Life in the Middle East

When a person lives in places unknown to him, lots of observation, learning and adaptation will take place. Adapt those to this new environment, customs, traditions and other self are important factors to live a life other that you had known. If a person has lived in the countries of the Middle East or Gulf State for more than a decade, there will be many things and events that could occur. The things which have been surprising events fear and most of all the peaceful living.

These three things come in someone's mind who lived in the"Middle East or the Gulf States". It is a place consisting of different countries / Gulf States with amazing geographical curiosities and different views of other places. For their dress, most men usually wear white trousers or serwal, ghutra (ghutra is usually checked red and white or plain white used to cover their head) and uggal, which is the black ring used to contain the ghutra or head cover. They put on the "Thawb", usually white, grey or black, with ground straight cut. It is brought to the top of their shirt or serwal. Serwal is like an underpant. Women wear the normal dress for women then wear the "Abaya". It is a loose black dress with embroidery or ornamental motifs around the neck, as well as on the side and bottom of the dress. It is worn at the top of their dress and a veil to cover their faces.

For food, most of them eat food i.e. shawarma, mashboos, biryani harris, fish and rice. When it comes to greetings, Arabs have different ways of speaking Arabic. Their Arab languages differ from an Arab country to another. Arab countries such as the Egypt, Morocco, Libya, Algeria, Tunisia, Lebanon, Palestine, Sudan, Iraq, States of the Gulf such as; Saudi Arabia, to the Kuwait, Qatar, United Arab Emirates United, Bahrain and Oman) speak different languages Arabic, but there are Arab countries which can understand each other with common Arabic being spoken by the Arab majority. For example: salvation as: "salam alaykum" and the answer is "salam alaykum" is used by most Arab countries. But when you say how are you? the common Arabic phrase is "kephalak" (address to a man, "Kephik" (address to a woman), the answer will be varied accordingly.) In the Qatar, "zein" or "mamnoon", in Egypt, it is "tammam" or "kuwaisa" for woman, "kuwais" for men. In Iraq, how are you in Arabic will be "Slonik ente (address to a woman),"enta slonek"to a man." Arabic scribble or write their words from right to left. They include a number like: one-wahad, two-etnein, three-talata, four-arba, five-kamsa, six sita, seven-sabah, eight-tamanya, nine-tisaa and ten - ashara etc.

Sands, sand dunes, deserts, camel, donkey, sea sites, Nile, etc. relates that Middle Eastern ground parts. The pyramid in Egypt was too unbelievable. You can see the size of the blocks of stone which was huge and try to imagine how they asked one another to build a pyramid. A camel of riding is very exciting and at the same time scary. When it comes to religion, Islam is dominated by a practice everywhere in the Arab world. You can hear the "call to Prayer" Sun break at the sunset in a loudspeaker of the mosque, starting with a phrase "Allah Akbar". "(God is great).

When people hear the call to prayer, you begin see Muslim people leave their jobs or going to their houses to the mosque to gather and pray. Prayer last 5-10 minutes. When they pray that they must deal with the Quiblah (direction to Mecca to Jeddah). In the hotel, you will find rooms designated only to pray, guest or employee. During the period of Ramadan, Muslim fast and abstain from food and water sun break at the Sun for 30 days. It is very important that expatriates who are non-Muslims respect the people who have been fasting by showing do not eat or drink and smoke even in their view. Muslims call their "Bible", Holy Koran. He is well respected and treated with the greatest care.

The Arab countries and the Gulf States have national multi expatriate. Most of them are employed contractors from the category of entrepreneurs, entrepreneurs builder, workers, hotel, and workers, doctors, nursing, accounting, technicians, teachers and many other oil drilling. Contract workers is generally India, Sri lanka, Philippines, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, Africa, Europe, England, Russia, the Egypt, U.S. and others are minority. Most of the Arabs I have met have been polished, reserve and educated. Most of the children in the countries of the Gulf were sent outside of higher education such as Europe, America and others. It is important that when you live in the Middle East or the States of the Gulf, the customs, traditions and religion are observed and respected.

Natividad Imm, IMM Marketing
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