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Comparing Lebanon with a Geographically and culturally neighboring country, Iraq

Countries sharing a close geographical location in the world usually share many similar cultural characteristics. So in this post I'll be comparing Lebanon with Iraq, living there for quite enough to be able to emphasize how similar can different countries be, yet at the same time having many differences making each one unique in its own way.

Starting off with language

Of course both countries speak the formal Arabic language, it's the dialect that's different, mainly speaking, the Lebanese accent kind of sounds softer than the Iraqi accent, for the Iraqi dialect being rich in words and expressions borrowed from the English language, while Lebanese from French, the following is a small comparison of some expressions in each dialect:

Lebanese:                                           Iraqi:

Rice:              roz / rez                        temmen (from an old english rice
                                                               company called ten men)
How're you:             kifak / kifik                                   shonak / shonich                   
Good:           mnih / tmm                                          zien / tamam         
A lot:             ktir                                                   kollish / hiel           

Moving on to society in general

The Lebanese society is known for its diversity, many religions, many nationalities, all living in harmony, for the Iraqi society, generally speaking, it's less open and diverse, yet so welcoming and warm, famous for its "nakhwe" and helpfulness, although the society is generally considered more religious and strict, Islam dominates to a certain point.
Being culturally more religions, women are well respected yet it is less likely to see freedom in clothing for them, (western) styles are not much admired, unlike Lebanese society in general which is more "westernized".
Every year, and during every social event, the relatives of the family gather, sharing happiness and caring, and sometimes prepare group foods which range from "Harise" to "Mansaf" and "Dabeh" which is later on distributed and given to all poor and needy families around the place.

Speaking of food, let's talk about food

As every country is famous for its local dishes, we have in Lebanon for example, tabbouleh, kebbeh, and most importantly, falefel, kel she ella lfalefel

While for the Iraqi food, we have some delicious dishes like dolma, shish kabab, and kobbat mosel ( we do see some similarity to some Lebanese dishes too )

Next up, country's nature

Lebanon is known for its mountainous nature, trees, and high humidity for facing the Mediterranean Sea. The short distances between the towns and the drastically different weather along its land allows the one to "Ski in the mountains then enjoy the warm beach on the same day". Iraq's area is 42 times greater than that of Lebanon, which makes it tougher to do a trip around the country on the same day, not to mention the flat nature of the land, and the desertous weather sometimes, at least that's what they say, but there's way more to see. The two great rivers of Tigris and Euphrates where the very first civilization in human history started (Babylonian). There's also many beautiful mountains in the north, shaped by the wind and the sand along thousands of years.

Lebanon

Iraq

Every country is unique in its own way, making it worth the visit. What was shown earlier is nothing compared to what's there to discover and experience.