Comments on: Arabs in Cuba http://blog.ahoracuba.com/2006/12/18/01/36/arabs-in-cuba Wandering The Island... Unnoticed. Mon, 06 Oct 2008 16:36:17 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2 By: Steven Mansour http://blog.ahoracuba.com/2006/12/18/01/36/arabs-in-cuba#comment-54077 Steven Mansour Thu, 20 Mar 2008 15:30:20 +0000 http://blog.ahoracuba.com/2006/12/18/01/36/arabs-in-cuba#comment-54077 Tommy, Thanks for the link - great photos! Theo, Glad you like it. Alnitak, Thank you very much for your comments - I had no idea the arab center didn't let women play pool - that <strong>is</strong> outrageous! I also agree that Cuban Americans - at least the ones not born in Cuba - don't have much understanding of the situation or life in Cuba beyond the blind hatred they're raised with. I don't live in Cuba so I don't have nearly the same amount of perspective as someone who does, but I spend a lot of time there, which is more than can be said for almost all Cuban Americans. I'm glad there are still lots of rational Cubans like yourself living in the US though! :) Tommy,

Thanks for the link - great photos!

Theo,

Glad you like it.

Alnitak,

Thank you very much for your comments - I had no idea the arab center didn’t let women play pool - that is outrageous!

I also agree that Cuban Americans - at least the ones not born in Cuba - don’t have much understanding of the situation or life in Cuba beyond the blind hatred they’re raised with. I don’t live in Cuba so I don’t have nearly the same amount of perspective as someone who does, but I spend a lot of time there, which is more than can be said for almost all Cuban Americans.

I’m glad there are still lots of rational Cubans like yourself living in the US though! :)

]]> By: Alnitak http://blog.ahoracuba.com/2006/12/18/01/36/arabs-in-cuba#comment-51584 Alnitak Fri, 15 Feb 2008 03:33:09 +0000 http://blog.ahoracuba.com/2006/12/18/01/36/arabs-in-cuba#comment-51584 I also think you're right in that Floridians Cubans can be blame on some of the rabid foreign policies US has implemented, invading Iraq among them... Cubans from Florida, are not Cubans. They don't have love for the Island, only melancholic resentment turned into bitterness and desires for revenge. Plus, as time passed, they lose perspective of what life inside Cuba has been like in the last 50 years (quite some time!) Inaccurate opinions come as a result. Cubans who suggest the embargo is the way to go, or even nuking Habana...! How very sad. I also think you’re right in that Floridians Cubans can be blame on some of the rabid foreign policies US has implemented, invading Iraq among them… Cubans from Florida, are not Cubans. They don’t have love for the Island, only melancholic resentment turned into bitterness and desires for revenge. Plus, as time passed, they lose perspective of what life inside Cuba has been like in the last 50 years (quite some time!)
Inaccurate opinions come as a result.
Cubans who suggest the embargo is the way to go, or even nuking Habana…! How very sad.

]]> By: Alnitak http://blog.ahoracuba.com/2006/12/18/01/36/arabs-in-cuba#comment-51583 Alnitak Fri, 15 Feb 2008 03:21:07 +0000 http://blog.ahoracuba.com/2006/12/18/01/36/arabs-in-cuba#comment-51583 Is wonderful that I've found this blog. I'm Cuban, just moved to NY, and I know I'll be reading all these posts... So many of them! ... My one experience with the Arab Center in Habana was quite outrageous: they don't let women play pool there (that's what me and me friends went there for. It felt very wrong. Since the Arabs were in Spain for quite some time, their influence passed on to Cuba, by way of the Spanish colonization, not direct Arab influence. You can find it in the food, mosaics and other architectural details, words we still use, etc. Is wonderful that I’ve found this blog. I’m Cuban, just moved to NY, and I know I’ll be reading all these posts… So many of them!
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My one experience with the Arab Center in Habana was quite outrageous: they don’t let women play pool there (that’s what me and me friends went there for. It felt very wrong.

Since the Arabs were in Spain for quite some time, their influence passed on to Cuba, by way of the Spanish colonization, not direct Arab influence. You can find it in the food, mosaics and other architectural details, words we still use, etc.

]]> By: Theo http://blog.ahoracuba.com/2006/12/18/01/36/arabs-in-cuba#comment-15637 Theo Mon, 22 Jan 2007 06:56:48 +0000 http://blog.ahoracuba.com/2006/12/18/01/36/arabs-in-cuba#comment-15637 Nice blog. Just came back from Cuba. Always, an exciting journey! Nice blog. Just came back from Cuba. Always, an exciting journey!

]]> By: Tommy Huynh http://blog.ahoracuba.com/2006/12/18/01/36/arabs-in-cuba#comment-15397 Tommy Huynh Wed, 17 Jan 2007 23:53:58 +0000 http://blog.ahoracuba.com/2006/12/18/01/36/arabs-in-cuba#comment-15397 I was surprised too but it seems like just about every culture has had its hands in Cuba at one point. You can see some arabic style arches in this photo from my website: http://www.tommyimages.com/Stock_Photos/Caribbean/Cuba/Life_in_Havana/slides/Cuba_01_E_10_32-Arabic_Arch.html I was surprised too but it seems like just about every culture has had its hands in Cuba at one point. You can see some arabic style arches in this photo from my website:
http://www.tommyimages.com/Stock_Photos/Caribbean/Cuba/Life_in_Havana/slides/Cuba_01_E_10_32-Arabic_Arch.html

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