Wow I am already falling in love with the culture. I love food too and I really want to try camel, I don't know about lizard though. But I like how Saudi Arabia was portrayed in the show. And all the rich culture that was shown. I would live to visit there and just live a day abiding by all their customs. I like how the chicken restaurant had its own little booths for families. This shows you also how influential the western world had become but I also appreciate that the people and government kept their own values also. If I lived there I probably wouldn't be bothered or shocked by the daily prayers a lot of my friends are Middle Eastern and are of the Islamic faith and I have been with them during Ramadan too. I can't wait to learn more about the culture and language and try the FOOD!
It was great to see this particular set of videos posted up here because this is one of my favorite episodes of No Reservations. I think one of the coolest things to see was the Barbies at the beginning. I really like that Danya made a point in the introduction of her home to show that she has a couch. I can't say much about some of the food Anthony Bourdain goes after though-- he always seeks out hearts and eyeballs, and I don't think I'd knowingly eat anything like that without being at least a little hesitant; I'm a lot with Danya on that. Moving on, I love to swim, and a lot of unnecessary drag is placed on a person when fully clothed. I think I'd just skip swimming all together if I had to keep my entire body clothed. To keep this comment smaller than an essay, though, I just want to say that Jeddah seems more laid back than I would anticipate from whatever stereotypes I previously held about Saudi Arabia.
I remember reading about No Reservations “FANatic contest,” but I didn’t know the winner was Danya from Saudi Arabia. In the beginning of the episode Danya puts some middle-eastern stereotypes to rest when she invites Anthony Bourdain into her Jeddah home, which looked exactly like homes in America. I am not much of an adventurous eater—lizards and camel don’t sound too appealing to me—but I still enjoyed the show. I am particularly curious about the restaurant they went to, called Al Baik; I liked how private the booths were. It was very warming to see the hospitality of Danya’s family at the end of the episode and the food they shared in their home.
First of all, I love Anthony Bourdain's approach to various cultures and their idiosyncratic foods. I really adored seeing the joyfulness of the Saudi culture so blatant on network television. I especially enjoyed Danya's response to Bourdain's questions of the male to female dynamic in Saudi Arabia. The way Danya brought up the different perspective of seeing that familial and single separation, and how it is protective of the women and family unit, not derogatory of such. As these types of shows are aired in America, many of them are simply for the foodies. But it is so very beneficial to globalization and cross cultural peace, that we use these things as a way to see cultures in their reality, not just how they look out our windows. I saw a political cartoon a few years ago that depicted a woman in a hijab and a woman in a bikini and sunglasses. The woman in the bikini was thinking, "How terrible that a culture would cover everything but her eyes." The woman in the hijab was thinking,"How terrible that a culture would cover nothing, but her eyes." The cartoon opened up my eyes to my own ignorance and assumptions. Ever since then, I have tried to seek out new perspectives, such as Danya's, that enlightens me to a life so unlike my own. We must celebrate our positive differences, and learn from them. Arabic 1001; Jayne McGaughey
I found the videos very interesting. I have actually seen these episodes on tv before. I come from a middle eastern family so i am very familiar with how the middle eastern culture is. It was depicted very well in these videos for the house parties and how light hearted the middle eastern people actually are. My entire family is actually currently living in Egypt and i have never seen or heard of anyone eating camel meat. Hassan Elnockrashy arabic 1001 mwf
This videos were very interesting to me. I have never traveled to any Arabic speaking country, and I was very surprised that there ideas of idle time and how food should taste were very similar to ours. Although the foods were much different from anything we eat, they still look for the same texture and tastes. Seeing the similarities in the video between our culture and the one's of the Arabic speaking countries was very enlightening and gives me more of a desire to not only learn about the language, but also there culture and lifestyle.
First and foremost, these videos were eye opening. I didn't know that there culture and ours were so similar. The city of Jeddah looks just like a modern american city. As for the food I don't think I'll ever be eating any camel or lizard. Hopefully, I can visit Saudi Arabia one day to learn more about the culture when I know more Arabic. If anything I can have fun in the desert on a four-wheeler.
I thought all of these videos were quite interesting. I still can't stopping thinking about some of the foods they ate it was very different to say the least. I also liked how Jeddah was so similar to America. It was very different than our western culture makes it to be.It also looked more peaceful and fun than our media leads us to believe. I enjoyed these videos very much and after watching them I can"t wait to go visit now.
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ReplyDeleteWow I am already falling in love with the culture. I love food too and I really want to try camel, I don't know about lizard though. But I like how Saudi Arabia was portrayed in the show. And all the rich culture that was shown. I would live to visit there and just live a day abiding by all their customs. I like how the chicken restaurant had its own little booths for families. This shows you also how influential the western world had become but I also appreciate that the people and government kept their own values also. If I lived there I probably wouldn't be bothered or shocked by the daily prayers a lot of my friends are Middle Eastern and are of the Islamic faith and I have been with them during Ramadan too. I can't wait to learn more about the culture and language and try the FOOD!
It was great to see this particular set of videos posted up here because this is one of my favorite episodes of No Reservations. I think one of the coolest things to see was the Barbies at the beginning. I really like that Danya made a point in the introduction of her home to show that she has a couch. I can't say much about some of the food Anthony Bourdain goes after though-- he always seeks out hearts and eyeballs, and I don't think I'd knowingly eat anything like that without being at least a little hesitant; I'm a lot with Danya on that. Moving on, I love to swim, and a lot of unnecessary drag is placed on a person when fully clothed. I think I'd just skip swimming all together if I had to keep my entire body clothed. To keep this comment smaller than an essay, though, I just want to say that Jeddah seems more laid back than I would anticipate from whatever stereotypes I previously held about Saudi Arabia.
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I remember reading about No Reservations “FANatic contest,” but I didn’t know the winner was Danya from Saudi Arabia. In the beginning of the episode Danya puts some middle-eastern stereotypes to rest when she invites Anthony Bourdain into her Jeddah home, which looked exactly like homes in America. I am not much of an adventurous eater—lizards and camel don’t sound too appealing to me—but I still enjoyed the show. I am particularly curious about the restaurant they went to, called Al Baik; I liked how private the booths were. It was very warming to see the hospitality of Danya’s family at the end of the episode and the food they shared in their home.
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First of all, I love Anthony Bourdain's approach to various cultures and their idiosyncratic foods. I really adored seeing the joyfulness of the Saudi culture so blatant on network television. I especially enjoyed Danya's response to Bourdain's questions of the male to female dynamic in Saudi Arabia. The way Danya brought up the different perspective of seeing that familial and single separation, and how it is protective of the women and family unit, not derogatory of such. As these types of shows are aired in America, many of them are simply for the foodies. But it is so very beneficial to globalization and cross cultural peace, that we use these things as a way to see cultures in their reality, not just how they look out our windows. I saw a political cartoon a few years ago that depicted a woman in a hijab and a woman in a bikini and sunglasses. The woman in the bikini was thinking, "How terrible that a culture would cover everything but her eyes." The woman in the hijab was thinking,"How terrible that a culture would cover nothing, but her eyes." The cartoon opened up my eyes to my own ignorance and assumptions. Ever since then, I have tried to seek out new perspectives, such as Danya's, that enlightens me to a life so unlike my own. We must celebrate our positive differences, and learn from them. Arabic 1001; Jayne McGaughey
ReplyDeleteI found the videos very interesting. I have actually seen these episodes on tv before. I come from a middle eastern family so i am very familiar with how the middle eastern culture is. It was depicted very well in these videos for the house parties and how light hearted the middle eastern people actually are. My entire family is actually currently living in Egypt and i have never seen or heard of anyone eating camel meat.
ReplyDeleteHassan Elnockrashy arabic 1001 mwf
This videos were very interesting to me. I have never traveled to any Arabic speaking country, and I was very surprised that there ideas of idle time and how food should taste were very similar to ours. Although the foods were much different from anything we eat, they still look for the same texture and tastes. Seeing the similarities in the video between our culture and the one's of the Arabic speaking countries was very enlightening and gives me more of a desire to not only learn about the language, but also there culture and lifestyle.
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First and foremost, these videos were eye opening. I didn't know that there culture and ours were so similar. The city of Jeddah looks just like a modern american city. As for the food I don't think I'll ever be eating any camel or lizard. Hopefully, I can visit Saudi Arabia one day to learn more about the culture when I know more Arabic. If anything I can have fun in the desert on a four-wheeler.
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I thought all of these videos were quite interesting. I still can't stopping thinking about some of the foods they ate it was very different to say the least. I also liked how Jeddah was so similar to America. It was very different than our western culture makes it to be.It also looked more peaceful and fun than our media leads us to believe. I enjoyed these videos very much and after watching them I can"t wait to go visit now.
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