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1Lebanon: Selling AirLiban, Mivarotra Rivotra
2Here is an anecdote that may (or may not) show how industrious the Lebanese can be in coming up with strange ideas to make money or to show their nationalism.Misy tranga iray ity mety (na tsia) mampiseho izay mety hampiasan'ny Libaney ny talentany amin'ny hevitra tsy dia mahazatra hahazoana vola sy hampisehoana ny “fitiavan-tanindrazana”.
3Ms Rasha Najjar came up with the idea of trapping air in cans and exporting them.Ramatoa Rasha Najjar no nahita ny hevitra hoe angonina amin'ny tavoahangy ny rivotra ary alefa any ivelany.
4So canned air from Lebanon was produced and exported to be sold to Lebanese living abroad.Novokarina ary ny “rivotra avy any Liban” voatahiry ao anaty tavoahangy ary nalefa tany ivelany hamidry amin'ireo zanaka ampielezana Libaney.
5Bloggers at Stuff Lebanese People Like and at Ramblings of a Lebanese Hopeful were quick to report on the frenzy.Haingana dia haingana ireo mpitoraka blaogy ao amin'ny Stuff Lebanese People Like sy Ramblings of a Lebanese Hopeful nitantara ity hadalana ity.
6Tri-Klop posted a promotional video clip of the “Hawa Lebnan” [Lebanese Air] cans and wrote:Nampiseho horonan-tsary misy dokambarotry ny tavoahangy vy “Hawa Lebnan” [Rivotra Libaney] i Tri-Klop, ary nanoratra hoe :
7Lebanese like to buy and sell everything.Tia mividy sy mivarotra izao rehetra izao ny Libaney.
8Lebanese like to believe they are connected to the ancient sea-faring Phoenician tradesmen.Mino izy ireo fa mifandray amin'ireo mpivarotra Poenician nonina an-dranomasina taloha.
9So in addition to their major passtime - eating air (pun intended for those who speak Lebanese), Lebanese also like to sell air. Lebanese have succeeded in putting Lebanese air - Hawa Lebnan - in cans and exporting them.Noho izany, ankoatra ny fialam-boliny - mihinana rivotra (sarin-teny natao ho an'ireo miteny Libaney), dia tia mivarotra rivotra koa ny Libaney.
10The can has the stamp of the Lebanese Ministry of Economy and Trade.Nahomby ny fanangonana rivotra Libaney - Hawa Lebnan - tamin'ny tavoahangy sy ny fanondranana azy.
11Meanwhile, Antoun wrote that the Lebanese are just as industrious and entrepreneurial as any other people:Misy ny fitomboky ny Ministeran'ny Toekarena sy ny Varotra ao Liban moa ny tavoahangy.
12An eBay saavy friend of mine once told me that the Chinese are willing to sell anything on eBay, “even their mothers”, if the price is right.Etsy andanin'izany, nanoratra i Antoun fa manana talenta sy sahy mampiasa vola tahaka ny olona hafa ihany ny Libaney :
13My response to that is that the Lebanese are just as industrious and entrepreneurial in this regard as any other people.Ny azoko avaly izao dia manana talenta ary sahy mampiasa vola toy ny olona rehetra ny Libaney.
14The difference between the Chinese and the Lebanese, however, is that the Chinese will actually follow through with the sale, or at least, you'll get what you paid for.Ny tsy hitovian'ny Sinoa sy ny Libaney kosa dia ny sinoa manaraka ny varotra ataony, na farafaharatsiny hovoarainao ny entana nandoavanao vola.
15The Lebanese merchant, on the other hand, will try every trick in the book to outbid, outsmart, outwit and outdo the customer such that he comes up on top and still manages to convince the customer of the great bargain he has made.Ny Libaney kosa dia hanandrana ny hevitra rehetra hanambatambazany ny mpividy, hangalany vola betsaka amin'izy ireo, nefa mbola ho afaka mandresy lahatra azy ihany amin'ny ady varotra nataony.
16Case in point: Canned Lebanese Air, or Hawa Lebnan.Ohatra mivaingana : Ny rivotra Libaney atao anaty tavoahangy.
17Rasha Najjar, the kooky lady that came up with the idea, asserts that this is not a marketing ploy, but rather a very nationalist initiative.Milaza i Rasha Najja, ilay vehivavy toy ny adala nahita io hevitra io fa tsy fitadiavam-bola io fa fitiavan-tanindrazana.