Camelia, thanks - I have found a few things online, so what you mentioned sounds about right. Ma, gambarimasu!

Princess, of course I am expecting many things to be different. However, as there are very few connections to the Middle East from Japan (perhaps due to Japan's liberalsm?), I do not have much of a basis in which to form a concept of this... yet. Hoewver, I've been coached on the basics!