Car show….in Riyadh Saudi Arabia

Very cool! I'm half-Arab (Syrian) and have family in UAE, cousin of mine is half-Emirati (we share the Syrian side). When he was over here (USA) for college I did a good job of getting him obsessed with classic Mopars instead of the usual modern exotic crap which he had only been exposed to up to that point. Talking to him recently it seems like classic muscle cars are really taking off over in that part of the world, Arabs generally do prefer American cars when it comes to having fun. The guys who drive the Ferraris and Bentleys are just trying to show off and flex their money.

That same cousin shipped a 1971 Satellite shell from here in northern CO all the way to Dubai to restore, sadly during the body resto they found bad rot in the corner of the upper trunk/rear glass area. Funny enough he was able to find an early-70s Charger in decent shape over there and is now building that up.

And agreed on the "cars is a universal language" thing, it really brings people together from all backgrounds. And also agree regarding the culture; it's just like any group of people, you have the cool ones who understand we're all brothers/sisters to an extent at the end of the day and the others who think "they" (other people/cultures) are useless, backwards, stupid, yada yada. When you travel you realize this dynamic exists literally everywhere; the only difference is how the government of that group of people decides to go about things and which ideas to make decisions off of. Talking about the Saudi gov, now that's another discussion entirely and one I'd be fine not having at all lol.

FWIW, IMO... Americans and Arabs would mutually think of each other in a much more positive way if our governments/media didn't make the other side out to be evil heathens.