Saudi Arabia's Americanization Explained
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- Опубліковано 11 вер 2024
- This mall in Jeddah looks identical to ones I see in the U.S. In this video, I go inside a massive mall in Saudi Arabia, eat at an Applebee's, walk around a grocery store and try to understand why America's influence is so high here.
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What song was that ??
Women going to work is not a sign of progress. It's a sign of economic changes that FORCE women to work due to financial pressure. What is not right is not being able to work BECAUSE your a woman. However that being said great video. Just a few fallacies needed to be pointed out.
How do these shops make money with such few customers
What you see is not Americanisation. What you see is globalisation in action.
For some reason, you tend to see the American brands, but not the other brands that come from other countries… probably because you don’t know them.
At least in the GCC, it’s an open market for all….
But am happy that you notice the local brands, which you should have tried….
Btw, Americana is a Kuwaiti brand of frozen foods, go figure ;p
BTW, Saud arabia by their investment arm PIF and an Emirati business man bought Americana. Thier head quarter also in UAE
@Dumy sébastien we are in 2021 so globalization is the normal thing. But to be honest and I'm speaking about Saudi Arabia the American influence is bigger due to that English is the second language here trading Hollywood and thousands of students who are studying in US and coming back since 80s. Like right now there are more than 110K Saudi students in US not mentioning the people who are living between the 2 countries or having business there.
I mean if we compare the number of Saudis who living abroad US is the second after Egypt.
It is slightly more Americanised in food than globalised. A lot of countries around the world are full American brands due their influence and market easy entries.
@@abood6643 that's Globalization economic politics social and culture were food and entertainment parts of it. We are living in a small town
butterfly effects can be in every thing.
@@Mk-rd1xd in that case, the only form of globalisation is solely American lol. It's true that globalisation has been dominated by Americanisation for many reasons, and I personally find it negative and a new form of colonisation.
Great video but theres also nothing wrong with NOT selling alcohol or pork. Different cultures have there own ways…
I was watching video of the Expo and the Global Village and in the US tons of people would be walking around with a big cup of beer. It's nice to not have to see that. I'm not a fan. I do like a glass of great wine now and then, but i can very well do without alcohol.
Agreed
It seems like the alcohol comsuption here in brazil is skyrocketing
I hate it
Yes I agree
Pork is disgusting 🤮
@@lovelymix8056Pork is YUM!!!! LOL
Lived in Saudi Arabia for many years... And yes we grew up going to these restaurants in Riyadh. And the American products and restaurants were already available for decades, it is not new.
Hope you enjoy our products and restaurants 🇺🇸❤️🇸🇦
A lot of those brands haven't even made it to Canada...
Only 20% of these are in my country
You have Timmy's which is better than any of these.
Also we have Tim hortons around 60 stores 🤪
I was born and raised in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. I went abroad for college in 2015 and when I got back this year after graduating (6 years later), a lot has definitely changed. I was surprised how these changes were implemented quick in the country. Great video, Uptin!
@Jiilka Cusub NC? I live in Riyadh
@@markmoncera5010 how is Saudi Arabia compared to the Emirati countries is it more luxury in Saudi Arabia if you had to describe it
@@teknul89 Riyadh over Dubai??
Please NO
Don't try
@@skyinuri8868 What do You mean ?
@@teknul89 Bro Seriously comparing Riyadh to Dubai 😂, ok I like Riyadh but Dubai is more better no 🧢
I don't think it's americanized, because almost every countries basically have American fastfood chains like KFC, McD, BK, PH, Domino's, Baskin Robbins, Wendy's, etc
يبدو انت تعيش في غابه
هل سمعت عن الفرنشايز ؟
yup
Janji identiti pakaian kebangsaan jubah masih kental
Only American would say that.
MANIFEST DESTINY IS FULLFILLED
Instead of Americanization we can call it consumerization, that's synonymous with Americanization I think in my opinion. Consumerization is all about adapting to the consumer needs in other words playing to the gallery. This is what is happening, it's just like google search engine, just show what people like more, customisation is the key
It’s both.
Not even in Canada we have that much selection!!!
LOL even many cities in America haaha
not according to the iron sheik when he came to the Edmonton, Canada!.......you have the A to the Z and his medicine in tha Canada!
It's always been like this. But now all these forign brands are loosing the market for Saudi brands. For example a location here in Riyadh for Applebee's closed and century burger, a Saudi brand opened in its place. Pizza hut is now bankrupt because of maestro pizza (a Saudi brand) Saudi brands have far higher quality and innovative menu items
What is the name of Saudi fried chicken fast food?
@@user-gc1hg9sp9k albaik. This one in particular has the same alure American brands had when they first opened in Saudi. The lines have been full for 20 years hahaha
Yes I explain this at 8:30, Also so many entrepreneurs now in Saudi creating their own so competition is fierce. I guess you didn't watch the second part lol
Century burger is uwu
تقصد آبل بيز إللي جنب السنة التحضيرية (طريق الأمير تركي)؟
For information, Saudi Arabia was one of the reasons for the economic renaissance of America, because it was buying oil at discounted prices globally at the beginning of the discovery of oil, and this is the reason for an economic revival for America.
America was one of the reasons for the Saudi renaissance by discovering oil and building a number of petrochemical plants, and the strength of human resources by embracing thousands of students on scholarships to study in American universities.
There are brands of Saudi restaurants that rise to compete with the best American restaurants whenever they find financial support.
How is that a good thing?
Well it's not about economic renaissance of America, it's about market. Here in Indonesia, almost everywhere even in smaller cities i can find anything that related to America/Western products like fastfood chains or other companies
And if USA didn't buy your oil you still be like Pakistan
Pre medival times
Trade is a two way street
You benefitted from the great western technology by selling your oil
Cheap is relative ,you were competing with iran kuwait Russia Nigeria venezuela etc in the oil market
@@robertmitchell8630 Actually, Saudi Arabia is not benefiting from the US oil consumption because the main market of the US oil imports are Canada and Mexico. The largest consumer of Saudi oil is China, so have some reading Robert! Neither of the countries mentioned by you are even in the game regarding the US oil consumption
@@mrSNEKERS
True at no time have USA imported more than 15% of it's oil from Saudi
But 70% of global trade is invoiced in the almighty USA$$$$
The Almighty USA$$$$ is the grease of the global economic engine
As a Saudi i can tell you this guy is trying so hard to add that drama factor to the video, he went to one place the mall and filmed only American brands.
If there is a place that got affected by the American culture it would be east of Saudi specifically Khobar city because The company Saudi Aramco back in the 80s and 70s had a lot of American employees and they passed on their culture to the people of that city.
I’m sorry but I got too annoyed he’s basically saying that we lost our culture or about to lose it in the upcoming years which is a lie.
Thank you ! The Dhahran /Khobar area is the only city which was heavily americanised due to Aramco. Even the roads and buildings were designed according to American design codes back in 1950s.
@Jobin Jose my guy no one talked about religion, and my faith should not be your concern.
Islam is the religion of god.
as an arab i totally salute to you it boils my blood to see these people soo happy that we lost our culture and religion and unfortunately saudis are being shown as westerners in every video about saudia
@@mrman9777 he is just trying to fulfill his American pride I guess.
That's all the same in GCC. All these brands can be found in the UAE, Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain, Oman and Saudi Arabia. Also, many of the workers in these establishments are Filipinos and they control the music which explains the American music.
Huge respect for my Filipinos brothers best in Saudi no doubt
Not any more most of these jobs are being taken over by locals
Very interesting video. Planning to go to Saudi soon 👏🏼
Come to my place bro, we smoke shisha all day together
@@mahfudmahmuddin3161 في النهاية تعزمه على شيشة
@@mahfudmahmuddin3161 يقلع ام الاغراء الزفت
Don't brother , there are still few restrictions which will make the life living hell. Better wait for few more years , they have started lifting these crazy rules still it it doesn't feel comfortable. You better visit here in Dubai , so relaxed . I tell from my experience of traveling regularly to Saudi ,oman, and my base location Abu Dhabi . UAE is the best
I want to live in saude bc I hate my home country America
Saudi Arab has always loved Americanisation! I grew up there, Baskin Robbins, Applebee's, tgif and etc were there back then too. Do check out their channels, they show so much of the American stuff.
How is that a good thing?
@@ArashRezaee good food. That's the good thing
@@masonslie1146 western diet in particular fast food is cancer, it contains excessive fired fat and sugar, you might say cool food.
@@ArashRezaee true, but it tastes so good! Lol
Exporting obesity. I grew up in the US and would never buy food from a fast food chain.
This is how Saudi has been for decades
وليش فرحان يعني هذا اشي منيح ؟؟
Well the world doesnt know bcz Saudi Arabia use to isolate from the world before the new Prince era...
The only thing for us to know abt Saudi Arabia is from BBC, CNN, DW, ABC etc...
@@fudgerace4356 The fake news lol
i have spent part of my childhood in the UAE , and honestly watching the entire video of you roaming around the mall brings back memories.
Its not only Saudi. Kuwait and Qatar are exactly same. Especially kuwait. Basically they see American culture how we see Japanese culture. Hollywood movies mainly play a big role in exporting American culture. When you are living in america you think the country doesn't have a culture . Interestingly new york city is roughly same distance to Saudi as it to Japan.
a true video, do note saudi arabia has always been like this for years and years.
8:20 - How things are changing. More Saudi brands are taking over.
lol i’m saudian and this isn’t the truth saudi wasn’t even close to what you see right now I’ll admit our country has changed so much over the past 6 years but if i compare ksa back in 2010 to 2020 it will be 2020 is what makes the most change in here i’m happy for this change but no saudi was a whole different country 20 years ago
@@musicforlife8669 habibi sorry for the late response (7 Months) i live in jeddah it has been mostly like this here
It's not really that complicated, the same process happened in my home country.
As we opened up to the world the first place where you could get fast food, see movies and go shopping was at the American Military base at Keflavik. On weekends people would go there to shop, eat and party. When teh country started developing it's own shopping malls, own movie theatres, own restraunts, own discoteques etc. the one we made were all on teh american model and often using american franchises, especially the ones already established by the US military (easier supply chain).
The same will have happened for Saudi, only here it's not just the US military providing the seed, but also Saudi Aramco, which brings in tens of thousands of foreigners to work who want the comforts of home.
He Saudi Arabia is Americanized
Meanwhile Saudi: oh you stole hand sanitizer, don't worry you wouldn't need it anymore 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉
I hate when I go another state and everything is the same.Now if the world became same there will no reason to travel. The world becomes boring.
Right.
Exactly why Allah in his wisdom
Didn't allow Islam to dominate all of mankind
No, every country needs to be Americanized
The youtoube algorithm is weird. I'm sure the same video could make 1000 times as many views with just a littlebit of luck
Oh thanks sm
I’ve been wondering for a very long time when Saudi Arabia would start opening up. Thanks for sharing!
Fun fact! American food in Saudi is 100 times better than America, especially McDonald's 😂
healither tastier or just better quality in general?
@@ps92809 both😂
Let me help you find the answer: ultra-capitalism (aka oligarchy) which both countries share. This American culture of popularised everything and overconsumption is at the centre of capitalistic societies. The more capitalist the more American.
Cant wait to visit saudi arabia
Welcome
i'm a saudi and each region has many types of traditional foods that foreigners know nothing about
americanisation harmed us more with its unhealthy food and high obesity rate
And they still blame the traditional white rice and red meat that we eat for centuries
@@wigcanspeaktoo39 marqōq مرقوق
jarīsh جريش
muṭabbaq مطبق
mofālet maghash مفالت مغش
and many more saudi food unknown to them
Love the saudi-based content. it would be great if you could make a video essay like this - on expatriates in KSA - the kind of impact they leave in the Kingdom :)
I dont get it when they say ‘modernise’.Is modernisation restricted to concerts, a change of attire or cinemas? If you want to modernise, start with educational institutes, encourage the exchange of ideas, ease of business. But instead the entire focus is placed on indulgence of the youth, while schools remain closed. Indulgence is not wrong, but a lot of it without any sense of responsibility for the youth is dangerous. Conducting business has been made extremely difficult and expensive. Outsourcing employees and materials is a hassle. The market is extremely hostile for small business owners.Saudi has good points, it is peaceful and laidback, but racism is also prevalent. The treatment of people of any Asian ethnicity is completely different from other Arabs or Caucasians. Improvement doesn’t come from building skyscrapers and concerts, it comes from internal improvements, ethics and a focus on education.
woow I have never seen burger king carls jr mcd ny fries next to each other even in the US, they dont even have Carls jr in the east cost
we love food 😂
I’ve been in the US for more than two years. The restaurants in Saudi are way better than here especially McDonald’s, Burger King, Subway, Applebees, Chili’s, etc. I don’t know why but you can’t feel the difference until you try them
California got the palm trees from the Middle East 😂 not everything is American
He is very naive lol
yup lmaooo
No, everything is American
This is True in Jeddah and Riyadh, but during my umrah trip in Mecca and Madina few years ago, it did not look like this, there are no movie cinemas in Hajj/umrah quarter of the both cities, all restaurants are separated between Men and Women. And all shops were indeed closed during praying time at least 15-30 minutes. The most international chain I saw in Saudi back in my umrah trip was international Hotel chain you name it, Hilton, Fairmont, Movenpick,Hyatt, Intercontinental, they have it all...
I also saw one and the only Starbucks in Madina near Nabawi Mosque. Never saw McDonald's at Hajj Quarter in both holy cities.
For the brands inside the supermarket, it is either Turkish, Egyptian, or indeed American.
Wow as an American I'm shocked how much of our products are there.
أمركة السعودية ؟ اعتقد ان العنوان غير مناسب فالأصح أن نقول انفتاح السعودية لجميع المستثمرين بلا قيود لكسب الخبرات وتبادل المنافع خصوصا أن السعودية حاليا تعيش عصر ذهبي واقتصاد منتعش وأرض خصبة لكل المستثمرين المحليين أو الأجانب، أمريكا أثرت على العالم أجمع بثقافتها الغربية وهذا ناتج من قيادتها للعالم بسبب قوة الإقتصاد وحسن الإدارة لذلك من الطبيعي أن ترى الناس منفتحين لكل ما هو أمريكي وهذا طبيعي جدا في النهاية اتمنى لك رحلة ممتعة.
هذا ايراني حاقد يتحسر على بلده المنهار
So you came all the way from US to Saudi to eat at apple bees and compare it to US branches!? 😂 Go eat some nice rice dishes Mandi or something
Haha i did try nice rice dishes but also went to apple bees for the sake of this video
Hi Ali, I have subscribed to your site. Reviewing this video, It brings back memories. I worked in Jeddah for a year on the GSE Tunnel, engineering. I really love the Saudi's they are wonderful people. Small world. Nice video. David
Idk fam.. i could go to the lulu hypermarket or indian and say that saudi is indianized.. saudi was a hub for globalisation even before vision 2030 was proposed but of course cant blame your presuppositions either when we have narrative crafting press establishment in the mainstream (..i mean some do) but yeah you did actually showed the domestic owned ones so.. u cool
Agreed
thanks so much! Glad you saw that section about the changes taking place.
@@uptin i should be thanking you.. but ok.
The reason is that alot of US brands invested in Saudi during the 20th century and Saudi to this day has the largest percentage of EXPATS compared to other large countries.
Saudi citizens still make up the majority of the population not like uae
@@ovvsterancebailey7619 i said "large countries"... UAE is not a large country
@@n7eet dude most of our expat from west Aisa or maybe Egyptians never see them buying from and fast food restaurants they prefer cheap restaurants offers something close to their own culture food
No equivalent domestic stores? I would rather have an authentic Saudi meal or store where profits returns back to the Saudi economy rather than profits going outside and to foreign countries.
Yes there are local saudi restaurants when you can get the traditional white rice based meals, they’re everywhere along with the common arabian food restaurants
they’re everywhere.. no idea why this guy went to AppleBee’s of all places no one even goes there anymore look at how deserted that place is😭
I burst out laughing : “ When I’m here the attendant is missing.” 😝😂😂😅
He probably went out to get a Mcdonald's
No coz they came earlier
You have to remember Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Oman have no production of their own. You also have to remember that the America literally owned and controlled the oil industry until the nationalization.
That’s not true.
absolutely not true.
Said an American! You really know nothing.
Its amazing how incredibly dominating American culture is.
American corporations
It's coz of Hollywood and Netflix lol. American culture is the most well known culture around the world.
Post ww2 western influence/propaganda
@@valmal2659 You're on an American website
@@valmal2659 soft-power and English being the sole economic language that everyone understands- the Chinese won’t be able to replicate such things to the extent the Americans have in soft power.
The UAE designed it’s cities in such an old fashioned car centric way, developments like this would fail in the US and other western countries because malls are seen as trashy and suburban and people prefer shopping on bustling streets in neighborhoods
That remind me of one documentary by Voc or smt "Dubai is a joke".
Well i wouldn't say that malls are considered trashy and suburban lol. I live at the border of switzerland with Italy and there are a lot of big (and i mean really big) malls only between my city and Milan. Also Dubai and The gulf countries are basically built by slaves
@@diegogervasoni3432 When outside temperature is 45 degree Celsius. Street shopping is a bad idea.
@@diegogervasoni3432 wtf you mean gcc built by slaves? It was work opportunities they came get paid for the job and don't say anything cuz if it's really bad for them why millions of them still coming until this day? Many of them built homes and provides their family support no other countries could offer them jobs even their own so stop spreading BS
@@Doai55 actually many "paid workers" are just pakistani, Indian and nepalese immigrants that the UAE, Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar and Saudi Arabia literally use as slaves since they stole their visas and passports and their working conditions are awful (more than 6000 deaths in just building the f*cking qatar 2022 stadium). And what i hate the most is that the western world criticize China, North Korea and Cuba but not those far worse totalitarian regimes.
Dude! Saudi Arabia has a Sharp Pizza but we no longer do?! I’m so jealous! As an 80s kid, I have lots of good memories of the Sharp Pizzas we had in the malls back when we even had malls. 🤣🤣💕
i love how there is no alchol and the bars have like milkshakes and expressos instead
same with pork thats fire asf i wish they had that in US
It's impossible to get milkshakes and espressos in the US after all
@@pierrethetrex6106 No its not but its just more common that there are bars/liqour stores compared to milkshake spots.. in the 50's there was alot of milkshake spots but not anymore
Isn't the whole world Americanized, bro? As a Kuwaiti, I don't think Saudi Arabia's case is particularly exceptional...
You came to Saudi to try Applebee’s!!Instead of going to a more local Saudi restaurants you decided to go to Applebee’s ??? Saudi‘s not Americanized just because it has Macdonald or kfc and having cereal in the supermarkets 😭😂😂 if that’s so more than half of the world is then, doesn’t make since
Then that means half the world is Americanized.
Tgif , Panera bread is under rated
Around the world
Nandos which is south African should be more popular
@@nebulaone908 probably more then half of the world is American
Saudi Arabia is open to all cultures. We have products from many countries not only from US
Saudis Love everything from the West
Saudi is american slave lol
@@mohammedismail3499 yeah because they are the best ! who invinted the internet ? youtube ? all social media ? all cancer therpy &vaccines...
@Jekabpils Bushow No USA خير امة اخرجت للناس
@Jekabpils Bushow حبك لاينفعنا وكرهك لايضرنا فأنت نكره لاوزن لك
Fast food chains do not represent development, it will have a negative effect on peoples health, obesity is sky rocketing in Saudi Arabia, There are several articles about that, Not a good move, they should focus on more organic food market. Looks like Crown Prince is more focused on Americanisation than globalisation. To implement a new ways of economic stability they should not focus/rely on just one country, it will affect Saudi Arabia badly in future.
what will happen when the oil runs out and investment disappears.
@@sl4y8r76 then u will eat dirt.
so Saudi arabia today is basically "AMERICA-Halal edition" LOL
you will understand it more if people read the book "The Mcdonaldization of Society" published in 1990's
It’s been like that for long time , it has nothing to do with what’s happening in the past few years
To be honest you can see most American product in almost every countries in the world . The american brands has wider reach than most people ever realised.
Even before the saudi started being more open & slightly more liberal , most american products and brands has been there much longer
No the Chinese products has
You are probably living in another planet
@@thepoorsultan5112 i am talking about brands and not about where it is made. Yes the majority of product is made in china . 🤦🏻♂️
Almost all categories of brands you can see there is a company own by USA .
Tell me the name of a food outlet under a company own by china in saudi arabia ? 😏
Is it big like Starbuck , McDonald ..etc ?
dude this is the world in 2021 you can see a lot of famous reastaurants in every where you go in the universe, whatever where it is from and not just reastaurants actully every thing, cafes ,clothes brands etc... and this is a good thing 👌thx
There are far fewer of these companies in Europe
I’m glad they have been moving with the times. The UAE did it a little over 20 years ago, now it’s time for Saudi Arabia to put themselves on the global map.
يا غريب كُن أديب.
أنت تحسسنا أن كل العلامات التجارية في السعودية أمريكية
Saudi buying American weapons. Bruh they spend 20 billion $ lol. That's the most "americanization" thing ever lol.
So true. That was one of Donald Trump's biggest brags. It really embarrasses me.
@@pamelawing626 I still remember trump openly saying "King u gotta give us money, ur Kingdom wont survive 2 weeks without us lol"
@@plataoplomo9096 YOU had to remember that didn't you. Yes, he said that and was holding up a copy of a contract of some thing ...so disgusting and oh gee, we coud possible get him back!!!!! I'm glad I'm old.
And they even Don't know how to use them
This kind of modernization will disappear when oil price is below the profitability of production. When the economy goes down those stores will be the first one to go. You have to modernize in social and cultural aspect of society. When i say modernize I'm not talking about listening to American music, or smoking. I'm talking about having a society driven by knowledge, where your main resource is your human capital. Society and government built based on meritocracy. Where people can not just study quran and the gov pays them. What is the point in saying this because nothing will change.
It's globalisation not americanisation.
Saudi Arabia is full of international brands you hypocrite blogger
What i mostly saw was U.S. brands and restos 😶
Saudis sold their soul.
No other country has the influence of the US, it’s Americanization
10:11 nah, that's not the reason sir, the reason is that food delivery became soooo easy, so even children start ordering by themselves these days
Hey uptin are you gonna attend the jeddah F1 grand prix?
Hey, unfortunately no
I'll be in Jeddah end of this month, thanks for this video!
Hope they can also get western ideologies that what matters most.
Eww nooo . We only Islam ☪️. We will not disobey Allah by the name of the fake satanic western freedom
@@ام_معاذ25 the only way for you to live forever is science more specifically genomics. You won’t see these days but future generations will be almost immortal. So your stupid religion will die as well
@@Rikimkigsck what unites us is islām submission to god
we don't submit to man made ideologies that divide us
@@Rikimkigsck and who said islām is against science
you never read the history of muslim scientists?
@@Jess-737 Show respect? Here is a quote from Quran for you Jessica. "Men are in charge of women, as Allah has made one of them superior to the other, and because men spend their wealth for the women; so virtuous women are the reverent ones, guarding behind their husbands the way Allah has decreed guarding; and the women from whom you fear disobedience, (at first) advise them and (then) do not cohabit with them, and (lastly) beat them; then if they obey you, do not seek to do injustice to them; indeed Allah is Supreme, Great.""
🙃it is very normal to see a foreign company in any country not just saudi. we do our business the way we want not bcs of america . even street designs we chose it our selves not bcs of you
Wow, that’s crazy, i had no idea, can we even travel there ??id be interested to visit, great info video btw
Yes, Thanks!
بالطبع يمكنك😂❤️ بلدنا آمن جدًا على عكس ماتقوله وسائل الإعلام
@TheAchievementHunter But what about terrorists? Don't they look to target Westerners?
@TheAchievementHunter i don’t want to get kidnap by the taliban or whatever terrorist group might be there. Pass,
@@farzana6676 yes, I believe so
Americanisation is not new to countries like KSA. In fact, it's very popular across the GCC, especially Kuwait and Saudi Arabia. I was raised in Kuwait and lived there for 16 years before moving to Australia. Ive been to Saudi a couple of times too. Just have a look at the cars they drive. Crown vics, Chevy Caprice, Tahoe's, Suburbans, Expeditions, durangos. Americanisation has been happening since the early 70s in these countries. Kuwait had its first KFC in 1971. Nothing new here!
It only happened during MBS time where he enforced western culture and oppressed all religious and traditionalists. Hence, it can backfire very soon. Or he continues in his spanish inquisition.
🐂💩
a wahabi will always be a wahabi
@@Hassan-gc8fi A Muslim believes everyone is capable of being guided. Only those who know themselves misguided would support Espanola Inquisitionola
@@ahmedal-sharabi5322 saudi arabia is still radical and backwards lol
@@Hassan-gc8fi لوللين
Food: American
Chef: Indian
Waiter: Philippino
Country: Arabia
Nah, actually we love to welcome people to work here but this is just a mall Saudi Arabia is bigger than Germany 5 times 😂 so used your mind and come here to see
You talking about simple stuff like this makes me feel shame, Saudi Arabia is more modernized than other western countries😂😂
You speaking of maybe infastructure
But the collective mindset of the population is pre medival
@@robertmitchell8630 Are you talking about America? Because that's exactly what's happening.
@@robertmitchell8630 I hate liberalism and I support Islamic law strongly in our Muslim countries. I am a proud Muslim woman . Modern humans because of liberalism are becoming like animals ( no disrespect it’s true sadly ) Look at the USA 🇺🇸 it was a Judeo Christian country with morals and dignity now they’re discussing killing babies in their Congress all in the name of their satanic freedom.
@@ام_معاذ25
The first minute should explain things
ua-cam.com/video/Zi5o_zNT3Ec/v-deo.html
@@ام_معاذ25
Unfortunately they keep deleting my response to you
the thing is that Jeddah is the most liberal city in the country
And still a terrible place to be if you're an Indian or Pakistani worker, a women, a religious minority or even a journalist. Disgusting state.
6:50 thats not neal story, my sis used to go to mall with her friends every weekend ( still they does) its from very before also i used to go to mall alone
6:54 I took the info from here!
@@uptin yeah, you didnt talk to locals but u listened to an article
I love your channel. It helps me to understand middle east much better. Could you tell me where you are oridinally from? Okay where your ancestors come from.
*While malls are dying in the US, they are thriving in other countries. These countries are still living at least 50 years behind. Not to mention, more organic and healthy food chains are growing in the US.*
Yt burden
You’re really ignorant 😂. Your point of view is so very narrow.
@@knightara My point of view is not narrow, my point of view is 2021. Why don't you ask MBS about his point of view where he sends his squads around the world on a killing spree? Remember Khashoggi?
@@stephaniehale946 Your reply is proof😂😂😂
@@knightara Exactly, it's a proof of the truth.
I can't believe that guy was listening to Bhad Bhabie.
Arabian gulf countries always had Americans brand in there market long years back but the produc is in suadi. Beside we have to many other brands as well
When the oil money can't provide the protection anymore...
Thanks for sharing! I feel much better travel to Jeddah now! How is it looking like as a female living there?
Happy to hear that! I did a video about women in Saudi, check it out!
أنا فتاة سعودية ، لا توجد أي مشكلة ولستِ مجبرة على ارتداء العباءة ارتدي ماتحبين لكن يُفضل ارتداء لبس ساتر احترامًا لديننا 3>
Jeddah has always been the most liberal city in Saudi Arabia by far. Even before the liberalization wave they had private beaches with bikinis while the rest of the country had public floggings and executions.
sorry but those stores was here for the past 20 years and probably even more. that guy your maneuvering with is clueless. only thing sort of new is cheesecake factory which was like 6-8 years ago
I wish we could hear more of your friends perspective
Did a whole video with him! ua-cam.com/video/esGaadotn9c/v-deo.html
That is not americanization it is globalization. See US been there for almost 250+ years which obviously explains the advancement in all aspects there. Saudi Arabia (3rd kingdom) is only 90. And with all that sudden wealth due to oil there’s a huge demand, there are many restaurants, coffee shops, etc other than American. Due to this huge demand many companies flood into saudi markets, which also explains why most shops belongs to foreign companies. Anyways it is now changing, and we can see new local coffee shops and restaurants chain taking back the control.
Overall excellent video
Thanks
Excelente. Gracias por subtitular en español este video, y el referente a la economía turca, así pude entender el contenido.
No es Turquia lol es Saudi
This is the first Iranian 🇮🇷to visit Saudi Arabia 🇸🇦
This man is American I repeat American.
UAE and SAUDI ARAB:- The two best and highly advanced muslim country.
Love to both. ❤❤
Both paid by oil not talent
@@shazzadahmed2682 As if there's only two countries in the world that produce oil. Oh you might be an Indian and your economy thrives on scamming people you scammer
Awesome video. It’s very similar here in the UAE. Think a balance needs to be struck between modernising and holding onto some of the remarkable cultural elements of the Middle East.
Like censorship or beating women?
@@genb4374 more women are sexualised and murdered in the west than in the Middle East. Statistically and factually speaking!
@@EMKWANREVIEWS yes you're right that's why more middle eastern women run to the west and tell their horrific stories. Eg:- Ruler of Dubai's daughter and his wife. And many more!
@@alystero8838 you believe mainstream media as always
which tries to make the middle east look more dangerous
and EMKWAN REVIEWS isn't wrong
so called rahaf al-qanōn left to canada only to commit adultery
give birth to a child and abandon many men mates
such advanced societies you have
It's funny when Americans talk about human rights and freedom about other countries. Sometimes the villain isn't in some place far but in your own home
The title is very annoying .
You need to understand the Saudi people love and hate mentality toward the West "U.S" , we love buying and consuming their products but , we hate their women and LGBTQ rights agenda , democracy , freedom of religions , expressions and choice .
You can bring your business. But keep your values, thank you very much!
You mean rape, crime, STDs, Homelessness, suicide? No, thanks.
You think we are as stupid as your own people, to believe you are a Saudi? 🤣
@@binabdoh6436 brilliant
This been on since forever man
Red sea mall is 13 years old, no body going there now.
I think you didn’t try to there on weekends.
What are you talking about, it’s always so busy. Expect during November 😭. I work in red sea
If I may share another perspective of SAUDIA (not Saudi), not limited to a city, to a time - different from the millenial perpective as observed today. KFC, coke pepsi mirinda (and kaki kola) go back to the 70s lol. American tv was aired in the 70s too like Archi Bunker, Mr Rogers, original Sesame Street, Mannix, Petrocelli, Ironside, Dangerman, Protectors so Saudi’s (which is an ethnonym BTW) knew what you call “Americana” long ago. As commenters have said what you are seeing in consumerism overlapping commercialism under umbrella of globalisation. Americana was more representative in KSA with Aramco’s culture input and also the automobile industry - the love of GMC stepsides with 454 and chevy impalas, caprice “kabris” classics, suburbans, trans-ams, camaros, chevelles, the plymouths and dodge Fury’s, and the odd mustangs from pre-Ford embargo time; this really gave SaudIA (ie KSA) the American feel along with open desert highways, the way traffic lights were hung, the slight SW US desert resemblace, the desert climate with blue skies and in winter the amazing clouds also added to a “US western” feel. As for men not alllowed in malls is also isolated. There were bazars/souks really for women and families but not ubiquitous. This mixed with Bedouin society that ate with hands, sat on carpets in the sand rooted in tribal rules on the original Islamic land that was then accepted as a culture and religion of self determined proud people who didnt copy western ways because they valued their own way in world modernising around them.
Where in the mall can I buy crude oil? I wanna resell it on amazon.
11:35 its not that attendant was missing, the Ministry of culture keyosk wasnt operable, its usually on to sponsor events (Fine Art / Performance Art) on weekends or holidays and usually the evening time.
another western - but this time (Iranian) coming to our land with look down. the whole world has American influence not only us!
You guys sold your soul for western goods.
Lol, uptin is so immersed in American culture to the point his family migrated to the U.S. and now he is vertue signaling cultural preservation! The level of hypocrisy is so sickening
Damn, Iran was like this before the 1979 revolution, even more Westernized
Thats why they got backstabbed
Think about this : America is always consistently modernizing it self at such a quick pace that literally every 10 years America’s culture drastically changes . I feel America lost a lot of its beautiful culture back in the 1950’s.
Yet there fellow muslim brothers in yemen facing a food and humanitarian crisis from their religious zealots
No wonder why their obesity rate has dramatically increased.
It’s because Saudi cuisine is not great. They used to eat desert lizards before they stuck oil.
marqōq مرقوق
jarīsh جريش
muṭabbaq مطبق
mofālet maghash مفالت مغش
you know nothing about our food stop talking nonsense
Thanks for uploading. I disagree that everything looks like American. Actually, Saudi Arabia is unique because of its cultural variations.