text: if you live anywhere in the middle east, please share about living where you live...? apart from the wars/fighting,  what's day to day living like there? school? shopping? going to the market? malls? leizure?  thank you. my step father is from middle east, they have shopping but no ice, no coke, but they have fast food, even though you can't get big macs and all that, they go to school constantly and tend to get 3 to 4 degrees. they spend free time going to bigger cities only like an hour away. most do not drive cars even though some do own cars and they are considered rich. in markets they buy things extermely cheap jordon is known for making silver so any jewelry thats slivers you can get cheap. my mom was married there. she loved her 10 day stay.