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Saudi Arabia - Culture Smart!: the essential guide to customs & culture

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This book is ok if you want a small insight into Saudi culture but the best way to learn about a Saudi and his/her culture is to either make friends with one or marry a Saudi man (as marriage to Saudi women is virtually impossible). Even if you make friends with a Saudi there's no guarentee that you'll ever learn everything about their culture. Some of the points in this book were off.

'Culture Smart' Series Review:

First, I am a culture junkie and am a big fan of the 'Culture Smart' series with seven guides thus far in my growing collection. * Germany, Saudi Arabia, Iran, Cuba, Croatia, Brazil and Morocco * This series offers a compact look into the cultures of the world: their customs, attitudes and behaviors, etc. These books provide perhaps as close of understanding to many of them as a reader will have. It also does not hurt that I take in fun/unusual facts like a sponge. I highly recommend this series before traveling to another country or just to further your knowledge of other cultures.