Of course as a child (small) I ate unhealthy foods (sweets, sometimes fast food) also but it was always rare. Most of my siblings (both brothers and sisters) tended to and to this day have a more sweet tongue for example without being overweight at all though.
Broccoli is good. I use to fry it in olive oil on a pan, sometimes I add ghee or natural butter from Almarai, cilantro, basil, some dried oregano and at times crushed dried chili flakes. It is a great combination actually. Broccoli on its own is a bit boring. I frequently combine fried broccoli with fried carrots (love fried carrots and carrots in rice etc.) as well.
Yes, during Ramadan I always lose weight. So many people talk about weight gain during that month but for me it is opposite. I actually lost weight 2 years ago due to not exercising/training much and eating too little food. However 1-2 months of regular training and regular eating solved that and I gained weight (muscle mass more than anything else). But I have been hitting 88-90 kg in the past many years. I am tall but I would have a relatively thin/medium built if not for hitting the gym for many years. So I would probably weigh some 10 kg less without training/exercising at all and if I kept eating healthy at the same time. On the other hand I could probably hit the 100 kg (lol) if I started eating very unhealthy at the asme time with my height.
Seafood and fish is actually very important for all coastal areas of the Arab world (Hijaz included obviously with such a long coastline) and places like Gaza are no different. Actually Arabia is quite famous for its seafood in the Arab world. But overall, despite every Arab country having access to a sea (interesting fact, actually when you think about it) we all consume meat first and foremost. Without meat there is no Arab cuisine, lol. Which is why vegetarians are so rare to find.
Yes, Palestinian Halloumi is famous and very tasty. You cannot melt that stuff.
Yes, I was never addicted to coffee either and it rarely had much of an effect for me unless the traditional Arabic coffee (without any modern twists) which is very strong. The Italian stuff like cappuccino, espresso etc. does not have any impact on me caffeine wise at all. Just incredibly weak compared to Arabic coffee (original and real deal along with Ethiopian, lol) and the beans are not even roasted in a traditional manner (over fire) but it tastes good of course.
Those mini fasts are actually great by large. Some say fasting is the only scientifically proven method of actually increasing your lifespan (no joke) but it is all about your habits. Some people cannot function properly without eating breakfast for instance.
Yes, Ramadan in KSA/Arab world (fasting time) is shorter if Ramadan is held in the summer months which it usually is, but weather wise it cannot be compared with say Western/Northern Europe where people do not know what air-condition is.
In Southern Europe it is like at home. Every house, public space, public transportation has air condition otherwise people (especially elders, babies, small children) would be dying due to dehydration and heat more frequently. 40+ degrees celsius during the summer is normal in countries like Spain and Portugal. Those are KSA/Middle East kind of temperatures during the summer, lol.
Arabs, Palestinains included, come in all shapes and forms as you know. Pale, olive-skin (vast majority), brown (olive-skin is a type of brown), Black (Afro-Arabs which can be found in every Arab country) and everything in between.
It is funny because on PDF somehow such types of discussions (skin color) are frequent but I have honestly never really had such discussions in real life with family, Arab friends etc. Arabs are proud and confident people, also on this front and honestly (without any bias here) olive-skin is the most beautiful skin color and probably the most desired IMO.
When I think about a "Pan-Arab skin color" I think about something like this:
Saudi girl with the famous "big Arab eyes" representative for us as a people:
Which can fit in every single Arab country. Just like darker or more pale versions can.
Saudi Arabian/Arab women
I always laugh at anyone saying that Arabs do not look remarkably similar considering the many countries from Oman to Morocco (we do) if we exclude the Afro-Arab community.
BTW is your father (if you don't mind me asking) of Jordanian (most "native" Jordanians actually belong to Arab tribes of mostly Hijazi origins, not including the Bedouins here) or Palestinian origins? BTW Palestinians cluster most closely with Jordanians (native), Syrians, Saudi Arabians and Egyptians on every DNA test that I have seen which also correspondents with the Palestinian tribes, clans, geography and the history of the region. I always found the Jordanian/Palestinian divide in Jordan moronic. Same people. Or the other divides/regional also in every single Arab country. There is also this nonsense South/North divide in Iraq when there is no difference between an Shammari from Tal Afar or Mosul in the North and a Shammari from Basra in the South. Or a Jabouri. Or Tamimi etc.
You should pick a Toyota, the national car of KSA.
BTW I always thought that the most famous Palestinian female youtuber (Maha) was very similar looking to this former Saudi princess (not House of Saud):
Very typical Arab look IMO and very beautiful.
Olive-skin Arab women>pale Arab women every single day of the year, lol.