ARABIC

NICOLE CAGE
 OVERVIEW
COUNTRIES OF ORIGIN

• 22 countries considered Arab

countries. Region is called the MENA
(Middle East and North Africa)
region.
• Countries include:
Algeria, Bahrain, Comoros, Djibouti,
Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon,
Libya, Morocco, Mauritania, Oman,
Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia,
Sudan, Syria, Tunisia, United Arab
Emirates and Yemen
It can also be defined as those countries
where Arabic is the dominant language.
OVERVIEW
TOPOGRAPHY, ECONOMICS, &
POLITICS
• Climate: Hot & Dry
• Known for oil reserves
• Approximately 60% of the world's oil
reserves are in or by the Arabian
Peninsula Region
• Saudi Arabia (in Arabian Peninsula) has
the largest oil reserves in the world
• The presence of oil in this area has led
to economic and political tensions over
the years within and outside the culture
 OVERVIEW
EDUCATION

Arabs consider advanced education a remarkable

achievement and greatly respect scholars and
learned men and women (OFFICE OF THE
DEPUTY CHIEF OF STAFF FOR
INTELLIGENCE, 2006)

Produces a literacy rate that varies across the

region (OFFICE OF THE DEPUTY CHIEF OF
STAFF FOR INTELLIGENCE, 2006)

Much political control exists over

schools (OFFICE OF THE DEPUTY CHIEF OF
STAFF FOR INTELLIGENCE, 2006)
OVERVIEW
IMMIGRATION

• Reasons for immigration: political, economic,

and education
• First wave, second wave, third wave
• During the early years (first wave, prior to
1948) of Arab immigration, the reasons for
moving to America were primarily
economic (First Wave 2010)
• 1948: Palestine War: "second wave" is when
conflict and war increased, displacing
many Arabs from their home country
• Third Wave: Saddam Hussein rose to power;
created more warn-torn and politically unstable
countries within the Middle East
HEALTH CARE
PRACTICES
Avoid medications containing pork
Avoid byproducts such as gelatin-based
medication

Try using liquid or halal gelatin tablets

Try instead

Inform If a replacement medication is impossible,

you must inform the patients
HEALTH
CARE
PRACTICES
For Muslim patients, keep in mind
Ramadan

Certain procedures may not be

allowed such as oral medications

Medical Emergency may require

breaking fasting
HEALTH
Modesty and privacy are extremely
CARE important
PRACTICES
If possible, avoid opposite-sex
patient and care provider
examinations
Only reveal small areas for the
examination
 Crematio DEATH
n
is allowed RITUALS
ARABIC AMERICAN'S EITHER FOLLOW
Burial and THE CHRISTIAN OR MUSLIM BELIEF.
funeral are
typically head
3-7 days after
the loved one
CHRISTIAN
passing
(CULTURAL
GUIDELINES,
2014)

Deceased are
normally
prepared
for funerals
by funeral home
directors
and morticians.
DEATH RITUALS

ARAB
MUSLIM
Cremation if forbidden

They family would want burial to take place promptly

5 steps for preparing a body for eternal life:

• 1. Wash the deceased
• 2. Wrap in linen or cloth
• 3.Prayers over loved one
• 4. Funeral ceremony and burial
• 5. Islamic tradition of positing the head to face Mecca (west). (CULTURAL
GUIDELINES, 2014)
NUTRITION
• Essential components of
nutrition:
v Food.
v Family.

• Home cooked food

• No snacks
NUTRITION

• Meals should contain:

 Vegetables
 Rice
 Salad
 Plain yogurt
 Pita bread
 Beef, lamb, chicken, or fish

• Arab Muslim DO NOT eat

pork
 FAMILY ROLES & ORGANIZATION
HEAD OF HOUSEHOLD & GENDER ROLES
Men
• Head of Household. patriarch over
wife & children
• Vertical Style Parenting: authoritarians
& subordinates
• Husband/Father is the provider, or
"breadwinner"
• Eldest son will assume all the father's
responsibilities in the event of his
passing
Women
• Age difference between spouse (10-15
years younger)
• Assume all domestic responsibilities
• Are to be submissive to their husbands
• Must be discrete in public & private
• Are not to disagree with their husbands
• Many of the gender role responsibilities
are determined by religious laws stated
in the Quran
 Extended family has an
FAMILY ROLES influential effect on Authority is given to
& each family member,
including honor or
the eldest male (such
as a grandfather)
ORGANIZATION: shame

EXTENDED Extended families in

Arabic culture provide Multiple generations
FAMILY & a strong support may live together
system
GOALS AND
PRIORITIES
Arabs rely on extended Marrying within a
family to provide certain family serves as
power, influence, and a medium to inherit
security identity or social class
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