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 However, always ask about the store's return policy and warranties. Some jewelers in Lebanon (Liban, Libano) don't allow returns; others give store credit only.

Where to buy?

 There are many Jewelries shopping centers (called “souk”) all over the country specially in the Lebanese capital “Beirut” where you can find the finest Lebanese Jewelry (Lebanon jewelry, bijoux liban) collections. The cheapest are located in Marzraa, Mar-Elias, Hamra, Zouq and other areas. However, There a many reputable names who have their own shops such as Zoughaib, Nsouli, Andre Marcha, Nada LeCavelier, Randa Tabbah, Marie Munier,Rania Al Aawar Ezzeini , Azar jewelry to name a few!

Buying online in Lebanon (Liban, Libano) is still not widely available. But, for people who live outside (or even inside) Lebanon and want to buy Lebanese Jewelry (Lebanon jewelry, bijoux liban) for their relatives or friends there is a very reliable and secure option like www.hadayalebanon.com Through this site you can choose from the finest Lebanese Jewelry (Lebanon jewelry, bijoux liban) collections and order online. In fact, you can even customize your order and ask about any design you might find elsewhere and they will help you getting it! Moreover, you can ask for a special request to send your jewelries order throughout the whole world to your loved ones in Lebanon (Liban, Libano).

 Jewelries remain to have the most powerful authority and romantic and sentimental significance than any other gift.

Places to visit in Lebanon

 Byblos:

Byblos is one of the richest archaeological areas in Lebanon and the world, it is one of the top contenders for the oldest inhabited city award. Modern scholars say the site of Byblos goes back more than 10000 years. Its name was the origin of the Greek word "biblion" which means "book", giving us hence "bibliography" and "Bible”.

Long before Greece and Rome, this ancient town was a powerful, independent city-state with its own kings, culture and flourishing trade. For several thousand years it was called "Gubla" and later "Gebal", while the term "Canaan" was applied to the coast in general. In 1200 BC, the Greeks gave it the name "Phoenicia", referring to the coastal area. And they called the city "Byblos" (Papyrus in Greek), because this commercial center was important in the papyrus trade.
Under the domination of the Egyptian Pharaohs in the 3rd and 2nd millennium BC, Byblos was a commercial and religious capital of the Phoenician coast.
Meanwhile, the scribes of Byblos developed an alphabetic phonetic script, the precursor of our modern alphabet which had traveled by the year 800 BC to Greece, changing forever the way man communicated. The earliest form of the Phoenician alphabet found to date is the inscription on the sarcophagus of King Ahiram of Byblos which is now in the Lebanese National Museum.
Byblos was also the center of the Adonis cult, the god of vegetation who dies in winter and is renewed each spring.

 Tyre:

Tyre was a Phoenician island city founded around the third millennium BC and known as Queen of the Seas. In history it grew wealthy from its far-reaching Phoenician colonies and its industries of purple-dyed textiles in the first millennium BC. But it also attracted great conquerors such as the Babylonian King Nebuchadnezzar and Alexander the Great.
In the 10th century BC, King of Tyre, Ahiram, joined two islets by landfill and extended the city further by reclaiming a considerable area from the sea and built two ports and a temple to Melkart, the city's god. Recent excavations have uncovered Crusader, Arab, Byzantine and Graeco-Roman remains.

The Triumphal Arch that is composed of a Necropolis situated on both sides of a long avenue is the most impressive of its remains. The Great Hippodrome for chariot racing a remarkable stone built structure.
Also in Tyre is the Tomb of King Ahiram (970-936 BC), contemporary of King David, who sent for cedar wood and craftsmen to build King Solomon's temple in Jerusalem.

 Saida:

Sidon is one of the famous names in ancient history. Located in South Lebanon, it was a great Phoenician city-state reaching its flourishing peak during the Persian era between the end of the 6th century BC and mid 4th century BC.
It had many cultural influences including the Egyptian Pharaohs and the Greeks. The Crusader period (1110-1291 AD) brought Sidon new prestige, as second of four baronies of the Kingdom of Jerusalem. The ruins of Sidon includes the fortress church known as the Castle of the Sea which was erected by the Crusading Knights of St. John, and the Shell of the Castle of St. Louis (the Land Castle) which sits atop the Phoenician Acropolis near Murex hill. In the old town, more recent Mamluk and Ottoman buildings includes Soap Caravansary (Khan Assabun), Franks Caravansary (Khan El-Franj) and the Great Mosque are still preserved.

 Beirut:

Beirut, the capital of Lebanon, is one of the oldest settlements of man. Around 5000 years ago, it was a prosperous town on the Mediterranean coast of Phoenicia/ Canaan. The Phoenicians called it ‘Beyrouth’: the city of wells. It has a distinctive location on the Mediterranean Sea with dramatic mountains rising behind it.

Beirut was also a glorious city during the Roman era where it got the names: Colonia, Julia, Augusta, Felix and Berythus. It was famous for having the first School of Law in history. The golden age for the school was under Septimus Severus (192-212 AD) when it excelled the schools of Constantinople, Athens and Rome. The professors of Beirut School of Law helped draft the famous Justinian Code. Beirut was hence named ‘Mother of Legislation’. 

An earthquake destroyed Beirut in 551 AD. A century later the Muslim Arabs conquered it. Then it fell to the Crusaders (1109) and the Mamluks (1291). Ottomans occupied it for 400 years until 1916. Then it was under the French mandate until 1943. Beirut was occupied by Palestinian guerrillas (1981-82) and the Israeli defense army (1982-83), and recently fell to the Syrian troops in 1990.
Despite its devastating political history, and the fact that it was completely destroyed 7 times during recorded history, Beirut has been a unique cultural and commercial center for the region. In the 1960’s Beirut was known as “Paris of the Middle East”.

 Baalbek:

Baalbek is also known as the City of the Sun. It is located in the beqaa valley (3000 ft above sea level) and holds some of the world's greatest historical and best preserved Roman sites. Its remains include a gigantic complex of Roman temples with the tallest columns ever erected.
The Roman gods were worshipped in its Acropolis (constructed between 1st –3rd Century AD). In Jupiter Temple, only six columns remain out of the 54 giant columns that originally surrounded the sanctuary. The temple was built over a Phoenician podium dating from around 3000 BC.
The city of Baalbeck has major remains from Islamic times including the Grand Mosque built by Omayyad Caliphs, with material borrowed from ancient monuments, and Mamluk mosque.

 Tripoli:

The ancient city of Tripoli is located in Northern Lebanon. It was founded by the Phoenicians in 800 BC and was named Athar, during the Persian era it became the center of Sidon, Tyre and Arados Island confederation, where Phoenicians met to debate their important affairs, thus became known as Tripoli or "the three cities". The city holds the Fortress of Saint Gilles (Sinjil), built early 12th BC. The castle was remodeled by the Mamluks and Ottomans later.
Several Muslim monuments such as the Great Mosque and the Mosque of Taynal (built using elements from ancient and Crusader monuments) are still preserved in Tripoli. It also has khans (caravansary), souks (bazaars), and the famous Assiba Tower which was built by Mamluks in the 15th BC.
Tripoli has 45 buildings registered as historical sites, many of them date from the 14th century.

 Anjar:

Anjar was built in the neighborhood of an ancient stronghold called Gerrha by Omayyad Caliph Al-Walid lbn Abdel Malek in the early 8th century.
Remains of streets, three palaces, souks (bazaars), two hammams (public baths) and a mosque are still standing.
The walls of the Caliph's Great Palace are still largely intact, with clues to the former presence of forty towers. Traces of fluted columns are found indicating that there may have been a Roman castle on the hill.

 Beit Eddine:

The Beit Eddin palace complex was built over a thirty year period by Emir Bechir El-Chehab II early 19th century. The palace is a great piece representing the traditional Lebanese architecture with its arcades, galleries and rooms decorated by artists from Lebanon, Damascus and Italy. Today the palace houses a museum of feudal weapons, costumes and jewelry in addition to an archaeological museum and a museum of Byzantine Mosaics

 Jeita Grotto (also Jaita and Jxiita)

The caverns of Jeita Grotto, Mount Lebanon are on two levels: the lower caverns are visited by boat over a subterranean lake 2000 ft (623 meters) long, while the dry upper gallery can be seen on foot. These caves and galleries are known to man since Paleolithic times. The action of water has created cathedral-like vaults beneath the wooded hills of Mount Lebanon forming magnificent caverns. The Lebanese speleologists have penetrated about 4.5 mils (7 km) from the entry point of the grotto to the far end of the underground river and about 1.3 Mile (2.2 km) of the upper galleries.

Cedars of the Lord

Cedars are among the last survivors of the immense forests that lay across Mount Lebanon in ancient times. The most famous cedar forest is the one located in Bsharreh region, North Lebanon and also known as the Cedars of the Lord.
The Cedar forest in Bsharreh contains about 375 trees, some between 1200 and 2000 years old. They stand on slopes 6000 ft (1950 meters) high in the shadow of the 10000 ft (3088 meters) peak of Qernet Es-sawda (the highest in Lebanon).

 As seen on TV…in the news:

Finally tonight a story about coming together using the internet.

It begins in Lebanon, a beautiful country in the Middle East with a unique population. There are 4 million Lebanese living and working in the country but amazing nearly 10 million are expatriates and leave around the world.

The Lebanese expatriate communities have always kept a tight relationship with their relatives living in their country supporting them both emotionally and financially helping the Lebanese economy drastically.

A group of developers in California has come up “Smart Online Shopping” a way to help these expatriate Lebanese communities stay tight and supportive, all by using a new Website.

Hadaya Lebanon.com is a site you can visit and purchase gifts everything from Cakes to Balloons and Teddy Bears to Jewelry for friends and family members in Lebanon. These gifts then get sent directly to them often at no charge.

The Developers say the launch of Hadaya Lebanon.com went smoothly and there has been a lot of interest in the 10% discount for all new customers and has really helped in building cliental but what is really note worthy is the portion of the profits from Hadaya Lebanon.com, the developers are donating to Children’s Cancer Research and Treatment Centers around Lebanon.

They also say they expect local People in Lebanon to begin using Hadaya Lebanon.com for purchasing as well.

There ya go a great new way to stay in contact with Friends & Family in Lebanon and help with much needed Cancer Research for Children. My hat is off to the developers.

Well that’s it, for the Channel 14, 5pm News, I’m Barry Mingo. Good Night.

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  Gifts Shouldn’t Be Expensive, They Should Be Special

 What makes a good gift? Something nice and big that costs you a bundle and puts the recipient under awe? Not really. The best gifts needn’t always be expensive. The best gifts are those that are carefully selected according to the desires and personality of the recipient If you live in Lebanon (Liban, Libano), or want to send a gift to a person in Lebanon (Liban, Libano), that’s the kind of gift you must select. That’s the gift Lebanon (Liban, Libano) appreciates and not the expensive one.

There are a lot of things to think about when you select a gift: The age of the person, the social status, gender, hobbies, etc. If you think about these things before buying the gift in Lebanon (Liban, Libano), you’ll be able to select a better gift in Lebanon (Liban, Libano). For example if you want to give a gift to a young kid, you could send him a delightful teddy bear. That gift will delight him and he’ll enjoy it very much.

 Similarly, for a young woman you might consider picking pretty imitation jewelry. Women love little knick-knacks and it will go into her little jewel-box, reminding her of your gesture whenever she looks at it, or wears it. In Lebanon (Liban, Libano), imitation jewelry is very popular among the young people. Lebanese (Libanais, Libanês) in general, prefer this type of gift because it’s compact, inexpensive, and beautiful.

If you’re a busy person with no time to go to the gift shop, or you’re outside the country, or if you want to give the gift to someone located in a different Lebanese town, you can select the best gift a Lebanese (Libanais, Libanês) has to offer right from inside your home. You can use the Internet!

 To send gifts to any location in Lebanon (Liban, Libano) you can go to hadayalebanon.com and select from a veritable number of delightful gifts for your loved ones. Right from flowers, to toys, balloons, cakes and even imitation jewelry. If it is a gift the Lebanese (Libanais, Libanês) people love, or the gift Lebanon (Liban, Libano) loves, it’s on hadayalebanon.com

Here’s an idea -- you can gift a delicious French cake to your dear one residing in Lebanon (Liban, Libano). Lebanese (Libanais, Libanês) cakes are famous the world over for their gastronomic delights. You can actually order one online and it will be sent to you absolutely fresh and delicious.

These days ordering online is very easy and convenient. There are a number of categories like flowers, jewelry, practically everything that’s on offer in Lebanon (Liban, Libano). You can place an order using securely your credit card and send a gift Lebanese (Libanais, Libanês) people love. It is the gift Lebanon (Liban, Libano) cherishes! On hadayalebanon.com security and discretion is paramount, and you get an attractive discount on every purchase.

 While the gift shops in Lebanon (Liban, Libano) have stuff that you can see and feel before buying; online stores have their own advantages. The range on display is a lot greater than a gift shop, and the prices are very competitive. That’s why the gifts hadayalebanon.com has on the website always have the best prices. This is in addition to the fact that by this smart online shopping system you can even customize your own gift! Just throw the gift / idea to hadayalebanon.com and they will make it happen.

  Give A Lady Something She’ll Cherish: Jewelry

Ever since ancient times, women have always loved to dress up and adorn themselves in glittering things. Even in tribes that are far removed from the ravages of modern civilization you will find women wearing jewelry made of locally available material. In Lebanon too, jewelry is the most cherished gift a lady can receive. That’s why it is jewelry that Lebanese women prefer over anything else. Not just women, in fact, it is jewelry that entire Lebanon appreciates the most!

The Lebanese people are multi-lingual, and French is a very popular language there. Many people in the region speak French as well as they speak English. In French, jewelry is called bijoux. Lebanese women mostly call jewelry bijoux. Liban is the French translation of Lebanon.

Why is jewelry so special? Some say that these are racial instincts that are found not just in human beings but in all mammals. In order to attract the mate, the individual tries to make herself stand out as much as possible. It’s this instinct that made jewelry popular all over the world. In the modern times jewelry does not have this significance, but there’s a hardly a woman who does not like bijoux. Lebanon (Liban, Libano) is not a special case from this perspective! However, in Lebanon, jewelry is considered the most affectionate and precious gift that a woman can get. Jewelry is a ruling trend here. Men like to have a strong and powerful impact like jewelry, and the women like to show themselves as precious as jewelry. Accordingly, they portray what we can call “jewelry Lebanon” or “bijoux Liban”. 

However, the jewelry Lebanon buys for women need not be expensive. It doesn’t need to be from a big brand name either. The bijoux Liban should have an attractive design, and should be of good quality. It should suit the woman’s dressing taste, and complement her look. Make sure the jewelry Lebanon picks up is tasteful and not out-of-the-world. Never buy punk jewelry for a lady.

These days jewelry is available in many varieties. The classic metal jewelry is an all-time favorite with women. You can also go for imitation gems or even for terracotta jewelry in earthy colors. Once you’ve made up your mind about the material, you’ll have an infinite number of bijoux Liban designs to select from. Different dresses and occasions demand different kinds of jewelry Liban, so jewelry is something you can buy often without going wrong.

There are select gift and jewelry stores in Lebanon that display the jewelry for you to browse and select. That’s a great way to source your gifts when you’re in the town, but what if you’re in another city, or even another country? Don’t despair. If you want to gift your beloved, or anyone else bijoux Liban, you can do so no matter where you are using the Internet. When you go to hadayalebanon.com, you can select from several jewelry Lebanon designs, and pay securely online for your selection by a single click.

The ordered jewelry can be delivered to you or to the recipient directly. The delivery is free in Great Beirut and for other locations you only have to pay a small amount. The system is very secure and convenient and is becoming the preferred method to order bijoux Liban. In fact you can visit the website with the lucky lady and get her opinion on the designs. Not every gift has to be a surprise you know! The online gift stores have many jewelry Lebanon designs, and there’s something for every taste in jewelry.

  Special People Deserve A Special Gift: Delicate Flowers

Flowers are an illogical gift. They’re delicate, they whither away too soon. They can’t be kept for weeks. Yet they make the most cherished gifts. Why? Because flowers are not about logic. They’re about feelings, and emotions. In Lebanon, people forge everlasting bonds, that’s why it’s a flower Lebanon prefers, and Lebanese people prefer when they want to give somebody a special gift.

Of course, flowers are an important part of almost every special occasion in Lebanon. Be it a marriage or a birthday party, or an anniversary, Flowers are a part of every function. Because of their traditional culture it is customary in Lebanon (Liban, Libano) to bring a small gift when you come to the party. Flower Lebanon guests bring to the parties are appreciated by the hosts.

Sometimes when you’re at loss for selecting a gift, you can’t figure what to give that will please your friend or relative. They might have everything, or you may not be able to find something that they might have a use for. In these situations, flower Lebanon is preferred over any other gift. Flowers can be given to any one confidently, because there’s no one in the world who doesn’t appreciate flowers.

There are a wide variety of flowers available. Some are common, while others are exotic. Exotic flowers are imported because they grow in weather conditions that are not found in Lebanon. These flowers that Lebanese people bring from other regions in refrigerated containers to preserve their freshness. Thanks to the modern shipment methods, you can find an infinite variety of flowers to select from. Of course imported flowers are slightly costlier.

These days you can place an order for flowers on the Internet too. Hadayalebanon.com has tie-ups with couriers and delivers anywhere in Lebanon. When you place an order online, the flowers are sent directly to the recipient. The delivery is free in Great Beirut and really inexpensive for other locations too. You can place the order for Fleur Liban on the website using your credit card. It’s secure and quick. You can even provide a note to go along with the flowers.

Internet has revolutionized flower sales, because you can select the look of the bouquet online, and since the deliveries are usually made form a central warehouse that stocks only the fresh flowers which are always beautiful. Thanks to the hadayalebanon.com, you can send flowers, chocolate, cakes, jewelry and other gifts to Lebanon.

So don’t waste time in the future wondering what you should bring your host. If you want to touch hearts, and yet save yourself a lot of money, always go for Fleur Liban through hadayalebanon.com. Flowers are a good gift anytime of the day or the night no matter what the occasion is, and you can get the best variety online.

 The Best Imitation Jewelry Looks Better Than Real Jewelry

You must have heard the saying – all that glitters is not gold. That’s right, there’s a lot that can glitter and look awesome without being as expensive as gold is. We’re talking about imitation jewelry or faux bijoux as it’s called in French. Imitation jewelry is made of materials that are not precious like gold, but are no less in attractiveness. That’s why it is so popular in Lebanon (Liban, Libano).

If you’re looking for the gold touch, you can buy imitation gold-plated imitation jewelry. Gold plated faux bijoux looks every bit like real gold jewelry (it’s real gold on the surface!), but can be bought at a fraction of the cost. It’s a great option when you want to leave a strong impact, and make a style statement without ruining your budget for months. Lebanon (Liba, Libano) has some great jewelry manufacturers, and imported jewelry is available here too.

Do you know why the designers of imitation jewelry can afford to have better designs than gold? The reason is popularity and flexibility. Imitation jewelry is sold in a very large number so the designers want to create enduring designs. Additionally there are limits to the amount of material used in the jewelry, so the designers don’t have to worry if faux bijoux is some grams too heavy. The third reason is that unlike gold the metals used to make faux bijoux are more malleable and can be cast in intricate shapes.

One more good thing about imitation jewelry is that you can afford to have a lot of designs. You can wear something different every-day, or something special to go with your dress when you go to a party. That’s why fashion conscious women prefer faux bijoux over real jewelry. Remember, when you get faux bijoux you don’t have to worry about looking outdated if the fashion changes, or not having the latest fashionable accessories. You can just put the old jewelry away, and go to any market in Lebanon (Liban, Libano) to buy new stuff.

Most buyers today buy real jewelry as an investment, and imitation jewelry to actually wear. It’s a reflection of the modern times and fashion, that changes not every month, but every week. It’s only faux bijoux that keep pace with the developments of the fashion world of Lebanon (Liban, Libano).

Although you’ll find cheap imitation jewelry on sale almost everywhere in Lebanon, it’s better to be careful. Very often the cheap imitation jewelry uses chemicals and compounds that are not good for the skin. It’s always best to buy the faux bijoux from a good store or a reliable manufacturer to prevent problems. These days you can also buy faux bijoux over the Internet.

The best thing about hadayalebanon.com is that they stock only the designs from reliable manufacturers and designers all over the world. The website also has a lot more designs of faux bijoux on sale than any offline vendor in Lebanon (Liban, Lebanon). Buying is also simpler. You can simply log on to the store, browse through the designs catalog, select the faux bijoux you want and pay online.

The jewelry is express shipped directly to your home. It’s fast, secure and convenient. There’s another advantage too. The online website sources jewelry in bulk, so they can offer you faux bijoux at a very good price. Just go online and look at the designs, you might actually end up saving money on discounts and offers when you buy faux bijoux online than from a store.

No matter where you are in Lebanon (Liban, Libano), or even if you live outside Lebanon and want to the send faux bijoux to you love ones living in Lebanon, don’t hunt around for faux bijoux. Get it online through hadayalebanon.com

  The idea of Gift giving in relationship with Lebanese communities

 Whenever it comes to gifts we often find ourselves in a very awkward position – either we never know what to give, or we do not know what would suit the person best. We try to pick the best thing for our friend, for our fellow colleague or for our distant relative that comes directly from Lebanon. Picking the right gift is never an easy thing, especially if you want to give a gift to someone in Lebanon. Specific Lebanon jewelry may sometimes be a choice, however you have to admit that sometimes that is a cliché and many people pick that for one reason or another (mostly because they do not know what else to buy to fit the nationalist profile as well). What I would call a “Lebanon gift” is what an individual would someone pick for an individual in a community inside or outside of Lebanon – so, when it comes to such situations, what is the best gift?

So, aside from all the mumbo-jumbo presented above in regards to friendship and all that – let us discuss something clear – what you should do when you want to send your friend in Lebanon a nice Lebanon gift. How about Lebanon Flowers of Lebanon jewelry? You know, this whole thing with gift sending throughout the world can be rather tricky – let us assume that through a coincidence, you live in Australia and last year through an exchange program, a Lebanese came and you two became friends. If you want to send him a gift, it will prove to be rather tricky – you would have to post it from one part of the planet to another – therefore it might not always be the best solution. What else is there, what else is there available? Simple – websites, but not just any other website, you have to pick one that has the best Lebanon gifts, no to mention rather moderated prices and has exactly what you need.

I mentioned above something about Lebanon flowers and Lebanon jewelry – jewelry is general easy to send however what happens to the flowers? Such a website, if it is reliable enough should be able to give you the opportunity of sending flowers without the risks of arriving completely destroyed. Just imagine the look on your friend’s face when she will see a beautiful bouquet that came all the way from Australia. This is a random example; in any case, you should understand what I am aiming at here.

If you have no idea what to buy your friend the internet can be a great mean for research. All you have to do is find a website that is dedicated to this type of products and choose the one you feel fits your friend better. On my research in regards to Lebanese gifts I have encountered the following website: www.hadayalebanon.com that containing ideas and gifts for your fellow Lebanese friend. The great part is that you can even shop by iPhone!

Good luck!

 Cheering up your Lebanese Friend – Buying a Gift

When it comes to different communities, things may get a bit tougher. You have to understand that each individual needs to hear from his friends and needs to know that people still care about him – a bit melodramatic, won’t you think? The unfortunate part is that all this is perfectly real – imagine having a friend in Lebanon (and you most probably have one since you stumbled upon this article) – giving him a few e-mails and an electronic birthday card just might not do the trick if you are really good friends. At this point, if you want to do something special, you can consider sending Lebanon flowers (if we are discussing about a girl), Lebanon jewelry and for that matter any other type of Lebanon gifts.

The art of gift giving is a rather hard one to master – I mean; we can all give flowers or chocolates as a gift; however, things become a bit more difficult when you truly want to surprise your friend through something special – break that idea of banality and come with something more interesting. This is where traditional gifts step in and make a difference. How do these traditional gifts make a difference? Lebanon gifts raise the spirit of the individual – make him feel better by reminding him what he should be proud about (his heritage) – can you already see the smile on his face?

The trick is to keep your eyes open for the type of gift you are looking for – as mentioned before, sending flowers on long distances may prove to be rather though but fortunately, you can find websites that provide this type of service. Make sure they are reliable enough and they will not send some weeds over to your friends.

If you have to buy gifts for a female friend in a Lebanese community the best choice aside from the typical Lebanese gift would be buying some Lebanese jewelry – not only that you would be addressing her feminine side but you would also put a smile on her face by reminding her of home. Compared to decorative gifts this has the advantage that can be worn thus making it more useful. Of course, when it comes to Lebanese gifts you should know better what you want to give or what the receiver likes. Now, it all comes down to where you can find these gifts – it is not as if you will find at the Mall a series of specialized-shops for each culture – so I would recommend a bit of Internet research since the results will often be satisfactory. In my research, I have encountered numerous websites, and some of the best ones are: www.gifts-to-lebanon.com and www.hadayalebanon.com . Personally, I found some rather interesting things there so I recommend you to take a tour of each website.

  Lebanon jewelry or flowers - The best gift for your Lebanese friend

Assuming you have a Lebanese friend, what would be the best gift for him? Now, it all depends on how well you know him and how special you want the gift to be – based on this, you should be able to narrow down your choices. However, let me make things a bit more interesting for you – how about considering something traditional, how about considering something that will remind him of home or will remind him of whom she or he is. I can tell that it will make quite a difference and will bring a smile on your friend’s face without a doubt. No matter if you the person receiving the gift is a friend or someone you need to send a type of business gift, when it comes to communities I always recommend sending traditional gifts since those go to the soul of the individual, compared to typical gifts that are simply considered acts of good will.

The principle of gift giving is that you should make the other one feel better through that certain gift and how can you make the other one feel better by making him feel a lot closer to his friend. Having a long-distance relationship, even a friendship can prove to be rather tricky especially if now and then you want to send your Lebanese friend a small token of your gratitude – consider Lebanon jewelry or flowers at any time, but the problem of distance still exists therefore you have to sort this out and surprise your friend with a wonderful gift.

The principle behind all this? Make your friend happy and make yourself happy in the process – as I mentioned it before, assuming that your friend’s birthday is coming up, it would be recommended not to only send him a nice e-mail but a nice gift along the way too. This is where Lebanon jewelry and Lebanon flowers come in handy – I know that for a male friend, jewelry and flowers may not be the perfect gift (rather amusing!) but for a woman – the surprise and the gift will make her feel like being in the ninth cloud. For a male friend you will surely find from a variety of both useful and interesting gifts to send him – just remember to pick a reliable source for these gifts.

Remember that Lebanon gifts are easily found on the internet. This is probably the major worry of all people that are in the lookout for Lebanon gifts – since there are not a million shops in the mall from which you can buy specific products. Check for Lebanon gifts on the internet within the following websites: www.hadayalebanon.com

  Missing your Lebanese Girlfriend? How about sending her some Lebanon flowers

Having a relationship as filled with feelings such a romance over a great distance can prove to be rather tricky – not only that but it can be painful too. From my personal experience I can tell that I enjoy giving gifts to the people I love and I see them quite often since they at least live in the same country as I do – I can imagine how difficult it can get for someone that is unable to see his or her beloved one, and how important it is to send a gift once in a while. Having a girlfriend in Lebanon should not keep you away from sending her a nice present sometimes – consider a new type of gift giving – the one done through the internet.

You may ask – how is that done, how are people supposed to send gifts through the internet? Rather easy, let us assume you want to give your little Lebanese girlfriend some cute earrings or other Lebanon jewelry, or even better, impress her with some Lebanese flowers that look like they have just been cut from the garden. This is not impossible – however, if you plan to do it yourself, you may encounter some serious problems with shipping and packing, therefore, why not let somebody else deal with this? Such as a website – now, when it comes to Lebanon gifts even as problematic as a bouquet of Lebanon flowers you should not worry – there are websites on the internet that promise you shipping from any place on the Planet – you can be in Australia or in India and you can still send your friend a couple of Lebanon flowers.

The most important part of this process is not necessarily picking the gift since by now you should know what she likes or what she would want to receive. The problematic part is picking a website that will not cause more damage than happiness – remember that are millions of websites out there that cannot wait to rob you and forget about you. One such website is www.hadayalebanon.com. I used the first website a few months ago to buy and ship a gift for my Lebanese friend and they got there ok, I had no problems with payment and everything ran smoothly. I have recently found out that you can search for your gift even through your iPhone.

If you go to one of those two websites, you will soon notice the gift categories you can send – everything from flowers to chocolate, to balloons and teddy bears for your lovely Lebanese girlfriend. I should let you know that the pictures are quite accurate and they present the actual product, and not something very different from what the receiver will see (as it often happens with online gift sending).

Keeping Close to your Lebanese Friends or Family

It is often needed for children to leave their nests and leave for a different country – this does not make it the end of the world, and surely not an eternal source for sorrow. No matter how dramatic the previous statement may sound, I can assure you that is true – as a youth I often hoped to leave the country for better and one day I finally left. I cannot say it was easy at the beginning or that I felt relief once I got there but I learnt to get over that. Now, you may ask me, what is the connection between this and giving Lebanon gifts to your Lebanese friends or family.

There are numerous articles on the internet treating the subject of “surprising your Lebanese friend with a Lebanon gift” however, they rarely speak from the perspective of an individual that has left home and still wants to surprise his friends and relatives, even if it is with small tokes of gratitude (gifts in other words). As I mentioned in the first part of the article – all this may seem a bit to sweet and you will probably like me to get down to business and tell you what all this is about. Consider it done.

There are things you can do when it comes to reminding your folks that you miss them or when you just want to mention “hey, I really love you, and just because I’m away it does not mean I cannot show that” (too long of a line, I know, but you get the picture). The only existing problem is that you have to find some sort of mean that will give you the opportunity of sending Lebanon gifts from any place in the whole wide world – consider you are traveling and you want to send you family a gift – no problem just type the web address, complete your request, pay for it and your family will immediately receive the desired gift.

Now you should always pay attention to frauds since people often thrive on such gestures. There are several websites on the internet such as www.hadayalebanon.com that will present you with option towards buying a Lebanon gift. As you can see, they came with a wide range of products – from Lebanon jewelry to Lebanon flowers to chocolates, teddy bears and so on. All you have to do is pick the one that suits your needs best – depending on what you want to express, chocolates or teddy bears may do the trick.

Remember to show your family that you miss them and that you have not forgotten them by keeping in touch and sending them a gift at least occasionally.

  My experience with Lebanon Flowers and Lebanon Jewelry

 I have a friend that lives somewhere near Beirut and I often chat with her using my instant messaging account, through e-mails or even through webcam and online voice services. However, I found at some point that showing how much she means to me cannot be done through some e-mails and video calls only – therefore I decided to send her a gift. In the past I have tried this gift sending, however it turned out to be a real disaster – I was in Holland at that time and I wanted to send her a box of chocolates along with a bracelet – nothing fancy. I mailed it and she never quite received my gift, and I do not even know where it got lost along the way.

Now I have reached a different conclusion – using websites that take care of everything and all I have to do is pick the gift and pay for it. This time I wanted to give her a bouquet of Lebanon flowers along with Lebanon jewelry (the bracelet that never reached her) therefore I started researching on the internet for websites that will be able to provide this type of service. The search was long and rather annoying – the results for Lebanon gifts in my search engine lead me either to shops that were phony or to shops that took a million years to process a damned order. I finally reached www.hadayalebanon.com. I first said that it had to be a scam since one website promoted the other one, but nevertheless, I contacted them and asked how reliable they are (not that I would have trusted their replies, mostly just wondering whether they answer their e-mails).

They seemed rather convincing therefore I was interested in their offer. As you might have noticed on the www.hadayalebanon.com you can pick from quite a lovely selection of Lebanon gifts – high quality and wrapped more beautiful than what you may receive for Christmas. I was even a bit jealous on my friend receiving the gifts because I was so curious what the chocolates I sent her tasted like (she later notified me that they were wonderful). This experience was a very pleasant one – I had no trouble placing the order and the gift reached her right in time for her birthday (exactly as I wanted it in the first place). Probably the loveliest thing that I found there was the attitude – they seemed to enjoy making people happy. The Lebanon flowers I sent to my friend got there intact, not even one leaf broken, and the chocolates and Lebanon jewelry picked reached their destination in the same clear manner.

What can I say – if you are ever in the look-out for a Lebanon gift and you do not know how to send it to your friend, simply check one of these websites: www.hadayalebanon.com and you will not be disappointed.

 A gift can change everything

A rather interesting cliché – don’t you think? This whole thing about how a gift can change everything, I mean. Often I wondered how pleasant it must be to have a friend that is far away from me and him or her sending me a surprise gift by mail – I would simply be thrilled beyond content. Recently, I have heard some one discussing about his friends in Lebanon and how he would like to make them smile with a lovely gift and how difficult it is to mail gifts out there – mostly because of the distance.

Break the barriers, forget about distance

If this is your case too – if you too have a friend in Lebanon that you want to surprise with a gift this is the best article for you. Breaking the distance barriers is not that tough as it may sound – forget about mailing your gifts to Lebanon, not only because of the risks but also because of the costs. Just consider how much it costs you to send a couple of chocolate and some Lebanon jewelry to your Lebanese friend – not to mention the fact that you have to hope that the chocolate will not rotten by the time it gets there. Breaking the barriers of Lebanon gifts at distance is through a website that takes care of everything – you see, these websites usually represent a bunch of people living in Lebanon and therefore they can properly send the gift without any risk of damage.

 Consider the risks

 Risks? What risk? The only risk that exists is that you may end up dealing with a phony website, but most people are smarter than being caught in that web. The great part about all this is that you can live in Canada, China or even Australia and you can still greet your Lebanese friend with a lovely Lebanon gift. There are no risks of broken flowers, of rotten chocolates, of defective Teddy bears.

 Making a difference

 When your family, your friends or your fiancé back in Lebanon will see the Lebanon gifts you sent them, they will surely give them a huge happiness boost. Imagine how your fiancée’s expression would be like after she receives a wonderful and romantic gift. You may now ask, how you can find such a great website – usually, it is just a few “search engines” away if you get my grip. I would suggest one of these two websites, however: www.hadayalebanon.com since they offer high-quality services (I tried them out on my own, or else I would not be telling you about them). If you have any questions I would recommend using the contact page since the answers are quite prompt, friendly and concise.

Have fun surprising your family and friend with wonderful Lebanon gifts!