we don't have arab features,skin colouring and culture.
the Levant is a diverse religious place,in palestine atleast 30 % of all palestinians are Christians,overseas almost every palestinian is a Christian,and they are usually dominating in bussiness and commerce.palestinians,lebanese and syriacs are well-respected in south america for their wealth and contributuons to their new homelands.
if we were arabs they would be muslim.their existance proves that we are Arabized,but not Arab.
Lebanese people also live in africa in huge numbers,as bussinessmen.we are the Chinese and Jews of africa (or south america).
this is not surprising seeing that we are descendants of the phoenicians.a seafaring people that traded with almost every people on earth from britain,sicily to scandinavia and some say even native americans(Phoenician coins have been discovered in the amazon rainforest).
our Genetic input is strong in greece,italy,spain,south france.
http://phoenicia.org/colonies.html
We have a mixture of Greek,Aramaic,and Jewish in our blood.
in Levantine churches Aramaic is still spoken and even many muslims from syria,palestine and lebanon can understand this language.
syrians:
1- indigenous deep-rooted Syrians (The Original population ) : are characterised by Mediterranean European features ( mainly like : Greece, Italy, and Balkan region ), these are mainly White-skinned, brown-haired with exceptions (Dominint trait Hereditary ).and Brown, green ,Hazel and blue eyed. there were living all over Syria. But nowadays, they live in Damascus, Homs, Aleppo, Syrian coast and Hama ( the western, North and middle parts of Syria ), they are mostly Muslim Sunnis. there are also the Alawite branch of Shia Muslims, there are also the Ismailis ( known historically as the Assassins ). there are also Christians, but not as the second group.
syrians are arameans that were Arabized.alot of Greeks too.in syria msot syriansa re muslim while the diaspora is mostly Christian.
Lebanese:
a wide array of origins.the coastal sunnis are descendants of phoenicians.the mountainous Maronites are descendants of syrians from al-Hama province.the Druze are descendants of local people mixed with kurds,some Arab tribes,and even Jews.
Palestinians:
wide array of origins.most palestinians are descendants of Jews.up until the 9th century it was still a predominately Jewish place.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsvi_Misinai#Hebrew_origin
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsvi_Misin ... rabization
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsvi_Misinai#Samaritans
another section of palestinians are descendants of Samaritans,Especially in Nablus.
Arabs:after the region of palestine became a economic hub when the British took over,alot of egyptians migrated to Ghaza.most Ghazans look different to other palestinians because they are egyptians.
Levantine arabic and culture is more refiend than that of Arabs:
lets be non-poltically correct here,Arabic is a horrible sounding language to non-Arabs in General.however Levantines are the only ''arabs''that have a nice version of this dialect,influenced by Aramaic of course and levantine love for beauty,we beautified the world's ugliest language(after viet)
our pronouncation is different because we don't pronounce the Qaf,we replace the hard Dhaa with a zaa.and we don't overemphasize the a3yn.grammar is a bit different too,but its no chance that lebanese dialect is most popular in arabic music and pop.
Levantine culture appreciattes beauty ,intellect hospitality and art:
most of the byzantine art,Greek art,christian philosophy etc came from the levant.levantine people are laid back and kind,sharing to visitors and people.its an insult to say its Arab,because it ignores our long Aramean,Jewish,canaanite,and Byzantine history.
Phenotype :
Levantine arabs are usually pinkish white to light sunkissed skin(look at any lebanese or palestinian porno amateur and see how the genitals are pink like white peoples)with dark hair and light brown to hazel eyes(although alot of us do have dark eyes).
our features are more delicate than arabs aswell.by all accounts from visitors and observers we are simpely universally attractive.the men have masculine features and decent builds,and women rave about lebanese men everywhere.
the women are very feminine having full lips,long thick hair,and amazing curves.they (and us the men.lol)have beautifull eyes.hence the term arab eyes.it didn't come from saudis,it means levantine eyes.usually big with a almond shape.
the men are usually dimorphic
in the next post I'll post some pics of everyday levantines.[youtube][/youtube]
