I understand some women cloak themselves and no woman is supposed to look directly at men they do not know. Would this not present a great barrier to communication? Can anyone enlighten me please?
2007-11-14 09:54:23 · 9 answers · asked by suzyQ™ 5 in Society & Culture ➔ Cultures & Groups ➔ Other - Cultures & Groups
I have never heard of an Arabic oral deaf community, but you never know. With the taboos about looking directly at someone of the opposite sex, and the possibility of veiling, it seems unlikely. However, the Arabic-speaking countries Do have sign languages. Unfortunately, they are not consistent with one another throughout the Arabic speaking world, but the signed alphabet HAS been standardized and IS consistent throughout, so communication is still possible.
2007-11-14 10:31:57 · answer #1 · answered by ? 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Probably they would use sign language instead. The sign language is different for every language, and there might even be differences between American and English sign languages.
Getting back to your question, if a woman's body is covered, then she might be able to read her husband's lips - but not if he was speaking a language she did not understand. If she were the deaf one then it would be her husband's problem to try to understand her. Perhaps he could just agree with whatever she was trying to get across. One finger up means "yes" and two means "no", unless it is the middle finger, in which case you're on your own for lunch, Buddy.
Not all Islamic countries are so very strict, but you're going to find husbands even here who don't want their wives mixing it up with strange men too much.
2007-11-14 13:59:44 · answer #2 · answered by Zelda Hunter 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
It would be best if the hearing-impaired person travelled with a companion who could hear and speak some of the various language dialects. No matter what other countries say about America and it's citizens, we lead the world in Disability Rights. This is the first thing you notice when you travel outside of the U.S. :)
2007-11-14 10:22:26 · answer #3 · answered by annswers 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Lip-reading is not much of a help if the person talking speak a language that the lip-reader doesn't. But people with hearing disabilities use mostly sign language.
2007-11-14 10:05:19 · answer #4 · answered by Millie 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Well, they'd have to learn to lipread a variety of Arabic anyway for lip-reading to be effective at all, but yes, the veils would just kill communication. It would be impossible for them to read lips. One of my coworkers is deaf and if I don't look directly at her when I speak to her, she has trouble reading my lips. Blocking the mouth entirely would block communication entirely.
2007-11-14 10:02:55 · answer #5 · answered by Expat Mike 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
it would be perplexing. something that covers the mouth, outfits or a mustache, impedes the capacity to study lips. of direction, if the tourist would not understand Arabic it would make no distinction whether he/she would be in a position to be sure the speaker's lips.
2016-10-16 13:11:16 · answer #6 · answered by gilboy 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Does anyone really lip-read? Deaf people normally use sign language.
2007-11-14 09:58:17 · answer #7 · answered by Randy G 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
It would be particularly hard to communicate with women.
2007-11-14 14:02:41 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
maybe they have a hole on the veil where the mouth is.
2007-11-14 09:58:18 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋