I think if one word can convey a world of cultural differences that exemplify a different way of being human', it is the concept of 'sumud'.

Responsibility to the collective - whether that is the family who has nurtured us, or the neighbourhood and elders who guide all manner of interactions, this is something lacking in Western societies which as Shaid Bolsen has described, have become 'societies of strangers', with few having a sense of duty to others, if it cannot be pinned down in legalistic terms of via a job contract.