I lived in one of the most crowded neighborhoods which is the center point of Kuwait for South Asians and most of my neighbors surprisingly in that South Asian area were Arabs, local Arabs such as Syrians or Egyptians and even Lebanese but other than that nearby I had like my school on a 10 minute distance walking distance so there were actually many South Asian schools like Indian schools Pakistani Filipino and surprisingly there were no Bahadish schools so most of the most of us Bahadishies ended up going to the Indian schools and actually most of the South Asians ended up going to the Indian schools as well because they actually had top-notch education but anyways even surrounding the schools obviously the all all South Asian fact families used to live nearby the main reason for the crowdedness was because of the community because all of us you know we come to a foreign country in the Middle East so all job workers they want to feel a sense of home they want to create a community where people can feel they are back home and without any judgment yes one thing I did notice is when I came back to Bangladesh the community is way different than the Bengali community in Kuwait because in Kuwait it was judgmental free no one actually judged anyone no one actually talked behind anyone’s back and everyone always understood each other’s sufferings as well it was a very cohesive or supporting neighborhood even though my neighbors were Syrian specifically they were very hospitable on weekends they used to bring out this huge pot to cook biryani or like the famous or their famous traditional dishes Syrian traditional dishes and they used to give us offerings as well and they were off they were also very good cooks they used to cook desserts in those loaf pans or bread ovens and oh my god their desserts are the best Syrians as well as Egypt
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I lived in one of the most crowded neighborhoods, which is the center point of Kuwait for South Asians. Surprisingly, most of my neighbors in that South Asian area were Arabs, local Arabs such as Syrians, Egyptians, and even Lebanese. Other than that, I had my school within a 10-minute walking distance. There were actually many South Asian schools, like Indian, Pakistani, and Filipino schools, but surprisingly, there were no Bangladeshi schools. So, most of us Bangladeshis ended up going to the Indian schools, and actually, most of the South Asians ended up going to the Indian schools as well because they had top-notch education. Surrounding the schools, all South Asian families used to live nearby. The main reason for the crowdedness was because of the community; all of us came to a foreign country in the Middle East, and all the job workers wanted to feel a sense of home. They wanted to create a community where people could feel they were back home and without any judgment. One thing I did notice is that when I came back to Bangladesh, the community was way different than the Bengali community in Kuwait. In Kuwait, it was judgment-free; no one actually judged anyone, and no one talked behind anyone's back. Everyone always understood each other's sufferings. It was a very cohesive and supportive neighborhood. Even though my neighbors were Syrian, they were very hospitable. On weekends, they used to bring out this huge pot to cook biryani or their famous traditional dishes, and they used to offer us some as well. They were also very good cooks; they used to make desserts in those loaf pans or bread ovens. Oh my god, their desserts were the best, both Syrians and Egyptians.
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