Read the short story inshallah carefully and answer the following questions.
There is some kind of cultural dissonance here between an American professor and an Arab, probably a Kuwaiti student. What is the reason behind this? How can you explain this in terms of the values each culture emphasizes most?
Apply Hofstede Cultural dimensions to the short story:
I. Power Distance Index (PDI)
II. Individualism versus Collectivism (IDV)
III. Masculinity versus Femininity (MAS)
IV. Uncertainty Avoidance Index (UAI)
V. Long Term Orientation versus Short Term Normative Orientation (LTO)
VI. Indulgence versus Restraint (IND)
How can you use these dimensions in describing the cultures of both the student and the professor?
The phrase inshaAllah has been studied by many scholars interested in Anglo-Arab communication and it has many interpretations which of these interpretations do you adopt and why? Why do you as a young Kuwaiti use this phrase? Please give examples.
