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Article: COLUMN: You could learn a lot in Beirut
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- July 5, 2001
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Omar Tesdell
University Wire
07-05-2001
(Iowa State Daily) (U-WIRE) AMES, Iowa -- Last week, a friend and I went to Beirut, Lebanon, and stopped in Damascus, Syria, on the way. Leaving Amman for a few days gave me some new perspectives on life in the Arab world.
I went into the trip expecting to find two cities that were quite similar to Amman in most ways. I thought the three cities, with their countries bordering each other, couldn't be too different in general feeling and culture.
I was mistaken. Although the citizens of the cities are nearly the same in terms of language and customs, each city has a very distinct culture.
I want to discuss a couple of things that struck me specifically ...
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