The course was on the topic of "Anthropology / culture & society" and gave a view on different aspects of culture worldwide. Our teacher came from New Zealand and grew up in a very different society compared to ours, which gave us the possiblity to get exclusive information about the living in tribes and spirituality.

We were a group of about 25 people and our colleagues came for instance from Dubai, Saudi Arabia and Lebanon. Probably we were the only Europeans.
Many differences between our european university system and culture and the one here in an arab country were obvious. First of all - everybody comes too late. Sorry, but the prejudice seems to be true. Some students showed up one and a half hour too late. However, they are not allowed. The result if they do it many times is, that they can not finish the course but have to pay - nevertheless they do not care at all.

Girls are extremely shy. If they should present something they hardly stand up and speek just a little. Furthermore they sit all together in a group away from the guys.
As probably in all arab countries religion has to be respected strictly. Almost every place has a prayers room and praying times during the lessons were given to our students.
These are just some examples of our great experience. Sina and me noticed many things during our visit in the local Dubai University. It was very interesting and thanks to the university to make that possible.

Dubai University College