{"id":6335,"date":"2021-12-15T19:43:56","date_gmt":"2021-12-15T17:43:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/themarkaz.org\/oldmarkaz\/?p=6335"},"modified":"2022-12-17T11:04:47","modified_gmt":"2022-12-17T09:04:47","slug":"how-to-hide-in-lebanon-as-a-western-foreigner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/themarkaz.org\/oldmarkaz\/how-to-hide-in-lebanon-as-a-western-foreigner\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Hide in Lebanon as a Western Foreigner"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_6368\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6368\" style=\"width: 1000px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6368\" src=\"https:\/\/themarkaz.org\/oldmarkaz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/lena-or-her-mother-mrabba-wa-laban.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1100\" srcset=\"https:\/\/themarkaz.org\/oldmarkaz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/lena-or-her-mother-mrabba-wa-laban.jpg 1400w, https:\/\/themarkaz.org\/oldmarkaz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/lena-or-her-mother-mrabba-wa-laban-600x660.jpg 600w, https:\/\/themarkaz.org\/oldmarkaz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/lena-or-her-mother-mrabba-wa-laban-273x300.jpg 273w, https:\/\/themarkaz.org\/oldmarkaz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/lena-or-her-mother-mrabba-wa-laban-931x1024.jpg 931w, https:\/\/themarkaz.org\/oldmarkaz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/lena-or-her-mother-mrabba-wa-laban-768x845.jpg 768w, https:\/\/themarkaz.org\/oldmarkaz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/lena-or-her-mother-mrabba-wa-laban-1396x1536.jpg 1396w, https:\/\/themarkaz.org\/oldmarkaz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/lena-or-her-mother-mrabba-wa-laban-1320x1452.jpg 1320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6368\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lena Merhej&#8217;s German mother, married to a Lebanese man, tries to fit in to the local culture.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h4>\u00a0<\/h4>\n<h4>Excerpt from Lena Merhej&#8217;s comic hit <em>Mrabba wa Laban<\/em><\/h4>\n<div>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-6335 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-large'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/themarkaz.org\/oldmarkaz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Mrabba-wa-Laban-Lena-Merjeh-1000-01.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"999\" src=\"https:\/\/themarkaz.org\/oldmarkaz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Mrabba-wa-Laban-Lena-Merjeh-1000-01.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/themarkaz.org\/oldmarkaz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Mrabba-wa-Laban-Lena-Merjeh-1000-01.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/themarkaz.org\/oldmarkaz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Mrabba-wa-Laban-Lena-Merjeh-1000-01-300x300.jpg 300w, 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decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"788\" src=\"https:\/\/themarkaz.org\/oldmarkaz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Mrabba-wa-Laban-Lena-Merjeh-1000-10.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/themarkaz.org\/oldmarkaz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Mrabba-wa-Laban-Lena-Merjeh-1000-10.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/themarkaz.org\/oldmarkaz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Mrabba-wa-Laban-Lena-Merjeh-1000-10-600x473.jpg 600w, https:\/\/themarkaz.org\/oldmarkaz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Mrabba-wa-Laban-Lena-Merjeh-1000-10-300x236.jpg 300w, https:\/\/themarkaz.org\/oldmarkaz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Mrabba-wa-Laban-Lena-Merjeh-1000-10-768x605.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/themarkaz.org\/oldmarkaz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Mrabba-wa-Laban-Lena-Merjeh-1000-11.jpg'><img 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landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/themarkaz.org\/oldmarkaz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Mrabba-wa-Laban-Lena-Merjeh-1000-13.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"749\" src=\"https:\/\/themarkaz.org\/oldmarkaz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Mrabba-wa-Laban-Lena-Merjeh-1000-13.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/themarkaz.org\/oldmarkaz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Mrabba-wa-Laban-Lena-Merjeh-1000-13.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/themarkaz.org\/oldmarkaz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Mrabba-wa-Laban-Lena-Merjeh-1000-13-600x449.jpg 600w, https:\/\/themarkaz.org\/oldmarkaz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Mrabba-wa-Laban-Lena-Merjeh-1000-13-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/themarkaz.org\/oldmarkaz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Mrabba-wa-Laban-Lena-Merjeh-1000-13-768x575.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/themarkaz.org\/oldmarkaz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/MRABBA-W-LABAN-an-Arabic-graphic-novel-by-Lena-Merhej.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"442\" height=\"627\" src=\"https:\/\/themarkaz.org\/oldmarkaz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/MRABBA-W-LABAN-an-Arabic-graphic-novel-by-Lena-Merhej.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-6367\" srcset=\"https:\/\/themarkaz.org\/oldmarkaz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/MRABBA-W-LABAN-an-Arabic-graphic-novel-by-Lena-Merhej.jpg 442w, https:\/\/themarkaz.org\/oldmarkaz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/MRABBA-W-LABAN-an-Arabic-graphic-novel-by-Lena-Merhej-211x300.jpg 211w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 442px) 100vw, 442px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-6367'>\n\t\t\t\tLena&#8217;s comic novel Mrabba wa Laban.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6367\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6367\" style=\"width: 442px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6367\" src=\"https:\/\/themarkaz.org\/oldmarkaz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/MRABBA-W-LABAN-an-Arabic-graphic-novel-by-Lena-Merhej.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"442\" height=\"627\" srcset=\"https:\/\/themarkaz.org\/oldmarkaz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/MRABBA-W-LABAN-an-Arabic-graphic-novel-by-Lena-Merhej.jpg 442w, https:\/\/themarkaz.org\/oldmarkaz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/MRABBA-W-LABAN-an-Arabic-graphic-novel-by-Lena-Merhej-211x300.jpg 211w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 442px) 100vw, 442px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6367\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lena Merhej&#8217;s graphic novel <em>Mrabba wa Laban<\/em>.<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\nThis is an excerpt from <em>Mrabba wa Laban<\/em>, the Arabic graphic novel by Lena Merhej, translated by Nadiyah Abdullatif and Anam Zafar. Unlike many stories of migration, the graphic novel recounts Merhej\u2019s mother\u2019s journey from West to East, and how as a German, she adapted to life in Lebanon. The humor in this extract stems largely from comparing stereotypes of Western and Arab women, as Lena\u2019s childhood self tries to understand where her mother falls on the scale, and as the reader learns how her mother tried to avoid being recognized as a foreigner to avoid trouble.<\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: var(--global--color-primary); font-size: var(--global--font-size-base);\"><em>Mrabba wa Laban<\/em> was one of the first graphic novels to have appeared in Arabic and has been published in French, Spanish and Italian, though not yet in English.\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: var(--global--color-primary); font-size: var(--global--font-size-base);\">The trope of the overbearing, over-organized mother appears, with the military-style poses of the children humorously conveying the strict delegation of chores, and later when Lena narrates how her mother sometimes calls her children very early in the morning when she miscalculates the time difference. The last two pages of the extract are a poignant representation of the mixing of cultures in the author\u2019s family, represented by the familiar humor of the fatigue associated with always eating the same dishes.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: var(--global--color-primary); font-size: var(--global--font-size-base);\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-6411\" src=\"https:\/\/themarkaz.org\/oldmarkaz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Lena-Merhej-artist-writer-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/themarkaz.org\/oldmarkaz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Lena-Merhej-artist-writer-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/themarkaz.org\/oldmarkaz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Lena-Merhej-artist-writer-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/themarkaz.org\/oldmarkaz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Lena-Merhej-artist-writer-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/themarkaz.org\/oldmarkaz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Lena-Merhej-artist-writer.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Lena Merhej was born in 1977 in Beirut to a Lebanese father and German mother. 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