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Yep NYC has a huge Muslim population. There are big mosques here too, and neighborhood with tons of ethnic minorities from Muslim countries, such as Egyptian, Lebanese etc. I go to Brooklyn once in a while to get my Lebanese fare. Love zaatar.
I have a question what obvious reasons if the USA off your list, I'm curious, I would love to have you here in the states
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Originally Posted by P London
What are the reasons why USA are off the list? Some parts of the US are really welcoming like New England, PNW and the mid-Atlantic states unlike the bible bashing belt (Louisiana, Texas, Tennessee etc)
i don't want to derail this topic into a heated political argument .i do recognize that many americans are nothing like their government. but I'm cautioned by several friends' personal unpleasant experiences, which is enough for me. but if you like polls -i don't- , you can read this one http://www.aaiusa.org/page/-/Polls/A...vide_Final.pdf for the question about each group/minority: "Arabs, Muslims, Arab Americans, and American Muslims have the lowest favorable/highest unfavorable ratings among the groups covered." if you belong not only to the least favorable minority in a certain country, but to the two least favorable* -that's a double-, then, is it really smart to move in there, while you have other choices? *the last two rows in the first table.
thanks for the reply!
sorry about my messy english btw.
If you want to stick within the Anglosphere I'd say Canada,Australia or New Zealand all fall into your criteria.
Otherwise Netherland, Belgium or Northern European countries are pretty good in all terms and they all have large percentage of population speaking English as their second or third language.
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Originally Posted by JedlaRoche
From what you said I would suggest Australia, UK or NZ. A country doesn't need to be multicultural to be welcoming to different types of people.. Some countries have less stereotypes about some origins precisely because they are so few than the population didn't make any generalities (yet).
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Originally Posted by P London
I'd say either say the UK, Northern United States or Canada. Australia and NZ doesn't strike me as being really multicultural.
Hi
can you suggest cities in Australia / New Zealand? Melbourne seems beautiful, but i get extremely opposing experiences about it, and about Australia in general. from living hell to heaven on earth.
as I said, Canada seems perfect, specially Vancouver for its relatively warm weather, but it's next to impossible to enroll in a master's degree there.
what parts of the UK are better for my situation?
what do you think of Dublin , Ireland?
Hi
can you suggest cities in Australia / New Zealand? Melbourne seems beautiful, but i get extremely opposing experiences about it, and about Australia in general. from living hell to heaven on earth.
as I said, Canada seems perfect, specially Vancouver for its relatively warm weather, but it's next to impossible to enroll in a master's degree there.
what parts of the UK are better for my situation?
what do you think of Dublin , Ireland?
many thanks
I'm no expert but for the UK I'd say London, Birmingham, Manchester and the smaller cities like Oxford and Cambridge.
i don't want to derail this topic into a heated political argument .i do recognize that many americans are nothing like their government. but I'm cautioned by several friends' personal unpleasant experiences, which is enough for me. but if you like polls -i don't- , you can read this one http://www.aaiusa.org/page/-/Polls/A...vide_Final.pdf for the question about each group/minority: "Arabs, Muslims, Arab Americans, and American Muslims have the lowest favorable/highest unfavorable ratings among the groups covered." if you belong not only to the least favorable minority in a certain country, but to the two least favorable* -that's a double-, then, is it really smart to move in there, while you have other choices? *the last two rows in the first table.
thanks for the reply!
sorry about my messy english btw.
It's rather naive to believe that any country you go to will be devoid of idiots.
I work in international higher education; there are tens of thousands of Arab Muslims studying in the USA and having a great time. Many stay after completing their degrees.
I'm unsure the UK has less anti-Arab Muslim sentiment that the US. In fact, I wouldn't be surprised if there was more.
That's kinda not true everyone in the world is exposed to racial stereotypes people need to come in contact with different ethnicities to realise that not everyone from a certain racial group fuel the stereotypes. Some people from countries that are homogeneous can be very very xenophobic or just plain racist, heard Japan is a good example.
Yep. You just said the exact same thing as I did in reverse. We both used the word "some" and I said "doesn't need to" which is different than "have to".
Or my English is worse than I thought and I would really appreciate a correction because that's what I meant. Being multicultural doesn't always mean a country is open, an homogeneous country doesn't mean a country is always racist.
It's rather naive to believe that any country you go to will be devoid of idiots.
I work in international higher education; there are tens of thousands of Arab Muslims studying in the USA and having a great time. Many stay after completing their degrees.
I'm unsure the UK has less anti-Arab Muslim sentiment that the US. In fact, I wouldn't be surprised if there was more.
I also work in International education and 80% of my students are Middle Eastern. They are treated very well and have lots of fun.
My Muslim friends that have lived here since childhood have never
complained about racism.
If you come to the US and act like an idiot you will have no problem feeling unwelcomed. There's a good possibility based on the nature of your question that you would be unable to function normally in society, so please.. come on over to the US. You will probably not be able to find a job with that attitude, so you won't last here much longer than your masters degree either way.
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