tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-936067357166551892.post6532798387001809413..comments2024-02-27T19:34:08.943+09:00Comments on Vicariously Yours: An Education in Culture Shock: so there i was...enjoying my potato chips...Amberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17566946882242061478noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-936067357166551892.post-69432680877082129002010-08-31T22:25:00.607+09:002010-08-31T22:25:00.607+09:00The real question is whether the Saudis/Kuwaitis/B...The real question is whether the Saudis/Kuwaitis/Bahrainis have any "history" prior to Islam. Clearly Babylon/Iraq and Egypt and Syria, Lebanon and Israel, even Iran, but the eastern portion of the desert? Not so much. <br /><br />Saudi after Islam and Mecca, sure, but religiously oriented only. Then there was oil. Politically, tribes with flags.Bryan Echolshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10307165779361940891noreply@blogger.com