THE KINDNESS OF A STRANGER: A chance invitation to a family home in Halaba, Saudi Arabia.
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 5 ก.ย. 2022
- This is a special video from our time in Saudi Arabia when a very literal chance meeting up in the mountains of Abha led to us spending a couple of days with Mohammed and his family at their home!
All around Saudi Arabia we have been humbled by the kindness of strangers and the hospitality of the people of Saudi Arabia.
A big thank you to Mohammed and your family for hosting us and sharing food, time and your culture - memories that we will treasure for many years to come!
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بارك الله فيك السيد محمد علي الشهري اهلنا في السعودية اهل كرم و بكرمك وحسن ضيافتك شرفتنا كلنا.اخوك من المغرب
Thank you that is very kind 😊
@@AwaywiththeSteiners it's a message in Arabic to thank mohamed ali the person who invited you.I'm Moroccan, I following your trip to Morocco. this made me watch the other videos
Hospitality in muslims world is unblieveble. Huge respect for mohammad from 🇵🇰
As always Saudi people are number 1 in hospitality. It is in their culture always gives respect to guest. It comes from their forefathers from ancient time. The safest country in the world for families, children and travelers. A lots of love to Saudi Arabia.
Thank you so much Raja for nice words.
Thank you. Hospitality in Saudi Arabia is certainly very humbling and we feel proud to share that 😊
A truly amazing country.
All arabian gulf countries ** 👍🏻
Please cover the story of Jawher Hajji
#JusticeForJawaher
ونعم بك يا الشهري. صحيح ان الوقت ضيق وخصوصا بعد صلاة الجمعه ولكن الجود من الماجود ترحيبك بالضيوف يدل على كرمك واصالتك الطيبه ابيض وجه
@@sa8ra6 بل اعتادوا على هذا الكرم سواء عربي أو اجنبي وانا رأيت هذا بالعكس انا نيبالي في المملكة وهناك شخص اجبرني بعد صلاة العشاء أن آتي إليهم في بيتهم رغم رفضي الشديد وتكرر مثل هذه المواقف كثيرا
@@aamvt أحسنت، هذا شخص لا يمكن ان يفهم الكرم ولا يملك في دمه قطرة كرامة، لذلك يفسر طيب الناس بأنه انبهار وتجلي، يصعب عليه جدا استيعاب العطاء لوجه الله لأنه لا يجد مثل هذه الخصال الطيبه في نفسه فيظن ان للناس دوافع اخرى. وفي النهاية صدق من قال "كل يرى الناس بعين طبعه".
@@sa8ra6 في كل دول العالم يتمنى كل شعب ان يظهر ثقافات ارضه وقبائله وعاداته من باب نشرها وحث السياح والزوار لمعرفتها وانت ياحسيلان زعلان ههههههههه
صادق بيض وجهنا بالضيوف ما شاء الله تبارك الله عليه ونعم التربيه فيه
@@sa8ra6 انت ما ممكن تفهم هالشي لان عايش طول عمرك بخيل وماتكرم ضيفك ولا تكرم الغريب سواء قريبك او شخص غريب
هذا شيء كان موجود في العرب قبل الاسلام
وجاء الاسلام ليقوي ويثبت هذه الاخلاق الحميدة عند العرب وكل الامم
This is the Middle East. Its sad that the western media don't get to show this part. This man represents every Arab, what a great man hats off to you Mohammed Ali Alshhri.
Glad you guys loved it ❤
Unbeatable Arab hospitality. Nowhere on earth will you find a local inviting strangers into his house except in Arab muslim lands.
الحمد لله على نعمت الاسلام و الامان يروح باعائلته لمنزل شخص لا يعرفه بكل امان وثقه الله يديم الامن بوطنا
AL HAMDULLAH
16:00 Basically what he was saying is that that room is built for the purpose of gatherings, negotiations and anything related to the tribe of that town! And being very glad that you came to their town.
This is my father❤️ and this is my family❤️and I am very proud of them🙏🏻💖💖💖💖
You should be. Very gracious people to host traveling strangers. What a great place to have a vacation home. Away from the busy cities.
بصراحه ابوك ما قصر كريم و أخلاق و حسن الضيافه والله ان فخور فيكم و عائلتكم الكريمة و فخر كل سعودي و السعوديه.
والله انكم ونعم
شكرا خاص لهم شرفونا وهذا طبع اهل الجنوب اهل كرم
ونعم في ابوك ياعايشه اشكريه نيابة عن الشعب 🤍
والنعم فيك يالشهري كرمك واستضافتك لسياح المنطقة تعكس صورة جميلة . بارك الله فيك
بارك الله في هذا الشخص الطيب
😊
ياخي رجال مهذبين و راقيين جداً، احترام شديد لاهل المملكة 💚💚💚💚
حيا الله الخال محمد والخال ابو نايف سعيد محسن الشهري منورين ونعم بخوالي بني يوس ولا هي غريبة الكرم والترحيب من السعوديين
شكرا لك مثلتنا خير تمثيل وغير مستغرب فعلك ونعم في بني شهر .. وفعلاً ضيوف علينا جميعًا 🇸🇦♥️
Thank you so much Saudi Arabia is a truly beautiful country.
كثر خيره انه استظافهم بس صراحه احراج لما يقلط العيله كلها على دجاجة واحده حسيتها عيب وقليله ان العيله كلها تاكل في حبة دجاجه
@@rakanrakan1214 غداء معترض هو قابلهم عند المطعم ورايح لبيته وترى الناس تقدر الشخص المضياف حتى لو ما عنده الا قهوة وتمر
@@gavinsteiner3759 your welcome 🙏🏼
I am from Egypt, i was born 36 years ago in this beautiful place and i spent most of my childhood in Abha, your video made me remember the old good days, many thanks to our kind and amazing Saudi brothers you made us proud as always much love for you,
And don't forget Egypt is waiting for you
How special 😊
In Saudi’s culture, they thank the guest for coming to their place and it considers an honor, that what this kind man was saying to you, he was thanking you for honoring him.
I’m proud to see you visiting my home region and I hope you’re enjoying your time.
All thanks to Mr. Mohammed and his family
Thank you @Abdullah that is an amazing part of Saudi culture 😊
Welcom in your country ,we happy to see this vlog بيض الله وجه الاخ محمد الشهري ما قام به هو اخلاق كل مسلم سعودي
Welcome to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Thank you so much 😊
I am a Syrian national and lived in Saudi Arabia from 2009 to 2022 generous and respectable people شعب كفو وراعي فزعات
تحياتي للشعب السعودي العظيم وشكرا لكم على هدا الاستقبال الرائع لهده العائلة النيوزيلندية التي تستحق كل التقدير والاحترام والحفاوة.
شكرا لكم
10:48 translation into english : Welcome to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in the southern region
We were honored by you, our dear guests from New Zealand.
we were honored by you, you came after the Friday prayer, and then we saw you and took you to our house,
and this is an honor for us, and thank you for visiting our home.
You left the part where He was praising the ruling family like a grateful slave
@@aos5929 like a true lover
there is difference
@@aos5929 وليه مضغوط طيب ههههههههههههههههههه
Wow thank you very much for your translation. That is very special to read 😊
@@aos5929 totally wrong👎
نشكر محمد ع كرمه وضيافته لضيوف السعوديه انت شرف لنا وهذا من طيب اصلك
اعجبني ما في الأم تفهمها في عدم مصافحة الرجال والله انها كفو الله يحفظ لها عايلتها الكيوت🥰
Love you soo much my dearest brothers and sisters in Saudi Arabia. Assalamu alaikum owa rahmatullahi owa barkatuh 🇸🇦❤️. Watching from Bangladesh 🇧🇩❤️
Welcome to Saudi Arabia 🇸🇦💚
Welcome to Saudi Arabia, you are a nice and beautiful family. Thank you for your visit. We are waiting for you again
This is my uncle and his family you added a beautiful day for them , I hope you enjoyed in Al Nemas & Halaba which is the original village that we related to this amazing place, we wish you and your family revisit Saudi Arabia again, you are very welcome 🙏🏻 🌹
Thank you very much. We feel extremely blessed to have crossed paths with your family 😊 It is a memory we will treasure forever!
Thank you so much for visiting our regent Halaba and spending a day there,you really been hosting by generous man my friend mohammed , we would like to have you again there.
@MG2022MG: Brother, may I ask why there weren´t any ladies who came to greet Sarah? Clearly, somebody cooked that delicious looking food. Grateful for a reply. I´m just trying to understand the culture. I am Pakistani and Muslim, and in our culture..the women would come out to greet the lady. They wouldn´t just leave her out alone with the men.
@@Khwaab my friend I like to tell you that sara been greeted and welcomed by mohammed is wife but awy from camera because of islamec and trips cultures and you should know that as amuslem man .
@@salehfaris3269 Jazak´Allah khayr akhi. I am a sister by the way. Thanks for clearing that up. No brother, I guess it´s a cultural difference. In Pakistan, the wife would also have come forward (unless it´s a really really small village or so where people are more camera shy and conservative). There isn´t any extra responsibility on women to be hidden, brother. Hijaab applies to men as well. If the man can sit in front of a strange woman (Sarah), then so can his wife with full hijaab. A Muslim woman is not asked to hide any more than a man. Muslim men are also supposed to not sit with strange women in that case. Anyway, I totally respect your culture. Our religion is a very fair one....it does not really put extra responsibility only on women, but our men take a lot of liberty in some cultures.
This is real education and a good way to learn about other cultures.
Strong urge to say Amen when the Arabic host finished his welcome speech 😂
I HAVE SEEN THIS VIDEO TWO TIMES; I LIKE IT BECAUSE OF THE KINDNESS OF SAUDI ARABIAN PEOPLE.
Thanks for watching! And so do we! They can be incredibly proud of their hospitality 😍
Welcome to you and your family in my country, Saudi Arabia💚🇸🇦💚
Thank you very much :)
Always saudi people are very nice ana hospitalitiy
عائلة لطيفة وجميلة
أتمنى لكم إجازة سعيدة في مملكتنا الحبيبة
I'm from Saudi Arabia and I love your channel
Thanks for watching! :)
Thank you so much we love your country. 😊
Even though I haven't watched any of your vlogs on the other countries that you've visited-don't worry, I'll watch them all soon-I think that Saudi Arabia will keep a special place in your hearts. Reading the translation of the welcoming speech was really touching.🥲 The country may well be the safest in the world for travellers. Hygiene standards are very high. You can drink the water and eat at restaurants without fear of getting sick. Hotel prices are very reasonable, food is cheap, as is petrol.
The Saudis are extremely hospitable to travellers and you get extra respect for wearing the Abaya/Thobe.
Thanks for these vlogs on Saudi Arabia. They're great!
Thank you very much @Terry. That is a great description of travel in Saudi Arabia!
شكرا لك اتمنى ان تزور المملكه العربيه السعوديه 🌹🌹🌹
شكرا لك اتمنى ان تزور المملكه العربيه السعوديه 🌹 🌹 🌹 🌹
I am a resident of Halabaa and i am extremely happy that you guys reached our town, the sad thing is that most people have returned to the cities since the summer break ended, we are grateful for your visit and we wish to see next year ❤
Thank you so much
ونعم في اهل الجنوب ولاهي غريبه عليهم عوايدهم وطبعهم نقلو عنا صوره جميله وحسنه ❤️❤️
In 16:04 I am saudi and I am surprise about what he said, really nice. So he was welcoming you and he said to you that this place is the tribe meeting place.
To give you context.. we as Arab socially constructed our selves as tribes not families, tribe have multiple families in it. And the tribe have a regular meeting like twice or once a year , it is different from tribe to another.. they meet to debate and discuss and solve the issues of their tribe members and all of that. And then the leader of the tribe we call it (Sheekh al-quabila) will take these problems and be the mutual person between us as tribe members and the royal family. I think thats why he mentioned the royal family and praise them. The fact you sitting in the head of the room where the leader sit really means a-lot. Enjoy guys ❤️❤️🇸🇦
A wonderful and humble Moroccan family appreciates your visit to their honorable country👉🇲🇦 Nice
Unbelievable hospitality by locals 😍 , to spontaneously invite total strangers. The layout of that divaniya is so cool., blends so well with all the warmth of locals. Lovely to be able to see and sense the true vibes of a unique kingdom we never get to see. Thank you for sharing and Safe travels to all of you ❤️
Thanks @Janice 😍
نعم هؤلاء السكان المحليين توارثو طبع اجدادهم العرب بالكرم حتى قبل الإسلام
Go to the city of Abha and to Jizan, the Viva region, and you are welcome in Saudi Arabia
Welcome to saudi Arabia I watch your all vlogs thank you
Thank you so much 😊
@@AwaywiththeSteiners welcome
Thank you very much for your kind message we love travelling and making these videos. 😊
@@gavinsteiner3759 God bless you and your family👪
4:00 that was a cactus fruit haha. it's full of hard seeds but it's good. Don't touch its skin with bar hands though because it's full of small thorns
Thank you we were not sure what is what but it was nice 😊
بارك الله فيك أخي محمد على حسن استقبالك وكرم ضيافتك
شرفت حلباء وأهلها
Im from Kuwait and Im so amazed about your trip and travelling around the Kingdom, you seem very happy about this experinence and Im so happy for u and really enjoy this vlog 👍
Thank you! We are so enjoying the adventure and all learning a lot 😍
Thank you for your comment 😊
A sincere greeting to the Saudi brother for his generosity to this New Zealand family, and this is not surprising for the Saudi people. Thank you, my dear brother. A sincere greeting from Casa Blanca, Morocco
We feel very grateful for their kind hospitality - it totally made our time in Saudi Arabia so special! 😍
@@AwaywiththeSteiners 🍒🇲🇦😘
بيض والله وجهك يا محمد و نعم فيك. بيضت وجيهنا . اسال الله ان يعطيك حتى يرضيك 👍.
والعربي لاتكرمونه
@@SabRina-kd5gd مافيه غيرنا عرب ! لعلك متحدث بها وهذا بفعل فتوحات اجدادنا العرب فضلنا عليكم عظيم علمناكم العربية ودخلناكم الاسلام
Saudi Arabia is so k kool love it would love to tour the whole Saudi Arabia .
Love from Pakistan .
ونعم بك ياصبي شهرين
جملتنا امام ضيفنا
واحسنت استقباله
ولاهو غريب الجود من هله
Speciality of Abha City is that its so much high in altitude that there are no fans in homes.
Also if you open two windows opposite to one another in a room, a cloud will pass through in one window and out the other window.
Many Applause for the Saudi Hospitality and for opening their homes and hearts for foreign tourists. Well Done.
What caught my attention the most is the good treatment of your children and their wonderful upbringing, with my best wishes for success
Thank you very much 🙏
10:46 The boy serving his father..I LOVE IT
It is possible that you did not know the Arabic language when the Saudi man spoke Arabic
But he just says thank you for coming to the city of Abha in the south of Saudi Arabia and thank you for accepting to have lunch with us and we hope you enjoyed it like that
Thank you. We do try to pick up as much as we can but it is very helpful for your thoughtful translation! 😊
@@AwaywiththeSteiners
Welcome, thank you for the interesting videos, and I wish you good Assam, your follower from Saudi Arabia❤️
💚😊
الله يبيض وجهك يذيبان يشهري
اهلا وسهلا فيكم جميعا
Saudi Arabia 🇸🇦
I really admire you all, you are so cute family, I love how you always smile, I love the way how your kids behave, so polite and they have been raised in a such good way as I can tell, and I love how they deal with different culture with so excited
Thank you 🙏 your comment is very nice we really appreciate it. 😊Saudi Arabia is amazing. We love it.
Please cover the story of Jawher Hajji
#JusticeForJawaher
@@gavinsteiner3759 You are welcome. Honestly, I don't usually see or comment on this type of activity, but somehow when your videos came up, I would like to see them, keep positive and keep smiling; lots of Love from England
Thank you.
شكراً على استضافتك للزوار محمد الله يكرمك 🤍
Welcome to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, home to everyone around the world🇸🇦🇳🇿
You have trained the kids well. Even to not expose feet when sitting, eat with right hand etc. I’m Aussie lady and went alone last month to Riyadh but didn’t get to meet Saudi’s besides my taxi driver who was trying to come in my hotel room for coffee.
I’m learning Arabic and guy in red was saying I think welcome to Saudi Arabia and happy to have you
محمد شخص مشاء الله و الشعب السعودي يرفع الراس. تحياتي من الجزائر
Big welcome to saudi Arabia 🇸🇦
Welcome to Saudi Arabia!
Excellent video. Have a good time
My country really is soo beautiful
and respected to gusset
Welcome all the world in Saudi Arabia
Welcome greess and to your family 🇸🇦🇸🇦❤️🇳🇿🇳🇿
بيض الله وجهك على الضيافه 💕
والله لو واحد من جماعته ماستقبله
Saudi always beat hospitality in the world ..
see why it’s difficult to reject an Arabian family invitation
reason is that if say i can’t or whatever the reason you actually made feel bad
feeling bad i mean they think that they’re not trustworthy or unsafe
plus if you accept their invitation they would feel proud as they do think you guys spent long time
exhausted, also they would feel proud among the neighbors that they’re hospitable and generous
towards travelers as a good reputation to the town and city, it’s a small do but great outcomes 🙏🏽👍🏽
You guys you have no idea how we're happy to have you here in our kingdom's , absolutely you're amazing thank you once again💗💗
😍
You are so welcome 🙏 we love Saudi Arabia and will definitely be back again.
This is what our religion taught us since childhood. There is no need for you to speak English or any other language. You can communicate with others lovingly by greeting them in sign language or in any other way. Our religion taught us to respect all nationalities, religions, colors and races, so we welcome everyone, because it stems from the teachings of our Islamic religion.🇸🇦🇸🇦💛💛
Beautiful ♥️
in saudi arabia, the more u go south, the greener the lands are. I would suggest to visit fifa mountins, it is a magical place.
it's in jizan region.
Great great hospitality
I believe all humans tend to be kind and welcoming, that’s human nature. But when it comes to generosity and hospitality, no bias at all, no one would come close to the Arabians 🇸🇦 They glorify generosity since old Arabians lived in harsh conditions, they appreciated and glorified and wrote poems about those who are extremely generous..
كثر الله خيركم ،،، وأنتم تعطون انطباع طيب عن شعب مملكتنا الغالية…..
You welcome to SAUD Arabia,,, the people friendly
The big tree was a fig tree,fresh figs taste very good
Saudis are the most hospitable people I have had the pleasure of meeting.
God bless this kind man and his family, this video shows that language is not an obstacle in communication between people ❤
Absolutely! 🥰
A very beautiful clip. Thank you to this Saudi family for their generosity and hospitality. This is not strange for Saudis. I really hope that you become Muslims. 🇸🇦❤️
I love your style of travel, and you're teaching your boys to respect different cultures and peoples - that's so wonderful
Thanks @MariaS. We appreciate that 😊
ونعم في بني شهر هذا نموذج مشرف للكرم السعودي
A long travel. Come again Bangladesh 🇧🇩. lot's of love♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️.
What lucky kids 😍 u have such an amazing adventurous parents , parents who love to travel to new areas and visiting different cultures and different religions this's a rare thing, when you grow up you gonna be open minded to everything and know so many things about the world no one in your country knows, especially those of your age .
In the winter, go to the north of Saudi Arabia
Hospitality at its best.
جو واكل ووناسه الله يديمها علينا وعليكم بالخير واليمن والبركات
انبسطو وعيشي اللحظه
Thank you for your comment 😊
Welcome to Saudi Arabia, and this is the hospitality of all Saudis. it's a virtue of our novel Islamic and Arabic traditions to welcome everybody coming to us.
im so happy you in South
We (the Arabs) and especially the Saudis are known for Hospitality.
Whenever we see foreigners we directly approach them by inviting them to our houses.
It would be a shame if you rejected the invitation unless you have a reasonable reason as we view your acceptance to our invitation and your visit to our house as an honor for us.
That is very special 😊
You lot are weirdos 🤣 , treat the south Aisans workers the same and the Africans
@@aos5929 نحن نعاملهم بنفس الطريقة
@@aos5929 We treat them the same. my cousin has a bangladeshi worker. he invited him to his wedding. brothers wedding. and his friends wedding. seeing a forgeiner from western countries is rare. so of course logiclly you would invite them. they are concsiderd guests. but south asains and other expats are common. so of course you wouldnt invite every single one of them. but of course. when you know that they are new. you would invite them. think idiot.
Wish if i had that amount of money to travel around the world.lucky u guys
We work really hard. Save all our money. 😊
Welcome to Saudi Arabia! I'm enjoying this series so God bless you all. Thank you for showing the beauty of our country and the generosity of the people. The fruit that Sarah ate at 4:07 is called Barshomi in Arabic which is Barbary fig. It is famous in the southern region and taste so Good 👍🏼
You must welcome guys in Saudi Arabia because our kingdom is your home ❤️❤️
This is just SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO heart warming , you guys are a wonderful family , i feel like crying because i cant invite you like these guys .
i love you all , thats a very nice vlog video and i wish you may randomly cross my house sometime .
enjoy saudi arabia
Thank you very much @AliZanoor that is very kind 😎🥰
Lovely family with great smiles from everyone,they are welcome in every house in the kingdom of Saudi Arabia
🙏
كفو يا محمد شرفت المملكة وبني شهر ♥️👏🏻
I’m really proud of these guys they presenting us very well
They sure did, you can be very proud of your country. We felt very well looked after.
@@gavinsteiner3759 I’m glad you did. You’re an amazing family wish all the best
I respect you a lot as a close family
I respect New Zealand women, the wonderful Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern who supported Muslims in the mosque incident.
The people of New Zealand are respectable and wonderful people
اهلا وسهلا فسعوديه مملكة الحب والسلام
Love ur all videos
و النعم يا شهري بيض الله وجهك
3:58
prickly bear
التين الشوكي
Thank you it’s very nice.