• Build and maintain personal or business relationships. • Promote goodwill & show respect. • Celebrate or congratulate.
Gift Giving Etiquette
Six elements of gift-giving
Etiquette and Customs in Saudi Arabia
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Greetings
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Gift Giving Etiquette
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Dining Etiquette
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Taboos
Greetings
Men shake hands. Good friends may
greet each other with a handshake and a kiss on cheek.
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Dining Etiquette
Being invited to a Saudi's house
• Dress conservatively (适当地) and remove your shoes.
• Try to arrive at the invited time. • Show respect for the elders by
greeting them first. • Accept the offer of Arabian coffee
and dates(枣子). • Small talk before the
Table manners
• If the meal is on the floor, sit cross-legged or kneel (跪下) on one knee.
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Gift Giving Etiquette
Gift Giving Etiquette in Saudi Arabia
• Bring something small as a thank you. • Gifts are not opened when received.
Behavior
Be careful of use left hand & thumd.
No alcohol &pork.
Women are forbidded to drive.
Communications
Don't discuss the topic of women, and even asked his wife or daughter's health.
Don't talk about Israel & national oil policy.
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• Eat only with the right hand as the left is considered unclean.
• Try a bit of everything that is served.
Taboos
Appearance No bareness(裸露) No yellow Man with long hair is forbidded.
Right hands only.
Greetings
Women generally hug and kiss close friends.
Men and women would not greet each other in public.
Gift Giving Etiquette
The purpose of gift-giving