Candace how r u ? yes still their are many things are good in ME culture and really Iam afraid that it will change or try to imitate the west in it. By the way , now watching a program about the miserable life palestininains are living in refugees in lebanon and the TV caleed Al resala (the message ), as today is the anneversary of 40 years of suffer from 1976. Really I dont beleive that where are the rich people and the people are responsible for their suffer. They are living sorry to say in a condition as less than animals. sorry candace, I dont like to say the bad things happen,but the good in the ME is daily changed, but still their is the strong family bonds , still we are close to each other, still gather and eat together. Still even when sons married, still sometimes living with their parents. I hope generosity and hospitality to all foreigners would be the same and not changed. Also still relegion and good morals are their, still even the respect of women is much, but others interpret it as stealing their wrights. No most women in ME are not rejecting their situation. The weather is also nice not much cold, and even when their is sun, their is nice weather. I think we are middle in everything . ME the place where 3 relegions revealed (palestine). There are many resources . you know what need to be changed, only the mentality of some people need to be changed. Most of people are on their pure innate, but of course their are some bad people. I think ME would remain for a long time an inspiration to all. really our culture is nice and it is according to logic and I think ME people are generally conservatives.

For starters The sincere hospitality offered to total strangers, Sufism, Khalil Gibran, the wine, the food, the climate, the music, the sense of community in small villages and cities, the Levant coastline, the beautiful city of Damascus, Petra, music by Mercan Dede (check it out on YouTube) writing by Rafik Schami, Abbas Beydoun, Elias Khoury, Nada Awar Jarrar... The many many interesting bloggers, such as this one: http://mazenkerblog.blogspot.com/ and this one: http://urshalim.blogspot.com/ and this one: http://bornindamas.blogspot.com/

Hello Mrs.Abdulksaida, I am doing very well, thank-you. I managed to find a dance studio that I could afford classes at. I didnt think was possible.. How are things going for you? [quote]yes still their are many things are good in ME culture and really Iam afraid that it will change or try to imitate the west in it.[/quote] I can probably guess, but I would rather ask you what you were afraid of changing to imitate the west. I think western and middle eastern culture is so different that both sides are afraid of this clash resulting in their way of life being altered. I don't see it that way, but a lot of people do.

[quote]are u the one who teach the music in u classes [/quote] no the dance classes are for fun, but I do some teaching at home. [quote]We like of course to have the good character and try to have the capacity to differentiate between what we have to accept from the west and what to refuse according also to our relegion, which really and frankly we cant ignore .[/quote] I can understand that. thanks for the reply, abdulksaida.