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Many children will not look their elders in the eye, women may not look a man in the eye, but this is not always the case, and women in Mauritanian culture generally have more freedom and status than is seen in other Arab cultures.
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When speaking to a high ranking religious official, such as an imam or a maribou, people will generally not look them in the eye.
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Visiting Westerners tend to come with a strange kind of status, and looking people in the eye in not something most Mauritanians will take offense to.
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