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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
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.
Ah that explains it… [Link]
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12 Comments, add your own...
1. holla | November 10th, 2006 at 1:17 pm
“in saudi arabia, it is considered rude to not give your arse virginity to your father and/or family elder”
2. vampire | November 10th, 2006 at 1:24 pm
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~! “`
3. Yazeed | November 10th, 2006 at 1:43 pm
huh?
loooooool
4. Roba | November 10th, 2006 at 2:14 pm
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!”
5. Adam | November 10th, 2006 at 2:38 pm
It’s just Fucking GAY ok?
They do it in kuwait as well all these 3agad, then again their saudi immigrants those 3agad, right ?
6. Adam | November 10th, 2006 at 2:38 pm
LOL @holla
7. Sunny | November 10th, 2006 at 3:50 pm
Right on Adam
8. Sunny | November 10th, 2006 at 3:54 pm
Walking hand in hand and kissing each other when they meet, like it all looks gay.
9. amer | November 10th, 2006 at 4:23 pm
Z District’s Marzouq did that to me once and I think Im still scarred for life.
10. jajajaja | November 10th, 2006 at 5:59 pm
In Kuwait, it is considered abnormally gay for males to shake hands and walk god knows where
11. Adam | November 10th, 2006 at 6:59 pm
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…
12. moocherx | November 11th, 2006 at 3:13 pm
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?!
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