L.E.’s Reviews > Notes After Terawih > Status Update

‘…people said they were very close to their neighbors, but they also said they would not talk to them if they had problems, which the researcher found odd. Wouldn’t you tell your problems to those you feel close to? And then she realized that maybe she was “imposing a Western idea of ‘closeness’ in a non-Western context.” What does it mean to be close to someone, in Asia?’