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Happy Levantine's Day!
this post was submitted on 14 Feb 2026
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Who is Levantine? Who are those people in the photo?
Google tells me "The term Levantine generally refers to Europeans (often British, French, or Italian) who settled in the Eastern Mediterranean during the Ottoman period, forming a distinct, cosmopolitan community.
In the context of the Levant, the Barry family refers to a prominent British merchant family that was part of the Levantine community in the Ottoman Empire, particularly in Izmir (Smyrna) and Istanbul (Constantinople). "
Oh, and the photo is the Barry's. So now I understand the pieces, but I don't really get it.
I'm assuming it's a (quite bad) pun making a play on valentine's day.
Levantines are AFAIK Romance-speaking, Christian people living in the Levant.