Iapetus
2yr ago
If you can't earn your name by inherited birthright or by action in your life then you don't deserve it
Interesting proposition, however cognomens were given to common people if they had any quirks as a nickname ("the Redhair" "The left handed" "The lame").
Furthermore, are you a battletech fan perchance?
Iapetus
2yr ago
Well not really, I would say that the situation is not as simple as that. Sometimes countries can take measures against illegal immigration with the unspoken consent of western Europe.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pushbacks_in_Greece
As a KAUST resident, I can say that this place is very interesting for Saudi Arabia. Most people here are foreign (including yours truly), this place socially can be compared to a southern european/ coastal Turkish city. The veiling of women does happen but it is rare, what is semi common however is the hijab but there are local Saudi women without hijab. The social climate is fairly good and the community seems to have decent levels of social trust. In Jeddah you will see more traditional behaviour combined some western elements, KAUST is the opposite.
It is also interesting to see how KAUST is a harmonious multicultural environment, probably caused by the good standard of living for all residents in combination with the fact that this place is an amalgam of the best each country has to offer in terms of people.
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