where i come from here in Saudi Arabia is nothing like you'd probably think. i live on an american compound, and it's like Canada/states to some extent. but i don't go around playing middle-eastern scales and stuff. i'm not saying i dislike the scales, but my musicality would be no different if i lived in Canada. i am in fact, canadian and my screen-name reflects that. i moved to Bahrain (look on a map) when i was 8 and Saudi when i was 10. so i'm very 'americanized' as they say.
anyway, not trying to be critical or anything, but just trying to be informative.
Thanks for listening to this small piece of me.