Refusing Food
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Often when we are guests in people’s homes we refuse food when offered and it’s no big deal. They are offering to be polite hosts, and we refuse to make it easier on them.
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When you show up to a home in Lebanon and most other Arab countries, you had better bring your appetite, as it would be tremendously rude to refuse an offer of food. This puts a lot of pressure on the host to make quality food, and a lot of pressure on the guest to eat.
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