Language and Religion
Only a small percentage of all remaining Italian Lebanese speak some Italian, while the majority of them speak Arabic as a first language and French and/or English as second language, and are mainly Catholics. Their main organizations are the former Associazione Nazionale Pro Italiani del Libano (ANPIL) and the Istituto Italiano di Cultura di Beirut (IICB)
The Italian Lebanese of the new generations are assimilated to the Lebanese society, and most of them speak only Arabic and French and English (only a few young Italian Lebanese know some basic words in Italian). In religion, most of the young generations are Roman Catholics, while only a few young girls or boys are converted to Islam mainly because of marriage and also others are descendants of Italian converts.
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