Darliin Khahaifa CP#2

Date/Time: 3/21/18 5:20 P.M.

Location: Starbucks

Topic discussed: The differences and similarities of the culture in Kuwait and the U.S.

Cultural and/or linguistic topics you and your partner learned: Khaled and I spent our first meeting chatting over coffee and becoming acquainted with each other. We talked extensively about the culture in Kuwait and how it is different from that of the United States. One particularly interesting difference was in the way strangers regard each other. He noted that people who do not know each other in Kuwait still consider each other to be “brothers” and “sisters” because of the principles of Islam. People in Kuwait are therefore very generous and friendly despite being strangers. During his time in the U.S. Khaled has noticed that people who know each other well can at times be less friendly with each other than strangers in Kuwait.