Yemen: Culture and Value Differences
Yemen: Culture and Value Differences Through interaction with others on a daily basis, we acquire the meanings, values, norms, and styles of communicating” (Ting-Toomey). Culture can be defined as the cumulative deposit of knowledge, experience, beliefs, values, attitudes, meanings, hierarchies, religion, notions of time, roles, spatial relations, concepts of the universe, and material objects and possessions acquired by a group of people in the course of generations through individual and group striving. Studying Yemen, not only have I learned the physical and cultural adjustments such as climate, language, and material things, but I have learned about the cultural differences such as, religion, worldview, values, notions of time, and roles. This research paper is not merely just about Yemen in general, but how Yemen’s way of life and history has had an influence on their modern beliefs and values today. This research paper will discuss cultural variables that we learned in class and will be a good way of preparing the reader if he/she were to go to Yemen and will have an insight of my reflection.
Yemen Background Information Yemen is in the Middle East, bordering Saudi Arabia, Oman, and The Gulf of Aden. Major geographic landmarks include the Red Sea to the West, the Arabia Sea to the South, and the great Rub al Khali desert to the North and East (Adensafari). Due to Yemen’s land of mountains and desert, the climate in Yemen is generally hot and arid, with rainfall in the western mountains supporting the agriculture (Collins 215). Yemen has a population of 20,764,630 mainly living in the north and consists of mostly Arab Muslims, coming from the Zaydi or Shafii sects. The powerful Zaydis live in northwestern Yemen, and the wealthy Shafii sects live in the southern most part. These two sects of power and wealth have caused a division. The official language is Arabic with English taught as a second language in school (Adensafari). Sanaa is Yemen’s capital and
Yemen Background Information Yemen is in the Middle East, bordering Saudi Arabia, Oman, and The Gulf of Aden. Major geographic landmarks include the Red Sea to the West, the Arabia Sea to the South, and the great Rub al Khali desert to the North and East (Adensafari). Due to Yemen’s land of mountains and desert, the climate in Yemen is generally hot and arid, with rainfall in the western mountains supporting the agriculture (Collins 215). Yemen has a population of 20,764,630 mainly living in the north and consists of mostly Arab Muslims, coming from the Zaydi or Shafii sects. The powerful Zaydis live in northwestern Yemen, and the wealthy Shafii sects live in the southern most part. These two sects of power and wealth have caused a division. The official language is Arabic with English taught as a second language in school (Adensafari). Sanaa is Yemen’s capital and
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