So I decided to do a simple Google autocomplete search of Middle East nationalities (Turkish vice Turkey) to see what the popular American connotation is for each place/culture. Some answers were surprising. Results in bold and personal thoughts in parentheses.
Ordered roughly in geographic terms from north to south, west to east
Ordered roughly in geographic terms from north to south, west to east
- Turkish Airlines (Flag ship of Turkey)
- Syrian Civil War (Syria is this generations Lebanon)
- Lebanese Taverna (The new yuppie generation likes the friendly Middle East they think of when they imagine Lebanon, not the 1980s civil war.
- Libyan Embassy DC (Expats needing to network beat out the revolution)
- Egyptian Gods (Pyramids et al is what most people will think of for a very long time)
- Israeli Embassy (Couscous and Palestinian Conflict are the runners up)
- Jordanian Embassy (Jordan is a black hole for many Americans)
- Iraqi Dinar (Want to invest in a scam?)
- Iranian Hostage Crisis (Argo et al won't let Americans forget 1979 much as Iranians did not forget 1953)
- Kuwaiti Dinar (Better than the runner up Kuwaiti Oil Fires)
- Saudi Arabian Airlines (Actually a pretty nice airline)
- Yemeni Street Dog (Poor Yemen. The rump of the Middle East is equated to adoptable dogs)
- Omani Riyal to USD (business and travel)
- Bahraini Dinar (business and travel beat out a crushed Arab Spring)
- Qatari Diar (Real estate you will never be able to afford)
- Emirati Cuisine (Mid East food is always good)
1 comment:
You really come up with some novel ways of doing research. :)
Couscous is #2 for Israeli???
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