Mane - CP#5

CP#5

                Abdulrahman and I discussed cultural shock and critical incidents this time. I explained to him what a cultural shock is and asked him what were his experiences with that. He said one of the bigger things was seeing women who are not fully covered and also being able to have conversations with them. Women and men in Saudi Arabia cannot speak to each other and women are expected to be fully covered at all times. He said he had only seen women who were not full covered when he visited UAE once and sometimes in movies. It was a bit of a cultural shock for him, but he got used to it pretty easily. He said that he actually prefers talking to women more since they are more willing to listen to him patiently and without interruptions. We also talked about a critical incident in his life. He said that his critical incident was with a police officer during the first few days in America. He was driving his car (with his brother as a passenger) but failed to make a full stop for a stop sign. The cop stopped his car, walked up to them and Abdulrahman hurriedly tried to get the registration out of the glove compartment. The cop reacted angrily and told him to stop moving. Abdulrahman was shocked for a moment and was not fully understanding what was happening.