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Arabian Echoes's avatar

رمضان كريم و كل عام و إنت و الأسرة و الوطن بخير.

Enjoy your piece in Ramadan, I myself have learned a lot through years of staying in different countries with different cultures, but came to know that the best places to live in are those that have diverse cultures from all over the world, as you don’t find yourself different and will blend in quickly while also learning from all those different cultures which for sure enriches your understanding about people that are different from you in their culture and believes.

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Reema Baniabbasi's avatar

Thank you wa Allah ebarek feekum. I pray that you had a blessed Ramadan and Eid. I agree with you as I have had a similar observation: having access to circles I connect with over either culture, language, faith, values as well as access to other circles that are different. To me difference is not just limited to culture, but also things like age and class status and disability and noticed how much biases I held about how I view the world when I had more interactions with people from different age and class and ability even if from the same culture.

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Jane Harrison's avatar

Thank you for giving us some interesting points to ponder Reema. And I hope you have a restful break. 💕

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Reema Baniabbasi's avatar

Thank you Jane! My break had restful times and draining times as we had lot of large family gatherings but I am also blessed to have them! Hoping you have been well.

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Jane Harrison's avatar

Nice to hear, yes good here thank you Reema 😊

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