Al-Marsad newspaper: The American resident Intisar Ammar told the story of her marriage to a Saudi and the most prominent customs that attracted her in the Kingdom.
She said during an interview with the program “My Lady”, broadcast on the Gulf Rotana channel: “This is a remarkable story. Basically, we answer when anyone asks us, that God is alone because it is a long story, so all we say is that God brought us together.”
And she continued, I tell people all the time, that men are men anywhere, you will find good men in America, and you will find good men in Saudi Arabia, and vice versa.
So I cannot describe the American man in specific terms and the Saudi man in specific terms, because masculine characteristics are not limited to country or nationality.
She added, “I can think of nothing but the evening routine of Arabs. It is important to drink coffee and dates in the evening, something that never happens in the United States.”
And I continued, for example, since we got married and I have gained weight, because of what we eat in the evening, in the United States we eat early but here everyone eats late and we have to have coffee, nuts and chocolate every night.
She added, “Saudi food today is a mixture of international cultures, and I don’t think there are many Saudis who mainly eat traditional food, but for me my favorite Saudi food is Jareesh.”
In fact, I was able to adapt to life here easily because the Saudi culture is rooted in Islamic culture, and I accepted a lot of customs and culture here.
In the same context, her husband, Abdullah Al-Otaibi, said, “I spent a long time in the United States, and we go out to the wilderness to go for a walk and have coffee.”
He continued, “The Arabic language has not been lost, but the dialect is different. My brothers and my cousins talk to me as if I were a stranger.”
