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American
Culture Shock Works - Batarfi
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 "..Going
to America right away from a conservative society is usually
a huge culture shock. Many cannot cope, but most do process
the change and absorb the different lifestyle, in time.
America, as an immigrant society, more than most Western
nations, has the capacity of accommodating and welcoming
strangers. Depending on the place you happen to visit or
live in, you may get easier or harder transit experience.
Young and liberal get on faster than the older and
conservative, but somehow, almost all manage to manage.."
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| US-Saudi
Business Relations - Seif
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 "..As
you know Saudi Arabia is committed to the stability of oil
prices in the world but global consumption has increased
tremendously over the last few years. It has been driven, in
particular, by the increased demand from new markets like
China and India. Since Saudi Arabia is committed to
stabilizing world oil prices we started increasing
production to try to put the brakes on the rise in prices.."
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| Misperceptions
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 "..What
ensued over the next hour or so was the development of a
greater mutual understanding between us. Rather than
reinforcing stereotypes and fortifying our individual
positions of sanctimony and belligerence, we began to see
things more clearly from the other side. I realized that
there must be many individuals like this who aren’t
consumed by some sort of irrational hatred for us, but are
just unaware of who we are and what we want. That at the end
of the day if there was more exchange of views and ideas
between people from opposing sides that the slight shift in
perceptions that this would bring about would eventually
culminate in a better understanding of everyone. That if
such a thing were to happen then the world would indeed be a
much better place, albeit with a lot of unemployed
politicians..." |
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