What is the difference between Palestinian, Lebanese, jordanian, and Syrian?

Question

are they all not the same people with similar culture sharing one language, culture etc??? like what is the difference between Palestinian Dabka Vs. Lebanese Dabke?

Answer 1

They are probably originally all the same people. Just we have different aspects to our culture. Like people just pronounce words differently, like in America. People from New York sound different fro People from Texas. As for the dabka thing its just those people took a different view on it and added their own twist to it.

Just look at it like this. Arabs come from the same source and are descendants of one of Abraham's (pbuh) son and when they went to different lands the groups there just added their own twist to their own culture.

Answer 2

A common misconception about the Middle East is that the Arabs are simply a homogenous mass. When the first settlers arived in North America, they made the same mistake by simply classifying all Native American tribes as simply "Indians".

Each individual area in the Middle East has its own dialect, accent, and culture. The Damascene dialect, for example, differs greatly from the dialect spoken in Jordan and Palestine. The same is true for Allepans, Beiruties, Bedouins, etc. At the same time, there are varying levels of what is culturaly acceptable. For example, a certain level of modesty might be acceptable in Beirut, but would raise eyebrows in Syria. Modesty and traditions vary from area to area. The Debkae, however, is one trait common to all Levantine countries.

In short, Palestine, Lebanon, Jordan, and Syria have their own unique cultures and sub-cultures, though they are all linked through genetic traits and various general cultural rules.