Geschenk studenten Saudie Arabie
Een bedankplaat van de Kinf Fahd University of petroleum and minerals uit Dhahran, Saudi Arabie. Hierover het verhaal van hun bezoek geschreven door Gijs Boosten. "In March a group of twenty-three students from the King Fahd Univer-sity of Petroleum and Minerals from Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, paid a visit to the Netherlands and Belgium. They arrived at Schiphol early in the morning, where Professor Jan Hogendijk welcomed and guided them to Hilton The Hague, where they slept during their stay in the Netherlands. The next day the students visited the historic city centre of Utrecht and they had a real culture shock when they visited the Dom Church. They understood the Iconoclastic Fury which occurred in the 16th century, because Muslims can only worship one prophet and one God. Besides a visit to the church they had a walk through the city centre and they liked the canals. Up next was a lunch (obviously halal) provided to them by the Department of Mathematics. Jan Hogendijk, who joined them for most days in the Netherlands, prepared a workshop for the course Concrete Geometry. He did not only invite the Saudi students but also students of Arabic Language and Culture and a group of Indonesian students. Therefore it was really a mix of all cultures. It worked exceptionally well and everyone was satisfied at the end of the workshop. After a short tea break, I showed them around the university and our study association's common room. They were stunned of what we were able to organize as astudy association and told us they did not have these big associations at their university. They have only a few associations and one of the board members of the civilengineers club joined the study trip. He told me that their association focused onstudy-related subjects and had 150 members. After the prayer we split up and had dinner at the houses of some Dutch students. First we went shopping and found out that my grocery store had no halal meat, so we decided to eat pancakes with cheese and syrup. We cooked together and even though they were not used to cooking (not even to make pancakes) they succeeded in making pancakes and enjoyed them. After that it was time for us to say goodbye for the day and they went back to The Hague. The next day Jan Hoogendijk and I went to The Hague to join the group once more for a visit to Kinderdijk. I found it fascinating that they sung some Arabic songs during the bus trip, which all sounded happy and were accompanied by clapping. When we arrived there it was hard to convince them that the windmills were used to keep the land dry: they kept asking over and over again if they were used for electricity. Even though we managed to convince them in the end that we really do use them to keep the water out, they still found it amazing, as in Saudi Arabia they have a water shortage and need ways to get more water, for example by filtering seawater.Up next was a boat trip through the Port of Rotterdam. There we had to wait for 10 minutes, but the Saudis did not appear to be used to waiting: several times they asked why we had to wait, and they told us that they did not like it. The waiting was worthwhile however, as during the funboat trip we discussed some topics, such as good Dutch soccer players (they know all of them) and gas prices (gas costs them just 10 cents a litre). After the boat trip we had a final lunch together in downtown Rotterdam before the group left by bus for Belgium to visit universities, the embassy and to eat some Belgium chocolate. They told us they had a great time and that if you ever have the chance you shouldgo to Saudi Arabia once."
| Wie | Studenten Saudie Arabie |
|---|---|
| Datum | 2012 |
| Locatie | Kast 1, plank 3 |
| Tijdperk | A-Eskwadraat 2010-2019 |
| Categorie | Voorwerpen |
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