This chapter uses the term culture to mean the social heritage of beliefs, attitudes, and practices. Culture is an important determinant of the behavior of various individuals and plays pathogenic, pathoplastic, prognostic, and therapeutic roles in relation to psychiatric disorders. The Arabian cultural perspective is important for scholars and practitioners in psychiatry, psychology, sociology, and anthropology. The 2 major reviews (M. F. El-Islam, 1982; J. Racy, 1970) dealing with the subject need to be supplemented by recent research findings pertinent to clinical methods in transcultural psychiatry. In this chapter, I describe the picture of Arabian culture, how it differs from other cultures, and the effects of recent cultural changes on clinical practice. After a description of cultural (including religious and socioeconomic) background, I provide an account of common native healing rituals and describe culture as a pathogenic factor, a pathoplastic factor, and a resource.