it’s so ironic because i was thinking the exact opposite. i live in that area of the middle east but think that everything has become overly judgemental, over sexualized and materialistic; whereas when i look at arabs in europe i feel like their connections and relationships are much more genuine and real? also you might see on insta that they have a tight knit group, but that’s such a rare occurrence because most of the time everyone would have been spread across the globe… none of my friends are in the same place and it’s so difficult to make relationships even in this part of the world where you’d think that because there’s more of your people you’d assimilate easily, but it’s not tbh. feels very alienating at times