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sicklyman
Joined: 02 Feb 2013
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| He died at the Teaching Hospital in Dhahran. |
The question is: was he a teacher or a patient when he died? |
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scot47
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bigdurian
Joined: 05 Feb 2014
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Location: Flashing my lights right behind you!
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Erm, you're not allowed to have sex unless you're married. Most places do NOT put ESL teachers in a compound, you'll have an apartment and have to live by Saudi 'laws'. All the stuff you mention only happens in a compound - hardly anyone gets one of those.
There is NO FUN in the KSA.
Tony? You never broken a law before! Cannabis is illegal in the UK, but millions of people do it every weekend. How on earth is anyone going to know what is going on in your bedroom?
Regarding compounds it all depends on the employer. You seem to be quite an expert considering you have presumably never been there. I would say that the norm is probably in some kind of teachers' apartments where you do have an element of privacy. But the better employers will definitely put you in a compound or give you the cash towards it.
You seem to think that even if you're not living in a compound you can never visit those that do. I'm guessing that wherever you live in the world you do go out at the weekends sometimes. KSA is exactly the same. You have friends and they all live in different places. Some in compounds and some in apartments. People doing all kinds of different jobs and living in all kinds of places. I think what it comes down to is getting to know people and getting out. My wife has ab absolutely huge group of friends form her country and our weekends are packed with invitations to different events.
It's called having a social life. |
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psychedelicacy
Joined: 05 Oct 2013
Posts: 180
Location: Beijing
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Erm, you're not allowed to have sex unless you're married. Most places do NOT put ESL teachers in a compound, you'll have an apartment and have to live by Saudi 'laws'. All the stuff you mention only happens in a compound - hardly anyone gets one of those.
There is NO FUN in the KSA. |
It's possible to get laid in Saudi. Our compound was mixed sex. As far as I know, mixed sex compounds are permitted. So if a single man meets a single woman and they are attracted to one another, clearly they will have "illegal" sex and it's extremely unlikely that any ill consequences will occur. You'll probably next say "single women don't go to Saudi", but they do.
I don't know whether "hardly anyone gets a compound" is true or not, but it sounds like a fishy claim; I had two Saudi jobs (compounds for each).
As for drinking, alcohol is an extremely simple substance to make oneself. Some people even use more advanced distilling processes. |
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nomad soul
Joined: 31 Jan 2010
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Location: The real world
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| So if a single man meets a single woman and they are attracted to one another, clearly they will have "illegal" sex and it's extremely unlikely that any ill consequences will occur. |
Not quite. I'm aware of one unmarried teacher who was immediately deported when her employer found out she was pregnant. 
Nuff said. |
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johnslat
Joined: 21 Jan 2003
Posts: 13859
Location: Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA
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Dear tony87,
"Erm, you're not allowed to have sex unless you're married. Most places do NOT put ESL teachers in a compound, you'll have an apartment and have to live by Saudi 'laws'. All the stuff you mention only happens in a compound - hardly anyone gets one of those.
There is NO FUN in the KSA."
Man, if you're actually IN Saudi (which seems highly unlikely) you are most definitely running with the wrong crowd - or maybe not running at all. 
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2buckets
Joined: 14 Dec 2010
Posts: 515
Location: Middle East
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KSA, the land of the many S's.
Sun, Sand, Surf, Sid, Sex, Sailing and SCUBA.
I had great times in KSA. |
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bigdurian
Joined: 05 Feb 2014
Posts: 401
Location: Flashing my lights right behind you!
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[quote="2buckets"]KSA, the land of the many S's.
Sun, Sand, Surf, Sid, Sex, Sailing and SCUBA.
I had great times in KSA.[/quote]
you forgot Salat! |
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2buckets
Joined: 14 Dec 2010
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Location: Middle East
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| There was no masjid on my compound, so I missed that. |
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johnslat
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Dear 2buckets,
Wall, you cou;d have bought one of those alarm clock/radios in the souk, the ones that use the call to prayer as the alarm.
That way you needed have missed out on an enriching cultural experience.
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psychedelicacy
Joined: 05 Oct 2013
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Location: Beijing
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| So if a single man meets a single woman and they are attracted to one another, clearly they will have "illegal" sex and it's extremely unlikely that any ill consequences will occur. |
Not quite. I'm aware of one unmarried teacher who was immediately deported when her employer found out she was pregnant.
Nuff said. |
Yikes. Let's be honest, though, an unmarried woman getting pregnant in Saudi is highly irresponsible and stupid (of both parties). If one can avoid pregnancy, though, let's face it - it's highly unlikely that unmarried sex on an expat compound is going to get punished. Still, one must be careful. It could certainly get one fired if someone snitches to the boss. I'm actually very surprised that mixed-sex compounds are permitted in the Kingdom. I would've thought they'd ban them. |
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tony87
Joined: 21 Jul 2015
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| bigdurian wrote: |
Erm, you're not allowed to have sex unless you're married. Most places do NOT put ESL teachers in a compound, you'll have an apartment and have to live by Saudi 'laws'. All the stuff you mention only happens in a compound - hardly anyone gets one of those.
There is NO FUN in the KSA.
Tony? You never broken a law before! Cannabis is illegal in the UK, but millions of people do it every weekend. How on earth is anyone going to know what is going on in your bedroom?
Regarding compounds it all depends on the employer. You seem to be quite an expert considering you have presumably never been there. I would say that the norm is probably in some kind of teachers' apartments where you do have an element of privacy. But the better employers will definitely put you in a compound or give you the cash towards it.
You seem to think that even if you're not living in a compound you can never visit those that do. I'm guessing that wherever you live in the world you do go out at the weekends sometimes. KSA is exactly the same. You have friends and they all live in different places. Some in compounds and some in apartments. People doing all kinds of different jobs and living in all kinds of places. I think what it comes down to is getting to know people and getting out. My wife has ab absolutely huge group of friends form her country and our weekends are packed with invitations to different events.
It's called having a social life. |
But unless you're living in a compound...good luck having a physical relationship with a member of the opposite sex. Good luck having a few beers with your mates. No, the average teacher lives in an apartment (not a compound) where they have to abide by retarded Saudi rules.
| psychedelicacy wrote: |
It's possible to get laid in Saudi. Our compound was mixed sex. As far as I know, mixed sex compounds are permitted. So if a single man meets a single woman and they are attracted to one another, clearly they will have "illegal" sex and it's extremely unlikely that any ill consequences will occur. You'll probably next say "single women don't go to Saudi", but they do.
I don't know whether "hardly anyone gets a compound" is true or not, but it sounds like a fishy claim; I had two Saudi jobs (compounds for each).
As for drinking, alcohol is an extremely simple substance to make oneself. Some people even use more advanced distilling processes. |
Preemptive ridicule of the truth. Tell me, what 18-30 year old single women go to Saudi Arabia? None, zero, nada. The overwhelming majority of all women are only there because their husbands were posted there for some job, and the remainder are old and washed out. |
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grahamb
Joined: 30 Apr 2003
Posts: 1945
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| Posted: Sat Oct 03, 2015 4:52 pm Post subject: Invisible women |
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| Tell me, what 18-30 year old single women go to Saudi Arabia? |
How about several hundred thousand (mainly) Indonesian and Filipina housemaids? |
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buravirgil
Joined: 23 Jan 2014
Posts: 967
Location: Jiangxi Province, China
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| tony87 wrote: |
| The overwhelming majority of all women are only there because their husbands were posted there for some job, and the remainder are old and washed out. |
Jiminy |
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