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I'm not sure how long ago this was. Islamic banking is a very well-established field now. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islamic_banking http://en.wikipedia.org/

• kls 16y ago
  I think you are missing the point. US citizens do not, for the most part bank at Islamic banks. Concepts that are common sense to a general population (culture) can be completely foreign to another. This "tribal knowledge" is omitted many times because it is taken for granted that everybody know it.
  • kranner 16y ago
    But in the project you cite, wasn't knowledge of Islamic banking norms 'domain knowledge', rather than a cultural side-issue?
    • kls 16y ago
      No, there where details that where omitted by the Saudi business analyst because it was "common knowledge". For example lets take an ATM machine, it would be like detailing the system and forgetting to mention that the user inserts their bank card to begin. It would be easy to omit that very obvious first step, because everyone (at least in the US) knows that you inset you bank card to begin. I know this is extremely simplified, but the point is there are items that everyone takes for granted as common sense. Some of these common sense items a very cultural in nature.