Arab test part2 Flashcards
Marriage is __
Expenses :
Choice of the mate:
Very important
Happiness for the whole family
- Expenses :
All on the groom (and his family) - Choice of the mate:
Arranged marriage???
Personal Pick
Matching
Traditional steps
Choosing a mate
* Families consultations
* engagements
* Henna (pre-wedding night)
* official vs actual marriage
Main elements in Arab weddings
The steps, happiness, folklore dancing, show signs of blessings/good,
generosity, food, expenses on the groom, march with dances and
songs (Zaffa)….
Some facts about having children
Sperm/Egg donations are:
Adoption is:
Families love to have children:
Arabs generally give their children names that have__
It’s common in some Arab cultures for the eldest son to name his first son __
-Sperm/Egg donations are not accepted in Arab culture.
-Adoption is very rare ; but foster parents especially for
orphans is one of the great qualities
- Families love to have children and at least one boy
-positive meanings
-after the newborn’s
grandfather.
Etiquette of dealing with people who are ill:
Visits to the sick person are ___ and only ___ are to be said.
People try to encourage the ill by telling them
that___
Arabs regularly visit the sick.
* Visits to the sick person are very short and only positive words are to be said.
- People try to encourage the ill by telling them
that Ailments are means of God forgiving the
person.
Procedures and customs in case of death:
When someone is dying, they are to be surrounded by____
People try to make it easy on his family by:
- Emphasize and reminded them of God’s __
In the Arab world the body is to be __
The funeral procession is rather ___compared to Western
customs
When someone is dying, they are to be surrounded by their loved ones
- People try to make it easy on his family by:
- Emphasize and reminded them of God’s forgiveness and mercy the deceased is going to a better place.
- In the Arab world the body is to be buried as soon as possible,
especially Muslim Arabs. - simple
Procedures and customs in case of death:
The body of the deceased is __, as a way of showing ___
All those who know the person or his relatives attend ___
- Arab Christians have a mix of __
washed, respect to the body and symbolic of spiritual purity before meeting God.
the funeral and Azza (condolences)
Arab Muslim and western burial customs.
Procedures and customs in case of death:
- Type of grave depends on ___
- Condolences: (name three things that the Azza contains)
one’s faith and level of practice.
3 days, visitors, food, simplicity
Death
Hospitality and its etiquette:
In the Arab World guests are ___
Guests are treated like__
In rural and Bedouin areas, every village has a
room for___
Sometimes _____ may have a room for outsiders
In the Arab World guests are most important
persons
- family members to honor
(unlike American life – guests are treated special) - In rural and Bedouin areas, every village has a
room for needy and strangers, - sometimes worshipping places like a Masjid or a church may have a room for outsiders
Hospitality and its etiquette:
a traveler/visitor is never asked, early in the day, what his ___
The guest is always offered the__
Arabs do not receive guests in __
-The Arab host do all efforts to make guests
comfortable and to make them feel that they have honored the house with their presence.
- a traveler/visitor is never asked, early in the day, what his business is or when he is planning to leave.
- The guest is always offered the best seat in the
house, - Arabs do not receive guests in a resting or sleeping attire
Hospitality and its etiquette:
- The hosts ___until all visitors are fully seated
- Begin ___after guests & Do not finish ___until all guests are done
do not sit
eating , eating
Hospitality and its etiquette:
Plenty of food; more than ___
Don’t reject if they insist even if you can’t__
-Food equals affection
- Plenty of food; more than 1 main dish and multiple side dishes
- Multiple invitations
Don’t reject if they insist even if you can’t (just take it, eat even a drop and leave in the plate)
Hospitality and its etiquette:
Provide guests with___
People who have no money or no family__
- The guest is accompanied on his departure
not only to __ - Guests are thanked for their visits showing
that the host __
every thing in the houseeven poor hosts do that
will never be left alone
the door, but until leaving premises
was honored by their presence
Guests: Don’ts
Guests do not __until instructed by the host
- Do not roam in___
- Do not try to look at__
- Do not stare ___
- Don’t refuse to ___
For food you may refuse __
sit
the house without permission
places other than where you are hosted
on people especially women
at the beginning but accept when they insist
Don’ts Guests
Do not finish the whole plate:
Do NOT put __ toward peoples faces
Young people do not ____ before
older people
Do not finish the whole plate; it is taken as a
signal that, “you did not give me enough”
- Do NOT put bottom of feet toward peoples
faces - Young people do not sit or eat or enter before
older people - Do not use foul language
- Do not leave until instructed to do so
Coffee
Coffee is a ___not just a drink
The most important drink , so for most
families it is the ___to be offered
Offered with __, ___before coffee
Coffee is a tradition not just a drink
- The most important drink , so for most
families it is the last drink to be offered
In weddings, funerals, Holidays, important
occasions
* Asking for girls hands
* Reconciliation between people
- Offered with water, water before coffee
Food: What does Food Say
about Arabic Culture?
Arabic culture is extremely diverse, this is visible
through the great diversity of their food choices
Yet, they share a lot of traditions as well
Arabs Food
Some Specific to a ___ and some are __
Arabs eat commonly ___ ___ even outside home
___lay the basics for food and food etiquette
Some Specific to a country/region and some are
general
- Arabs eat commonly (in groups) not individually even outside home
- Bedouins lay the basics for food and food etiquette
Arabs Food
* Depend on their daily life on__
- Depend on their daily life on Goat /sheep & Milk ; basics of life
- Thus, Occasions, charity and honoring guests by providing meat
Religious rituals sets food etiquette:
- Prayers: __
- Fasting:___
- Hajj: ___
- Zakat: __
- Eid : __
- Eating with the right hand
Thanking God at the__
sets meal times
type and time, apricots and dates
meat, diverse food in Mecca
fitr, Eid, charity, udihya …etc
meat, cookies
end of the meal
Arabs & the West:
Many of the food items in the west came from Arabs: Examples
Examples of West to the arabs
Arabs:
* Coffee: Arabs => Turks => Europe
* Rice & Biscuits: Arabs => Spain => Europe
* Christmas cookies from Fatimas: all people of all religions join and eat from holidays
Arabs from the West
* Tea
* Simple food recipes
Main items across all Arab countries
BILAAD ISHAM: Falafel,Stuffed Grape Leaves
ARAB WEST: Sea Food,Couscous(Near the sea)
Gulf:Sea Food, Kabsa (Rarly Vegatbls bc no farming over there/quailty of soil)
