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Remember that politics move quickly, and people and their opinions evolve.

Culture Lessons..

March 15, 2012 · Mustapha Hamoui

..for foreign domestic workers:

In Lebanon, people may sometimes speak with a loud voice but this does not always mean that they are angry with you or don’t like you. They just communicate in a different way from what you may be used to.

In Ethiopia, people may kill themselves, but that does not always mean that they are unhappy with their lives.. (H/T Najib)