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yellow_trainers · Joined: 19 Mar 2015 Posts: 9

[quote="Captain Willard"] Of course, the employer should not be holding the property of a sovereign nation in the first place...

The law has changed and now it is illegal to hold the passports of the employees. And as you say, a passport is the property of a sovereign nation.

In any case, photocopies are useful. If you have an IQAMA, give this to them and keep a copy of it just in case you'll need it. And KEEP YOUR PASSPORT if you want to be free and not beg for it if you want to travel somewhere. Because the HR person, incapable as he is, will forget that you've requested it and will hand it out to you at the very last minute. And because you won't be the only one requesting their passports, you'll have to wait in line.

Have I mentioned that they don't tell you that they keep your passport? They ask for it to make a photocopy and never give it back to you.

Al Yamamah is not the place to go. Everybody hates it. Students included.

scot47 · Joined: 10 Jan 2003 Posts: 15343

"accidentally wander across the border" Which one ?

With Iraq ? Syria, Yemen ?

Come on, get real !

Captain Willard · Joined: 11 Sep 2010 Posts: 251

scot47 · Joined: 10 Jan 2003 Posts: 15343

To drive to Oman you have to go through the UAE. Jordan ? I do not think so
Iraq ?
No
Syria ?
No

Kuwait - maybe

Where else ?

yellow_trainers · Joined: 19 Mar 2015 Posts: 9

If you got a job at SILC / Al Yamamah, here's a link to have a look who your superiors will be. (Not all of them are still there. The best, but one are gone)

The choice is yours. There's still time to step back and look for something else.

http://interlink.edu/about/saudi-interlink-language-centers/

scot47 · Joined: 10 Jan 2003 Posts: 15343

Link ?
I see no link !

yellow_trainers · Joined: 19 Mar 2015 Posts: 9

yellow_trainers · Joined: 19 Mar 2015 Posts: 9

Is anyone working there? What is it like? Bad? Are any new westerners that are not Muslims?
Do you get a shitty treatment and tons of emails telling you something about corrective action will be taken?

scot47 · Joined: 10 Jan 2003 Posts: 15343

The poster known as "Cleopatra" was a teacher there some moons ago.

nomad soul · Joined: 31 Jan 2010 Posts: 11454 Location: The real world

scot47 · Joined: 10 Jan 2003 Posts: 15343

Islamophobia is surprisingly common among TEFLers in KSA.

mashkif · Joined: 17 Aug 2010 Posts: 178

johnslat · Posted: Wed Nov 25, 2015 9:09 pm Post subject:

Alas, I spent only about 22 years in Muslim countries - 20 of them in the Middle East.

That must be far too short a time to develop the ability to make sweeping generalizations and say other stupid things:

"Carson Backs Trump's Claim of People Cheering on 9/11 0:34
Hours after Ben Carson told reporters he remembers seeing American Muslims celebrating the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, his campaign said the GOP presidential candidate was "thinking something differently" and does not remember such reaction in the U.S.

"Dr. Carson does not stand by the statements that were reported today. He was hearing and thinking something differently at the the time," Carson communications director Doug Watts said in a statement on Monday. "He does, however, recall and had his mind focused on the celebrations in the Middle East. He is not suggesting that American Muslims were in New Jersey celebrating the fall of the twin towers."

Watts added that Carson apologizes to "anybody offended by that."

Earlier in the day, Carson said that he, like fellow GOP candidate Donald Trump has claimed, has seen "newsreels" of American Muslims celebrating the attack in New Jersey."

and

Ben Carson offered up a new explanation for why he’s opposed to a Muslim American becoming president, citing fears of “different loyalties” that he believes the Founding Fathers articulated by barring immigrants from becoming chief executive.
As has been the case in the past, the implication was that outwardly patriotic Muslims could not be fully trusted as loyal Americans given their faith. He has previously cited theories popular on the far right warning that seemingly assimilated Muslim Americans may be using religious edicts to conceal an extremist plot.

The latest comments came at an appearance at the National Press Club on Friday, when an audience member asked why he felt a Muslim citizen couldn’t be loyal to the Constitution as president given that there were already Muslim military officers, policemen, and judges – all positions that require fidelity to the law.

RELATED: Ben Carson’s Holocaust theory prompts outcry from Jewish groups

“A good understanding of the Constitution answers that question for you,” Carson said. “Because when you look at the Article II, and we’re talking about requirements for the president, they have to be a ‘natural born citizen.’ Now why is that the case?”

The clause Carson refers to bars naturalized immigrants from the position of president. There are numerous Muslims born in America, of course, and a hypothetical Muslim president would by definition have to be a natural born citizen.

The Constitution prohibits any “religious test” for public office, but Carson argued on Friday that the audience should read between the lines to divine the Founder’s intent. "

Regards,
John

yellow_trainers · Joined: 19 Mar 2015 Posts: 9

The question set wasn't about religion, the question is, is anybody working there who wants to share their experience?
More important, how is working with GINA???