Around December of 2008, My parents decided to travel to Yemen to join our family that are living there. I was born in the State of Michigan; so this was my first time traveling to Yemen. Even though I am going to experience a lot of things in that country, there is going to be plenty of difference between the United States and Yemen. Three of these differences are the lifestyle, education, and holidays. Till this day, most of these things still occur in the family such as holidays and lifestyle.
When I first arrived Yemen I noticed many different things. One of the huge things I experienced and seen was the different lifestyle. First, people over there work so hard to feed their kids and makes sure that they are living healthy and strong.
As I grew older, between the transition of a child to a teenager, I learned more about my family, its culture and background, and even some back story about how they came to the United States to the first place. Back at home, my parents are certainly not home for long and everyday we weren't
Travelling abroad is an opportunity of a lifetime and can be specifically life-changing if one becomes a part of the culture. Adapting to an unfamiliar culture in a third-world country can be a shock when coming from a first-world country. The atmosphere is completely diverse, from the people to the food to their daily lives. However, the new country feels more like a home than a vacation destination when fully immersed in the culture. So what are the similarities and differences between living in a first-world country like the United States and living in a third-world country such as Fiji? Fijians and Americans are alike in some of their personality traits but vary in their food and daily lives.
If one were to visit different countries and societies throughout the world, they may notice the many differences and similarities each region shares. This makes the world a very unique place because there is constant change and diversity everywhere we look, no matter the distance traveled. A prime example of this would be the similarities and differences between the United States of America and Mexico. Although the two are neighboring countries, there is a great deal of diversity amongst them that deserve a thorough examination.
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First of all, Saudi Arabia and China have some similarities. The former has the international airports and the latter has too. Saudi Arabia keen on literature just as China does. Fast food is popular not only in China put also in Saudi Arabia, for examples, Mc Donald's hamburgers, French fries and Kentucky fried chicken. In addition, both Saudi Arabia and China have made a mutually enriching exchange of cuisine. There are Chinese restaurants in Saudi Arabia, where diners can enjoy Chinese food, for instance Chinese meal in Suzhou with rice, shrimp, eggplant and vegetable s...
D Women, especially, use their religious and cultural traditions to adjust to their new country, sustain their families, and build more secure communities
The world can be organized by scientists and geographers in a variety of ways. One of the main distinctions when separating countries is whether they are developing or if they are developed. A developing country is a country that is struggling in many ways including lack of agricultural technology, control over its population, and has yet to become highly industrialized. A developed country on the other hand is farther along and has worked on stabilizing most of the problems that developing countries often face. Egypt, being a developing country, and United States, being a developed countries, show many differences between the two types of countries. These differences are most notable in the population control and agricultural differences between
The first few weeks went swimmingly. My grandmother would cook hearty Syrian meals for us and my grandfather would tell more stories than Stephen King. Then one day after school, I went downstairs to deliver their mail and good ole grandpa returned the favor with a lecture.
Yemen a great desert in the Arabic peninsula , located south to the kingdom of Saudi Arabia and left to Oman , has also a shore : mainly on the Red Sea and on the Gulf of Aden. Yemen has some natural resources (oil) but unfortunately it is considered as the poorest Arabic country. Yemen is now The Republic of Yemen because of the reunification made on 22nd May 1990. Before that day Yemen was divided into two separate countries , the first known as the North Yemen Republic which was controlled by tribes so far the worst tribal system in the world , on the other side , the Yemen of the South known as the world’s worst communist regime. But in 1994 , a civil war turned the south and the north against each other. We are going to study this civil war in a chronological order , from where it started to where it ended.
As it is known in Saudi Arabia, most of the Saudi families have large numbers of children. I grew up within a big family that contains five sisters and two brothers. We lived, ate, played and did everything together in the same house until everyone got married, which is a big house that consists of three floors. My parents accustomed us to assist and respect each other. We also meet and discuss the urgent family issues together.
Culture is a learned set of beliefs, values, norms, customs, traditions, ideas, and attitudes that contributes to human behavior within a region. Culture is a common way of being and thinking that is passed from generation to generation to the members within a society. These commonalities within communities create a pattern that is recognizable and distinct from one region to the next. The social structure, religion, geography, and lifestyle is what shapes, an ever changing, culture; the shared belief and social system, along with their way of life, is what makes a societies individuals part of that culture. Culture can be seen in all regions of the world, including Yemen, a country that is rich in culture even though it may not be rich economically.
I was dreading this trip because I was not excited to be in 100 degree weather and be surrounded by people speaking only in Arabic. However, during my time there, I saw how living in Egypt shaped my parents values and influenced their lives. Even though they lived in America, they stayed true to their Egyptian heritage by valuing family, education, and their faith before anything else. It was evident that the customs, food, and language in Egypt greatly varied from other cultures and I began to learn how to appreciate these
Every country has differences if I will compare with another country depend on culture, size, history, and population. Also, if I want to compare between two cities inside one country there are a lot of differences. Because that the comparing between Saudi Arabia and United States of America it is huge different. It impossible to compare about the size because it is continent and city of continent. I was living in Riyadh the capital city of Saudi Arabia and now I am living in Dallas city of Texas. I have been in America for five months. I have culture shock about some differences here in America. The three big differences family, driving, and education.
According to Allen Fromherz, in spite of the rapid modernization in Qatar, the conflict between modernity and traditionalism that modernity is meant to create, is absent in the nation. Fromherz argues that the western assumption about modernity leading to loss in historical and traditional values is not applicable to Qatar. The smooth way in which the nation changed from a place of poverty to a nation having one of the most successful economy in the world is astonishing. The traditional and tribal affiliations that should have been eradicated by the modernization were instead more strengthened by the economy brought by the oil industry. However modern the country may look to an outsider, the tribal and traditional values are not lost in the mindsets of at least the older generation of Qatari citizens. Fromherz suggests that Islamic modernism somehow shielded Qatar from the ill – effects of postmodernism.
From the eleven hour plane ride that I luckily managed to sleep through, to the eleven hour plane ride back into Canada, it felt like I had simply blinked and the whole thing happened in my mind. However, armed with a heavy suitcase filled with souvenirs, a ton of family photos, to be placed next to old ones from our last trip to Egypt, I knew I had the best family vacation. I had spent time with my relatives, who had grown and changed so much since our last visit nearly a decade ago. Catching up on the events of their lives and spending time with them touring the major city locations will always be in my memories. Visiting all the ancient historical sites in my homeland helped me to reconnect with my cultural roots, inspiring me to relearn Arabic, my parent’s native language. The trip’s inspiration may have come about rather spontaneously, but my father’s perfect execution and planning skills led to a smooth sailing trip, maximizing on our time revisiting our roots back in our homeland of