Gad Saad

About a month or two later, another state, another show contacted me and I went also on Al Arabiya and then they even wanted to offer me a show.

Now, the Saudi group is offering the Lebanese Jew, who's often been critical of some of the tenets of Islam.

So I'm very optimistic about that.

So I agree with you that if your daughter wanted to perhaps go to some places in the Gulf countries, you'd probably condone it and support it.

But that would make it too easy.

So let me choose which country.

Right.

I'm gonna be not very optimistic.

There is a package of cultural richness in the Middle East like no other.

And I come from the region, Arabic's my mother tongue, the spirit of generosity, the spirit of loyalty when you're in the group,

the hospitality is like no other.

Actually, I recently was telling some folks in Mississippi that the Mississippians remind me as though they were honorary Lebanese because it's that southern hospitality, really like over the top wanting to make you feel good.

So there are elements of the Middle East that have such a fabric of richness that if we can mine that and quell all of the tribalism associated with religions,

I think it could be one of the most fertile and rich places in the world.

Now, it depends what we do with Islam.

If Islam is something that you practice privately as part of a long historical narrative.

So, for example, I'm Jewish.

I'm very wedded to my Jewish identity.

But I don't take many of the...

edicts of judaism seriously in the practice i i don't light the candle at 421 for shabbat because if 422 god would be upset at me but if i went to the rabbi he'd say it has to be at 421 so i pick and choose cafeteria jew i pick and choose the parts that i wish to cafeteria jews right like that uh