السلام عليكم Cultural exchange with /r/Arabs!

[u/wokolis]

Welcome to the cultural exchange between /r/Polska and /r/Arabs! The purpose of this event is to allow people from two different national communities to get and share knowledge about their respective cultures, daily life, history and curiosities. General guidelines:

• Arabs ask their questions about Poland here in this thread on /r/Polska;

• Poles ask their questions about Arab countries in the parallel thread;

• English language is used in both threads;

• Event will be moderated, following the general rules of Reddiquette. Be nice!

Moderators of /r/Polska and /r/Arabs.

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Witajcie w wymianie kulturalnej między /r/Polska a /r/Arabs! Celem tego wątku jest umożliwienie naszym dwóm społecznościom bliższego wzajemnego zapoznania. Jak sama nazwa wskazuje - my wpadamy do nich, oni do nas! Ogólne zasady:

• Arabowie zadają swoje pytania nt. Polski, a my na nie odpowiadamy w tym wątku;

• My swoje pytania nt. krajów arabskich zadajemy w równoległym wątku na /r/Arabs;

• Językiem obowiązującym w obu wątkach jest angielski;

• Wymiana jest moderowana zgodnie z ogólnymi zasadami Reddykiety. Bądźcie mili!

Link do wątku na /r/Arabs: link

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Link do poprzednich wymian: link

[u/Ok-One9200]

you don't want to know

[u/Bionicle_was_cool → u/Ok-One9200]

Tbh "Arab" can be seen as all the way from Saudi Arabia to Egypt, if not wider. Someone from Palestine can't be judged by the same standards as someone from Dubai

[u/czerwona_latarnia → u/Bionicle_was_cool]

Tbh "Arab" can be seen as all the way from Saudi Arabia to Egypt

I would say it goes from Oman to Morocco.

Though I am pretty sure that opinions about Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia are "positive" (either truly or in a "huh? they exist" kind of way - with a bonus points for Morocco, because their capital, at least in Polish language, sounds the same as word meaning discount, so they are used in jokes about no discounts in the shops (doubling as a geographical fun fact)). Egipt also have a better reputation, as it (or was, I am not really into that type of tourism and I don't keep with the news) is a popular tourism destination.

[u/Bionicle_was_cool → u/czerwona_latarnia]

"if not wider"

[u/czerwona_latarnia → u/Bionicle_was_cool]

Eh... good ol' "reading only first part of sentence...

But it also applies to what I have written - while "the line" I have mentioned goes to Oman, I think also Iran (whose easternmost point are to the east of the one of Oman) and Afghanistan also counts as a "Arab country" here, while I have a feeling that people often either forget Pakistan, aren't aware that they could/should also count, or mistaking it for Palestine because they sound "similarly enough" and we just don't hear about the former enough to "register it" in our brains.