الجار قبل الدار
“The neighbor before the house.”
Choose your neighbors as carefully as you choose your home, since community shapes daily life.
— Traditional Qatar Wisdom, Qatar
Source: Traditional Arabic proverb, shared Arab world heritage, public-domain oral tradition
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