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Hello people,
I am making this thread as a personal curiosity regarding how other countries are in every aspect one could think of, I am also sure that all of us here will learn a lot from this. Your inputs are more than welcome!
Let me start :
Algeria :
I am making this thread as a personal curiosity regarding how other countries are in every aspect one could think of, I am also sure that all of us here will learn a lot from this. Your inputs are more than welcome!
Let me start :
Algeria :
- Social/Cultural aspect :
*Pedestrians love to jaywalk, even when there are big and clear pavements, as a matter of fact, police doesn't do anything about it, and there are some parts of town where roads are downright sidewalks.
*Our dialect is a mix between butchered French and North-African Arabic, I personally hate this, and speak as little french words as I can.
*Apart from the month of Ramadhan (the fasting month), there's almost no one hanging outside after 8-9 pm, even in the freaking capital for god's sake.
*There is no such thing as 'hired' taxis, they pick passengers on the road even though you are inside, on the other hand, it is quite cheap.
*The majority of people don't respect the road code.
*You'll never see women smoking, it is utterly taboo. (in neighboring Tunisia it is not)
*You'll hardly see Arabic as a display language on people's cellphones, everything related to technology is in French.
*People still count in old currency, even though we've been having a new one for more than 20 years.
*Most of people don't know how to make a proper queue.
- Industrial aspect :
*The majority of food products don't even have their nutritional values displayed, let alone percentages of x (yes, local chocolates don't even have % of cacao).
*There is a huge lack of food variety, for example, the only cereals available on the market are wheat (refined mostly), and sometimes barley.
- Business aspect :
*Even though French isn't an official language, most of the advertisements are in written in French, services are provided in both French and Arabic.
*Transport companies don't work late at night, not even the tram, metro...etc.
*Public hospitals are free.
- Religious aspect :
*During the month of Ramadhan, when it's almost the time to eat, everything is deserted, and drivers don't respect any code anymore, because getting home to fill their stomach is the only thing that matters to them.
*Sunday is not a weekend, Friday is instead.
*During the Friday's prayer, everything is closed, and people park their cars however they want during that time (even at roundabouts).
*Police turn into inquisition during the month of Ramadhan, if they see you eating in the middle of the day, they'll nick you!
*If you are a tourist (non-muslim one), well bad luck for you, because fast-foods and restaurants are closed during Ramadhan.
*Women wearing skirts or with light clothes are strongly frowned upon.
*You'll never see people kissing in public (on the mouth).
*'Religion' is everywhere.
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