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In Saudi Arabia, it is considered polite and a sign of friendship to hold hands when walking. This does not have the romantic connotations it does in the West.
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Nov 10, 2006
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“in saudi arabia, it is considered rude to not give your arse virginity to your father and/or family elder”
so much useful information on that site
thanks for sharing
i didn’t know that the “V” victory sigh or signifying “two” of something by holding up two fingers separated with the back of the hand pointed towards the listener can be mistaken for an offensive gesture~! “`
huh?
loooooool
A French friend of my dad visited him in Riyadh last summer, and my dad took him around town, including “Tahlia Street” which has really nice big sidewalks for walking, etc. Naturally, there are no women there, only guys walking hand in hand. Mydads friend was like, “Oh, my God, Saudi Arabia are a lot more liberal than I thought! I didn’t know they had a gay district!”
It’s just Fucking GAY ok?
They do it in kuwait as well all these 3agad, then again their saudi immigrants those 3agad, right ?
LOL @holla
Right on Adam
Walking hand in hand and kissing each other when they meet, like it all looks gay.
Z District’s Marzouq did that to me once and I think Im still scarred for life.
In Kuwait, it is considered abnormally gay for males to shake hands and walk god knows where
It is perfectly normally to bang a guy, as long as ur not recieving that is…
ur only gay if u recieve, otherwise ur a strong man that will conquer the world, one queer ass at a time…
ohhhh, now I understand. So the whole ‘why is he showing me his cock in the gym locker room?’ thing just a cultural misunderstanding. Right?!