language" Spoken like a real American. LOL

[@xaviersimon9858]

Why not？ I wish more speak French here in the US. Speaking 2 or 3 languages should be the norm in today’s world.

[@daddy9132]

Answer is colonisation

[@orthodoxempire697]

France mandated Lebanon, France literally lost more than it benefited from Lebanon, be unbiased for once and look how the country started going backwards since they left. That being said i don't want the french to come back to Lebanon

[@sammykyriakides7886]

They like speaking French but it's mostly the Christians, bravo

[@palestinabaddie]

what about Algeria

[@aborambo6149]

How is it French, and people can't find food? Is there hunger in France?

[@j.k.6865]

There is an important point everyone is missing: french language goes way back than the french mandate, it was in fact a justification for the french to take Lebanon. It goes back to the crusades, who were mostly frankish, and after the crusade state, they were integrated to the Syriac Maronites (hense non arabic or syriac words like "zet" "to throw" which comes from the frankish "jette"). Then came many french missionary send by the church specially jesuits and opened many schools and universities, and that's why historically Lebanon has a very high education level despite everything. That all was a justification used by France to take Lebanon instead of the British.

[@Jewzi123]

France was the nightmare of Lebanon and the Mideast , most of the problems of the Levant is linked to France policy of ( Minority’s against the majority, force demographic changes in the region was France design, why do you think the Catholic Lebanese Right invited Asad and Iran to Lebanon ( leading to current problems of Lebanon ( its the doctrine of minority’s against the majority ) I recommend reading this book : Maronite Hegemony to Maronite Militancy: The Creation and Disintegration of Lebanon

[@sarioglanli38]

Ottoman Empire was there more than 300 years no one speaks Turkish french was there less than 100 years most can speak french😀

[@haydikatlayalm2753]

This comment is obviously underrated

[@elienehme_]

French was the Lingua Franca of the Ottoman Empire.

[@a.r.375]

They never forced us to learn turkish, the ottomans. But the french promised us freedom if only we learned the language along with other things. Stay in school kids

[@sammy2551]

@@elienehme_ wait … what ? 🤦🏻‍♂️

[@elienehme_]

@@sammy2551 It's not that hard, you could have just Googled it. There's a section on French: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Languages_of_the_Ottoman_Empire "French was a sort of semi-official language"

[@frankjoseph6071]

that girl at 0:08 owns the bakery from the other video

[@bn6erbi6ayara25]

I am not Lebanese, but I read of the Lebanese who mentioned that the French helped the Lebanese establish the state. These Lebanese were fleeing religious persecution and lived in Mount Lebanon for years. These people were not Arabs and did not consider themselves Arabs, but they spoke Arabic because of the rule of fact and were keen to distinguish themselves from the Arabs. But because of the influence of Arab nationalist ideas and their accession to Lebanon in the Arab League, as well as the high percentage of Muslims there, and because of this, many Lebanese express themselves as Arabs.

[@LostinTranslation479]

Wait to meet Algeria

[@user-ud7ld4rf9b]

Algeria was a french department for 132 years

[@sabrina1380m]

@@user-ud7ld4rf9b no it wasn't, only from 1945 to 1962 France didn't fully conquere the kingdom and regency of Algiers till 1870, only the capital fell in 1830, the next years literally were characterized by long wars and it wasn't stable till 1900. Morocco and Tunisia on the other hand didn't resist at all.

[@wertyuiopasd6281]

@@sabrina1380m No. It was over 132 years.

[@berrlett]

The question is irrelevant - the effects are really apparent though, a collapsing and nearly impossible to resurrect Lebanese economy is the outcome for copying French modules including language that’s why many African nations try to cut themselves from the francophonie union. French is an irrelevant language today.

[@jbj7799]

Well then, shouldn’t the French economy be collapsing too? It’s all because of corruption.

[@berrlett]

@@jbj7799 French economy is afloat because they have their hands on the wealth of every single ex colony. It’s in their best interest these ex colonies remain weak, divided and instable. They do that to perfection.

[@jbj7799]

@@berrlett I’m Lebanese, and as it seems, it has practically no political or economic influence in Lebanon, unlike Iran. So they are not doing anything to divide the country, they simple send aid, and we, mainly Christians, inherited their language and cultures. As a matter of fact, a decent number of Lebanese voted for France to take over, although it’s only 25k people, which is nothing compared to the ~6M citizens, it’s still something to consider.

[@berrlett]

@@jbj7799 You made a point about French economy and my reply is above, France and overseas wealth, Lebanon is not a wealthy country for them to have any sort of interest in it, the wealth mentioned above is primarily African/North African ex colonies that’s why you see their army in Mali, Burkina and so on. So if they’re not interested in you but you love their language and heritage that’s up to you. Here in Europe they’re not that popular- a lot of their qualified and graduates cross borders to Northern Europe , Holland, Germany etc to wipe tables at cafes and bars for better salary than what they have home.

[@friendofzeus]

​@@jbj7799 Yes they simply send aid meanwhile pre collapse 90% of the goods in our markets were of French origin. Thats a whole lotta 'aid'.

[@finalbox4416]

0:19 that was scary

[@Alakhdhiman]

0:04 long live Zomato😂

[@wiamzebian7906]

🇱🇧❤️🇫🇷

[@rayanmalouli5279]

Hi Wiam 😂😂😂😂 Pour la 2ème fois sur KZbin 😍😂

[@wiamzebian7906]

@@rayanmalouli5279 hahaha halaa😂😍

[@chucky6291]

Lebanese are quick at learning other languages.

[@coffeejab3381]

Thank you and I agree with this statement ☺

[@rayanmalouli5279]

Completely true!! We are talented in learning languages and we have always been a very cosmopolitan society with a fusion of many cultures, a bridge between East and West, it should be our Phoenician genes, Phoenicians were known as great sailors who iniated the globalization and created many colonies around the Mediterranean.

[@chucky6291]

@@rayanmalouli5279 Very true. They are also known as very good traders.

[@rayanmalouli5279]

@@chucky6291 For example, I have a big passion for learning new languages. I speak Lebanese, French, English and Standard Arabic (the basics in Lebanon 😅), I also learned Italian and this summer I wanna learn German and later Greek which I can already read! The more I can learn the more new perspectives I can have!!

[@themysteriouslegend765]

Beautiful women too

[@angela-op1bt]

Even in the beginning of 20th century, arabs in those region was speaking French instead of Arabic. French was classy and they were so proud to speak French. Some people's French was better than their Arabic. Like how Russia invaded and made Russian their second language in Azerbeijan, Kazakhstan ect. This is how you conquer a country. You make them accept and embrace your culture and use your language. And they will give their country to you willingly.

[@johnkilljoy6211]

@ 1:56 the other gay dude facial expression is so epic 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@user-mg3cb7tn2u]

During the french mandate when the maronite christians where given more superiority they used to support the french mandate but the muslims in the south and chouf and bekaa and baalbeck and akkar/north provinces where fighting for independence and kicked the french's ass

[@anthonygerges1580]

🇱🇧♥️🇫🇷

[@user-mg3cb7tn2u]

@@anthonygerges1580 👞👟👠💩🏳️‍🌈🐷 🇫🇷🇫🇷🇫🇷🇫🇷🇫🇷🇫🇷

[@mansoura.6586]

That’s not true mate, shiaa muslims who were minorities back then preferred being minorities in a Lebanese state than in Greater Syria one. Second, sunnis wanted to join Syria not Lebanon’s independence so they can join their Syrian sunni brothers

[@user-mg3cb7tn2u]

@@mansoura.6586 then what about melhem kassem masri from baalbeck and adham khanjar from the south those are shia rebels who stood up against the othoman and french colonization and ask any shia about it

[@user-mg3cb7tn2u]

@@mansoura.6586 and dont tell me ur shia cuz i saw ur comment that says im lebanese and proud of my cananite/aramaic roots only a maronite would say that

[@lareinedeschaine2929]

Dans mon ecole le francais c’est la langue principale puis il y a l’anglais et on fini par l’arabe :)

[@Vickcy]

0:06 Woah is that Zomato in Lebanon??😮👍

[@uptin]

Yes!

[@Vickcy]

@@uptin Absolutely love that my nation's company is contributing to the awesome lebanese people!!❤👍

[@selvyaselvy3970]

Beautifull country

[@wissab2398]

Not something to be proud of tbh

[@sammy2551]

It is just a language… people love dramatizing 🤦🏻‍♂️

[@Anthony-op5ju]

Mbala it is :) knowing a language is always a + mesh 3ejbik rou7e ndabe

[@illumoari]

You should have asked those questions to a more diverse demographics. As for the language, most think they can speak french the truth is they barely can. It's a third language for most. Maybe it's well spoken in some not all very westernized families, because it's a marker for how well you're doing in life or some sort of distorted idea of heritage

[@feelthafunk4548]

GO BLESS LEBANON 🇱🇧🇱🇧✝️✝️🇱🇧🇱🇧

[@jaafarchaoui185]

It's similar in the Maghreb region

[@Jewzi123]

No it’s not the same French is in decline in Lebanon and English is on the raise ( with the exception of Algeria which passed a new law favoring English over French ) the rest of the Maghreb is yet to follow the rest of the world by making English a primary foreign language .

[@Universe.Steven]

I'm Lebanese and I will never speak French. I'm proud of my language and will never learn the language of the people who colonized us.

[@shiroutheb3st]

same! they cut the truth that they speak french because they were occupied by them, we were forced.

[@marchoueiss2032]

colonized us?

[@marchoueiss2032]

ayre bel aghbiya ma bet kouno najahto l brevet hatta

[@Universe.Steven]

@@marchoueiss2032 Akid 2inte masi7e

[@orthodoxempire697]

@@Universe.Steven akid inta meslem

[@primatalogico1162]

Lebanon is not an Arab country ! By masking a country's heritage by using other entities' name, u are insulting the heritage of the country !

[@friendofzeus]

Like it or not most of the people who live in the country, and that includes a substantial percentage of Christians, identify as Arabs and 95% speak Arabic.

[@primatalogico1162]

@@friendofzeus Liking it is irrelevant ! 🤦‍♂️ Similarly, if all Lebanese identified as Arab, that wouldn't make it true ! Lebanese can identify as Chinese but doesn't make them Chinese ! Ppl speak Lebanese ! English, Arabic & French are side languages !

[@friendofzeus]

​@@primatalogico1162 Nothing called the Lebanese language, its a dialect of Arabic.

[@primatalogico1162]

@@friendofzeus Fortunately u don't decide that ! (Neither do I ofc) Lebanese is a language that is distinct from Arabic ! What u have learned in schools as children is simply false and part of ur Lebanese politics which is why most Lebanese are clueless to their Language, Culture, Identity ...

[@friendofzeus]

@@primatalogico1162 Nor you or I have to decide, the fact that I can talk and engage in conversation with any Syrian, Palestinian, Iraqi, Egyptian, etc. makes it so.

[@Toulongourmand]

It’s like Tunisia, Algeria etc obviously

[@streamx2]

The same reason they speak English in Pakistan and India and have railways.

[@josephjarie-khachan5728]

Yes French language will stay as it is part of the government infrastructure and schools, universities, etc. Now English is taking a bigger role, but English anyway is taking a bigger role in France. What matter is that Lebanese are fluent in three languages, Arabic, then French, then English which is on the rise obviously as it is the international language of the world. Blessings and Love 🙏🏽🌍💜 Lebanese are so blessed. Does it’s government realize that????

[@Jewzi123]

The only people attached to French language are the Catholic Maronite like your self most of the population prefer English ( The Maronite prefer French because they lobbied the French to colonize the Mideast to advance thier sectarian policy which destroyed the Mideast especially the levant including demographic force changes and the policy of minority’s against the majority which is the key source of conflicts and suffering in the Mideast it was introduced by the French , every country the French have colonized turned into failed divided states .

[@norbertkale853]

Joseph Jarie-Khachan You explained that very nice ! I absolutely agree with you 👍

[@josephjarie-khachan5728]

@@Jewzi123 bro I prefer English so please rou7 l3ab...