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As a fair warning, all of the following articles were written between 2000 and 2004. Some of them make me cringe a little now, but it's too much work to rework them, and it would be a pity to remove them altogether.

• The matrix of names in Lebanon
  
  
• Driving in Lebanon
  
  
• Beirut buses or how to commute with style
  
  
• Old Mercedes retire in Beirut

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• "Don't present in 3 languages!" or the question of language in Lebanon
  
  
• Talking with the hand (and head, and face...)
  
  
• To touch or not to touch
  
  
• Flying elephants and other ways of speaking funny
  
  
• Your guide to cursing and abuse
  
  
• Similarities in language between Lebanon and Japan

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• Dr Antoine Harb: Lebanon, A Name Through 4000 Years
  Written for the Daily Star.
  
  
• The Phoenicians: intro
  
  
• The birth of the Alphabet
  
  
• The Sarcophagus of Ahiram
  
  
• Child sacrifice: an unfounded lie
  
  

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• The National Anthem
  
  
• Souk, soap and scents
  
  
• Strange things we eat
  
  
• Prof. Georges Tohme: The current state of the flora in Lebanon
  Written for the Daily Star.