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Uploaded by JukeProductions on 2017-03-29.

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The Syrians have their own independence day April 17th, the day they became a country. This is very similar to the independence day of the U.S., the 4th of July.

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In middle eastern countries, weddings are a huge life accomplishment and they throw an insanely huge party.

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In Arabic, "Marhaba. Kief halak?" means, "Hi. How are you?"

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The reason my grandma came to this country was because her family wanted to have the opportunity to live without fear.

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America has adopted many foods from Syria including the very popular Humus.

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This Syrian building is the Temple of Bel. It was built by the Romans back in 600 A.D.

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In Syria the President is elected by the People's Council which is made up of 250 people.

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Something I learned about my nationality that I never knew before is that there are different dialects of Arabic.

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The first relative of mine to come into this country was my grandma Randa.

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1 Syrian Pound = 0.0047 of a US dollar

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My heritage is mixture of Syrian and Palestinian with Syrian from my dad's side and Palestinian from my mom's