French Culture

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To understand how the French are different from other people, one must understand their relationship to their past and their artistic and cultural legacy. This paper looks at how French culture is constituted and some of the key aspects of French culture and ways of behaving. The paper shows how French culture differs from the author's own, one who was raised in Syria amid Arabic standards of behavior, belief and culture.

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"It should of course be noted for those who might not remember their history that France was once an overlord in Syria, and so has perhaps left something of a heritage in the sense of an appreciation for French culture and the importance of French intellectual contributions. The Arabs, in alliance with the British and French, fought the Turks for the rest of World War I and participated in the capture of Damascus in 1918. In 1919 British forces withdrew from the area assigned to France, leaving French troops in control. The following year France, with the understanding that Syria and Lebanon were to become independent within a reasonably short time, was granted a mandate over them by the League of Nations."

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