ABSTRACT
This chapter lists some Arabic words representing family members, and presents cultural awareness for using Arabic words. Understanding relationships within the typical Arab family can be very informative. Arabs usually take pride in showing strong commitment to their close families. Based on economic and social factors, it is common to find infants, children, teenagers, adults and their parents all living in the same house. Increasingly, the concept of the family home is diminishing due to education, work and economic factors. The chapter also shows how to identify the Arabic letters and numbers. Numbers are pronounced a little differently in Levantine Arabic (LA) and Modern Standard Arabic (MSA). The heavy presence of communication technology, cell phones and handheld devices, is contributing to an ongoing change in family relations. Arabs are still trying to define proper behaviour when using these devices in public.
