tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3100788116354675609.post8461074994376298183..comments2023-06-10T10:25:57.118+03:00Comments on Blue Abaya: Saudi culture and visiting the sickLaylahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09517032571160920075noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3100788116354675609.post-24644628017186863672013-06-14T01:48:55.740+03:002013-06-14T01:48:55.740+03:00Dear Layla,
Being a doctor working in the Kingdom...Dear Layla,<br /><br />Being a doctor working in the Kingdom, I fully agree with your perception of the hospitality and kindness of Saudis towards their parents and sick family members. It is usual to see entire families descending upon the patient during the vening visiting hours! They all chat, pray together, eat together after spreading out a carpet between two beds, as you observed, and also Taher Kagalwalahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11488784262720510047noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3100788116354675609.post-15062929895143771532013-05-13T21:55:35.770+03:002013-05-13T21:55:35.770+03:00Dear Laylah,
first of all alf shukr for your beau...Dear Laylah,<br /><br />first of all alf shukr for your beautifully written blogg - it is not only a pleasure to read but has also contributed to help me out of ignorance about what Saudi culture looks like :-) By now, I am even considering moving to Riyadh (with my job I can be posted anywhere worldwide) because thanks to your day-to-day stories I can picture how everyday life in Saudi Arabia UmmNoamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10535079530576270752noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3100788116354675609.post-90962031022736599592013-05-08T04:48:08.757+03:002013-05-08T04:48:08.757+03:00Why did no one comment about the lady throwing the...Why did no one comment about the lady throwing the foodplates to the sitters as ave maria said, is it because it is true and common? I am just wondering...fatoukamounhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06474907173639271061noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3100788116354675609.post-24745196168862356062011-07-12T20:15:08.004+03:002011-07-12T20:15:08.004+03:00thank you for this post.Lovely reminder to muslims...thank you for this post.Lovely reminder to muslims all over the world.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3100788116354675609.post-26848651835264072822010-06-19T11:21:46.112+03:002010-06-19T11:21:46.112+03:00dear ave maria,
I feel sorry for you first and...dear ave maria,<br /><br /> I feel sorry for you first and for the situation your facing in the magical kingdom.<br /><br /> I would like to tell you that as you have different people and standards in Finland (since you mentioned it).We have the same thing here in fact if you want to live here in Saudi as you are living in Finland just come and hang out with me. and lets see if anyone would Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09033330772975499233noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3100788116354675609.post-89498128585048614162010-06-18T07:17:27.492+03:002010-06-18T07:17:27.492+03:00Ave Maria..
Sounds like you need a long vacation, ...Ave Maria..<br />Sounds like you need a long vacation, or change of scenery altogether :D <br /><br />I hope you don't treat your patients with as much disrespect as you like to show towards me. I would assume you do though, because you have such a negative view on them..<br /><br />Your bitter hateful comment already tells us what kind of person you are..You generalize the whole nation for Laylahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09517032571160920075noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3100788116354675609.post-68524923260479568382010-06-03T12:00:07.594+03:002010-06-03T12:00:07.594+03:00"it would be shame to put parents to elderly ..."it would be shame to put parents to elderly homes here" <br />Instead of elderly homes they keep they parents in the hospitals with sitter WHO IS NOT familymember. Even though patient does not need hospital any more, it is easier to keep patient there than take home. Does not matter that there is many other who would need hospital instead. And at the same time the sitters are treated ave marianoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3100788116354675609.post-44530924792928928292010-06-03T11:09:08.863+03:002010-06-03T11:09:08.863+03:00Voi, poor Laylah, what you write...
"Would yo...Voi, poor Laylah, what you write...<br />"Would you bet western man babysitting bedridden mother.." Yes, i do... My father and my brother(has his own family as well) are babysitting my really sick sister, they change her diaper when she has diahhrea, they feed her, they take her to the shower and change her clothes. And my ancle takes care of my granparents, who live near him... That ave marianoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3100788116354675609.post-65673611423645618722010-05-19T20:16:11.444+03:002010-05-19T20:16:11.444+03:00I linked this at the bottom of my Saudi culture po...I linked this at the bottom of my Saudi culture post...<br /><br />http://taraummomar.blogspot.com/2010/05/learning-about-saudi-culture-from_07.htmlTRGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00804679664231016434noreply@blogger.com