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Women teaching in the Middle East (esp. in Saudi)
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MEJobber



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PostPosted: Sat Dec 20, 2008 2:23 am    Post subject: Re: Women teaching in the Middle East (esp. in Saudi) Reply with quote

[quote="cary.s.martin"]Hello!

I was wondering what it is like for a woman to teach of there.

I was also curious about being a woman and over there. \
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1. Being a woman, when you go out running errands,etc. without your husband, you will receive special treatment everywhwere in most places..

2. Be prepared to fit in with a Harem like community in female-only workplace with multinational workmates, plotting,planning,backstabbing...etc..etc..
Double the fun by having your husband work in Male section , , you will have the joy of life .. plotting and spilling beans to both sides of work place (Female section as well as male section)
3. Most female students still dont know the reason they are studying, with bleakfuturefor them. Having said that, there are serious students who work hard, majority , its another Harem inside another Harem..
Case in point, you will be rewarded amply for all your troubles..

Good Luck
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Gulezar



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PostPosted: Sat Dec 20, 2008 6:27 am    Post subject: Off the radar Reply with quote

"I was surprised by this statement. ''My'' compound was a modest one but had two good pools. I thought swimming pools were standard on Saudi compounds?? "

Great! I'll have to tell my friends who are still in Saudi to tell HR that all their housing options are substandard. Enough said ... my experience of being locked in my compound, given a curfew, not allowed to speak to the male staff and told that we did indeed have to cover our hair, is all just atypical of Saudi. Perhaps it is a cautionary tale for single women coming to the Kingdom.
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PostPosted: Sat Dec 20, 2008 10:11 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

^ What city and what compound were you in? If you were in the compound of a Saudi university/college, or a special compound of an employer, then I can see what you are saying.

However, if you live in a proper residential compound that is not taken over by any particular employer nor attached to a Saudi university/college, it is great. They all contain pools, tennis courts, and other amenities (small grocer, restaurant, billiards, ping pong, hairdresser, etc), have no curfews, and women (and men!) can dress as they wish, and they indeed do.
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Stephen Jones



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PostPosted: Sat Dec 20, 2008 3:38 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

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Great! I'll have to tell my friends who are still in Saudi to tell HR that all their housing options are substandard. Enough said ... my experience of being locked in my compound, given a curfew, not allowed to speak to the male staff and told that we did indeed have to cover our hair, is all just atypical of Saudi
I rather suspect that unlike you they have realized this a long time ago.

A curfew! Who's a naughty girl then?
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sheikh radlinrol



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PostPosted: Sat Dec 20, 2008 4:19 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

trapezius wrote:
^ What city and what compound were you in? If you were in the compound of a Saudi university/college, or a special compound of an employer, then I can see what you are saying.

However, if you live in a proper residential compound that is not taken over by any particular employer nor attached to a Saudi university/college, it is great. They all contain pools, tennis courts, and other amenities (small grocer, restaurant, billiards, ping pong, hairdresser, etc), have no curfews, and women (and men!) can dress as they wish, and they indeed do.

Thanks Trapezius, for your comments. Your description of a typical Saudi compound matches the recollections I have of ''mine.'' Can't imagine where Gulezar's friends are living but they should seek relocation. Saudi has little to offer beyond sun and pools. It would be interesting to hear about skin cancer rates among Saudi expats (not to mention cirrhosis)
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sheikh radlinrol



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PostPosted: Sat Dec 20, 2008 4:58 pm    Post subject: Re: Off the radar Reply with quote

Gulezar wrote:
Enough said ... my experience of being locked in my compound, given a curfew, not allowed to speak to the male staff and told that we did indeed have to cover our hair, is all just atypical of Saudi. Perhaps it is a cautionary tale for single women coming to the Kingdom.


I don't follow this. Do you know the meaning of the word ''atypical''?
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Sheikh N Bake



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PostPosted: Sat Dec 20, 2008 6:46 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I suspect she merely made a mental typo...like the other day when I wrote "anamolous" when I meant "analogous."
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Gulezar



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PostPosted: Sat Dec 20, 2008 8:24 pm    Post subject: atypical Reply with quote

I was referring to a previous quote which said that swimming pools were standard in Saudi compounds. That would have been paradise compared to the dorm rooms and shared facilities we were given and the apartments for married couples were not much better. Therefore, I assumed that my experience in Saudi was atypical. Everyone else seemed to be raving about the compounds and "country club lifestyle". So, the government schools are supposed to be worse than other places. I wish I had known that a few years back.
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PostPosted: Sat Dec 20, 2008 9:03 pm    Post subject: Re: atypical Reply with quote

Gulezar wrote:
Everyone else seemed to be raving about the compounds and "country club lifestyle".

Raving about the compounds?, ''the country club lifestyle''? Who said these things? Come on Gule, spill the beans.
SR Laughing
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MEJobber



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PostPosted: Sun Dec 21, 2008 10:21 pm    Post subject: Re: atypical Reply with quote

sheikh radlinrol wrote:
Gulezar wrote:
Everyone else seemed to be raving about the compounds and "country club lifestyle".

Raving about the compounds?, ''the country club lifestyle''? Who said these things? Come on Gule, spill the beans.
SR Laughing

are you talking about mixed-coimpound style swinging/swingers' parties??
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MEJobber



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PostPosted: Sun Dec 21, 2008 10:22 pm    Post subject: Re: atypical Reply with quote

sheikh radlinrol wrote:
Gulezar wrote:
Everyone else seemed to be raving about the compounds and "country club lifestyle".

Raving about the compounds?, ''the country club lifestyle''? Who said these things? Come on Gule, spill the beans.
SR Laughing

are you talking about mixed-coumpound style swinging/swingers' parties?
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Sheikh N Bake



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PostPosted: Sun Dec 21, 2008 11:04 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

My friend Jorge and I are two wild 'n' crazy guys and we like-a groovy times. We wanna go to Saudi Arabia swinging country clubs to meet sexy Saudi fox-es because they want us to come on to them now! What compound is best for showing my groovy chest hairs to excite these curvy Saudi fox-es? Raytheon? BAE? Aramco? Maybe we just come there to all of them for swinging. OK now, which of you groovy foxes think you wanna come on to us now?
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PostPosted: Mon Dec 22, 2008 12:23 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Sheikh N Bake wrote:
My friend Jorge and I are two wild 'n' crazy guys and we like-a groovy times. We wanna go to Saudi Arabia swinging country clubs to meet sexy Saudi fox-es because they want us to come on to them now! What compound is best for showing my groovy chest hairs to excite these curvy Saudi fox-es? Raytheon? BAE? Aramco? Maybe we just come there to all of them for swinging. OK now, which of you groovy foxes think you wanna come on to us now?

You're showing your age Sheikh N Bake... Laughing Twas the peak of SNL though...
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Sheikh N Bake



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PostPosted: Mon Dec 22, 2008 12:41 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Update: D'oh!!
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PostPosted: Mon Dec 22, 2008 11:18 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Sheik
It is just a question of changing your orientation.
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