Are the arab men from north africa different personality wise from the arab men in the middle east? ?

Question

I hear arab men are controlling from my friends but I have not witnessed it myself. People say it depends where they live and or were born. Is thisTrue?

Answer 1

I live in the Egypt which is north africa but still consider middle east.

But the answer is yes they are.. Then men in the real middle east such as the arab gulf countries (i.e Yemen, Saudi arabia, Oman) are more tough in their personality.  They seem more strong character. I mean here the men claim to lean one way but when challenged they will lean whichever way that doesn't require lots of challenge or conflict. In the Gulf many mean what they say and stand firm in their position, whatever that position may be. But when you get many of the women from both places together to chat.. you will also find that the north african men are more affectionate than the gulf men.

On another note: you will find more corruption here in North africa than in the gulf. Of course corruption is everywhere but more so here than there.

I hope I answered your question correctly.. Of course we all have opinions and they may differ from person to person.

Edit** North african men, even when religious tend not to be that controlling. As I said they are more affectionate. They do on the other hand have this cheezy way of showing their affection sometimes.

I wouldn't call gulf arab men controlling so much as I would call them very protective. But as people have told you.. it depends on their background and where they come from.

Answer 2

I'd say each person everywhere is unique no matter where they are from but, Different cultures & environments can mold a person to have those qualities. Any one can be controlling it depends on THEIR situation, to generalize a whole group of people based on hear say is gonna be flawed. =)

Answer 3

I agree with ivat....

I live in Saudi and married a Saudi and my husband is not controlling at all.. (well I dont mean to say he's a woose or hen pecked) I mean he and I have the practice of sitting down together and discussing issues.

I have many friends of mine who are married to various men, from places like Morocco, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, etc.. and all seem to give me a variety of opinions.. Some are controlling, others not.. So you just cant generalize..

Men are men, there are some who are and arent..