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By: Groomy « Saudi Jeans

Groomy « Saudi Jeans — Mon, 05 Jul 2010 12:34:41 +0000

[...] than my fair share of them. It’s just one part of the social obligations that come with the ties we talked about before. And with the high number of young single men in the family, it seems there [...]

By: Hala

Hala — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 02:48:41 +0000

You are definitely catching a flare…

By: Jasmine

Jasmine — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 15:53:17 +0000

Spot on!

By: Adriana

Adriana — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 00:50:24 +0000

Non-Muslims don’t have strong family ties???!?!?

I guess he’s never been around Italians! God I wish my family would sometimes back off a bit!

By: stacy

stacy — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 11:18:36 +0000

Its interesting that “non-Muslim” generalisations always completely ignore the large majority of non-Muslims (ie, Hindu, Buddhist etc) who live in the East and whose lives are a lot more like the Muslims they speak of than the non-Muslims they refer to.

I’d say their expert gets all his qualifications from watching too much Showtime in the evenings.

By: amazonbaby

amazonbaby — Sun, 27 Jun 2010 02:09:36 +0000

Everyone beat me to it. I was going to say something about this comment in the article:

“He also said such matters do not usually worry non-Muslim societies because family bonds are not very important for them in general.”

Where on earth do so called Saudi experts get their information about the “infidel’s family structure”? I haven’t heard or seen any surveys.

Family is important is us infidels, too. Just because we don’t all live together or marry our cousins, doesn’t mean family isn’t important to us.

Our society used to operate just like yours with large extended families living together or close by. But as i’m sure you already know, our culture is more mobile. With job moves and people just wanting to experience something new by living somewhere else, people live far away from family.

I, like others, get so tired of being accused that we don’t value family.

And, Ahmed, love your writing. You are single handly opening up Saudi culture. Keep it up.

By: Arianna A.

Arianna A. — Sat, 26 Jun 2010 21:17:47 +0000

I just have to say that this is by far my favorite post of yours!! You PERFECTLY stated these matters in such an ideal sarcastic way! Keep this style of writing coming :)

By: Az

Az — Sat, 26 Jun 2010 02:14:28 +0000

Haha. Love your commentary! And DAMN IT do they HAVE to always have the “western/infidel” world bashing as usual? I’m living in Canada right now and I cannot disagree more -family ties are very important to almost all the people I met! I wish the Saudis would stop thinking the same way all the time and try to explore and open their minds, but, as we all know, hell will freeze over before that happens.

By: Mr. Mark

Mr. Mark — Fri, 25 Jun 2010 12:41:05 +0000

Whoops! Was RANT, not “rank”

By: Mr. Mark

Mr. Mark — Fri, 25 Jun 2010 12:39:25 +0000

Without a doubt, this is the finest “rank” that I have read in many, many months. It could have been written by any American who finds him/herself in the same position as the people you describe. Especially family inheritances. Sign me “A Houston Fan.”