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Greeting

For a greeting kissing on the cheek, Europeans kisses two times (one on each cheek); but being a friendly people, we, Lebanese give three kisses. So mouah, mouah, mouah for you.

If someone takes his/her hand to her chest as a greeting don't force a handshake or kiss. Religious men and women do not greet the other gender by handshake. They simply touch their chest.

Argileh, shisha, waterpipes

Try it you might like it. it's not really like smoking, the water filters most of the harmful stuff out of the fumes so you just get a nice smooth fruit flavored smoke.... so relaxing, you'll see people doing this all over...

When having an Argileh, slip the guy doing the charcoal a few pounds he'll change your charcoal every few minutes.