Fine, I'll Add Arab Representation to The Sims 4 (Since EA Won't)
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 20 มิ.ย. 2024
- In Today's Speed Build Saturday, I'm building a regular, Middle Eastern apartment. I really hope that one day I'll be able to place this lot on a desert world that accurately represents where I, and many other Arabs, grew up.
I just wanted to share some positive things about my culture and heritage, and push for more accurate and inclusive representation in The Sims 4.
0:00 - Exterior
2:27 - Traditional Dining Room
4:21 - Modern Dining Room
5:57 - Traditional Kitchen
6:56 - Modern Kitchen
7:43 - Traditional Living Room
8:47 - Modern Living Room / BUILD COMPETITION
9:22 - Traditional Bedroom
9:41 - Modern Bedroom
10:05 - i made the bathrooms too small
10:40 - The Rooftops
11:17 - Montage
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My first year of teaching I had a Muslim student. I was vaguely aware of Ramadan but didn’t realize it was a winter holiday, so when I was passing out treats for Christmas, she very graciously declined. Afterwards She came up to explain that she was fasting due to Ramadan. I asked her about it and she had some time so she explained the basics. I then asked if it was solely because the gift was food-based that she did not accept and she assured me that was the only reason. Next day, I came in with a small gift that was not food-based and she lit up. Culture is a deep part of a person’s upbringing, and it serves us all to respect what everyone else brings to the table.
I reckon you're a great gift to your students.
Ramadan isn’t necessarily a winter holiday. Islamic holidays are based on a lunar calendar, and the dates change year to year. Ramadan is currently happening right now this year! Interesting that your first year it happened in December! This must’ve been the 90s or so huh?
@@avocato8156 I know about it being Lunar; this was 2000 and it happened to fall around the same time as our Christmas.
I'm glad she felt comfortable enough to talk to you about it afterwards. You sound like a great teacher 😊
Aww, that’s so sweet!
I can’t imagine how happy she must have been
I created a hijab wearing Sim that took off her hijab every time she put on her doctor's clothing for work. It's the little details that make or break representation.
You can change your sims work outfit with a cheat code I believe. But it shouldn't have to be that way because the game should recognize it and automatically put it on the work outfit.
There is a mod that can help you with that. It is Lot 51 Fashion Authority where you can design your Sims’ career outfit. So everytime they go to work, they will wear what you have created for them, automatically
A sim also take off glasses during the shift and it's so annoying as well 😑😑
Sims.modify_career_outfit_in_cas is the cheat code :D But agreeing with the other comment; it's so stupid that you have to do that instead of it just being automatic.
My muslim girl sim is an artist, and now I just accept it and pretend nothing happened😅😅
I'm Japanese-American
I was once asked by a classmate in high school to apologize for Pearl Harbor... that happened like 50 years before I was born.
And to add some more insult to that, I had an uncle who lived in Honolulu and helped with the cleanup effort after the bombing, helping clear a school to turn into a triage center for the casualites... not to mention how every man of service age in my family served in the US military and still had family in the concentration camps during the war.
People be insenstively dumb like that.
That's actually insane bro hope ur good 😭😭
That’s some grade A bullshit, sorry that happened to you.
I’m so sorry.
I think there's a special place in hell for people like that, like it's your fault. Because of course, you should build a time machine, don't let anyone 'invent' this thing called war and only this way it wouldn't be your fault. What is in their head, because it's not brain.
Lol, it's all good now, it was rude when I was 15 but it's a funny story now
Bisexual here, and yeah, ABSOLUTELY felt that part about certain identities being made political, when all you're trying to do is EXIST. Doesn't matter what sexuality, or ethnicity, or whatever, we're allowed and owed the right to live our lives and be seen in media and culture as something other than just a political talking point. And your builds are always fantastic, but this one was especially wonderful, you could feel the love coming through in this one, especially the "traditional" half, it just felt so warm.
I hope everyone who is practicing is having a nice Ramadan.
"they're pedophiles!!" Robert, I was a 12 year old who thought women were pretty, calm tf down.
Yo I’m bi too! also I agree I just wish it wasn’t such a big deal
honestly it feels like every time I tell someone im a queer arab they think im like making a political statement when i literally know Jack shit about politics other then those joe biden and trump memes 😭
The thing I notice with your intro and other Arab people in my life is the anxiety and apologetic tone surrounding the explanation for your validity. Or “tiptoeing” as you put it. I hope you know there is no explanation needed for you to feel valid and included, even though parts of society has made it feel differently. I appreciate you making this video and sharing this part of you.
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I agree with you completely ❤
It's hard to see what the xenophobia has done to our muslim comrades.
Especially in the last 20 yrs.
Stay Strong Friends.
Exactly the sentiment I wanted to share, but worded a lot better than I probably could have said it. ❤
Kind of how I felt as a gay man working as a nurse in Saudi Arabia unable to be myself at all. Worst six months of my life. Arabs demand inclusivity while delivering little of it to anyone except themselves
@@CJ.1998X.Y.Zas a lesbian: shut the fuck up. its hard to be gay anywhere. just because a government isnt great doesnt mean an entire culture should be thrown under the bus. doesnt mean an entire culture needs to apologise to you and sit down. i've never seen any demand for inclusivity without asking for everyone else to be included too. everyone deserves visibility, whether your racist fucking ass likes it or not.
How some people react to learning you’re Arab or Muslim is like that freaking John Mulany skit
“Luckily I had a good alibi because I was in Wisconsin and TWELVE.”
It’s disgusting, honestly
I work in Dearborn Michigan and after that disgusting wall street journal article came out, the city really ramped up the police presence in town, especially around the schools. People were and still are concerned about the kind of trouble that could follow that garage especially after the MAGA crowd almost pulled a Jan 6th at Cobo Hall during the last presidential election.
I’m Russian and Muslim, im probably walking death threat smh
@@user-vt7fo4sq9l do you live in Russia? If yes, how is it like there? like do you get side-eyes often or something like that?
@@Yuqideqiko yeah, I’m live in Russia. Btw, it was just a joke, it totally fine here. Precisely, I live in Republic of Tatarstan, one of the russian “state”, and we’re tatars are historically muslim, so it’s fine in my republic. Tho with raised prejudice against peoples from Caucasus mountains and Central Asia, people can give side-eye to them. It was caused by often poorly educated, cultured and damagingly conservative people immigrate to Russia due our politics. And muslims are one of them, but not only. But it doesn’t really works for “russian muslims”.
So I’m sorry if I ended looking lying
@user-vt7fo4sq9l i mean i zndend up learned something , so i'm not mad at all that you lied lol
my jaw DROPPED when u said that a girl told you to apologize for 9/11. I'm already too European to think about 9/11 but the way she actually said that to you
Literally same. I just want to hug and apologise to anyone who ever experiences this shit bc what the hell? I'm Swedish but like- the idea of blaming someone for being of the same ethnicity of someone else who did something bad is just- what? Why can't people just spread love instead :(
I get so sad just hearing it, I can't even imagine what it's like being the target-
@@Jenpaii_I don’t usually comment in yt but thank you 🙏
Happy Ramadan to all my Muslim folks and none Muslim folks around the world cause this month is just wonderful for everyone. ❤❤
Thank you so much! I hope it’s okay to say, but I hope you have a Happy Ramadan!
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@@Hessed3712 aww thank you ❤️
Mashallah you are a very nice person
Happy ramadan!!
I love how a lot of warm countries have concrete houses and stone floors and I wish we had more tiles that actually match what I grew up with. anyway
btw we do need more latinoamérica rep because we have Selvadorada: a place that is basically a tourist trap and a reminder of how our native folks were murdered. we don't have indigenous townies in that pack at all, every random generated townie has a hispanic name that sometimes sound more spaniard than everything. also we have non hispanic countries in LATAM, Brasil and Haiti, and we just get... overwhelmingly not represented? anyway
I agree. It's a huge area and it's definitely not all jungle or desert. I would love some "average" Latin American city representation. I'd even take a beach town if it came to that
@@lorien_bragawait, what happened there?
Sorry if asking this bothers you, I'm from Texas so I don't know about this.
@@MBiz. Massacre of the spanish colonizers, you'll probably learn it in history class
@@BelbisIl ok. Thank you for explaining.
I'm queer and disabled, so as soon as you said "one of the good ones" I had so many flashbacks to told that because I'm not an over the top caricature or stereotype / somehow functioning
every time somebody calls one of us Brave And Inspirational for just existing, i resist the urge to roll my eyes so far back in my skull i lose them lmao
@gr1mreap3rz15 I'd totally forgotten that one as well. I think if we did something beyond existing we'd get parades the way they go on 😂
I'm queer and neurodivergent, it's so frustrating. Also kinda on the note of having to explain "I'm one of the good ones" so called maps trying to get into the LGBTQ+ community reflects badly on us all. Because while we don't like them or want them associated with us a lot of cishets don't get that and having to explain that often falls on deaf ears.
Me as an Autistic woman 🥲
@@gr1mreap3rz15 Ambulatory wheelchair user, I was in my chair one day and a guy actually stopped to salute me. I told him I wasn't a veteran, and he said he was just celebrating the fact that I'm out and about. It was embarrassing! I'm a grown ass man, not a toddler learning to walk! I know people mean well but it's patronizing and based on THEIR idea of what it's like to be disabled, not the actual experience of it. I turn into such a surly A-hole when I'm in my chair lol.
i feel the same frfr, i feel like the sims 4 only has North American and oriental Asian representation, and the only South America representation is like, Selvadorada, wich is a very specific place, so, same queen.
btw arab houses and south American houses are apparently very similar
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@@cherryunie NOOOOOOOOOO ME DESCUBRIERON
@@RulomboTeAmo es tarde, nos vamos a robar tu hidratación
@@m4ux_983 dea que esta es la tercera vez que me descubren
(la población de la hidrogang se esta multiplicando)
@@RulomboTeAmo amén
For real though as an lgbtq person ( especially being the T ) you're absolutely right about our identities also being politicized
Any crumb of representation we get and politicians and their supporters start clutching their pearls going " THINK OF THE CHILDREN. if they see that lgbtq people exist then surely children have no choice but to be lgbtq"
It's honestly exhausting
On a much better note It's wonderful to see you share your culture through this build ! It's so cool
Not even just the anti-queer politicians. the pro-queer politicians will frame everything we say or do as "stunning and brave" and it's like, for frick's sake, I just want to live my life without being used as anyone's platform, for better *or* for worse.
I think it’s sad it is that way. But priest, that have a long and documented history of actually harming children, are just let off. Make it make sense.
The funny thing is it's only extended to LGBT characters. Like I can name at least 5 different kids movies where animal characters are sexualized, but a character having two moms is just too much I guess 😒
I'm currently working on a history degree and I have gotten into so many arguments about how queer and transgender people have always existed
Boy is it ever. I'm not a big flaming gay nor do I make my sexual orientation my personality but that didn't stop an ex supervisor telling me that I'm not allowed to talk about my relationship with my husband at work because "some people (him) aren't comfortable with me talking about my gay relationship."
The idea of hanging out on a rooftop with friends and family sounds unbelievably cozy
She forgot the mandatory swing that looks like a couch lol
Non-Muslim Arab here! This built made me feel so wonderfully nostalgic, even though I still am living in the Middle East. The plastic chairs at the rooftops were so painfully accurate
I also cannot thank you enough for empathising that not all Arabs are Muslims, nothing against them but unless you're lectured by a white person about how you're "disrespecting your culture" for not feasting during Ramadan, you won't understand
This! This is why I hate "woke" white people with their racist virtue signaling, getting offended on our behalf and trying to explain to us how to feel when we're actually not bothered at all lmao it's like Americans have this obsession with race and segregation while most of us don't even think about it.
That's beautiful to see you writting that.
The same thing happens if you're a latino, people tend to think that all latin American are just like mexico which suprise suprise we aren't. We are so diverse, probaly the most diverse cultural people from this planet but people keep pegging us as just overall stereotypes and shaping us in México shelves: football, samba and beautiful women México (brasil), white people, tango and german descents México (Argentina), smaller México (peru), long México (Chile), thick mexico (bolivia) and the caribeans islands (except Jamaica and haiti) are just baby México islands.
It's actually very mind blowing how ignorant people can be.
As a Hungarian I feel your frustration about the furniture choices. Whenever I try to build a typical Hungarian house (Kádár-cubes, if you will) or good ol' soviet apartments I find that nothing in the game looks like real furniture, furniture that I see every day.
Just googled Kádár-cubes. Interesting! Thanks for bringing these to my attention.
Úgy szeretnék én is építeni egy igazi parasztházat tradícionális bútorokkal!!
oooh! It's giving "dom kostka" vibes from Poland :D
SAME! I was making a farm-like family just yesterday and tried to make a parasztház, and I found NOTHING that would be accurate. I honestly tried my best to make it somehow, and mostly used Horse Ranch for it, because that at least has some storage boxes that don't look like treasure chests.
I'm overall very disappointed in the lack of historical cultures and eras represented in the game. The Sims seems so modern and it's borderline impossible to play in an era from more than a hundred years ago without mods/CC.
Oh, and one other time I tried to make one of those soviet apartments, and that's when I realized that we don't have a fence that look like those yellow ones found in soviet houses. I eventually gave up on the apartment, because the outside barely got close, maybe if you squinted, and I didn't even try the inside honestly.
But now I want to make a Kádár-cube just for the challenge of it.
@@b.boroviecka1387 I- I don't see the similarities...
I’m Palestinian and oh my god the memories the builds brought! I agreed with every single thing. The nights out at the roof playing around with ur cousins and the adults drinking tea with shisha. I always miss that💔 I loved this and so glad ur sharing ur middle eastern culture
Much love to you and to your people from South Africa 🇿🇦❤ we love Palestine and Palestinians, you’re always welcome here
I'm still so sad that Arab representation is always lacking 😢
Ikr, Arabs are the nicest
Fr, we need more!
Are you sad, or are you just white knighting?
@@kiillabytez idk what white knighting is tbh
@@Espanolei113fr they are are some of the nicest people I ever met
Honestly loved hearing your imput on arab diversity! Im white and european myself so while i can't relate much, i always strive to add more diversity to the things i create. It's more fun than when i make a sims town filled with just, well, me.
Like you said though, most surface level google searches kind of steer you wrong when it comes to an arab 'aesthetic', often showing a more westernized idea of what it looks like. I never know when i migh accidentally be playing into a stereotype rather than giving proper representation, and that rlly sucks.
yeah same here!
this is so true, i HATE how people are politicized for just existing (saying this as a t-guy).
Same here! Also a trans guy!
T-guy? Like in, Tyrannosaurus Guy?
So, you're a dinosaur?
Hey, I'm not judging. If you wanna be a dino, more power to ya.
@@kiillabytezThat was so funny haha😂😂🤣
@@deftoneslover TY
I actually really appreciate that you exist as an Arab TH-camr without letting your identity be politicized. It's just nice to see the positivity in it given more room.
For those that use custom content Marsmerizingsims makes modest/hijabi friendly cc and even has a few collections with various hijabs!
MM too, which I appreciate
Thanks for the recommendation! This is gonna be weird on youtube but I do it on facebook every now and then 😅 would you please respond to my comment so I can come back to it when I'm on my computer and can copy/paste things easier? A like should work too. Thanks!
wait thank you sm!! (not a player, I just use cc for stylised art refs.)
@@xoderota hope you got it :3
Downloading the cc rn!! Tysm for the recommendation! They all look so beautiful!
SPEAK. YOUR. TRUTH. Even if your voice shakes 💗
I applaud your courage to finally make this video and share your story, and appreciate all the lovely stories and supportive convos in the comment section. Diversity is beautiful and should be celebrated 🦋
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I remember after watching this video I made a comment to my husband saying, “it’s really sad that she has to try to justify her culture.” Sims was always meant to be a representation, and a simulation of life and all that encompasses! I wish we didn’t fail the Arab community as much as we do, however, listening to and uplifting these voices from those communities are one of the best ways we can create change.
huh, arab countries are closer to brazil than i expected :D The metal bars on windows (i had to laugh at the prision thing bc it's the first thing my usa friends ask every time DSDASAD), lots of people living in apartments, concrete houses (we have wooden ones too, but often not by choice i'll tell you lmao), plastic chairs outside to socialize... This build feels like home~
And ugh i feel you about the politicized identities thing. Please keep on being open and being yourself!
My dude half of Lebanon lives in Brazil 🤣 and 90% of Arabs support Brazil in the World Cup
i'm persian but fully relate to this (including the being accussed of 9/11 thing i literally did not exist leave me alone!!) - begging ea for more rep for us mena folks!
knowing ea, they'll just lump us in with arabs, iranic peoples apparently do not exist 🤷♂️
Im mostly Native American, ( im like 20% scottish and dutch, and then cherokee, pawnee, ponto, and black foot native ) ive been told mulitple times that i was a "scalper " or " cannibal" and ive been called a savage atleast twice. Its genuinely disgusting that people think these things are ok to say to people.
Im more or less white passing, i have a native nose, black hair and eyes, and medium colored skin, but during the school year i get pretty pale compared to me during the summer. And even with me being white passing people still mock me. Im from the south, and there are a lot of racists ( african american people and white people who hate us natives) and it has always sucked when i go to a new school, and they say my name infront if the class, or my dad comes to a meeting wearing his necklace his family has passed down, or really any show of my culture, and i am mocked for these things.
As a Romani girl I so understand every word and feeling that was said here everyone either thinks im gonna kidnap they baby or I'm some kinda mysterious magical creature lol
This video reminded me of my caretaker at daycare, she was arab and the sweetest woman ever. My dad told that once when he drop me there, she apologised because some parents comaplained when their kids came back saying some arabic words. (How dare she talk her language in her house 🙄)
He simply pointed at me and my sister that always came running in, happy to be with our "Tata". "My girls trust you, you have a nice home, this all i ask". Comming from a very white guy, she was happy.
Pretty sure it's because of her that i love plain chickpeas xD This is one of the thing i remerber the most from that time, mini me crazy happy to have chickpeas in a colored plastic bowl 😂
i love this so much! i'm not arab & i live in south africa but this actually reflected some arab interior design that i've seen in people's homes here! it would be so cool to have more representation in the sims that isn't gimmicky. jungle adventures is so icky...
also thank you for deciding to share this. i'm so sorry you have to walk on eggshells talking about yourself.
Shh if EA knows we want south african or african content they'll give us some messed up version
@@aaliyah6464 it would just be safari themed or sthn 🥲
@@aaliyah6464oh god, imagine 💀
I'm a Muslim in South Africa and don't want them making African content it's gonna terrible if they do they should collaborate with an African cc content creater🤷♀️
I may not be Arab but i absolutely LOVE how you are open about your culture and we absolutely need more cultures in The Sims 4 i feel like you did an amazing job in this build and the sim in the thumbnail is absolutely BEAUTIFUL! keep uo the amazing work
i am Arab by ethnicity (my dad is Omani), but I was born and raised in the United States, so I didn't get to experience much of my culture growing up. lots of my family still lives in Oman, but we get to visit my grandmother in a different part of the USA every year, and she makes the best saffron rice and other delicious food! i finally got to visit Oman with my family in 2019, and i just fell in love with the mountains, beaches, desert, and the gorgeous architecture. and seeing people everywhere that LOOKED LIKE ME was crazy!! my aunt, uncle, and cousins live in an octagonal house, and i just think it was the coolest thing ever! i'm terrible at building in the sims, but maybe i'll try to make an octagonal house!
"Apologise for 911" HELPPP WHAT? ??!!! I'M CRYIN
Omg wait, as an arab girl, this makes me so nostalgic, especially the roof omg 😖
استمري دائما على فيديوهاتك و رمضان كريم 🌙✨️
Not the Google translate sentence girllll lmao
@@sarahbambi ست سارة اني حرفيا عراقية بس اوكي 😭😭
@@sarahbambiUsually it’s google translate ruining translations, not the speakers themselves, girrrrlll
That is glorious. I've only been playing for like a week, so no build, but I really want to see the Balkans in a build. Thick stucco walls with red tile roofs, grape arbors, painted frescoes, detailed carved wood, long woven carpets...
And also huge brutalist soviet apartment blocks with little green spaces in between.
The gods have blessed us with another fake gamer girl video
Edit : I'm Arab and I'm so happy rn 😆😆😆😆
I think I’ll participate in this build challenge. I’m African American so there isn’t really an “African American” styled home but I’ll build a traditional home with parts of things that I grew up with
Yeah, my culture was rampant abuse in a hoarders house. Weeee!
I have some hispanic heritage but my grandfather from latin america made a point to not even teach my dad spanish, so I'm basically a tan white person with generational trauma being the only thing I inherited from my culture. (My mom was southern white)
@@steggopotamusNearly same, I'm white, really long story but basically I have hispanic heritage??? Kinda very complicated. I might want to make a house like with what I grew up with, though it's pretty standard white american. How do you get unlimited money?
Culture-"style" (?) aside, it would be really cool to see what you come up with based on your childhood experience. I mean as long as it's something that you associate with generally positive feelings
African American? Did you or your parents ever step foot in Africa? Cause as someone who's actually African full stop, Black Americans are not African, just like Americans with Irish ancestors are not Irish.
@@sarahbambi Let’s not start that. African American refers to the people who are descended of the enslaved Africans in America. I’m African American.
My family is from Dominican Republic and we also have bars on the windows and concrete houses and tile/ceramic floors over there. The wooden furniture sets are usually a dark wood too.
This is entirely beside the point but the fact that the only instruments in the game is a guitar, a violin, and a piano is absolutely insane. I want drums. And many others but I really want drums.
I'm not planning to ever buy a kit but I'm ngl... if they make a strings kit, I might consider it 😅
@@seanathanbeanathan back when i played Sims 4 i downloaded a mod that adds a harp to the game. It worked & actually sounded really nice
@blueghost4769 oooh, do you remember the mod name? I'm actually a harpist irl so I'd love to download it if I play ts4 again
(Second comment is just because my phone's grammar suggestions break the @)
@@blueghost4769 .
@@seanathanbeanathan i don't remember where i got the mod i used, but you could google "sims 4 playable harp mod" and test them out
I'm not Arabic but I fell in love with the cultures at University, I worked with Bangladeshi men at a take away, I lived with a woman who was Muslim and another who was Sikh. I am very much white, not straight and have tats and piercings, and I have never had as much acceptance and care form another group of people so quick. During Ramadan they would pull me out of the kitching to eat with them and talk, they sent me home with food every night.
Happy Ramadan!
Thank you for sharing 💗 Diversity is beautiful and adds so much depth and richness to life 🦋
You comparing it to the experience of queer people helped me relate so hard. There’s this constant anxiety to be the right representative of your community all the time, but there’s also this desperation to just be a person and not to represent anything beyond yourself. I hope in the future all of this will be more normalized so you don’t have as much pressure when sharing your culture.
Thankyou from a fellow Arab 🇱🇧
I have the same feeling as a jew. I see no jewish representation anywhere where we aren't the bankers and I hate it
I was so pleasantly surprised when I saw challah bread and a menorah get introduced to ts4 but that’s definitely indicative of how little representation y’all get! I really hope they start listening to the community more.
I’m half Jewish so I get what you mean haha
Not enough places to sit! LMAO every Arab home I went to as a child had 10000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 places to sit! I swear! Love this video
As an indian who grew up with similar architecture styles here as well, I RELATE SO HARD ONGGGGH
I'm not arab but spent years living in South Asia and this TOOK ME RIGHT BACK TO MY CHILDHOOD! Especially the rooftop hangout AAAAGGHHHHHH this was such an amazing build thank you!! Sims 4 is seriously lacking!!!
This video literally makes me so happy! I didn't even know Sarah was arabic. It brought me so much nostalgia. Thx FGG 💜
Lots of love from an Algerian
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You know it's a genuine Arab home when you see the plastic chairs tbh 😂❤
I've heard of a person who has a tattoo of this plastic chair because it's so iconic...
@@adrianblake8876that's amazing 🤣🤣🤣
Those plastic chairs are VERY Australian too, every house party gets at least 2 of them broken throughout the night 😭
I’m Canadian and this build has a sort of liminal space quality to me. I’m white but I live in a community with a very large Arab population, this very specific decor is a really integral part of my childhood memories of going over to friends houses
7:45 you just unlocked so many memories. we had our roof renovated into a third living room in 2021 since rain kept leaking into our house. but before the renovation, me and my cousins always hung out there, inflating the kiddie pool and swinging on our swingset, playing hide and seek, so many golden moments in my childhood. sad that its gone now
ramadan mubarak :))
As an African American the phrase, “One of the good ones” is like nails on a chalkboard due to how many times I’ve heard it in reference to me or my family because we don’t fit the narrow minded and racist stereotypes inflicted on my people.
Also this build looks great and I am glad you shared more of your culture for the Sims community - I’ve loved your previous videos/builds. Especially since I make Sims from all different cultures and feel the same about low Arab rep is which limits some of the sims and stories I want to tell.
I'm French-Moroccan and I absolutely love this build !
The Traditional part of the appartement looks exactly like my grandparent's house that I spend every summer in, it looks lovely !
I am also very white-passing and my name doesn't sound Arabic so I haven't experienced much racism unless I would directly state that I am, in fact, arab.
Def need more arabic representation in the Sims, I'd pay for a full stuff pack !
Finding out you're Arab is my Ramadan highlight rn lol. I love the fact that you talked about how most places in the Middle East have tile floors because when I do my builds that's all I want to use instead of wood, but there aren't any good options because they're all basically for bathrooms 😭😭😭
anyways...
Ramadan Mubarak to all my muslim brothers and sisters 💖
(edit) also this build is so accurate lol
I was born and raised in America, but I love mixing the cultural items with the white suburban stuff and it usually looks great, so I do think it would be very great to have more cultural items
Sending death comments over not having your build shown in a video is not only absurd, it's revolting! I'm so sorry they put you through this
Ramadan Kareem all. This sort of reminds me of my uncle's apartment in Jeddah. Although I have to say they didn't have many counters in their kitchen and when I asked he said it was because the rent was cheaper that way. Anyways loved the build and yes would love more Arab representation in the Sims (although I saw a pose pack for Salah. Not the football player but the actual act of worship like going into sujood. To say my jaw dropped, I'm still trying to pick it up.)
Happy Ramadan 💗 I’m not but I had Arab friends growing up and I’m so happy that they took the time to share their culture with me and just made me a better, and more open minded person and the adult that I am now. Thank you for sharing with us 🥺✨
Regarding the build challenge: I don't know if I'm good enough but I'll try. It's so hard to make those beautiful baroque buildings that are everywhere in Vienna. (I wish I could afford a mansion/castle someday...)
Our normal living houses aren't that different from american homes. (The most different things are that our suburban homes have fences all around them and not only the backyard fenced in, we usually have hallways to enter the building with closets for jackets and shoes and not enter and stand in the living room and we have our toilets in separate rooms and not in the bathroom very often.)
Ooh or I could build a rural old farming home like they are in the Alpes. 🤔
I will probably go with a concrete block apartment building 😅 I'd love to build something more traditional to specifically our architecture (I'm czech) but unfortunately that's pretty much impossible in the sims (or maybe not, I honestly never tried, but specifically those roofs could be hard - though now that I look at them, I think it might actually be possible to build that! I might try after all)
A lot of our architecture is "borrowed" from around us including the concrete blocks and a lot of people here hate them because they're a reminder of the SSSR but for me, they've always felt like home. Moreso than the traditional houses because those are considered cultural and not a lot of people get to live in them (it's usually generational afaik).
I could also go for the classic type of house I live in but I feel like that would be boring. We'll see 😅
this is beautiful can't wait to add it to my game ^^ also if they ever added an expansion or game pack that added a desserty arab style world the sims team should definitely have you involved this build is gorgeous
babe wake up new FGG vid just dropped
As a Palestinian who loves sims IM EATING THIS UPPP
I didn't know you were Arab! Happy Ramadan, FGG! I'm glad to see you taking initiative to add your own representation into the Sims 4, since the Sims Team won't! And I definitely agree that they could've added Arab representation to Horse Ranch. Praying they give more representation in the future!
girrrrl i feel ur frustration with lack of representation. even finding enough modest women's clothing is a nightmare in this game. i've been desperately wanting another desert world in this game too since the ones that we currently have can't be customized to have the setting i want and it bums me out so bad seeing those dang motels and gas stations in the strangerville background. anyway thank you for the great build, it's one of my favorites from ur channel. Happy Ramadan to all celebrating!
I'm not Arab but the washing machine in the kitchen reminds me so much of my grandmas house 😭
Honestly, this video is so inspiring. I don't know much about Arab culture because the representation in the media is indeed very bad, so thank you for making this!
As a Pole, whenever I see Polish rep on TV that mixes in Russian traditions I've never seen happening here (post-communism we're trying to throw away anything Russia-related), and throws in "Polish phrases" that technically sound like Polish but not something anyone would actually say... yeah, it's a little frustrating.
This is so wonderful!!!! I love learning about how regular people from all kinds of different cultures grow up! I feel like we only ever see heroes and villains and so I love seeing happy, normal people!!! Thank you so much for sharing this with us!!!! 💚💚💚💚 thank you for doing the Sims’ job for them
THANK YOU. Im not actually arab, my family is from the more persian side of the middle east, but seeing this casual form of middle eastern representation is super refreshing. i have been getting more desperate lately for this type of rep, even if it isnt from my specific type of culture. heres to more representation in the middle east!
Im Korean so I don't think I need more representation. Im fine with what there is. If I had to, I'd like a old Chosun dynasty pack. It could include our staw and tile roofs, the paper windows, and a thing called, 항아리 which is like a giant jar where we store fermented foods. It also love to see traditional korean hairstyles outfits and shoes
it really makes a big difference to see your culture represented in media. the hispanic heritage update had me foaming out the mouth. reminded me so much about the family reunion i had growing up in a mexican and brazilian household.
I realise we have much in common! We’re both Muslim,are culture is kind of simlar and we both live in uk! I’m very happy 🥳🥳
I love how you talk about your culture and experiences. I love hearing about how you grew up with a different point of view. I'm Portuguese and grew up with a pretty different household compared to all the other Canadians around me, and it always felt awkward. But then you exist, and you just take pride in who you are and just talk about what makes you, you. I love that. I wish I was like that when I was growing up, taking pride instead of being shy and trying to fit in.
FFG. Icon. She's an icon. She's it, she's lit, she's the shit.
This video was great & I'd love more Arab culture builds on the channel (like businesses or other kinds of houses). This is also a great build challenge idea. I've been on a BG3 kick since its release and this may get me back into Sims4.
I actually love you SO much for using your voice to show more representation of us!! I’m a Palestinian- Puerto Rican and both my cultures get such poor representation lol but most of the things you mentioned were spot on!
I love learning about pther cultures! The Sims 4 really feels like a big USA/That kind of Western simulator (as the majority of worlds), which just kind of makes me sad about the missed opportunities so far :(
That's sooo true! I'm italian, in my country food is a big part of our culture and the fact that in the sims 4 there're so few italian dishes makes my gameplays less immersive. I can't even imagine how much more frustrating it must feel for the people that have even less representation 🥺
I have a hijab wearing sim for the mint generation of the notsoberry challenge. She takes the headscarf off every time she goes to work so I have to customize it. There is also not a lot of modest clothing, most of the base game stuff either is too short on the arms, shows the chest or is a crop top.
i literally cannot understand how people can be so good at building, i LOVE the look of tile in the build, this is so beautiful 🥰
Flat rooftops are my favorite! It's Holi so I was reminded of how much fun I used to have as a kid in Nepal. We would throw water balloons from the rooftop on people walking by. We would have connecting rooftops to houses next door so we would throw colors and use water guns and pichkari while hiding and avoiding one another. Also when I would go to Terai for the summer and we would lay down a mattress on the rooftop and just enjoy the night breeze and the open sky. Although the mosquitoes were out for our blood, it was still so nice and peaceful. I miss it so much.
Tbh, I think a kit or tiny pack filled with traditional instruments from around the world would be super cool, plus I'd just love to see a medieval-style sim just rock up with a hurdy gurdy
It should be free
@@BiggiecheesenessYeah it should be but it's EA we're talking about
@@celarts5752 yes I know. and I’ll still say it should be free
Ramadan Kareem! Thank you so much for sharing your process, and what your childhood looked like! I feel you with the whole pressure of having to be "one of the good ones" - I'm Native, so I'm not allowed to be angry about being misrepresented either, because that in itself feeds into a stereotype. Like you said, people either don't remember or don't care about the variety in our cultures, we just get mashed together with everyone else that falls under a geographic umbrella. When we create for ourselves, we make changes happen, so I hope EA is watching and taking notes!
Literally watching this ON THE ROOFTOP 😂😂😂😂
Happy Ramadan to all those who celebrate! Here’s hoping for a year of better Middle Eastern representation, an end to oppressive occupations, and freedom for all Arab people. Sending love
i’m black & queer and yeah this is such a big mood. but we all deserve rep and the build turned out lovely !!
My partner is Native and I work within the Native community. If nothing else, I would love to see beaded earrings and beaded accessories. My friends make such beautiful hoops and necklaces and I would love to see that ❤
Girl I'm living for the usage of K.K. Oasis as the background music 😊❤
I live in Australia and we have the metal bars too (along with a fly screen fitted with it) and its to keep out both insectoid and hominid intruders. I also relate to wanting your culture to be represented without it being automatically labelled "political". I'm aboriginal ontop of being aussie and it feels like i cant mention my upbringing without people deciding to debate me on my race because im white passing. Either way this is a really great build and has given me a new appreciation for Arabic cultures, i especially love the idea of just chilling on a rooftop with friends.
We love it when you fuck around with the sims, but we also stand with you when you get real sis, queer person here, and you're so right for making this video
Rick Riordan writes books about mythology and one of his series-Mangus Chase and the Gods of Asgard-has a Muslim character named Samirah al-Abbas :D
FFG is carrying the Arab simming community on her back rn
As a North African Arab I feel like all of us grow up in the same house like they all have the same smell like the same vibe or especially grandma house it's like that crazy sleepover the table that has so much food and the fact that we all have that one person who is Obsessed with Egyptian plays theater style 🤣
Hehehe 🤭🤭 “bedak ahwa? bedak shayyyyy?? 🤗” I was a fan but now I’m an even bigger fan, u r genuinely so cute 🥹 I had no idea where u were from but I received them Arab girlie vibes from ur humour and quick witted way of talking, like I felt it. This is by far my fav video of yours I’m so proud of ya albi 🤍🥹
shookran habibti ♥♥♥
I can not tress enough how much fun your videos are
Yes!!! Ive built a save where Oasis Springs is an Arab Muslim world including sim families and relationships and the lack of Hijabs and modest clothing and undergarments is so frustrating! I dont want to have to rely on CC just to play or share my save file
There’s something about the way she speaks Arabic that’s so beautiful. Like obviously Arabic itself is a beautiful language, but I love her voice when she speaks it. Even with the game limitations, this build was so beautiful and cozy. I’m so excited for the build reviews!
I hope EA team work with you to make this happen! as an Arab and a simmer I understand your struggle and couldn't agree more there is literally not a single arab representation that yet to be realistic and not offensive lol, also I cant believe that we still CANT edit our work fits to suit our sim without cheats.. from non-friendly hijabi fits to the old fashion hijab collection I can prolly type for a while tbh lmao.
I love this! My best friend is Middle Eastern and this is EXACTLY what her parent's house looks like lol
I'm Greek Canadian. I haven't gone through anything like others have, but I'm sorry people are awful sometimes. You are pretty amazing to me and this build in particular was felt in my heart. Just wanted to say thank you for sharing like this. Maybe I should try building something like where my aunts or cousins live in Greece with what we've got. Seems like a challenge.
I don't often leave comments on youtube, but man, I'm really happy to see you doing this. I'm not Arab myself, but I'm really proud of my culture and love seeing it represented, and I'm always proud and happy to see people sharing their own culture. Thank you for this, I really loved this video, and hearing how proud you were of your own culture made me even sadder that this isn't something you can do without walking on eggshells on your own channel. Happy Ramadan to you, and to everybody reading this who celebrates it
10:09 THATS WHAT I WAS SAYING!!
Horses would have been perfect for an Arab-inspired pack (as an Arab girl who loves horses😭)
I knew it wasn’t gonna happen but a girl can dream okay
Edit: btw you did such a great job with the build!! The traditional apartment looks like my house a little bit lol
Imagine having an arab expension pack tonte Layla and Tonte Lama are gossiping and having coffe on a balcony while tonte Houda is listening to them while doing the laundry on the other balcony this would be epic
Really cool. Unfortunately, I don’t have for rent, but I like the idea of having say the grandparents live in the traditional apartment, and their son or daughter, the son/daughter in-law and young grandchildren in the modern apartment
Ramadan Mubarak! I'm not Arabic (or Muslim), but I live in the city with the highest Muslim population in the US, and my best friend growing up's dad is Syrian. The furniture you chose reminded me a lot of their home ❤️
oh my allah! u r accent like a native speakers and I didn't expected that ur arab, love from saudi🇸🇦💗
ماجنت متوقعه انج سوريه وعربيه بعد، ربنا يحفظجج