RE: LeoThread 2025-08-14 15:56

As someone from Middle East, hospitality is very common. Actually west Libya (where I am from) is known for unusually big hospitality even among Middle Eastern people.

Just imagine, Libyans would eat $1 meal with their own family, but if you visit them, they'll give you a $5 meal, and even sacrifice their budget for the next day/week so you can have a good time.

We always have extra tea leaves and snacks just in case someone visits.

Some of us even give the visitor our only piece of meat, and when asked about it we lie and say we ate some earlier and this is just leftovers. Sometimes this bothers me, but I gotta love the generosity.

There's a dark side to this though, hospitality is seen by many as the bare minimum, and would judge you for not meeting it sometimes. Especially if they "know" you're capable of it.