Our Identity

Our relationships with people had changed since Media emerged. Being an Emirate girl I have always asked my grandmother about their life before and how was the relationships with people in the absence of Media. She always says that people in their days glorify the family life and marriage. Every guy looks for the perfect women to marry her, not to play with her and be his girlfriend as it is named those days. Our traditions and Religion were very strong that no one can argue or try to change it. Even the relationships with our parents were based on respect and never talk with them in aloud voice. The family always comes first then the personal interests. I really loved what she said because we actually miss those things now. I believe that Media is the first reason that made our country opened to the other cultures. People beliefs had changed and their traditions and religion are being forgotten. Media especially the Western TV shows such as: Movies, commercials, and series, they all changed our relationships with people. New relations came to our world such as: boy or girlfriend, single mothers or fathers. I mean by single mothers or fathers who have children without marriage in other worlds having a baby by the help of a donor. Today the Arab world seems to be accepting that thing and I believe that this is why our problems became more specially with teenagers and adults. It is good to be opened to other countries and know more about them, but the bad thing is learning about other countries and forgetting where we belong and what is our traditions and beliefs.