Identity is an important subject whereby I notice that the new coming up generation are losing their identity in Oman.
Teenagers have left their national customes ( apart from schools) and have adapted the New looks of MTV and rappers .
Where are we heading ? Where is our pride as Arabs and our gear? I had a shock of my life when I was in Dubai and what I saw !!! I could not find any local and pin point that YES thats a Local?

Do you think Omanis would be the same in the near futrue ? Are we aware of the changes ?

Lets hear your ideas and thoughts ..

Why in the future they have already started….maybe not in a

wide range …..the new generation wants to copy everything

they see on tv or the net, they think that they look cool by acting

and wearing like that. …it is the effect of the new technology and

globalization if may say… at least we r much better than other

gulf countries I suppose…
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Losers Never win.......

Do you think Omanis would be the same in the near futrue?

If things keep the way they are going ....its a possibility that our future would be like that...

Are we aware of the changes ?

Of course... its visual everywhere. Its basically just a simple part of the number of essential changes which have been taking place through out the years.

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when...we look at teenagers. Its 3 things that affect them...

Parents
Friends << big influence - if parents werent on guard
sourrounding Environment/Technology

all of these work together to keep the identity or to alter it. ... because teens are simply being teens... they are supposed to be rebelious / outraged / crazy ... and fools.... probably not all ... but thats the most likely case. At least thats how I see it.

Who cares? My country (the UK) is full of "wiggers" too :rolleyes:

But I don't think we've lost our national identity just because I don't wear a bowler hat and carry an umbrella all the time.

Culture, like language, is a continually evolving thing. Oman cannot be frozen in time, so don't try. Put a goat in stockings and it's still a goat (ask Ice Tea ;)).

Actually. I nearly wet myself when I heard an Omani guy the other day outside Shati cinema greet his friend "wassup dawg"....funniest thing I've ever heard, I could barely strand up for laughing. But anyway...I guess he's still Omani!

The new generation is bond to change and adopt western habits as they are very much influenced at least in terms of clothing and entertainments.

Culture will always remain in their heart if their parents gave them a good upbringing and remainded them who they are at the end. Their identity will remain in their heart, not in the way they dress up or have fun.

Time changes and it is normal for everyone to go with the flow and try on the way to pick up the good and avoid the bad....not easy though!

Originally posted by mimosa
Who cares? My country (the UK) is full of "wiggers" too :rolleyes:

But I don't think we've lost our national identity just because I don't wear a bowler hat and carry an umbrella all the time.

Culture, like language, is a continually evolving thing. Oman cannot be frozen in time, so don't try. Put a goat in stockings and it's still a goat (ask Ice Tea ;)). -----> I like!

Actually. I nearly wet myself when I heard an Omani guy the other day outside Shati cinema greet his friend "wassup dawg"....funniest thing I've ever heard, I could barely strand up for laughing. But anyway...I guess he's still Omani!

Yo M!!! Wuzzzzzzzzaaaaaaap!!!! hehee

As long as the teenagers or future generation are being obediant muslims and remember their purpose in life..........there is no harm in changes....... time is the greatest innovator.....changes will occur obviously.........


"whaazzaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaap" - wow this phrase was sooo popular - originally copied from budweiser beer advert...........everybody was saying this..................

Funny story: One of my friends was phoning her cousin and instead of saying "aslam alaikum" she said in such a hilarious voice"whaaaasaaaaaaaaaaaaaap!" opeining her mouth as much as it can - wow was she embarrassed when she found out it was her uncle on the phone - she hung up! LOL

(she phoned back quickly b4 he traced the numba - this time sounding like a goody two shoes with her sweet voice)

Very true Xpress , but why adopting western habits ? I mean are they shy to wear their national costumes?
I have seen it in Muscat when our Omani sisters wear bikini and swim in the pool or the ocean. That was never in our culture ( and None Islamic) .
If we do not stop it at home and teach our children where would the moral go or disappear to?
The West may never understand the concept of our tradition ( They think that we are backward and need to move forward ) by getting naked ? Is that civilization?

Why do the west accept the Native African they way they are dressed and actually interested to take pictures and admire the culture? Where in Arabia they think we are backward and our Children are ashamed of their own tradition and pride.

I have seen a programme on TV which of a topic called ( Shura in the House in how to live in Islamic environment and the challenges outside the houses) and believe me its the foundation of the family of how they allow their children to behave or dress or act or carry on the Islamic teachings and tradition.

To be called a Muslim is not the issue. The issue is to live the Islamic way and to respect the tradition of our ancestors. And that does not make you backward neither you need a clapping hand from the West to tell you that you are on the right track.

I don't think you should call it losing their identity. They're just creating a WHOLE NEW identity.

Teens today may have lost the image of being an Omani/Khaliji/Arab in terms of dress code, speaking, ideas and habbits but that isn't necessarily a bad thing..

Think about it, teens today have broadened their horizons and opened up their minds. Everything used to be '3aib' and 'taboo' pfffffff things which REALLY SHOULD BE DISCUSSED AND TALKED ABOUT.

Anyway that is just one example, there are many other things that we've improved in. And once every decade we have to come up with reasons why our 'new generation' is so WRONG and careless and allllll those other things older adults complain about. :rolleyes:

I'm not going to condemn or blame or shout about how much I hate teens. They're our future and I believe we should focus on what good we can give them and how to improve the bad and find objective solutions without hurting their pride or destroying their new found images.

If they're comfy in their new identity then so be it.....what I'm concerned about is their minds and how they use them.

Along with new ideas and perspectives comes a new image.....they're linked....

Originally posted by runnin' around
I don't think you should call it losing their identity. They're just creating a WHOLE NEW identity.

Teens today may have lost the image of being an Omani/Khaliji/Arab in terms of dress code, speaking, ideas and habbits but that isn't necessarily a bad thing..

If they're comfy in their new identity then so be it.....what I'm concerned about is their minds and how they use them.


Spoken like a top-class teen. Please join Miss Phoenix in the "You Rock the Big One" class.

Many thanks.

i can tell u as a teen that
just because we're not that tradidtional IT DOESNT mean we're losing our identity!
change isn't always bad
n its true
we're NOT losing identity
we're just learning to live our lifes n have our fun in life,styles change through time you can't expect us to dress the same and act the same as you did when u were our age?
ppl change..the world changes....but don't WORRY the basics of life are till in our heart
the important things
religion-family-love-trust