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Originally Posted by moeloubani
I don't know why you would think that. In the Middle East people are friendlier than they are anywhere else in the world. If you have ever gone there you'd know that, they bend over backwards to show good hospitality to you as long as you're not giving them a reason to hate you. Anyone and everyone is welcome, the Polish or Irish guy is just as welcome as the next guy, welcome to live there open up shop and be one of the bunch.
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Unless, of course, you have a woman with you. I went to Egypt several years ago and while most of the people were very friendly to us I think much of it was simply because we were tourist. However, I did spend a day out with just a cab driver and myself and did meet a lot of cool people who were nice to me.
That said there were two situations that stuck out in my mind. One afternoon we all went to a market. Our tour guide told us that women can't be alone. There were some women who were traveling without guys and the guide said they need to group up so they are with a man or they could have some problems.
The last night I was there a bunch of us went out to smoke the hookah pipe and celebrate the end of our vacation. It took us nearly an hour to find a hookah place that would allow women and they made us sit outside.
So you are welcome and part of the party, unless you have a vagina.
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The people in the Middle East hate Americans because you guys are the ones supporting and funding their oppression. Why wouldn't they hate Americans?
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How do we Americans oppress them? We do help fund their government through various ways mostly through the purchase of oil, but it is their leadership that chooses to oppress us. Do you think the President of the US is telling the leaders of Saudi Arabia to treat its citizens like dogs?
[/QUOTE]Anyone who has gone to the Middle East and isn't an American will agree with me, hands down the nicest people on Earth. The lack of tolerance for anything different? They have diverse cultures there, Christians living alongside Muslims for the longest time with no problems. Sunni and Shiite isn't the giant issue you think it is, it's blown way out of proportion in the media and is as much a feud as is the Orthodox Christian vs Catholic thing and that's really not an issue around here, is it?
Arabs have been living in the center of the world for the history of mankind. They are very tolerant, look at all the people that go to Dubai. Historically Arabs have always been very welcoming and friendly people, known throughout the world as hospitable and courteous. It is only recently that people have been fed this 'Arabs are monsters' idea so that they don't feel so bad about murdering them by the thousands.[/QUOTE]
There has been nothing but unrest, violence and problems in that part of the world since the beginning of written history. Herodotus wrote about the unrest around 450 BC and it hasn't stopped. It seems to me like the Arab states mostly hate each other, but they all agree to hate Israel, but if Israel ceased to exist tomorrow they would go right back to fighting each other.
That part of the world has known nothing but blood in the sand since the beginning of time. I'm not saying they a warmongers, but I don't think they are as peaceful as you might think.
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Arabs are the same as me and you, and although America has only been populated for the past 300 years or so while the Middle East has been populated and exposed to people from all cultures for thousands of years. Thousands!!
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In the end this is true. A lot of middle eastern people that I have known in my life just want to be happy. They want to live their lives, raise their families and be successful.