FLAG/ FAN FRIDAY SAUDI ARABIA! (Geography Now)

[@GeographyNow]

Yes. There were at one time sharks swimming in the deserts of Saudi Arabia. Thanks everyone for watching the episode (It was on KZbin trending! Wow!) and now we work on Filler week and SENEGAL! Any pieces of information you'd like me to put in those episodes? Comment!

[@DarwinskiYT]

Ooga booga ooga Chaka hooga booga hooga Chaka unga bunga ungha chackha Oohga boooogahooo

[@deleted8825]

Idk 😅

[@nekhilbudampati7417]

Cooool how’s life?

[@Spidey2345]

Hey dude I watch your videos since 2015🤣🤣

[@tartar1090]

Geography now what are you going to do after you finish all of the countries

[@fakhrianirsali6380]

FUN FACT: The Saudi Arabian flag is never lowered to half-mast as a sign of mourning. Lowering the flag would be considered blasphemous. This also applies to the flags of Afghanistan, Somaliland, and Iraq where the Shahada is written (or in Iraq's case, Takbir).

[@kurratulainesha5892]

@@neemapaxima6116 thats takbir!

[@thatfatguyinmcdonaldseatin6389]

True we never lower it

[@danielagustian9369]

Okay i'm not from either country, so i want to ask: what's the difference between Shahadat and Takbir?

[@luqqy347]

Daniel Agustian shahadah=declaration of faith (ash hadu-an la ilaha ila Allah wa ashhadu Anna muhammadun abdohou wa rassoulu), takbir=glorifying god (Allahu Akbar)

[@danielagustian9369]

@@luqqy347 oh ... I see thanks

[@jujubee3933]

It's nice seeing Barby and his friends just being themselves. Need more of these.

[@PC_Simo]

Definitely.

[@AemondEye]

A coffee servant in Saudi Arabia is basically a waiter/bartender they make and serve Arabic coffee and Tea, you’d commonly see them in weddings and family meetings especially during Eid

[@alyazan1]

No need for sugar-coating. It is basically a form of slavery...

[@1Swlm]

No need for Servants in Serving Coffee, it Commonly is Either a Servant Hired (Could also be Saudis) or The Youngest in the Room or The Owner’s of the House. It’s one of these three only, because in our Culture it’s a Sign of Generosity To Make the Guest as Comfortable as Possible!

[@xps7370]

@@SolarWaves37221 what are u kidding or what because it became little creepy ?

[@breab599]

@@alyazan1 they literally get paid

[@fawazaljohani8447]

@@SolarWaves37221 WTF are you talking about, i serve coffee to our guests, oh my god the level dumbness you guys have is unbelievable

[@thatone1280]

I don’t think most saudis have servants probably that prince. Wherever I went to a Saudi house the kids where the ones who pour the coffee

[@KEEF580]

Exactly, the main concept is the host the one that serve the guest. 👍

[@FrontRowSeatToEarth]

Actually it’s is very very common to have servants. Probably 90-95% of families have one. However most families make their kids pour the coffee when guests visit.

[@yousefnoori]

@@FrontRowSeatToEarth In the average household, it wouldn't servants per se, but more like housemaids, and they don't usually meet the guests.

[@FrontRowSeatToEarth]

Yousef Noori oh yeah I get what you mean. But sometimes when there is an important guest, some people hire a servant for a couple of hours. My family did that a couple of times.

[@thatone1280]

@@FrontRowSeatToEarth I get what you mean but servant has a bad stigma I might say waiter or chief

[@darreljones8645]

The word "al" is Arabic's definitive article; English's is "the". As a result, most Arabic-derived English words with an "al" in them contain this article, such as "algebra", "algorithm", "alcohol", and even "admiral".

[@alejandroojeda1572]

In spanish admiral IS almirante....thus you see the missing 'al' My favourite arabic loneword though has to be "ojalá", a very comon Word, which comes from the arabic "by Allah" (that's not the exact translation but it's pretty similar) So in spanish you can see "por dios, ojalá lo consiga" which roughly translates to: by gods sake (and Allah) may i get it. 😅😅😅 Basically, every time we wish something in spanish we call upon Allah.

[@curiousmind_]

@@alejandroojeda1572 Ojalá comes from the common Arabic phrase insh'Allah (may God will it). In Portuguese it's much closer: Oxalá (pronounced "oshalá").

[@abdulelahajaji6296]

@@alejandroojeda1572 huh.. interesting Do you know the words fulan and fulana ? Those are Arabic too

[@alejandroojeda1572]

@@abdulelahajaji6296 i had never Heard fulan, It seems to bee in disuse. Fulana/o , though, we still use it.

[@MM-uu6tm]

alejandro ojeda Allah means in Arabic God, arab Christians call upon allah and say allah akbar

[@saino2001]

3:00 - Regarding the Saudi flag... many years ago (I can't remember the exact year) the McDonalds restaurant chain did an ad campaign promoting World Cup soccer that involved releasing soda cups featuring the flags of the various competing nations, with a different flag on each cup! McDonalds was clearly hoping that World Cup soccer fans would try to collect cups from all of the participating nations. The only problem was that not everybody collects soft-drink cups, and some were thrown into the trash. As Saudi Arabia was one of the nations competing, somebody noticed Saudi flag cups with the words from the Koran printed on them, sitting in trash cans, and there was an immediate (and loud) outcry that ultimately forced McDonalds to cancel the whole thing!

[@laabib44]

Interesting I never knew it!

[@laabib44]

@@SantomPh aaaand I didn't know that my country (Bangladesh) produces world cup balls:-D

[@shamirarshad1867]

McDonalds should have done cultural background research. Gotta respect the culture of the country your representing or dealing with. Atleast they corrected the mistake.

[@shamirarshad1867]

Pretty interesting to know. Thanks

[@MM-uu6tm]

Not only saudis got angry but also mulisms were , and if you go to celebrate the national day you will see different flag (the one have palm tree and swords) because usually after celebrating people lose their flags or enter bathrooms with it and whatever they do to flag it doesn’t disrespect the shahada

[@roxii7190]

Arabic- based English words: Coffee = Qahwah = قَهوَة Cotton = Qutn = قُطْن Sugar = Sukkar = سُكَّر Algebra = Aljabr = الجَبْر Guitar = Qitharah = قِيثَارَه Alcohol = Alkohol = الكُحُول Cipher = Shefrah = شِفرَه Camel = Jamal = جَمَل Cave = Kahf = كَهْف And a lot more! Search for it for more Info if you like✨

[@aahmad2004]

Bro One thing... Caliphate:- Khalifa 🤗🤗🤗 Remembered me this time🤩 Love from India 🇮🇳

[@Mattteus]

We get the words “alcohol” and “lute” (the instrument) from Arabic.

[@FrontRowSeatToEarth]

Rohan Ghaisas Arabic is much older than Islam. Even when Islam began, alcohol wasn’t banned. A new revelation came and forbade it.

[@user-mw7zq2bt5k]

@Rohan Ghaisas there are ALOT of christian arabs especially in the diaspora

[@Jesse__H]

You can actually _hear_ the arabic root when you say "alcohol" It has that throaty sound those languages sometimes make!

[@quintenwhyte6660]

Ra's Al-Ghul & Talia Al-Ghul

[@ADeeSHUPA]

@Rohan Ghaisas hH

[@saasa15]

I love that you finally made this video ❤️🇸🇦🇾🇪. Love to Saudi Arabia ❤️ 🇸🇦 I am now waiting for my home of Yemen❤️ 🇾🇪🇾🇪❤️

[@emadbu5]

حبيب 😘🇸🇦🇾🇪

[@oscarangga1152]

اسلم عليكم Hi how was the situation in yamen today?

[@mohammedmudassir1738]

What do you think of saudi arabia ?

[@oscarangga1152]

@@mohammedmudassir1738 well in my point of view as Indonesian Muslim if you talk saudi arabia as a government they have big problem this day, you know how Prince muhamad bin Salman political movement, he try to disturb the way of Islam, in haramain, and I think he will be a trigger to make haramain cover of blood in the future, you know In nubuah of prophet Muhammad Shalallahu 'alaihi Wasallam say in hadist about when the last khalifah will show up before Armageddon war,. But if you talk about Saudi Arabia as people who lives in Saudi Arabia, I hope all of them still stick together and still listen to their imam in haramain, I hope all my brother and sister of Islam in Saudi Arabia stay healthy n peaceful

[@abdullahalmuhanna8483]

@@oscarangga1152 thank you akhi.... I'm from KSA and we also love and appreciate indonesians (one of the most peaceful & kind hearted people I met) 🇸🇦💚

[@ultimatestoryteller]

*13:31** Barbs : you've just been flagged* _That's right Barbs , I watched an almost 14 minutes long video with Noah in the thumbnail but no Noah appeared in the video_

[@theyfwadam2612]

Love saudi arabia from morocco🇸🇦🇲🇦

[@رُمح-ذ8ن]

شكرا لك اخي ❤️

[@8.4reham]

@@رُمح-ذ8ن الحين هم يمدحونا ولا يسبونا 🙂

[@7ruk__101]

Rosie ايي منجد وش يقولون عنا

[@7ruk__101]

Musaaud Al-hawaly عارفه هههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههه بس التعليقات من برا وش يقولون

[@جوعانواكلتاسمي-و2غ]

@@8.4reham لا هو لا يمدحكم ولا يسبكم بل هو بس يجيب معلومات عن دولتكم 🙂

[@TrenchReynolds]

Now I just want a channel of Art throwing international currency.

[@jordinagel1184]

The Spanish language has also been influenced by Arabic to an astounding degree (I’m putting that here since I assume most watchers from the US have Spanish as a second language). The amount of words is too numerous to count, but basically anything that starts with “al-“ such as “alfombra (rug), albornoz (bath robe), alcalde (mayor)” comes from the Arabic language. After Latin, it’s probably the biggest contributor to the Spanish language, which shouldn’t be surprising; about 700 years of presence will do that to you.

[@alejandrocandelario9621]

Yes, 8% of Spanish vocabulary, 4,000 words, are of Arabic origin.

[@mansouralabbas9499]

Missing fscts: You didn't focus a lot on the Eastern province. So here are some facts 1. Rich history with oil and western expats and has most of the borders including all GCC countries. 2. DMM is the main international airport in the area and it happens to be the biggest airport in the world in terms of land space (bigger than Bahrain). 3. Historical regions such as Qatif hosted the Portuguese and still has Portuguese castles as well as first runway in the peninsula. The founder of new Saudi Arabia used to fly and land in this runway. Runway is located in Tarout island. 4. Sea and fish culture west and east 5. During the winter we in the east witness the birds and flamingos migration. You can spot them on the coast (corniche). 6. Sea burials are huge in the east. bigger than Dubai and Bahrain. You can see the change from satellite images over the years. Thank you for efforts and I hope you shed some light on these facts.

[@lesleylee3755]

Yes , I'm from Taiwan too,but I wonder if there will there be a Taiwan episode or not 😲(damn,guys, thanks for all the supports to my country.🥰 And I want to say,while everyone's attention are caught by Freud and Corona (black lives matter)Hong Kong 🇭🇰 is dying at the same time)

[@dom12v58]

Taiwan is not a recognized nation from the un

[@descalzitao6779]

It's not a UN member state, so there's probably won't be a regular episode about it. However, there very well could be an off topic episode, that would be cool

[@enlightenment4310]

The Chinese people wouldn't love that 😂

[@6i6itjeruk]

Well, indonesia doesnt recognize 🇹🇼taiwan🇹🇼 but i still recognize bcuz they also have a history of austronesians :D

[@maryocecilyo3372]

Love Taiwan!

[@Triskaan]

Glad you mentioned the Yemen situation, that was the real lack of the main video imo. Keep up the awesome work Barbs ! :)

[@SamRyuu51]

Thanks Barb for including some of the things I've said to you on Instagram.

[@Phoenix_The_HeroHater]

ilham wijanarko nice but I highly doubt he will see this but I’ll like and comment to help

[@SamRyuu51]

@@Phoenix_The_HeroHater Thank you, man.

[@Phoenix_The_HeroHater]

ilham wijanarko happy to help

[@ramjayadeepb6861]

corona virus: "hey, I spread fast" me: "not faster than geography now views"

[@saasa15]

As a yemeni I have no problems with Saudi Arabia. We love Saudi Arabia unlike what western media's like to protray 🇾🇪🇾🇪🇸🇦🇸🇦❤️ It's the country we get most aid from, the country that has most refugees even before Saudi entering the war, and the country we hope to be when things calm down. Majority of Yemenis have family in Saudi Arabia and love them. It's a minority in the north called the houthis who have the problems and we consider them as terriosts even most northerners hate them as they are literally just a terriost proxy for Iran they are the ones who control sanna and most people in sanna are trapped and literally their only goal is to go to Aden which is the city which the Yemeni government and Saudis control every day we welcome thousands who fled the houthi controlled areas. In general we are literally the same people divided by a line we love Saudi Arabia🇾🇪🇾🇪🇸🇦🇸🇦❤️

[@thatone1280]

Ali AlYemeni you are here too. I guess this was the place more appropriate for your comment. Very informative thank you.

[@hall511]

@Slender Man What? I can't go anywhere in a place that even mentions Saudi Arabia without being blasted with the war on Yemen.

[@erenaygun9696]

Westerns love Saudi Arabia as well, specially US loves them Take a guess why

[@KEEF580]

Well explained, Saudis & Yemenis are one nation 🇸🇦🇾🇪❤

[@رُمح-ذ8ن]

🇸🇦❤️🇾🇪 😘😘

[@مهندالشمري-ت7م]

Saudi Arabia is a beautiful and kind country and its people are respectable. I hope to visit Saudi Arabia. I love Saudi Arabia. Greetings from Iraq🇮🇶❤🇸🇦

[@atom1k132]

Saudi Arabia episode was very good!

[@Phoenix_The_HeroHater]

Agreed

[@Gh0stClown]

Worth noting that because the Saudi flag is considered holy since it contains the Shahada, it's never flown at half mast and can't be printed on things like t-shirts for commercial purposes.

[@AdamCrazyDude2007]

1:11 Kuwait-Saudi neutral zone

[@renad2926]

the thing about pouring coffee as soon as you finish it has to do with great hospitality if you dont pour coffee to your guests u will look kinda rude ?so you have to keep an eye on their finjals(small cups)also for ex if parents invite people younger siblings will take that task its not a thing related to servants

[@luffy1452]

Great video like always, thanks from Saudi 🇸🇦

[@SS-gi1mp]

Syrian here love to Saudi Arabia 🇸🇦🇸🇾❤️

[@رُمح-ذ8ن]

We love Syria 🇸🇦❤️🇸🇾

[@وسامالدرويش-ظ7ص]

ما شاء الله العرب صايرين اجانب واو تطورو

[@salehalanzi6350]

@@وسامالدرويش-ظ7ص سوريا فيها ناس مو عرب

[@OKA928]

@@وسامالدرويش-ظ7ص وش دخل ؟!

[@techwithfahim2168]

I think you from refugees camp?

[@ajwadsabano]

You haven’t mentioned that the tallest flagpole in the world is in Jeddah

[@Pintszch]

He mentioned it in Saudi Arabia episode.

[@ajwadsabano]

Payne's Pinchface, Where which part?

[@ajwadsabano]

skola min 171 meters

[@gilperry6782]

No one: Art: *MONEY*

[@jomana1109]

I’d like to mention that although the general customs are similar all around Saudi Arabia, people visiting often forget that this country is multi-ethnic, meaning it harbors various Saudi minorities with a tad different approach to things. Especially the Afro-Arab population (probably the biggest minority)concentrated in the Hejaz region, that not only speak differently but do have some other traditional dishes than usually displayed in the mid and Far East regions of Saudi Arabia. I invite those whom visit to engage with the variegated populations, folklore and try to appreciate the many dialects. Don’t forget to go to the not so popular places too! There is Nejd and Baha for example that don’t fit in the stereotypical desert-camel-tent idea of the country, they are green and full of crops and vegetation.

[@jamirio1117]

Tarçin means cinnamon in Turkish and it is a wide used name for dogs tooo

[@jamirio1117]

@- king- Before Islam Turks were pagan too (more likely tengrism). Like europeans we changed our religion

[@جعفرزكريا-ظ8س]

its from the basic and esiencial rules with guests are: 1. when they finished thier coffee emediatly must to filled ( u should not be late or make the guest need to look at you to fill it as that counts disrespect of the guests and unwelcoming signs) 2. always keep feeding the guest before lunch or dinner by coffe dates or chocolates or dates bies and tea with nuts and biscutes and before those juice , and then lunch or dinner , then after that again coffee with sweet things thats serve with it and tea with salty things that surve with it ( as we drink tea usually sweetened with suger) 3. the one who always keep an eye on the geust cups so when it finished emmediaty filled is either one of the host house and usually the yongest , and in large number gathering we usually rent a man to help and THEY ARE PAID FOR THE JOB . 4. even most of our homes are designed guest based, if we have villa with 3 floors , 95% of people will make the first floor for guest surving only that contain ( men setting room and men eating room and bathrom beside those, and separatly ladies setting room and ladies eating room with bathroom beside and lastly the kitchen) these are the 7 rooms that occupy the first floor in most of our homes in 900 meter squar or depending on the house space. lastly, i want to clarfy that we the ARABS love having guest very much as we really really like gust to come and eat and feelling comfartable in our house , and if they are close related we keep asking them to spend thier night in the house ( as we usually finishs our gathering late at night, so they not facing tirdness or diffculty on going back to thier homes) = in conclusion we really love having and feeding guests.

[@shamirarshad1867]

My Arab friend and his family are really kind, always gift me something before I leave.

[@جعفرزكريا-ظ8س]

@@shamirarshad1867 ya its one of things most of arabs do ... that you should give the guests before they leaving food (mostly food not other things and in kinda large amounts 💁‍♂️ so they can put it in lunch for next day)

[@جعفرزكريا-ظ8س]

@@shamirarshad1867 you know somthing really really most of western or eastern people who ever dealt with arabs they really talking about their kidness and hospitality ( most of the arabic people) including my US colleauges who works with me here , and ya theres sterotype picture outside that isnt correct

[@ريماسلطان-ث4ق]

As Saudi this is so f trueeee

[@farismag]

@@ريماسلطان-ث4ق لا داعي يا اخت ريما لإستخدام حرف "F" اختصارًا لكلمة نابية، لسانكِ اطهر واعف من ذلك. دامت اخلاقنا على منهاج النبوة النميرة.

[@maqsoodhussain3444]

Love you Saudi Arabia from Pakistan ☪️🇵🇰🇸🇦

[@PC_Simo]

Basically any word starting with ”al-” is a likely loanword from Arabic.

[@Spino2Earth]

Why is American "football" even called football? You hold the "ball" with your hands more than kick it with your feet like they do in real football!

[@nithishprabhu1259]

I want answer for that too.

[@Mony300591]

It’s because the ball is one feet long 🏈

[@nithishprabhu1259]

@@Mony300591 Then its actually American

[@crampusmaximus8849]

Because it is a derivative of Rugby Football. We dropped Rugby and kept the football. That is also why we call the kicking sport "soccer" because it comes from the fact the sport was initially known as Association Football, the word soccer has it's origins in association. We just used alternative shorthands for the sports, and over time the original naming conventions have fallen by the wayside and we are left with the current names and little context as to why.

[@justinleecw]

It’s because you play in on foot, and not on horseback. Or so they say.

[@erionzairi9014]

Love your channel keep up the good work

[@احمد-خ8ش3ظ]

الله يحفظ المملكه العربيه السعوديه والخليج العربي 🇴🇲🇸🇦🇧🇭🇰🇼🇦🇪🇶🇦

[@suleyman8696]

You forgot many akhi

[@alanmaclaren4366]

@@suleyman8696 he is talking specifically about the gulf states. (Saudi Arabia, Emirates, Qatar, Oman, And Kuwait.)

[@taksbarbin101]

I love the video and the comments as well. Learned new things today.

[@ClearlyPixelated]

I'd love to hear more about your adventures in Saudi Arabia. It sounds like you have a really unique experience!

[@BigAl4244]

Opening up fanmail is always entertaining!

[@AdamCrazyDude2007]

1:54 It started with 2011 protests in Yemen part of the wider Arab Spring protests. then Saleh resigned and there was a presidential election with only 1 CANDIDATE that was Hadi and he won with 100% votes. Houthis boycotted the vote and advanced further to Sanna then Hadi fled to Aden and make it the Temporary Capital of Yemen but the Houthis invaded Aden too so he fled to Saudi Arabia where he is currently in exile even though he's still the current president of Yemen. The Hadi Government of Yemen is supported by the Saudi-led coalition (also including Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, United Arab Emirates, Jordan, Egypt, Sudan, Morocco and Senegal) while the Houthis are supported by Iran

[@eliasziad7864]

I am yemeni, We hate Saudi Arabia And we want the Houthi Arab yemenis to win the war,

[@bowb4me745]

Loved this episode. Made me happy.

[@az000zf3]

Saudi Arabia is a beautiful country with a rich history and culture

[@oussema_slimi]

CAN'T WAIT FOR TUNISIA'S EPISODE 💗

[@Toastmaster_5000]

Servants aren't really novel of SA, they're novel of anyone who is exceptionally wealthy and/or royalty

[@haeuth684]

They are not servants, these guys in the video work like this at weddings and other special gatherings, yes only wealthy people can hire them but they're more like waiters then servants

[@ThinkForward0]

@@haeuth684 ya servant has a bad vibe to it .

[@yuli5034]

They aren't servants, they are more of a team, you pay them money and they come and do that in weddings or when you have guests + also there is house maids and servants too.

[@yusufblaik2599]

I really liked the episode Paul! Good job! I just want to correct something that Christians and Jews at that time not all of them were pushed out some converted without compulsion and some went I think Ethiopia or Yemen if I’m not mistaken anyone please feel free correct me if I’m wrong. I’m not looking for any debates anyone this is just in our beliefs and our historical fact. God bless!

[@hassanaljafri3408]

As a Yemeni the situation in Yemen is this basically a group of Shia people are trying over Yemen with the back of Iran and Saudi Arabia the coalition are trying to stop them. But at same time theirs a separates movement trying separate form Yemen and also theres alqadea so it is basically a civil war in civil war it very complicated @geographynow

[@tuub1281]

The Houthi's aren't trying to take over, and most pro-Houthi forces are Sunni, not Shia.

[@mohammadoyarhosseini9177]

Hey man i'm from iran and i'm pissed and sorry for what our regime is doing to your country.yemen is a nice and beautiful country, war is destroying it. Hope thing work out for you guys❤

[@tuub1281]

@@smrusselkabirroomey7396, The Houthis aren't the only ones fighting, they merely took the lead in 2015 and are considered the most professional militia in Yemen (this due to the previous conflicts they were involved in). Many tribes (almost all Sunni) joined in. There's also a part of the Yemeni army that deserted in order to join the Houthis and a part of those loyal to former dictator Saleh are still fighting for the Houthis as well. There are quite a few reasons as to why the Houthis (and all those other tribes) revolted. I'll list the biggest ones to make it eaaier to understand. 1) The biggest reason was the lack of reforms. In 2011 the Houthis supported the revolution against Yemens dictator Saleh. Following Saleh's fall the vice president, Hadi, became president/dictator (no decent elections have been held in Yemen). Years went by and the Houthis, among others, got increasingly frustrated as the promised reforms stayed out. 2) Corruption. Yemen is one of the most corrupt countries in the world and the government of Hadi has made no effort to combat it. 3) Extremists in Yemen. The Houthis are shia and have been the target of discrimination since the 1960s (this is also the reason as to why they exist, they literally had to fight for their rights). Seeing the rise of Al-Qaeda in Yemen and the emerging Al-Islah party (basically an extremist wahabbi party) made them weary and it bacame yet another point of frustration as the Hadi government didn't do much to combat this extremism. 4) fuel prices. This isn't a big reason, but the rise of fuel prices was the last straw for the Houthis and many others, and thus they disposed the Hadi regime. Currently pro-Houthi Yemen is ruled by the Supreme Political Council, which includes members from a variety of tribes and political parties/movements.

[@SlamboSVV]

Hooti supporter spotted

[@SlamboSVV]

Brother dont worry, Saudi will soon get rid of iran backed hootis from Yemen, In-Sha'Allah

[@daniafiras1079]

كل الحب والاحترام من العراق الى المملكة السعودية 🇸🇦🇮🇶

[@farismag]

احترام ووئام وموامقة متبادلة لأخوننا واخواتنا اهل العراق، إذ هي مهاد الحضارات، ومأثل العلوم والسلوم، وشعبه الطيب التليد، اخوكِ السعودي فارس آل مغلوث الطائي.

[@faisalkhalid534]

Yemeni here, now before i start let me say this: this is a general explanation and is meant to reflect on the MAJORITY of people as there are exceptions. the conflict in Yemen started when the people of Yemen, majority Sunni wanted to kick out the old dictator, Ali Abdullah Saleh, from power (he is dead now tho, killed by the Houthis) during the protests and for some reason, the military police and the riot control started shooting at protestors, and thing escalated until a missile was shot at KSA, after which ksa went into the conflict, ksa of course didn't support Ali saleh, who was backed by Iran and the shiat houthis, the majority of the people followed the new government, and ksa backed them with airstrikes, the houthi regime kept losing battles, and after certain "differences" between the houthis and saleh surfaced, they shot him, the conflict keeps going on and on, and the houthis keep vomiting more and more crimes, and yes they are the bad guys here they shell entire cities for days without care, while the government forces don't do that because MOST OF THOSE PEOPLE ARE THERE FAMILY, Iran keeps backing houthis, and ksa keeps backing the new government and that's all.

[@sumia8905]

Thank you, I'm Saudi and I'm so confused! I just want it to end I don't get it (I know nothing of politics) P.S: احب اليمن وكل الدول العربية

[@MightyBarney]

So we are just going to gloss over Saudi Arabia's large scale airstrike attacks on Houthi territories which resulted in a staggering number of civilian casualties and the absolute destruction of Yemeni infrastructure, that's cool.

[@noshadb.e3111]

the Yemenis dont even have food (Saudis wont allow it) how can you have internet?

[@AnaroshScend]

@@noshadb.e3111 the guy could be an immigrant

[@hnoabdulsalam8883]

noshad b.e Saudi Arabia is the biggest donator to Yemen and also works with un and legal government, you know nothing or just repeating Huthi’s talks.

[@abdulazizalajmi7619]

A coffee servant in Saudi Arabia is mostly the younger sibling in the family, it's rare to bring a waiters especially in the bedouin societies.

[@Phoenix_The_HeroHater]

Hi, I’m early and I’m happy

[@Mr.TravelKing]

Very interesting information! Thanks!

[@ms_scribbles]

"A little bit of tension", says the king of understatements.

[@norra124]

Oud isn't an incense burner, but a special kinda incense (the incense itself) coming from an agarwood tree. It's one of the most expensive perfume ingredients, too. Love it!

[@abdullahalmuhanna8483]

Bro when you mentioned singers from KSA... you made a mistake when you didnt put an image of Talal Maddah (an arabic music legend) and just put two images of Muhamed Abdu instead LOL

[@vinitakumari8093]

as always very good episode

[@waynejohnson1786]

“It’s Canadian Money” Me, a Canadian: WTF is that?

[@masterdog7331]

What a brave guy , taking mails from people in such a situation to not break fans hearts respect u

[@DeadChannel420]

What Others Think Of Saudi Arabia: Islam What I think of Saudi Arabia: *Nokia Arabic Ringtone*

[@esc_victor3963]

I forgot to laugh

[@randomname5585]

its the best ringtone PERIOD.

[@AjZ530]

quick note, the text in the middle of the flag isn't the shahada it's the kalima. It's basically a shortened version of it. The shahada has the phrase "I testify that" before There's no true god worthy of worship but Allah, and also before Muhammad (peace and blessing of Allah be upon him, salallahu alayhi wa salam) is the messenger of Allah. The text on the flag doesn't contain the phrase "I testify that".

[@TheMrNalsur]

Technically, "guitar" is a Greek word that was loaned into Arabic, and later loaned from Arabic in English, :D

[@alejandroojeda1572]

I've found: Greek-->Arabic-->spanish-->french?--->english

[@preussen4983]

@@alejandroojeda1572 probably norman french

[@hamzahaytham3940]

It could be since early greek was older than Arabic, but Arabic came from a relative language in its language family. And that language family was the source for the alphabet for the greek language

[@DAventador44]

I found out about this channel thanks to my geography teacher and I don't have any regrets for subscribing

[@fxtshrahm2012]

Sharks in Saudi? A R A B I A N S H A R K

[@jasonremy1627]

Do do do do

[@Yazan_Majdalawi]

🦈👳‍♂️

[@WhiteBloggerBlackSpecs]

Fun fact: Soon to be the world's tallest building will be in Jeddah projected to be 1008m tall or 3,307 feet tall

[@haguhans_jr.9293]

There are 8 comments, can I see them? Yt: What about no

[@Phoenix_The_HeroHater]

It usually happens when a video just got uploaded

[@zexerpl]

There is 1 comment, can i see this? KZbin: How about 16

[@zachdy817]

Houghton, Michigan is defintely pronounced "HOW-ton" Sincerely, A Michigander. P.S I love all the content, I'm not even sure when I started watching but this is one of my favorite channels. Love ya Barbs.

[@FatemaLiya]

For the filler week, can you make a video about Italy's regions?

[@alejandroojeda1572]

I'd LOVE that

[@Tralient]

Every day we get closer and closer to the Serbia episode :)

[@kbx2.]

Btw the arabic in the flag means "There is no god but Allah; Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah"

[@endangsaptorini563]

3:00

[@savioblanc]

The Shahada

[@kbx2.]

savioblanc ye basically

[@sepe5680]

"I witness there is no god but Allah..."*

[@sambenbetti5536]

Seid Sadiković Tačno je Brate. Selam iz Medine

[@OuterHeaven210]

We love you barbs. Hope you’re having a good day

[@avi12]

2:05 Coffee and guitar are derived from Arabic? wat Also, you forgot "algorithm"

[@attusiii]

There are a lot of other words derived from Arabic. He didn't forget, he just named a few.

[@md.jafrulhassan5727]

In short. Any word with Al- in the begging

[@ra_alf9467]

Algebra

[@attusiii]

@@md.jafrulhassan5727not really, coffee, sugar, and assassin were derived from Arabi

[@alejandroojeda1572]

In spanish we have tons of arabic lonewords. I think guitar got to english from the spanish guitarra, though i'm not sure

[@sochiihcos]

This was the funniest video in the history of Geography Now

[@GOLD3NShow]

2:40 This is a tradition to serve the guest, and it it is done by the younger members of the family to serve the elders and the guests. But as an exception, when you went to the prince the guy who served you might be a worker in the palace or whatever.

[@asuraneko4513]

cant wait to see Thailand episode !!

[@mattshami1505]

3:00 "Wrong translation" the right mean is : there is no god except Allah, and Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah

[@pokechan3117]

So it's wrong that Allah means god

[@pokechan3117]

@Abdul-Haqq Allah and God is same dude

[@AnaroshScend]

@- king- Allah means "the one" in sense of a divine being. If someone's title was to be pharaoh before the existence of ancient Egypt, would that mean that the pharaohs are myths? No it wouldn't. And we worship towards the kaabah not the kaabah it's self. Allah told us to pray towards this. If I have a wall in front of me when I pray, does that mean I am worshipping the wall?

[@MSH3LoL]

- king- you’re so triggered it made you speak absolute nonsense.

[@מוחמדראשידרדה]

@- king- ok Hindu,now eat your cow

[@makotopark7741]

Sugar and alcohol are from Arabic words too right? And oh btw Barbs if youre going to make an another filler week after Senegal or Serbia, can you make the topic about Siberia or the American Indian Nations? Hehe. Love, a viewer from Asia.

[@zuthmani9955]

Non Muslims can visit Medina but not Makkah

[@connorbingham5426]

@geography now Happy birthday!

[@SJAD-l6x]

I Love to ❤️❤️🇸🇦🇸🇾🇮🇶

[@adart8602]

Love it 😍

[@Tavinho502]

there are plenty of words in Spanish that are loaned from Arabic

[@mr_moon204]

Yes

[@mr_moon204]

Yes

[@jdgomez775]

That Peaches carton looks like an MRE meal carton. The food is preserved and sealed in a plastic pouch, packaged with a paper carton, and then sealed with all the other food that comes with the meal in a bigger, brown, heavy duty pouch.

[@slabofgeography]

What I like about this video is there’s no mention of covid-19 which is nice but this comment makes no sense in 2021 and after.

[@ishandey6061]

It will, just people will be like 'Annoying quarantine time comments' I hate them

[@erenaygun9696]

Pretty sure COVID won't be gone by 2021 and even it if will people won't forget about it that easily So even in 2030 when COVID is hopefully gone people will know why these videos are made like this when they look at the date

[@slabofgeography]

Also to add from my comment it’s good rewatch value to watch videos that don’t mention covid-19 to make the video seem more normal.

[@HopeRock425]

The winer of the Geogrado Contest was literally someone who made mask for military personnel. Therefore COVID 19 was mentioned.

[@slabofgeography]

Eren , I agree but I am talking about when Corina is not a “big” problem anymore.

[@Yoginawa]

Thanks for the authenticity, Barbs.

[@paulstark4923]

1 view and 56 likes, great job YT

[@diamondsky3787]

THE VIEWS LOAD SLOWER THAN LIKES

[@chaedd]

Who cares

[@paulstark4923]

@@diamondsky3787 not my problem

[@CecetasticTV]

so awesome!

[@crisplaysfrom938]

Wow. Saudi Arabia is Nice!

[@SS-gi1mp]

They have opened up for tourism a year ago and prior to the pandemic it was booming. Go check Eva's vlogs about Saudi Arabia they summarize the beauty and vastness of the country

[@nevar108]

There is a burnt out pixel on your camera.... Regardless, Geography Now rocks! (fist bump Keith)

[@Mohab7274]

Saudi Arabia is my favorite flag 🇸🇦

[@joys1783]

SAME!!!!!

[@TravisSelassieSimbawafedha]

It's made out of a MRE box ... Military .... Meals Ready to Eat. Sent you another postcard today ... Much more high end.

[@TheDaibu]

That single Hannah frame though.

[@enestekin6109]

Mr. Tarçin is so cute :D Has a Turkish person named him? Because Tarçın is a Turkish spice which means Cinnamon in English.

[@kbx2.]

I really am wondering spain,singapore,switzerland,syria and somalia

[@syynimaa9562]

??

[@kbx2.]

Syynimaa im wondering bout their episodes i dont know that much bout them obly about spain a little

[@Phoenix_The_HeroHater]

Same

[@strawberrydaily3625]

I wonder about South sudan

[@chrislfc2317]

I'm wondering about Limberwisk because that video didn't really tell everything

[@derealization1291]

who needs a geography teacher when you have Paul?

[@rililn6669]

سبحان الله الحمد لله لا اله الا الله الله أكبر لاحول ولاقوه إلا بالله استغفر الله العظيم وأتوب إليه اللهم صل وسلم على نبينا محمد..

[@fawazaljohani8447]

There was a dispute actually between Kuwait and Saudi over a joint oil filed, that dispute has been solved recently and the production is to be resumed.

[@TechTalesChannel]

I like Saudi Arabia

[@dukeofdepressed3980]

Paul: *trying to open mail and say things* Art: YOU DARE OPPOSE ME MORTAL

[@starman1144]

2:02 the word guitar is of Greek origin not Arabic. The English took the word from French, the French took it from Spanish, the Spanish took it from Latin and the Latin language took the word from Greek

[@martinsriber7760]

@MrBurdekin No, they weren't. Romans or Persians for example did it long before them.

[@khamsibq]

@@martinsriber7760 that isn't right Where is ur proof

[@martinsriber7760]

@@khamsibq Yes, it is right. Do you seriously want proof that Romans translated Greek literature before Arabs? Is that supposed to be joke? How about existence of Vulgate, Latin translation of Bible (which includes New Testament written in Greek) from fourth century? Among many other examples?

[@martinsriber7760]

@MrBurdekin Translated Greek literature.

[@maxuc2649]

Maybe after Zimbabwe, you could do episodes for every individual state in the U.S.