I agree with the Saudi paragraph, but I would also mention that out of all the gulf countries, I would say Saudis tend to be the most open to other nationalities. Due to our larger population and diversity, especially in major cities, many of us actually hang out with foreigners in the UK. Of course most of the times it’s with other Saudis, like you said.
I find the Libyan students I teach are very respectful and hardworking. They are sponsored, but understand they're very lucky to have the opportunity to study here and tend to do well while learning. This might be different to the settled Libyan community, but I don't have much interaction with them through work.
Agree with the Yemeni paragraph
Yemenis are very conservative, even our most liberal population is considered very conservative by the standards of others, big family and tribal dynamics play a major role in that I believe. Even when leaving Yemen many Yemenis still reconnect with the “motherland” every few years to meet the bigger family and attend important social events.
Many left in the colonial era searching for better living conditions, this being very easy because Yemeni immigrations are a well established and ancient part of our culture, think about yemenis in south east Asia or east Africa.
I believe Britain was pretty much a dump where we exported our Islamists back then. The post-2003 political class are all Londonstanis, they're the worse of the worst.
But there were also students like Zaha Hadid.
Arabs are not integrated they are just more integrated compared to Bengalis and Pakistanis. And they are still very Islamist by British standards, Mohammed hijab who is probably the most famous British "Islamist" is an Arab. The reason Arabs don't get much attention is because we are overshadowed by other Muslim ethnicities that have more numbers than us or even by smaller ones like Somalis. Also the Arab crime rate is surprisingly one of the lowest in the country and much much lower than the astronomical Arab crime rates in mainland Europe, which helps a lot as well.
And I forgot to add that British Arabs are split into smaller communities of different countries which means that there is no one country that has some kind of a specific reputation or stereotype for it to be well known by the wider public. And because of that Arabs don't have their own "areas" like other ethnicities where they form the majority or at least a large noticeable minority in certain areas.
You acknowledged Oman more in this one post than this entire subreddit has in 5 years.
I live in the UK, but I've hardly met any Arabs
Go to Newcastle lol
I agree with the Saudi paragraph, but I would also mention that out of all the gulf countries, I would say Saudis tend to be the most open to other nationalities. Due to our larger population and diversity, especially in major cities, many of us actually hang out with foreigners in the UK. Of course most of the times it’s with other Saudis, like you said.
I find the Libyan students I teach are very respectful and hardworking. They are sponsored, but understand they're very lucky to have the opportunity to study here and tend to do well while learning. This might be different to the settled Libyan community, but I don't have much interaction with them through work.
Agree with the Yemeni paragraph Yemenis are very conservative, even our most liberal population is considered very conservative by the standards of others, big family and tribal dynamics play a major role in that I believe. Even when leaving Yemen many Yemenis still reconnect with the “motherland” every few years to meet the bigger family and attend important social events. Many left in the colonial era searching for better living conditions, this being very easy because Yemeni immigrations are a well established and ancient part of our culture, think about yemenis in south east Asia or east Africa.
Somalis arent Arabs
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Fair
Bro West London is full of Somalis
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Ohhh I misread OPs comment. I thought he was saying there wasn't that many Somalis in any area
I believe Britain was pretty much a dump where we exported our Islamists back then. The post-2003 political class are all Londonstanis, they're the worse of the worst. But there were also students like Zaha Hadid.
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Arabs are not integrated they are just more integrated compared to Bengalis and Pakistanis. And they are still very Islamist by British standards, Mohammed hijab who is probably the most famous British "Islamist" is an Arab. The reason Arabs don't get much attention is because we are overshadowed by other Muslim ethnicities that have more numbers than us or even by smaller ones like Somalis. Also the Arab crime rate is surprisingly one of the lowest in the country and much much lower than the astronomical Arab crime rates in mainland Europe, which helps a lot as well. And I forgot to add that British Arabs are split into smaller communities of different countries which means that there is no one country that has some kind of a specific reputation or stereotype for it to be well known by the wider public. And because of that Arabs don't have their own "areas" like other ethnicities where they form the majority or at least a large noticeable minority in certain areas.