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For obvious reasons, the modern “prohibition law” is most popular among, because, as you know, the Prophet Muhammad was a categorical opponent of alcohol. But the authorities of the countries have to make some kind of deal with their conscience, since numerous tourists, who make a significant contribution to the country’s treasury, cannot live without alcohol. So you have to get out of it so as not to break the laws of religion and not spoil the business..

Yemen

Alcohol is prohibited throughout the country, except for the cities of Aden and Sana'a. But even there it is allowed only to tourists, only in special institutions, or at home. Alcohol is strictly prohibited for local citizens.

UAE

There are quite strict rules regarding the sale and drinking of alcohol. And in the city of Sharjah it is generally prohibited to anyone who does not have a special license from the state. However, such a license is, in principle, needed by all residents of the UAE who want to conduct their business using alcohol.

Sudan

At one time, alcohol was completely prohibited by the ruling Socialist Party of the Sudanese Union. She professes quite radical Islam, by the way. And if the combination “Islamic socialism” has not yet caused you to break your pattern, then don’t worry - life in the country shows that this combination is not very effective. But tourists can drink here, but only at home.

Somalia

One of the poorest countries in East Africa. It is also Islamic, so the production and consumption of alcohol is prohibited here. So, alas, Somali pirates sail without Somali rum.

Saudi Arabia

Alcohol is strictly prohibited. Even foreigners. Even at home under the bed. Even the slightest hint of this matter is fraught with imprisonment. And there can be no question of importing anything from abroad.

Pakistan

Everything here is quite contradictory. On the one hand, alcohol is prohibited for local Muslims. On the other hand, this is the norm among local Hindus, so the authorities have to somehow balance between them. For example, issue permits for the production and consumption of alcohol to certain national minorities and organizations.

Mauritania

Locals are not allowed, tourists are allowed, but be careful. Only in restaurants and bars that have an official government license.

Brunei

The country is Islamic, despite its location in Southeast Asia. Local residents are strictly forbidden to drink, but tourists are allowed alcohol. But you can only drink a bottle of alcohol purchased at duty-free at home.

Maldives

One of the most popular resorts in the Indian Ocean is also a prohibition zone. But exclusively for locals - tourists can drink as much as they want on hotel grounds.

India

In some Indian states, "local laws" restrict alcohol consumption. To varying degrees, moreover. In some places the ban is categorical for everyone, for example in Bihar and Nagaland. And in others, drinking alcohol on the streets is simply limited. And there are also places where alcohol is not regulated at all.

We also believe that you would be interested to know about some related to Dubai - a city from the UAE. Let's just say that these facts quite comprehensively characterize the cultural features of this exotic and unusual country.

Victoria Kravchenko

Every year, Ford publishes a report that provides an analysis of key trends in consumer sentiment and behavior. The report is based on survey data conducted by the company among thousands of residents of different countries.

Rusbase reviewed the global research and selected 5 main trends that are now defining our world.

Five trends that are now defining our world

Trend 1: New format of a good life

In the modern world, “more” no longer always means “better,” and wealth is no longer synonymous with happiness. Consumers have learned to derive pleasure not from the very fact of owning something, but from how this or that item affects their lives. Those who continue to flaunt their wealth only cause irritation.

“Wealth is no longer synonymous with happiness”:

• India – 82%
• Germany – 78%
• China – 77%
• Australia – 71%
• Canada – 71%
• USA – 70%
• Spain – 69%
• Brazil – 67%
• UK – 64%

People who flaunt their wealth annoy me.»:

• 77% of respondents aged 18-29
• 80% of respondents aged 30-44
• 84% of respondents aged 45+

Examples from real life confirming the growing popularity of this trend:

1. The benefits of labor results are more important than profit

Example 1:

Rustam Sengupta spent a significant part of his life following the traditional path to success. He earned a degree from a top business school and landed a high-paying consulting job. And so, returning one day to his home village in India, he realized that the local residents lacked the simplest things, suffering from problems with electricity and the lack of clean drinking water.

In an effort to help people, he founded the non-profit company Boond, designed to develop alternative energy sources in the northern regions of India.

Example 2:

When New York lawyer Zan Kaufman started working at her brother's burger joint on weekends as a way to break up the monotony of her office work, she had no idea that the job would change her life so much. Having moved to London a year later, she did not send out resumes to law firms, but bought herself a truck to sell street food, founding her own company, Bleecker Street Burger.

2. Free time is the best medicine

Millennials (ages 18-34) are increasingly looking to escape the hustle and bustle of the city and their addiction to social media by choosing a vacation that is more unique and interesting than lying on the beach at an all-inclusive hotel. Instead, they want to make the most of their holidays, opting for yoga clubs and culinary tours in Italy.

The total volume of the global industry of such extraordinary travel is currently estimated at 563 billion dollars. In 2015 alone, more than 690 million wellness trips were organized worldwide.

Trend 2: The value of time is now measured differently

Time is no longer a valuable resource: in the modern world, punctuality is losing its appeal, and the tendency to put things off until later is considered absolutely normal.

72% of respondents worldwide agreed with the statement “3 Activities that I previously considered a waste of time no longer seem useless to me».

Over time, the emphasis shifted and people began to recognize the need for the simplest things. For example, to the question “ What do you think is the most productive way to spend your time?” the answers were as follows:

• sleep – 57%,
• surfing the Internet – 54%,
• reading – 43%,
• TV viewing – 36%,
• communication on social networks – 24%
• dreams – 19%

British students have a long tradition of taking a gap year after leaving school and before starting university to better understand what path to take later in life. A similar phenomenon is gaining increasing popularity among American students. According to the American Gap Association, over the past few years the number of students who have decided to take a gap year has increased by 22%.

According to Ford survey results, 98% young people who decided to take a gap year after school said that the break helped them decide on their life path.

Instead of “now” or “later,” people now prefer to use the word “someday,” which does not reflect a specific time frame for completing a particular task. In psychology, there is a term “procrastination” - a person’s tendency to constantly postpone important matters until later.

Number of people surveyed around the world who agreed with the statement “ Procrastination helps me develop my creativity»:

• India – 63%
• Spain – 48%
• UK – 38%
• Brazil – 35%
• Australia – 34%
• USA – 34%
• Germany – 31%
• Canada – 31%
• China – 26%

1. We don’t know how not to get distracted by small things.

Have you ever encountered a situation where, after several hours of searching for the necessary information on the Internet, you find yourself reading completely useless, but extremely fascinating articles? We've all experienced something similar.

In this regard, the success of the Pocket application is interesting, which postpones the study of fascinating publications found during the search until later and helps to focus on what is really important right now, but without the risk of losing sight of something interesting.

Currently, 22 million users have already used the service, and the amount of publications postponed for later is two billion.

2. Meditation instead of punishment

Offending Baltimore elementary school students no longer have to stay after school. Instead, the school has developed a special program called Holistic Me, which invites students to do yoga or meditation to learn to manage their emotions. Since the program began in 2014, the school has not had to expel a single student.

3. If you want your employees to work efficiently, ban overtime work

The working day of the advertising agency Heldergroen in the suburbs of Amsterdam always ends exactly at 18:00 and not a second later. At the end of the day, steel cables forcefully lift all desktops with computers and laptops into the air, and employees can use the free space on the office floor for dancing and yoga to work less and enjoy life more.

“It has become our kind of ritual, drawing the line between work and personal life,” explains Zander Veenendaal, the company’s creative director.

Trend 3: The problem of choice has never been so relevant

Modern stores offer consumers an incredibly wide variety of choices, which makes it difficult to make a final decision, and as a result, consumers simply refuse to purchase. Such diversity leads to the fact that people now prefer to try many different options without buying anything.

Number of respondents worldwide who agreed with the statement “The Internet offers way more options than I really need.”:

• China – 99%
• India – 90%
• Brazil – 74%
• Australia – 70%
• Canada – 68%
• Germany – 68%
• Spain – 67%
• UK – 66%
• USA – 57%

With advent, the selection process becomes less obvious. A huge number of special offers misleads buyers.

Number of respondents who agreed with the statement “After I buy something, I begin to doubt whether I made the right choice?”:

• 60% of respondents aged 18-29
• 51% of respondents aged 30-44
• 34% of respondents aged 45+

With approval “Last month I couldn’t choose just one thing from so many options. In the end, I decided not to buy anything at all.” agreed:

• 49% of respondents aged 18-29 years
• 39% aged 30-44 years
• 27% aged 45+

This can be explained by the fact that with age, purchases occur more consciously and more rationally, so this kind of question arises much less often.

Examples from real life confirming the growing popularity of the trend:

1. Consumers want to try everything.

Consumers' desire to try a product before purchasing is influencing the electronics market. An example is the short-term gadget rental service Lumoid.

• For just $60 a week, you can take it for a test to finally understand whether you need this $550 gadget
• For $5 a day, you can also rent a quadcopter to decide which model you need.

2. The burden of credit kills the joy of using a gadget.

Expensive equipment taken on credit increasingly ceases to please millennials, even before the loan is repaid.

In this case, the startup Flip comes to the rescue, created so that people can transfer their annoying purchase to other owners, along with obligations for further loan repayment. According to statistics, popular products find new owners within 30 days from the date of the advertisement.

And the Roam service has begun operating on the real estate market, which allows you to conclude just one long-term rental agreement, and then choose a new place of residence at least every week on any of the three continents covered by the service. All residential properties Roam works with are equipped with high-speed Wi-Fi networks and state-of-the-art kitchen equipment.

Trend 4: The downside of technological progress

Does technology improve our daily lives, or only complicate it? Technology has truly made people's lives more convenient and efficient. However, consumers are beginning to feel that technological progress also has a negative side.

• 77% of respondents worldwide agree with the statement “ The craze for technology has led to an increase in obesity among people»
• 67% of respondents aged 18-29 confirmed that they know someone who broke up with their other half via SMS
• The use of technology not only leads to sleep disturbances, according to 78% of women and 69% of men, but also makes us stupider, according to 47% of respondents, and less polite (63%).

Examples from real life confirming the growing popularity of the trend:

1. Technology addiction exists.

Recent successes of the company's projects have shown that people become addicted to watching new TV shows in the shortest possible time. According to a global study, 2015 series such as “House of Cards” and “Orange is the New Black” made viewers eagerly await each new episode in their first three to five episodes. At the same time, new series such as Stranger Things and Anneal managed to hook viewers after watching only the first two episodes.

Modern smartphones have become an important part of the lives of children who can no longer live without them for a day. American researchers have proven that time spent on smartphones has a negative impact on schoolchildren’s performance. Children who use mobile devices for 2-4 hours every day after school are 23% more likely to fail their homework compared to peers who are not so dependent on gadgets.

3. Cars save pedestrians

According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, there is a pedestrian collision every eight minutes in the country. Most often, such accidents occur due to the fact that pedestrians send messages while walking and do not watch the road.

To increase the level of safety for all road users, it is developing innovative technology that can predict people's behavior, thereby reducing the severity of the consequences of road accidents and even in some cases preventing them.

Twelve experimental Ford cars drove more than 800 thousand kilometers on the roads of Europe, China and the USA, accumulating a data set totaling more than a year - 473 days.

Trend 5: Change of leaders, now everything is decided not by them, but by us

Who today has the most significant impact on our lives, the environmental situation in the world, the social sphere and healthcare? For decades, money flows have primarily moved between individuals and organizations, whether government agencies or commercial enterprises.

Today we are more we begin to feel responsible for the correctness of decisions made by society as a whole.

To the question “ What is the main driving force that can change society for the better?” respondents responded as follows:

• 47% – Consumers
• 28% – State
• 17% – Companies
• 8% – abstained from answering

Examples from real life confirming the growing popularity of the trend:

1. Businesses must be honest with consumers.

The American online store Everlane, specializing in the sale of clothing, builds its business on the principles of maximum transparency in relationships with suppliers and clients. The creators of Everlane have abandoned the sky-high markups for which the fashion industry is famous, and openly show on their website what the final price of each item is made up of - the site displays the cost of material, labor and transportation.

2. Prices must be affordable for consumers

The international humanitarian organization Doctors Without Borders is actively fighting the high cost of vaccines. It recently refused to accept a donation of one million doses of a pneumonia vaccine because the composition of the drugs was protected by a patent, which negatively affects the price of the final product and makes it inaccessible to residents of many regions of the world. With this action, the organization wants to highlight the importance of addressing the issue of drug affordability in the long term.

3. More and more services should appear for the convenience of users

To attract attention to the l service and reduce the number of cars on the roads, Uber launched drones with advertising posters into the skies of Mexico City. The posters urged drivers stuck in traffic jams to consider using their own car to commute to work.

One of the posters read: “Riding alone in the car? That’s why you can never admire the mountains around you.” Thus, the company wanted to draw the attention of drivers to the problem of dense smog over the city. The inscription on another poster: “The city was built for you, not for 5.5 million cars.”

What does it mean?

These are already part of our lives. They show what happens in the minds of consumers: what they think about, how they make decisions about purchasing a particular product. Businesses must carefully study the behavior of their customers and be very responsive to changes.

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Why in the modern world, where there is everything to satisfy needs, and even more, do people continue to feel unhappy? This issue is now being considered at the national level, and some countries, such as the UAE and Bhutan, have appointed ministers of happiness. In Europe and Russia they are seriously thinking about repeating this experience. Technologies are developing too quickly, life is accelerating, and we simply do not have time to adapt to everything. But there is always a way out.

We are in website We also decided to figure out what is stopping us from being happy and how to deal with it.

1. Lots of choice

Modern civilization has rewarded us with many benefits and freedom of choice. We tend to think that greater variety leads to greater satisfaction, but paradoxically, abundance limits our freedom of choice.

Sociologist Barry Schwartz, in his book The Paradox of Choice, writes that daily decision making has become increasingly complex due to the presence of a huge number of alternatives. Having to constantly choose can be draining of energy, taking up time and causing us to question every decision we make before it's even made. Ultimately, all this can lead to irritation, stress and even severe depression.

What to do?

• Understand that most choice is an illusion. When you are racking your brain in a store over which of 10 chocolates to choose, 8 of them will most likely be made in the same factory.
• Follow your habits. Instead of trying dozens of toothpastes, settle on one that suits you in terms of price, quality and properties.
• Don't question your decisions. Ask your loved ones for support to build your self-confidence.

2. Information overload

The Internet has given us access to almost any information, but the problem is that most of it is useless. The founder of the Internet, Tim Berners-Lee, in his open letter said that on the World Wide Web, lies spread faster than the truth, because resources make money on clicks, which means they are interested in bringing the most provocative and shocking (hence, fictitious) to the eyes of users. or embellished) materials. In addition, information garbage overloads our brain, which leads to fatigue and neurological disorders.

What to do?

• Do not subscribe to sites that are similar to each other. Information on them may be duplicated, as a result you will waste time viewing repetitions or similar materials.
• Do not leave your contact information anywhere: this way you will protect yourself from unnecessary spam. If they still call you, then ask to be removed from the database, citing the law on non-disclosure of personal data.

3. Gadgets

There is no point in explaining how much gadgets have simplified our lives. But they also added more problems to us - from banal deterioration of vision to serious addiction. In addition, scientists from the University of Texas at Austin believe that daily use of a smartphone impairs mental abilities and depresses the psyche. Today we can no longer imagine our life without a telephone and a computer. Instead of using them for their intended purpose, we hide in gadgets, in the world of the Internet and virtual reality. We replace the natural with the artificial and therefore feel unhappy.

What to do?

• Try to use gadgets less often. Writer Daniel Seberg dedicated an entire book to this idea called “The Digital Diet,” where he shared exercises and rules that help you stop using gadgets out of inertia. For example, he advises declaring the bedroom a phone-free space and using a regular alarm clock.
• Turn off audio messages: this way you will be less likely to be distracted and reduce the temptation to pick up your phone.
• Keep your email, messages, and social media pages in order.

4. Fast pace of life

The speed of life only increases every year. In order to react quickly, we must constantly be on our toes and be effective. But, on the other hand, if you accelerate too much, you can end up in a ditch through a nervous breakdown, contract an illness, and earn professional burnout. Today, time is the most valuable currency. Therefore, we shorten words, meet only for business, and perceive multitasking as a work norm.

What to do?

• Schedule 10-15 minutes a day to meditate or simply contemplate. You can look at the fish in the aquarium or at how the candle burns. This will help you slow down and clear your head.
• Try to replace multitasking with step-by-step planning whenever possible. Scientists from Stanford University consider this option for organizing the day to be the most effective.

5. Consumer society

The concept of consumption has changed dramatically recently: we no longer repair things, but change them. Sociologist Erich Fromm was sure that many modern people do not live in the full sense of the word - they are trying to expand their world through the acquisition of things, and their lives come down to a race for possession. Even when a person receives an education, he wants to have a diploma, not knowledge and experience. He has no understanding of how he himself exists in this world and what the meaning of his life’s path is.

Each generation considers itself much cooler than all previous ones. After all, thanks to technological progress, it knows what was not known before, uses things that did not exist before, eats, drinks and consumes products and services that were invented quite recently. After all, you are a modern person, and they are already covered with the dust of time.

Then this generation becomes “obsolete”, and even more modern people come who believe that no one really lived before them, only this generation truly lives. So generation after generation passes, and they don’t really understand that everything that distinguishes one century from another is not so significant.

Even now, many imagine that technical progress, social progress began quite recently, and we are at its peak. And therefore we are, as it were, smarter, better than our ancestors, and therefore we have every right to not give a damn about their experience.

But maybe we are exaggerating the importance of technological progress? And we exaggerate precisely because we have become a consumer society, and the function of consumption has become perhaps the main task of a person?

Of course, we have made huge strides in consumption. What about everything else?

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IRAQ
Who is fighting with whom? The Islamic State (IS) and its allied groups are fighting against the central government and the military forces of Iraqi Kurdistan (the Peshmerga militia - literally "those who stare death in the face"). Numerous Arab tribes are also drawn into the conflict: some support the Islamists, while others support the government. Now the main forces of the Islamic State have been defeated, and the territories under its control have been liberated, but the militants continue to carry out terrorist attacks and sabotage.

What are they fighting for? IS aims to create a kind of worldwide “Islamic caliphate”, built on the strict implementation of religious precepts. Those Muslims who do not share their views are equated within the group with “infidels.”

Number of victims. Over the past year alone, the Iraqi army has lost about a thousand people killed. IS losses are unknown.

SYRIA

Who is fighting with whom? Various groups are fighting among themselves, the largest of which are the government forces of President Bashar al-Assad, various Islamist movements, the Kurdish confederation, as well as forces supported by Turkey.

What are they fighting for? Different groups pursue different goals, and some of them are supported by foreign countries.

Number of victims. According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, by the beginning of September 2018, 522 thousand people were killed during military operations, and more than 7 million people were forced to leave the country.

SOMALIA
Who is fighting with whom? The civil war in Somalia has been ongoing since 1988. Several dozen different “governments,” “armies,” factions and clans, as well as the Islamist movement, took part in it.

What are they fighting for? Nowadays there is practically no military action. However, Somalia does not actually exist as a single state. Each of the groups controlling different regions seeks to maintain its power.

Number of victims. The number of deaths during the civil war exceeds 500 thousand people.

AFGHANISTAN

Who is fighting with whom? In 2015, NATO troops left Afghanistan. However, armed conflict continues in the country between the government and the Islamist Taliban movement.

What are they fighting for? Military operations are taking place mainly in areas bordering Pakistan. In the territory under their control, the Taliban established orders reminiscent of the medieval ones. The Taliban are also active in the border regions of Pakistan, where they confront the Pakistani army.

Number of victims. Since 2015, the Afghan army and police have lost more than 7 thousand people killed in battles with the Taliban. The Taliban's losses amounted to more than 10 thousand people.

YEMEN
Who is fighting with whom? Local rebels (Houthis) control the Yemeni capital and have formed their own government. Supporters of the old regime, in turn, dug in in the south, where they united with local separatists. They are supported by Saudi Arabia, which is actively participating in the conflict.

What are they fighting for? The Houthis call themselves defenders of the interests of Shiite Muslims, who make up a significant part of the country's population, but for a long time did not have access to power. Supporters of the old government mainly adhere to the Sunni branch of Islam.

Number of victims. About 50 thousand people died during the fighting; more than 3 million were forced to leave their homes.

LIBYA

Who is fighting with whom? The government army is confronting local Islamist groups.

What are they fighting for? Libyan Islamists consider themselves part of the Islamic State and view their actions as part of the global struggle for the caliphate. In turn, the army is trying to ensure government control over the entire territory of the country.

Number of victims. The war in Libya has claimed the lives of more than 10 thousand people.

SUDAN, South Kordofan
Who is fighting with whom? The Sudanese Armed Forces (and the militias that support them) are fighting the rebel Sudan People's Liberation Army.

What are they fighting for? Southern Kordofan is located on the border between two African states - Sudan and South Sudan. Each of these countries considers the region its own.

Number of victims. During the conflict in Southern Kordofan, about 1.5 thousand people died, and almost 500 thousand people were left homeless.

ETHIOPIA, Ogaden

Who is fighting with whom? Rebels from the Ogaden National Liberation Front confront the government army. The conflict cannot be called intense, but armed clashes continue.

What are they fighting for? The conflict in the Ogaden has been going on for 24 years. The rebels demand independence for the region, and in the future they plan to unite with Somalia into a single state.

Number of victims. The Ethiopian government keeps all information about the course of the conflict secret. The exact number of victims is unknown.

CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC
Who is fighting with whom? In fact, the official government of the Central African Republic controls only certain areas of the country's capital, Bangui. The rest of the territory is under the control of various armed groups.

What are they fighting for? Among the participants in the civil war there are Muslim and Christian fundamentalists seeking to rebuild the life of the country according to the principles of the Koran or the Bible. There are also groups representing the interests of individual ethnic groups and supporters of certain political leaders. Finally, some groups are simply engaged in banditry and extortion.

Number of victims. The exact number of deaths during the civil war is unknown, but human rights activists and international organizations speak of thousands of victims.