in many ways it makes sense that languages would start to vanish as the industrialized countries ruled the world. There is no longer a good reason for people to gather around their elders and learn about the language once spoken by their ancestors because they would have the more modern version of it. I once sat next to an old italian woman on the plane and she told me that she was going to Palermo for the 2nd time that year. I noticed how thick her italian accent was when communicating with her grandchildren in english and I wondered why the parents never bothered teaching their kids their grandmother's language. It turns out the kids (16 and 20) couldn't even speak italian. the woman expressed to me her sadness about going to Palermo for the first time in 50 years and finding no one that spoke the way she did. She was devastated when she couldn't even find her home or the streets she grew up in. I asked her to teach me something from this almost dead accent and dialect and she did writing the phrases for me on a piece of napkin so that I wouldn't lose it. I don't know why I'm talking about this but I just realized that I lost that piece of napkin and that many people around the world are watching as their language disappears or is altered. this reminded me of how most second generation immigrant youth choose to assimilate into the US lining and culture discarding the language of their parents and the culture it colors and carries in its letters and sounds. if i was to immigrate to the US and later have children I'd like them to speak arabic and to know that their features or the color of their skin is the result of having a rich culture that grows with them even when they are away from the actual community harboring the culture. Lnguage preserves a culture and keeps it alive because the native speakers can read and learn about the works that resulted from their cultures and this knowledge can be passed to generations to come.

i am actually willing to put my own personal religious opinion aside and consider this statement. could god be a "she" or have a feminine energy. i suppose it depends on which culture you present this to. men were considered to be the ruling gender for most of the ancient times and up till the time of jesus christ and mohammed (pbuh). i think god isn't man nor female but to make it easier for the people to listen to his words he had to simplify his existence so that his name could be linked to how males are perceived: powerful, wise, just. if god were to present himself as a female goddess figure i doubt any man's ego would let him follow mohammed's god 1400 years ago. the idea of being ruled by a woman was ludicrous and the same applies to the time of most of the prophets. however, there is one religion that really captured my attention in my religious studies class that, at some point, considered god to be of female energy. the indus vally were one of the earliest hindu civilizations that depended on agriculture and farming. they viewed fertility as a sign of wealth and so their ultimate symbol of power had the figure of a fertile woman. for these ancient humans it was natural for god to be a woman because there is a strong belief behind it. unfortunately, the aryan culture came after that and it was mostly concerned with war and masculine sky gods instead of earthly gentle female ones. in that culture someone who claimed that god is a woman would be ridiculed because she was viewed as a gender that wasn't as capable or powerful as a man. this belief system still exists in many countries and even in the US women have to work twice as hard as any man to get recognized as an equal. Personally, I don't reject the female aspect of my god or "Allah" because I like to think that's the merciful side of him and what is known to us as male is just another side of him. I don't know if this is considered blasphemy but i know this for sure my God is bigger than a pronoun that I slap before his holy name.

ok I wont talk about this as a specific incident but as one of many phrases that have been uttered by governors (ex. paladeno about denouncing gay parades) these statements offended many american citizens and I understand that. i also understand the christian faith and that's why I think it's unfair what the media is doing to tamper with its image. nowadays christians are used by the media as vessels with which they spread equality by enraging different groups of people. the purpose sounds really great except every christian with a certain set of beliefs is now a bigot and a menace to society. i want to ask you, what has happened to freedom of speech? or do americans pick and choose where that can be applied. south park makes fun of the most important figure of the islamic faith for over 65% of american muslims and people are suddenly very concerned with freedom of speech then a governor expresses his religious beliefs and the public is outraged because how could he say such a thing (to me it just seems like he was trying to show his acceptance to people of other religions by saying "and I want to be your brother" even if most christians disagree with him.) I am mostly confused by this picking and choosing of what constitutes freedom of speech.

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interesting choice of name!

Hello to you too!! See you on Wednesday!!

I can't say I've seen a person from the gulf vlogging before, or any arab person for that matter. I don't really know if having a Kuwaiti on Youtube does anything for the middle east. I mean it's not like anyone's regulating what is shown on the site and what isn't as it is on TV. Nevertheless, this dude is increasing Arabs visibility by + 1% to the world which is a good thing because people on Youtube are most likely to be young and open minded to receiving new information. In that aspect he isn't just vlogging, he's offering a glimpse of the Arab day to day life. We don't know if he's religious as he didn't mention Islam at all but it's even better because Arab and Muslim shouldn't be linked. For all we know he could be the most liberal person in Kuwait. The clip about his brother was super cute I thought it was nice that this guy was being genuine and laid back.

Sorry I'm still in shock after reading the first comment.
I suppose this is why film makers should be careful when they present something that isn't familiar to the public and lacks positive exposure.
I was initially going to say that I think Disney did a good job with Aladdin because they didn't hint at anything political and offered an entertaining movie starring a minority group; supposedly Arabs (even though the characters seem to me more Indian but I will leave that for someone more familiar with the indian culture.)
All cultures were violent at some point. I mean it's common knowledge that the people of old England enjoyed watching public hangings and that people were killed and imprisoned for stealing a loaf of bread or insulting someone of the higher class. Violence is present everywhere even nowadays, kids watch all sorts of things on television and they play games like Call of Duty. Will this result in aggressive individuals in the future? I highly doubt it. So why doesn't the same apply to an animated movie.
I have a problem with the lack of visibility on cable and shows that families get together to watch on primetime television. We have some asians, latin shows, african american shows, christian, jewish, even indian characters but there's not a single show about normal Arab characters that are an active part of society. In my opinion that's what shapes your view on certain cultures. The things you watch on tv that slowly embed themselves in your subconscience and are later hard to shake off.

I don't see a reason why Muslim women should receive special treatment in a hospital. I understand the religious reasoning some women have behind preferring a woman to treat them but I don't think they're logical. If a Muslim woman makes an appointment at a private hospital with a woman doctor that's her choice but for a female muslim to go to a public hospital that is usually short on staff and time and demand a woman doctor; it's ludicrous.
I come from a very conservative part in the middle east and some of the very old muslim women won't even agree to show their faces to the male doctor even if he was the only doctor in the hospital. The fact that older women are doing this indicates that women can't separate between someone doing his job and a random man on the street. This male doctor has no interest in viewing the woman sexually. He has over 20 cases to look at every day and then he's presented with a woman who "demands" a woman doctor. What difference does it make? They're both professionals and won't harass you for the sake of not losing their own jobs!
So what if he sees an ankle that he's treating or an arm? Have we reached this level of naiveness that we take everything in our Holy book without seeing the logic behind it. It isn't a sexual act, it isn't intimate and shouldn't be viewed that way.
Also I didn't like the remark that muslim women prefer to be treated by a muslim male than a non-muslim male. I'm sorry, where does it say that every muslim male is a saint that won't take advantage of the poor woman with severe paranoia. Religion isn't a blanket we slap on people's backs and comfort ourselves with. It's also not a good reason for women to ask for female doctors. The only reason a woman should be asking for a doctor from her own gender should be because she is a woman and feels more comfortable being treated by another woman not merely to use our religion in every silly situation in life. Islam is much more than avoiding a male doctor. Why we reduce it to such trivial cases I still don't know. If I didn't know any better I'd say it's a successful way to distract us from what's happening in the world and to prevent us from seeing how liberating Islam can be and how logical and forgiving it really is.

I now realize that the American quilt consists of a million shades and colors and I don't necessarily have to agree with them all nor do they have to agree with me. This is the beauty of America; you have ultimate and absolute freedom of speech. You can say anything anywhere in any manner and nobody has the power to stop you. Whether you want to burn the Quran or demand rights for the LGBT community, it's your opinion and you are entitled to it regardless of any opposition.
This video brought tears to my eyes because kindness still effects me. It's hard enough to stand up for your own people these days and for those individuals to take the time to defend someone that belongs to a different demographic is really humane and it shows the true colors of America, an image that is seldom seen abroad.
This also makes me wonder. Are the people segregating against muslims segregating against other minorities? The white supremacist would love to be able to refuse to deal with a black man or a korean woman but they can't because the rights of certain groups have been set and agreed on by society. This leaves the Muslims who are still underrepresented in the media and rarely acknowledged as a part of the american lining. I don't think they're the group to be bullied next but I know those who have a problem with anything that isn't white-american would take the rare opportunity of Muslims being depicted in the ugliest manner in the media to strike and be as racist as they can be until society looks down at those who do. Just like the case of the board member in a school who commented on the deaths of the gay kids. Who knew the US would see a day when the News Channels defended the homosexuals after CBS's "The Homosexuals" in 1960.
I wonder who's the next victim though. The browns, the asians or perhaps a breed of aliens. Only time can tell.