2/12/2015
1pm
CIES Student Lounge
Ramin's Intercultural Exchange class
Today in Ramin's Intercultural Exchange class we were given worksheets and asked to pair up with the same students we spoke to in our last class session. Hammed was present, but Abdullah was not, so we participated alone in the class discussion untill Zadid showed up and join our group. Today our class discussion was about cultural synergy. We looked at our worksheets and aspects of our cultural. An aspect that had interested Ahmmed and I in the previous week was how Arabs from the Persian Gulf greet very differently from Americans.
I thought both my partners that in the USA it is vitally important to shake a person's hand when they greet you. Its the most common way of greeting people and not shaking their hand after they have extended it in greeting is highly disrespectful. On the other hand, both Zaid and Hammed told me that men commonly greet each other with a hug and kiss on the cheek. Sometimes, they profess blessings upon each other as they greet. I asked them if I would be greeted that way if I were to visit their country. I was told that this was hard to predict since it depends on the relationship and individual personality of an individual in their country. It was likely that upon my first greeting with a male in their country, I would like be greeted with a hand shake until I established the person's trust and friendship.
Today in Ramin's Intercultural Exchange class we were given worksheets and asked to pair up with the same students we spoke to in our last class session. Hammed was present, but Abdullah was not, so we participated alone in the class discussion untill Zadid showed up and join our group. Today our class discussion was about cultural synergy. We looked at our worksheets and aspects of our cultural. An aspect that had interested Ahmmed and I in the previous week was how Arabs from the Persian Gulf greet very differently from Americans.
I thought both my partners that in the USA it is vitally important to shake a person's hand when they greet you. Its the most common way of greeting people and not shaking their hand after they have extended it in greeting is highly disrespectful. On the other hand, both Zaid and Hammed told me that men commonly greet each other with a hug and kiss on the cheek. Sometimes, they profess blessings upon each other as they greet. I asked them if I would be greeted that way if I were to visit their country. I was told that this was hard to predict since it depends on the relationship and individual personality of an individual in their country. It was likely that upon my first greeting with a male in their country, I would like be greeted with a hand shake until I established the person's trust and friendship.
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