Social life is extremely important to Arabs. They like to share a daily coffee time by sitting on the floor and drinking coffee from cups without handles. Their diet basically consists of wheat bread and porridge made with boiled meat or chicken. Despite Islamic teachings, the reality of different classes of Arabs still persists. The type of clothing worn has become one of the determining factors.
Levant tribesmen dress differently than other villagers and can be easily recognized.
The women wear veils both in town and at home. Boys show that they are becoming men by changing their headgear and wearing daggers. In spite of the fact that Muslims are allowed to have up to four wives, most marriages among the Levant Arabs are monogamous. Young girls are considered ready for marriage by age nine. In recent years, many of the Levant Arab nomads have settled into mountain villages where they now raise grains, vegetables, coffee, melons, dates, mangoes, and pomegranates.