The Strange Customs of the Middle East
The Middle East
The Middle East is an ever-changing place, so much has happened in the area in so little time. There are many things that are going on in the Middle East as of now, and there are many debated topics that have to do about the Middle East. Some of these things are marriage/dating, the dress code, and the National/International conflict. Why is it that the Middle East is having so many problems? Will we ever really get a true answer? Countries in the Middle East currently seem to have a problem with the west. There always seems to some conflict going on, even with other countries in that area. One of the biggest problems that the Middle East has is that it is not accepting of non-Islamic countries. The Arab-Israeli conflict has gone on since 1945! That conflict has caused 73,000-84,000 casualties, an utterly astounding amount of deaths. Deaths that were unnecessary and could have been avoided. In Persepolis the Shah was removed, when the Satrapi family returned from Spain, a war was going on; a house right next to theirs was destroyed. Marji was sent to Vienna as a result of all this conflict. Not to be bland here, but the dress code is much too strict in the Middle East. It is not much what they are forced to wear, but how it is enforced. The way it is enforced is not right. In Persepolis Marji’s mother was put up against a wall and told she should have been raped and thrown in the trash. Why say that? Why do that to a woman who did not any better? Soon after that event, the Veil was mandatory, all women had to wear it because it supposedly emitted rays that attracted men, and because of those rays, the veil would protect them from being raped. Now, a woman can be killed for not wearing the veil. That is something that must change. Dating and marriage seem to be a big topic when speaking about the Middle East. Most people are shocked about arranged marriages when it really should not matter. The Middle East has done pretty well even with
The Middle East is an ever-changing place, so much has happened in the area in so little time. There are many things that are going on in the Middle East as of now, and there are many debated topics that have to do about the Middle East. Some of these things are marriage/dating, the dress code, and the National/International conflict. Why is it that the Middle East is having so many problems? Will we ever really get a true answer? Countries in the Middle East currently seem to have a problem with the west. There always seems to some conflict going on, even with other countries in that area. One of the biggest problems that the Middle East has is that it is not accepting of non-Islamic countries. The Arab-Israeli conflict has gone on since 1945! That conflict has caused 73,000-84,000 casualties, an utterly astounding amount of deaths. Deaths that were unnecessary and could have been avoided. In Persepolis the Shah was removed, when the Satrapi family returned from Spain, a war was going on; a house right next to theirs was destroyed. Marji was sent to Vienna as a result of all this conflict. Not to be bland here, but the dress code is much too strict in the Middle East. It is not much what they are forced to wear, but how it is enforced. The way it is enforced is not right. In Persepolis Marji’s mother was put up against a wall and told she should have been raped and thrown in the trash. Why say that? Why do that to a woman who did not any better? Soon after that event, the Veil was mandatory, all women had to wear it because it supposedly emitted rays that attracted men, and because of those rays, the veil would protect them from being raped. Now, a woman can be killed for not wearing the veil. That is something that must change. Dating and marriage seem to be a big topic when speaking about the Middle East. Most people are shocked about arranged marriages when it really should not matter. The Middle East has done pretty well even with