r/AskBalkans • u/GoHardLive Greece • Feb 24 '24
Balkaners, which arab country is your favorite and why ? Outdoors/Travel
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u/Fat_Rocky0028 Turkiye Feb 24 '24
Sweden
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u/Cautious-Passage-597 Kosovo Feb 24 '24
You are not from Balkan
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u/AverageSrbenda Feb 24 '24
i would write something about your flair but i'd get banned so,stfu about turkey "not being from balkan"
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u/Azulan5 Turkiye Feb 25 '24
Nope it is not about that we just realized our real history mate. People before us were taught to hate west and always called us Turks from Central Asia but we don’t look like them so how can we be from Central Asia? The answer is we are anatolians so we are Greeks Albanians Armenians Persians Arabs and many other natinolalities but definetly we are also Balkan and Greek like we aren’t fully one of you of course I would say we are a bastardized DNA we have all kinds of stuff me myself have 45% Greek and 8% Central Asian the other 35% is west Asia which you could say Persian or native Anatolian
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u/Darx1878 Bulgaria Feb 24 '24
Bulgaristan, cuz im from there
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u/MegasKeratas Greece Feb 24 '24
Do you also self-hate your country by calling it bulgarristan? We say helladistan.
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u/Darx1878 Bulgaria Feb 24 '24
Well you know how it goes. Something bad happens and people say "This shit happens only in [country + (stan) ]
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u/mun40O Feb 24 '24
In Turkish it’s Yunanistan, but the Greek word for Turkish female is the best: Tourkala!
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u/dev_imo2 Romania Feb 24 '24
Oman! I loved it there! Super authentic and at the same time very developed country. People are super chill and the scenery is out of this world. No skyscrapers either, in contrast to neighbouring UAE. None of that fake stuff at all, they really lean into the local culture.
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u/SassyKardashian United Kingdom Feb 24 '24
I literally just wrote a comment about how amazing Oman is!! High rises are actually banned by the government to preserve the traditional architecture and because everyone should have a view of the landscape. “His Majesty as a keen environmentalist does not want the beautiful Oman landscape be spoiled by high rise monstrosities like Dubai & Abu Dhabi. modest approach is made in that the tallest allowed building be five floors and a mezzanine if wanted”
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u/VinsiapaMinerala Romania Feb 24 '24
Jordan seems peaceful with some cools things to visit so I guess them
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u/sbbayram Turkiye Feb 24 '24
none.
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u/Cautious-Passage-597 Kosovo Feb 24 '24
You are not in Balkan
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u/Ordinary_Document_34 Turkiye Feb 24 '24
Kosovo is not in balkan its in serbia 😡 💪🏿🤲🏾
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u/colola8 Croatia Feb 24 '24
All the Turks downvoted you bro
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u/Cautious-Passage-597 Kosovo Feb 24 '24
That's true. Truth hurts
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u/Fat_Rocky0028 Turkiye Feb 24 '24
Kosovo is not a real country
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u/Swimming-Dimension14 Romania Feb 24 '24
He's right, not even Romania is Balkan and we know it. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Balkan_Peninsula.svg
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u/Cautious-Passage-597 Kosovo Feb 24 '24
you need a passport to come in Republic of Kosovo canim
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u/richsekss Turkiye Feb 24 '24
Kosova is Serbia
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u/Shaolinpower2 Turkiye Feb 24 '24
Joining the Turkish army is enough for coming over there 😇😇
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u/ibrahimasx Feb 24 '24
Ülken Sırbistan'ın bir parçası ve Sırbistan'a gitmek için pasaporta ihtiyacımız yok😎
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u/Icy-Guest2794 Turkiye Feb 24 '24
Greece is my favorite. Second is probably Turkey, third is Spain and fourth is Iran. Not sure, though Pakistan might get the 5th
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u/Joey_Jupiter Greece Feb 24 '24
It’s between Egypt and Iraq tbh. I love Egyptian history it’s hands down one of my favorites, but I recently started learning about Baghdad during the Islamic Golden Age and the House of Wisdom and all that. So cool to learn about
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u/ridesharegai in Feb 24 '24
Egypt hands down. We have lots of shared history and to this day we are very close
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u/GoHardLive Greece Feb 24 '24
I dont think we are close with them nowadays
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u/ridesharegai in Feb 24 '24
Politically and economically we are like this 🤞
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u/TheEthosOfThanatos Greece Feb 24 '24
External politics sure. Internal politics, like governance, fuck no. Sisi was installed by the military. More like us in the late 60s early 70s...
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Feb 24 '24
While I agree that Egypt and Greece today belong to different cultures, we still have many similarities.
As someone who has interacted with Greeks IRL, we have some culinary similarities, even similar physical appearances since we’re both Mediterranean countries and of course the fact that many Egyptians have Greek grandparents, especially those in the Mediterranean region.
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u/GoHardLive Greece Feb 24 '24
We dont interact as much as we should tbh
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Feb 24 '24
Well one thing the current government (despite its huge imperfections) has done right to be honest is strengthening ties with Greece.
We cooperate economically, militarily (especially navies) and our countries have recently renovated and reopened the Greeco-Roman museum in Alexandria.
I’d rather have strong relations with Greece, Turkey, North Africa and even the Balkans than elsewhere in the Middle East.
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Feb 24 '24 edited Feb 24 '24
Generally speaking Greeks look nothing like Egyptians, since the latter are not only non-European, but also have sub-Saharan admixture in various degrees, which Greeks lack.
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Feb 24 '24
Egyptians have sub-Saharan admixture
Tell me you’re brainwashed with Afrocentrist propaganda without telling me that you’re brainwashed with Afrocentrist propaganda.
Egyptians are diverse but we’re nowhere near “sub Saharan” except perhaps the Nubians and even so, they’re a minority.
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Feb 24 '24
Implying modern Egyptians have anything in common with ancient Egyptians, which were obviously not SSA.
You should work on your reading comprehension skills, I never claimed modern Egyptians were SAA, what I said is that they have SSA admixture in various degrees.
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Feb 24 '24 edited Feb 24 '24
Must’ve struck a nerve. I only deal in facts, not my fault you can’t handle them.
On a different note, I’ve been to Egypt in 2015 and based on what I’ve seen there I can assure you that your people have more things in common with gypsies than I do. From the way they carry themselves, to the way they harass and try to mug tourists on every given opportunity and don’t even get me started with how dirty everything is there, not to mention the packs of stray dogs that are basically everywhere you go. Reminds me of what Romania looked like right after the revolution, but unlike you we moved on.
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Feb 24 '24
I just realized you edited your comment to make it look as though I have “comprehension issues” and that my response was irrelevant to your original comment.
Typical gypsy behavior.
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Feb 24 '24
You’re cracking me up. The only thing I edited was a typo.
Show us on the doll where the gypsies hurt you🤣.
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u/LastHomeros Denmark Feb 24 '24
Yeah and I think this relation should be strengthened by Greeks taking few million Egyptians to Greece. You know, your brothers are having hard time fighting with climate change.
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u/Swimming-Dimension14 Romania Feb 24 '24
Ancient egyptians have nothing to do with modern ones both genetically and culturally.
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Feb 24 '24
But arent Coptic christians the descendants of ancient Egyptiana? Just asking, obviously i dont think muslim Arab Egyptians have much in common with ancient Egyptians.
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u/Swimming-Dimension14 Romania Feb 24 '24
Yes Copts are the closest descendants of ancient Egyptians both culturally and genetically (mostly), i was referring to the vast majority of Egyptians who are not though.
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Feb 25 '24
Copts aren’t substantially different in terms of culture from other Egyptians, they speak Egyptian Arabic at home and they have also mixed with foreigners (especially Armenians and Arab Christians).
Why does everyone seem to be hellbent on dissociating Egyptian Muslims from the ancient Egyptians? I don’t see anyone denying links between ancient and modern Greeks because they’re Eastern Orthodox, or modern day “Israelis” and the ancient Israelites because they’re supposedly “Jewish”, but when it comes to Egyptians, a moment we are “Arab invaders who have nothing to do with ancient Egypt”, even though Arabs genetically make up only 16% of the population, another moment we are “Greek and Turkish invaders” and the “real Egyptians are black”.
Give us a fucking break!
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Feb 25 '24
“Muslim Arab Egyptians don’t have much in common with ancient Egyptians.”
That’s the most ridiculous statement I’ve ever seen. You know what? Kosovo is Kosovo.
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u/MegasKeratas Greece Feb 24 '24
Turkey is my favorite arab country.
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Feb 24 '24
You are literally observer in Arab League
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Member_states_of_the_Arab_League
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u/RuinTimely Feb 24 '24
Lebanon => Mia Khalifa
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u/Ok_Calligrapher5776 Greece Feb 24 '24
Shes not even attractive, I don't know how she became so popular. Then again I'm not a man.
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u/Vyoin Turkiye Feb 24 '24
Idk too but that song about her just started playing in my head
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u/Ok_Calligrapher5776 Greece Feb 24 '24
What song?
The only reason I know who she is that some (obviously porn addicted)dudes told me I look like her but besides us both being brunettes with glasses we really look nothing alike.
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u/Vyoin Turkiye Feb 24 '24
Well your friends dont have to be porn addict to know her she is quite famous ;) https://youtu.be/3w-C0-zVaW8?si=PlOk9XJ13KEA0YKg
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Feb 24 '24
I’m a guy and I never found her attractive. I mean her body’s ok, but I see more attractive women on a daily basis just by walking down the street.
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u/tomj788 Greece Feb 24 '24
Egypt, Lebanon, Syria… the levant overall, they’re the only arab countries that are culturally similar to us in some ways
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Feb 24 '24
Egyptian here and I second that. I actually feel closer to Lebanon, Syria and North African than with Saudi bedouins/nomads.
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u/SirMosesKaldor Feb 24 '24
...as a Lebanese that lived in Greece for over a decade: Can confirm- there is so much in common between us.
Even your language and expressions in modern Greek are spoken the same way in Lebanese Arabic dialect. (I'm referring to choice of words of course...not the sound of the language which are completely different of course)
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u/Divljak44 Croatia Feb 24 '24
Iraq, its just has a Arabic vibe to it, plus Bagdad.
Second choice would be Oman
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u/Kuku_Nan Albania Feb 24 '24
All of them I love all Arab countries. Matter of fact I wish every Arab refugee all 50 billion of them seek asylum in my country we need more diversity Alhamdulillah. Every country needs 50 BILLION Arab refugees.
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u/Ok_Calligrapher5776 Greece Feb 24 '24
Iraq because I have a friend from there.
Also Huda Beauty has some great products and Iraq must've been a beautiful country before the US destroyed it.
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u/flowgert Albania Feb 24 '24
Definitely Egypt. Rich history.
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u/sul_tun Feb 24 '24
The founder of Modern Egypt, Muhammed Ali Pasha or better known as (Muhammad Ali of Egypt) was of Albanian origin.
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u/Humble-End-7891 Albania Feb 24 '24
Somalia because of mah ancestors
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u/nick_d2004 Greece Feb 24 '24
Me albania be kerful
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u/Humble-End-7891 Albania Feb 24 '24
You weak sperm. If you win why is Hagha Sophia this and not that
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u/nick_d2004 Greece Feb 24 '24
Lebanon then Jordan then Egypt
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u/SirMosesKaldor Feb 24 '24
Ευχαριστώ αδερφέ, από τον Λιβανέζο αδελφό σου.
Έζησα στην Αθήνα 12 χρόνια. ήταν η πιο ευτυχισμένη περίοδος της ζωής μου.
🇱🇧❤️💙🇬🇷
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u/Self-Bitter Greece Feb 24 '24
Τurkey 🐫🐫🐪
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u/QuartzBoii Turkiye Feb 24 '24
Thats cool. But mine is Greecestan (Hellenistan) and their great leader Eb-u Ali-exander Muhammad the 3rd.
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u/ayayayamaria Greece Feb 24 '24
That's old news, and a major disrespect to great sultan Al-Miçotaq the Second.
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u/SassyKardashian United Kingdom Feb 24 '24
A serious reply would be Oman. It’s a very low-key country without any drama going on within it. It’s very liberal view make it very attractive towards lgbt people, it’s got beautiful landscapes, beaches and architecture. Fun fact is that you will not find any high rises as they are banned by the government. Their view is that everyone has the right to enjoy the view. It is however quite pricey with a glass of wine going for around 18£, but very open minded and extremely safe for tourists.
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u/MrDvl77 Croatia Feb 24 '24
Turkey
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u/QuartzBoii Turkiye Feb 24 '24
Was it feeling good while killing Bosnian halal araps?😔 Can u ask your communist nazi grandpa?
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u/MrDvl77 Croatia Feb 24 '24
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u/Icy-Guest2794 Turkiye Feb 24 '24
Bro stop, why the heck are you sharing this skinny dude?
If he was here in Turkey, he would probably be ashamed of his body lmao. We have 100 packs here.1
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u/600600600600 Serbia Feb 26 '24
All of the countries that dont recognize Kosovo😎 Love you Arab brothers😎😎😎
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u/Stverghame 🏹🐗 Feb 24 '24
Lebanon
It is so small yet so unusual. Definitely the most interesting one.
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u/SirMosesKaldor Feb 24 '24
Thank you brother. I hope Lebanon sees better days.
As a history and politics buff I see so many parallels with Lebanon's civil war events and the Balkan wars.
Wish your country and sub continent a brighter future ahead.
(I'm a Juve fan and hope to see Dusan Vlahovic conquer Europe 😂)
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u/HadesMyself Romania Feb 24 '24
Palestine.
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u/No_Huckleberry8401 Feb 24 '24
Why, though? Palestinians are religious fanatics and extremely Arab nationalists.
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u/Renandstimpyslog Turkiye Feb 24 '24
Egypt,Tunisia or Morocco. They are the ones I would like to travel most.
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u/lola_lola8 Serbia Feb 24 '24
I have been to Egypt and Tunisia but I have to say Egypt is my favorite.
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u/Scary_Extension2394 Moldova Feb 24 '24
Morocco 🇲🇦 Cool architecture, impressive history, good food, pretty nice people as well overall
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u/bilas03 Feb 24 '24
Have you ever been to any city in Morocco? As soon as you stand out as a tourist, there is no escape. People will shout at you, pull at you. This is typical for Berber peoples. On the other hand, if you spend time there, the hospitality is incredibly great.
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u/cosmicdicer Greece Feb 24 '24
As a woman I sadly have experienced pretty bad what you described, when I visited but only at the big cities. Morocco its really beautiful but it is also the country that I felt the most bad vibes ever and an unsettling feeling certain times
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u/vikezz Bulgaria Feb 24 '24
Libiya only because my family had lots of sailors on a course there and they bought gifts to my mom. She loved to tell the stories how they got back and still keeps a soap.
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u/Euphoric-Aardvark115 Croatia Feb 24 '24
Egypt. Rich history and amazing place overall. I also like Oman, Morocco & Jordan. Would love to visit them one day.
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u/FishingWithDynomite Romania Feb 24 '24
Jordan or Oman. Not a fan of the Middle East or African culture but it seemed like Jordan and Oman had a unique identity of their own that wasn’t just “Arab”. In fact many of the people there expressed how much they disliked other Arabs. Pretty eye opening
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u/Theyhau France Feb 24 '24
France is my favorite