Preparations of the interview
Before my interview, we had twelve questions need to ask the
interviewee, future more, I came up other a few questions which are helpful my
interview. My interview objective is comparing
the difference and similarity between the cultures in Saudi, China and the U.S.
I also want to lean about Saudi’s special culture. This time, I researched on
the internet about Saudi’s culture. During the interview, I brought in my
iPhone to record the whole interview.
How did You Approach People?
My third interviewee was Alsufair Hussain Adel He is a student at St. Cloud State
University. He is studying Mechanical Engineering. He came to the U.S at 2010.
When, where, and how did
you conduct the Interview?
I conducted the
interview with
Alsufair Hussain Adel at the
coffee shop in the library. Before we start the interview, I prepare a cup of
water to him, and I gave to him a paper which is about some interview
questions. After that, I started
the iPhone and we began the interview.
Whom did you
interview?
I interviewed Hussain. He
is from Saudi Arabia. His major is Mechanical Engineering.
Country
Report
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Saudi Arabia is the largest country in
the Arabian Peninsula, near to the Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates and
Yemen. Desert accounts for about half of the country's surface area. Saudi
Arabia is divided into 13 provinces. Saudi Arabia is the “largest Arab state in Western Asia by
land area, and the second-largest in the Arab world. It is bordered by Jordan and Iraq on the north
and northeast, Qatar, Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates on the east, Oman on the southeast, and Yemen on the south”(1). In addition, Saudi has the world's second
largest oil reserves are mainly concentrated in the Eastern Province.”Oil accounts for more
than 95% of exports and 70% of government revenue.”(2). And Saudi is also the
world's sixth-largest natural gas reserves. Islam is the major religion in Saudi. “The total land area
is 2,250,000 km2, the population
of Saudi Arabia as of July 2010 is estimated to be 25,731,776 including
5,576,076 non-nationals. (3)
Interviewee is Hussain (H)
Interview is me (M)
M: Hello. My name is Yiming
Zhang. What is your name?
H: Oh…… what? I remember your
name is Sky. Did you change?
M: No. My English name is Sky,
can be a nickname.
H: O。My name is AXXXXXX Hussain AXXX.
M: Thank you for your coming.
AXXXXX is your family name?
H: Yes. AXXXXX is my family name,
and AXXX is my middle name.
M: I see. How old are you?
H: I am 21 years old.
M: where are you from?
H: I am from Saudi Arabia. My hometown
is Riyadh that is capital of Saudi Arabia.
M: Nice. Would please tell me something
about your hometown?
H: Riyadh is the capital of the
Saudi Arabia, and also is the largest city of Saudi. And has over 4000 mosques
in Riyadh.
M: What is your traditional food?
H: For the food. We usually will
eat “Kabab” or”Shawalma”, these two are stewed mutton and lamb chops. And also
curry mutton, curry beef and curry chicken are our common meal. The Nejdi dish
kabsa is the most traditional meal in my country. And Yemeni dish Mandi is also
a popular meal, particularly as a lunchtime meal. Oh….. I am hungry.
M: Ho… me too. I was found some
information in online about diet of Saudi. In your country, people cannot eat
pork, horse, mule, donkey, dog and snake, is it true?
H: Yes, is true, because of the
religion. In my country, Muslims also cannot drink alcohol.
M: how about visits?
H: They can drink alcoholic only
in the hotel, they cannot appearance the outside. I tell you other story, do
you know the Eid al-Fitr? This is a most important holiday in my country.
M: Yeah.
H: Some visits travel to my
country, when the Eid al-Fitr started. They eat the food while walking on the
way, then the local polices detained them.
M: why?
H: because in Ramadan anyone cannot
diet in public.
M: I know the Eid
al-Fitr and other one; these are two major holidays in your country.
H: Yes, Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-Adha.
M: Would please tell me more
information about your culture? Such as, which color is popular? You know, in
China, gold or yellow is grateful color. People thinking gold stand for wealth,
Green represents health. How about your country?
H:
In Saudi, most people advocating white, white mean is purity. Green mean is
life. But the yellow mean is death. This is very different with your country.
M:
And I want to know when you came to the U.S?
H:
in 2010.
M:
Do you like here?
H:
ho… good question. It is depend on the time. I very hate the winter. F@@king
cold. However, the summer is my dream. I love to go fishing with my bother. We fishes
in the river near our house. And some time, I hired a boat so that I could to
fishing. Do you like fishing?
M:
So so…what did you do these besides fishing?
H:
Soccer. You know most Saudis
like soccer.
M: yes. I know it. And have you ever travel to other city?
H: yes. I
have been to Chicago for a travel with my family in last summer.
We went to the Skydeck of Chicago in first night. The building is very tall and
we tried to step in a glass box which was a prominence at maybe 1300 feet
something high. It was a shake for me. In the view, I could see the street and
other buildings through in the glasses. And we also went to see the some parks
too. We took a walk through the parks then enjoy the sceneries. It was a nice
vacation.
M: Oh… I see. Do you want travel again?
H: of cause!
M: I have been travel to Chicago, too. This is a wonderful
city. Ok. Next question. What do you perceive as differences between your
culture and the American culture?
H: …… because…… because of the religion. In Saudi, women no
social status, and women must need to wear a veil when they outside. In Saudi, no
alcohol, no movies and no cigarette. But here is different, we can do everything
we want.
M: I see. And is there anything you would like to add
before we end our interview?
H: No.
M: thank you for your coming. Have a good day.
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