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You can understand why some people in immigrant-receiving countries get frustrated with certain immigrants: no one rolled out a red carpet to help them learn about the immigrants’ language or culture. If they’re curious, they ask questions. Some might travel. But for most, it doesn’t really matter. Speaking loudly in your native language in public spaces where the official language is, say, English or French, or pushing street celebrations and street concerts in people’s faces, only damages the credibility of an immigrant community. If you’re planning to become a citizen, you need to adapt to the culture of that country and speak its language fluently. You can’t expect to hold on to every part of your cultural identity unchanged and assume the surrounding society won’t respond to that in some…

Just watched Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman's interview with Fox. Some tough questions were posed in this Interview. It's interesting how MBS didn't evade questions, acknowledged one of the great mistakes Saudi Arabia has made Jamal Khashoggi & pointed to some of the outdated laws in his country while sending the msg that he is a reformer and is trying his best to modernize those laws. I wish more leaders of Middle Eastern countries were like him, accepting the responsibility for some horrible events happening during their time and clearly communicating to the world how they are preventing such terrible mistakes from happening in the future. Yet, you must be naive to think that politics and its players’ interests are that superficial and straightforward. Progress often speaks in rehearsed…