12 dimensions critical reflection

The 12 dimension reflection:

Part 1

According to my CMI results, I have discovered that Accountability, communication, outlook, 

decision making and status describes the way I deal with people. As I mentioned before, the first dimension that I'm going to discuss is accountability, it is governed by two poles, the first polarity is community and the second one is individual; it identifies your personality, whether it is being active with the community or being retired. The second dimension is communication, it represents the way you take actions against people, whether it is direct nor indirect. The third dimension is  outlook, it is more likely to be described as wanting to achieve the change or sticking in the old paths. The fourth dimension is decision making, decision making is all about how do judge the people in front of you with their relationships or following the rules. The last dimension is status, it is achieving your goals by your own or by your relatives; in the UAE we called it (Wasta).

   

Part 2

If I would locate myself on the graph, I would say that I am more likely in the middle, in fact, that identify a really important point which is being able to react to any issue or problem smoothly without needing for assistance. Even in our religion in Islam you can derive the meaning of taking always the middle things  from our prophet Mohammed (peace be upon him) hadiths, as he said: (The middle things are always the best). As for the results I am happy with them because I have discovered so many things that was invisible to my eye, and now, after I knew that, I started to separate between the right and the wrong. For example outlook, I always look forward to achieve changes in the future.    

Part 3

I would like to change some small things in my results in order to achieve things that I wouldn't expect to achieve after 5 years from now on like for example, accountability, according to CMI results I am considered to be between community and individual, In my opinion I think that being active with the community is more appropriate to me than sticking individual. Of course I want to be different from others because when you have something significant that makes you unique, you will achieve position that you wouldn't imagined of in your life. 

To sum up, as far as I'm concerned  that being active in life is something that we should not  be ashamed of because if we kept retired for the rest of our life we will not accomplish anything. 

  

Exercise #7

This article has so many dimensions, But I will stick with the main ones, first is that the status is achieved since it is based on elections and votes, second Outlook where it is innovative to the UAE to have elections, lastly Decision-making where in this one is rules over relationship where it says that the voters should vote for their accountability rather than family name.

Exercise #6

1- On revolution and revolts: Accountability is the dimension that surround this point,  and the polarity is community because the humans are gregarious they cannot adapt living alone.

2- On legalizing divorce: Outlook is the dimension and the polarity is tradition because he said that if they did not commit wearing suits and ties for the dancing parties they will not be able to enter.  

3- On materialism: Destiny is the dimension and the polarity is directive because the economy nowadays controls all human actions as the writer mentioned.  

4- On global consumption: Connecting is the dimension and the polarity is inclusive because they think as a people and countries not as species.  

5- Communication is the dimension and the polarity is direct  because he was speaking directly (question>answer).

6- On ending conflict: Accountability is the dimension and the polarity is community because he said that all Latin Americans have to help.  

    

7- On staying humble in office: Context is the dimension and the polarity is informal because he doesn't like the idea of being arrogant such as politicians does who stands above peoples head.

  

8- On redistribution of wealth: Growth is the dimension  and the polarity is personal because he said that the most important investment is human resources.

9- On age: Expression is the dimension and the polarity is reveal because he is revealing  his sadness.

10- On addiction: Communication is the dimension and the polarity is direct because he speaks directly.

11- On being called the world’s poorest president: Outlook is the dimension and the polarity is tradition because he talks about history.

12- On donating 90% of his salary to charity: Growth is the dimension  and the polarity is personal because he talks about himself.

13- On his goals for Uruguay: Status is the dimension and the polarity is achieved because he want to fight for the common good to progress.

14- On being a president: Accountability is the dimension and the polarity is community because serving people is one of the duties that a president should be aware of.

15- On the secret to happiness: Destiny is the dimension and the polarity is directive because he chooses how to live.

exercise #5

Cultural Dimension	Character Todd, Puro, Aisha or other	Outsourced Scene or Circumstance
Communication- direct/indirect	Todd and his manger	Direct communication,( When The manger asked Todd to go to his office without any question.)
Planning – People / time	Todd and his manger	Time,( The manger gave Todd a short time to accomplish his mission)
Decision-making: rules / relations	Todd and the poor people behind the wall	Decision-making, (Instead of throwing the food, Todd decided to give the food to the poor people behind the wall.)
Context – Informal / formal	Todd and his colleagues at work	Informal, ( when Todd asked his colleagues at work to bring whatever what they want in the working spot to feel comfortable.)

3. When he gets on the train, he cannot find an empty seat. How is this problem
solved for him? How might this be a cultural solution?

Todd surprised that there was no seats inside the train, suddenly a little boy stand up and gave Todd his seat,than the little boy sat on Todd's right leg . It might be a cultural solution, it's their duty to show their respect to the people who are bigger than them. like old people for example.

4. As any exchange student, he has a lot of experiences trying new food. His first
encounter is with an iced drink. What happens?

He felt sick after eating that iced drink, and his stomach started to blowup.

7. Todd wants to check in to a hotel. But Puro insists he comes to a boarding house.
What is the reason he gives Todd?

He says that the hotel is very lonely, While Aunti Ji has a very good garden and she cook really well .

8. As soon as they meet, Aunti Ji starts asking very intimate questions that
Americans who have just met would never ask. What kind of things does she ask?

 She asked a lot of question, specially she focused on the personal things.

Exercise #4

How does culture/ and the 12 Dimensions influence:

Applying the culture and the 12 Dimensions on our daily life is something important according to what I have read. But have we thought about what makes it special ?

It can be impacted or influenced by a number of things, firstly, life choices, secondly, thinking, and thirdly, sense of group or neither accountability. Besides, I have chosen to talk about the Amish model to clarify my point

Surprisingly, what makes the culture and the 12 Dimensions special is that it represent the community of this culture by all means on whether how do they communicate, their relationship, or even destiny...etc

Therefore, Amish tribe is a community that rely on simplistic living means. In fact, they believe that what is acceptable in one community may not be acceptable in another that's why their choices are limited. Also, they do have guns inside their homes but they don't use them as an equipment to kill humans, it's just for hunting. Moreover, all Amish believe that large families are a blessing from god, living alone or in another ward individual is isolated from their dictionary. Bearing children, raising them, and socializing with neighbors and relatives are the greatest functions of the Amish family.

In general, through my experience on the Amish tribes I have explored that they do not use electricity because of the problems caused by it, television, radios, and computers...etc,   
they believe that it is a waste of time.

How your Arabic culture influence your choice:

Nowadays our first language which is Arabic has been influenced by other languages. We all know that English language is the biggest competitor world widely. looking for a job nowadays is not easy for local citizen if they don't require English language. That's why they concentrate on English at school, and universities more than Arabic.   

      

Hi everyone,

first of all my name is Amran, this is the name that I'm supposed to be called at my parents house. Unfortunately my head is nearly similar to the coconuts fruit, so they always makes fun of me by calling me the "coconut head".

As for my age I'm about 18 years old and I don't feel like I am ! I always get treated as a young 10 years old kid. What makes me different from everyone is that I can read the "Quran" with so many different recitation, the one who was behind that is my father who passed away 3 months ago, I'm not sad I am glad to have a father like him because he raised my personality, and he always motivated me in everything; I'm really thankful for everything he offered me "may our God bless his soul".

I have so many things I like to do in my life, one of the most interactive thing I do most of the time is"traveling", I've been to "NEW ZEALEAND" and "CANADA" a year ago and stayed there for about 1 month for each one. Each one of them has its own unique cultural pure colors, for example: In "New-Zealand" there are the "MAORIES" their costumes are nearly similar to the characters on a game called "Crash Twin-sanity", It was really exciting for real. They also kisses noses like we do in the "UAE", I was really shocked at the beginning but when I asked them they said that : "Its really common to see that on the "MAORIES" community. On the other hand, in "CANADA" they uses "COSPLAYS" as a path to present their selves.

My passion is based on electronics its one of the things that makes me feel alive. I am looking forward hopefully to be an electronic engineer in the near future.

One of the most exciting thing I did a while ago is that I've had the chance to experience the sky diving in"DUBAI" It was one of the greatest moments in my life, I felt like a bird falling from the sky without any wings above it. I thought that I will not be able to do it at the beginning but I was amazed and proud of what I have done at the end.

I've met peoples from so many different countries in my life such as Americans, Canadian, Japanese, Korean, Italian, Indian, Germans, and British...etc. One of the most inter-cultural experience that I have had is significantly based on japan, I really didn't have the chance to go there but a friend of mine from japan had told once that they have a festival called "Setsubun" it usually starts in February 2 or 3; They throw the beans on the large temples to drive away the evil spirits, that was quiet interesting. 

I think that its really important to know about the other cultures, because after a while you may experience the same situation, you will be facing people from all over the world asking you about whats the uniqueness of your culture, If you didn't answer about their questions your culture will be directly vanished.

Exercise #3

 The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel

1-Mrs. Greenslad was able to avoid the conflict, she started to look up for a job to keep her life busy in order to avoid living as animals, just eating and sleeping .

2-Mr.Graham was able to avoid the conflict, He went to check out some houses nearby, but they were removed as a young boy said. So in order to Coexistence with the situation he started to play cricket with a small group of young children's in that place.  

    

   

3-Mr.Donnely was unable to avoid the conflict, she refused to open herself up to the Indian culture.   

4-Mrs.Ainslie was unable to avoid the conflict, she couldn't adapt living on a place unless if it's a hotel.

5-Mr.Ainslie was able to avoid the conflict, his wife refused to go out with him so he left alone.   

6-Mrs.Hardcastle was unable to avoid the conflict, the room that she was looking for was not what she expected as she mentioned that it looks like (alcove).

7-Mr.Kapoor was able to avoid the conflict, he didn't gave up and continued his father's journey  to raise up the exotic marigold hotel.

Muslim Chinese - Collaborative Solution

Our duty as Muslims is to spread the Islam message to the world. In my opinion I think that the best solution to solve this case is that Muslim Chinese needs to introduce the Islam clearly to those who reject letting Muslims to do what they want to do. In this case People will be affected by the extent of the importance of this debt and then may convert to Islam. At the end both parties will be collaborative which means that both of them will be equal.

Exercise #2

Emirati women and workforce in a clash of culture

What is the conflict?

The "Islamic" religion has a dynamic, flexible and keep pace system every time in every era. Every problem that face human being "Islam" found  the solution to solve it. women's for example, in the "pre-Islamic" Arabia before Islam; had no rights. When a female baby was born it was considered as a disgrace to the family and "female infanticide" was a common response. Nowadays some people are doing the same but in another way, they want to deprive women from working in order not to work in a mixed environment.

What is the cultural view behind the conflict ? 

The main idea that has gradually caused this phenomenon is that some emirati families are afraid of breaking the Islamic rules and the traditional habits at the same time,  so in case to avoid that they started to deprive women's  from working in order not to mix with men. If she wants to continue her journey she must face her family and convince them to let her work in the field that she wants to work in.  

Who is involved ?

The ones who will be judging the women choice are of course her family specially men's. It could be her father, or her brother, or her husband who will be deciding  whether she will work in this place or not.In the passage that I had read recently, Sara Humaid friend and Mariam, changed their study major just because their relatives disagree to let them work in a mixed environment. 

What is the best solution to solve this phenomenon ?

In my opinion I think that the best solution to solve this kind of problems is that we have to apply our original Islamic prospective in order to gain some good results, Advising is a good conductor too, it can affect the listener directly. I disagree depriving women's from working. we should cooperates with them otherwise our country will not develop. If she is educated enough and has all the requirement that qualify her to change her country why not !. Nowadays There are several facts that says some women's equals 10 men, and the simplest example for this are the women's who works on the military field, and in my point of view I think that no one can deny that.

My worldview :

Our worldview concentrate on three main things, Power/fear, Guilt/innocent, honor/shame. In my point of view I think that the most influenced thing in my world view is honor/shame, because as I mentioned before that some families  are afraid of making any small defect on their tradition aspects. The second point is Guilt/innocent, some families feels guilty about their choices that they made for their daughter in whether they want her to work or not. The last point is power/fear, It depends on whether this person wants to make a difference on his life or not. 

    

Exercise #1

What I think about "running of the bulls":

 In my opinion I think that people should leave this kind of habit as soon as possible, otherwise the amount of injuries will increase and in some cases it could lead to death, secondly the (Pamplona's) bulls will instinct if the "Bullfighters" kept killing them for no specific reason.Other than that it is good to experience what other countries has on their cultures. "Running of the bulls" is one of its kind and every time I hear people talking about it or watch videos related to it I get excited and suddenly want to try it , but when we come to the opposite side of it; it's something way over than our thoughts and suddenly that  feeling vanish.