Not Quite White? The Lebanese of West Africa - Books & ideas
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‘Towards the end of his life, the anthropologist Fuad I. Khuri recalled being stopped by an immigration official at Kumasi airport in Ghana. On being asked his nationality, he answered, without a thought, “Lebanese”. The officer then, Khuri recounted, “tilted his head forward, and repeated slowly: ‘Na-tio-na-li-ty?’. When again being told ‘Yes! Le-ba-nese,’ he took a deep breath and said, with a touch of anger, “Sir, I am not asking about your profession!”’