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Personal Space & Touching

A little less than an arm’s length of personal space is acceptable during conversations. This space tends to be greater between members of the opposite sex and less for friends and family.
It is common to see men holding hands with other men while walking and talking. This is a sign of friendship.
Touching while talking is accepted for men with men and women with women, but between genders there is usually less touching and more personal space given.
It is taboo for religiously observant Muslim men to touch women and vice-versa.
Members of the same sex will touch each other frequently while talking, but it is usually inappropriate for men and women to touch each other while talking – though less so in cities, among unmarried teens and twenty-somethings.

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