Intercultural communication Blog created by Dr. Ghada Awada

Lebanon versus Spain Since my early childhood my parents used to take me to Spain for Summer vacation every year. My uncle is married to a Spanish woman and lives in Madrid. As I grew up I realized how close the Lebanese and Spanish cultures and livelihoods were to the point that sometimes when walking in the streets I felt like I wanted to speak Arabic with people passing by. There is no doubt that the Arabic heritage of Spain is quite important as Arabs have left their print in a lot of domains. For example, the city of Toledo in Spain that is known for its Arabic history and the Al-Hambra fortress located in Granada, Andalusia.   Arabic heritage in Spain: Arabic Heritage in Lebanon: According to the Lebanese constitution, Lebanon is an Arab country deeply impregnated with Arab culture. Yet there quite few Arab monuments among which: Anjar a very known touristic site from the Umayyad era.   Beaches in Spain: One other similar aspect I fou

Intercultural communications Rwanda                                                                                                   Lebanon Photo credit: Wikipedia, latest updated Photo credit: Wikipedia, latest updated Introduction I have been living in Rwanda for the last 20 years and have  been in Lebanon for just three months. While the time I spent in my home country is long enough to allow me to talk about our culture, I dare to deny myself the rights to talk about Lebanese culture for three months is a little to no time at all. For that very reason, in this research, I will use interviews and other sources of information to be able to talk about Lebanese culture. I have to chose to talk about Lebanon and Rwanda as my areas of interest not just because they are the only countries that I have lived in but also because the two countries have some similarities in the histories--be it the division between people or civil wars (Genocide