Well i haven't been in an Arab country before, but living in Turkey, i know many things about Arabian culture. It has pros and cons like every culture but recently cons are somewhat more than pros, result of the current political shape of the world. Religion, being the worst thing in Arabian culture, is not in many aspects derived from "original Islam". If you look closely, each nation in the middle east are have different understandding of Islam, which is shaped by current political figures. Before Islamic revolution in Iran, it wasn't bad living there, you could do whatever you wanted, in Saudi Arabia, before oil became important as today, people just lived as they wanted.. But with the religious figures taking power, and supported secretly by other nations who wanted puppet governments in middle-east, religion became the center of the government, and they changed Islam how they wanted, preventing women freedom was a good way to ensure new generations raised in fear of slavery and oppression, thus becoming sheep, all they had to do was obey.. And this created today's Arabic countries.. And this is the reason Arabic countries look so bad.. Before Islamic revolutions, if you knew someone from Arabic culture & lifestyle, you would easily like them.. Because they were gentle and good people.. Their culture about social & family relationships, lifestyle, understanding is better than most other cultures.. They are still like that, but not against "infidels"of today, because they are not allowed.. But they seem to rebel against oppression slowly, i think we will see a new middle-east soon...
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