Middle East Culture Review

By Kayla TottinghamNiniek Pranoto

Julia RochaTrishia Kiefer

What are the major religions in Middle East?

Answer:Muslim, Christian, Hebrew

What is the biggest religion in Middle East?

Answer:Muslim

What is the holy day for Muslim?

Answer:Friday

What is the holy day for Christian?

Answer:Sunday

What is the holy day for Hebrew?

Answer:Saturday

What is one of the impacts of the different holy day for people or visitor in the area?

Answer:Shops close in the different day in the different

neighborhood

What are some examples of the religious festival and remembrances for Muslim?

Answer:Id al-Fitr, Eid al-Adha, Ramadhan

What are some examples of the religious festival and remembrances for Christian?

Answer:Easter, Christmas, Pentecost

What are some examples of the religious festival and remembrances for Hebrew?

Answer:Passover, Hanukkah

What is the type of family the people in the Middle East had?

Answer:Extended Family

Do they also have nuclear family and if so, where do they usually live at Middle East?

Answer:Yes, more in the urban area

What shaped the family interactions and dynamic?

Answer:Religious rules and a patriarchal family structure

What make a wife worth in the eyes of her husband?

Answer:Fruitfulness and the preservation of her children

Do they prefer to have baby boys or girls?

Answer:Boys

Does their law allow abortion?

Answer:No