Many of my closest friends are Arab (and are also royal) they each have their own protocol and security. With my  friends what I find is that they shy away from such things, they just want to be normal - to have the same fun that everyone else is having - to enjoy life and to have experiences. My Arab friends are all exceptionally well travelled and cultured, most have studied in UK or USA or international school.

 

I've spent considerable time in NYC with Saudi friends of mine. They are all princes , cousins -  they are the most down to earth people you could ever imagine. Yes, their security are around (but in the background and entirely professional) - they are seen and not heard. After years of knowing eachother we would often go out in NYC alone to grab a starbucks or go for brunch, they'll ask me to hold their Id's and wallets in my bag, (it's this level of trust that you are proud to have built).  They love to have that annonimity to just have fun and enjoy the things that everyone else are doing, we laugh and joke about stupid stuff and they make quality friends along the way. They're all young and good looking - they behave just like a normal group of friends. We chat for hours all year on skype and whatsApp they're hilarious, We'll meet up in Europe for summer and everything is just so relaxed and chilled. They are confident, they understand that they CAN buy anything but they have nothing to prove. They'll order wine at brunch which is more expensive than any club, six litre champagne - just because they like it. They get what they want, when they want but are not influenced AT ALL by 'BS' . I love that! - Kudos!

 

That's the difference between this style and what I have also experienced being based IN Dubai, IN the Middle East for seven years. I have been invited to many disgusting 'parties' groups of men sitting around - a miss-match of who actually are staff?, who are friends? and WHAT the hell those girls dancing like rattlesnakes on the floor are? I liken this experience to being trapped inside of some kind of mental hospital, how ANYONE  can actually think that this is cool is just beyond the realm of my imagination. This is not experiencing life this is an insane matrix of trash. I do not find this with ANY of my Arab friends who are based in London or USA or Europe and I really believe it's because in the Western world this entourage of 'BS' and chauvinism is not nearly as prevalent.