those who have lived there…do they have a joint family system?
and if it is, what sort of arrangement is there?
how can you compare/contrast is to typical desi joint family with parents,married sons & their wives,unmarried sons all living together n stuff..
Re: Joint family system in Arab culture
I know one thing if arabs have 2 wives they will be living in separate houses .:D
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Nomi.. yes the Arabs do have a joint family system and yes it mashallah works extremely well… a large majority especially the Emiraties live in what u could call a villa compound where in one complex.. there will be several separate houses/dwellings and so each son will abode with his family and so on… this is typical of the extremely wealthy Emiraties… many live in this system otherwise, each “family” will have their separate dwellings in the same huge villa/building…i guess it isnt too different to the typical “desi” joint family other than due to the nature and sizes of these villas- here families are more spaced out!!, therefore there’s an element of “breathing space”!!!
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^I think it is quite different, esp when u compare to the average Desi joint family in the West. Arabs will never have the new DIL sharing a bathroom or kitchen with the rest of the family and she generally won't be expected to do the housework for her MIL the way a Pak/Indian/Bangladeshi family might expect her to.. Also, Arab women don't tend to be expected to cover up at home as much as most Desi women are so there's not as much controversy about her being too 'modern' or showing too much skin, as long as she dresses more modestly when she goes out. Most Desi girls will at the very least get dirty looks for wearing a knee length skirt in front of her MIL whereas to most Arab girls and their MILs that would be seen as no big deal.. They are much stricter in some ways than us tho eg when it comes to mixing with the BILs and other men in the family.
Imo a joint family living in separate villas is a good system but our way of everyone under one roof is asking for trouble..
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^ Deeba yes I hear u but I did say that each family lives in their own separate dwellings and so each son with his family… theres no question of the whole extended family living in the same “quarters”… u are rite.. its very gender driven so the women would tend to mix separately from the men…:k:
