‘I’d be very careful about how I’d approach people here’
She said she had not had any issues with locals as a female since arriving in the southern part of Lebanon, where the population is mainly Muslim.
“I’d be very careful about how I would approach Lebanese people here. I normally wait for them to make the first introduction. Sometimes they’d be quite happy to shake your hand, other times they might just put their hand on their heart. I would just do the same back to them. Sometimes, it’s their thing that they don’t touch a female.”
