Why Saudi Arabia

Many people ask me why do I love Saudi Arabia or the “saudi’s” so much, and what makes them any better then any other nationality? honestly nothing!  I have met different Arabs from different Arab nations all of them taught me something different about each culture and life style.

to be honest I never used to like Saudi Arabia in fact after 9/11 i hated Saudi’s and Saudi Arabia from all of the influnces i seen on t.v. about them I thought they where hateful people and wanted to kill americans, after 9/11 my curiosity of Islam turned into a very much needed life change. before becoming Muslim I asked different muslims from different countries to help teach me I learned from people from Iran,Palestine,Egypt,Yemen. but never did I meet any Saudis before until I was invited to stay with some friends in Connecticut this is where my first Saudi aquantaces begain, my friends asked me I want you to meet some people from Saudi Arabia honestly i didn’t want to I was scared I was still a new muslim but was still not sure what to believe from what I heard from the media and it didn’t help much when they entered the room in thobe and gootra (traditional saudi dress). it scared me but that fear quickly vanished after they talked to me showed me a little bit of there culture some of it not all culture but ther hospitality  drawn me more to know more about the “saudi people” and there life style and traditions.

after going back home I wanted to know more about the Saudi people and was introduced to several when I came back to Ohio, the more I learned about there traditions, and culture I felt honestly at home and fell in love with them and knew that I wanted a life being around them and I was so amazed at how strong they where in there eman the Saudis I met before did a lot of haram things but there strength in there eman nothing could ever break that that inspired me most and I wanted to be like them. many say ther are a lot of Muslims and other arabs like that yes I agree but the Saudi life style was so similar to the lifestyle I used to grow up in when my dad was around so it was easy to adapt.

 so my next step i wanted I wanted to marry a Saudi. many of my “so called friends” would say “don’t marry a saudi”, “marry from any country but saudi”,”saudis are bad people” but I knew they where not what these people told me after spending time with them I knew the truth on what type of people. I’m not saying that they are perfect you will have your bad people in every country but I feel so welcomed when around them. After marrying my husband little did i know  of the rude awaking of the culture shock in the “saudi Marriage” things have been tough and hectic I always ask myself really? is this the life style you wanted?  every marriage has its ups and downs but when your from a different country you are going to have major culture clashes so my only advice to anyone wanting to marry someone from any other country learn about there culture ask the “women” on how the life style is because it is tough.

people ask me, have you ever been to Saudi Arabia? my answer: no! they ask me so do you think you can handle it? many critisize the fact of be going there trying to derail the idea of living there but I have had so many dreams of being in Saudi Arabia and in these dreams I’m always so happy so I feel like Allah is telling me that I will be fine and I will be happy when I go there. some ask me what about the women not being allowed to drive? my answer: I hate driving so it don’t bother me.  some people ask me what about the womens rights that they don’t have? normally I tell these people unless you have been there and have talked to the women you don’t know what rights they have no countries laws will ever be perfect but I accept the rules of Saudi Arabia and respect them and very much respect the royal family!

so my main reason why I love the Saudi people so much is because I just do. many people will never undrestand this kind of love or obsession unless the experience that feeling for something themselves. I love them because I feel like I’m part of a community, people always willing to help each other with not expecting anything in return, and mostly there strength in there eman. I love all Arab countries but my heart is firstly all for Allah, my family, but lastly my heart belongs to Saudi Arabia..