Job Discussion Forums

athenssoest

What do you do if your a [non muslim] teacher and you get caught in public during the call to prayer?

Asda · Joined: 01 Jun 2008 Posts: 231

Depends which city you are in. Cos in Jeddah, a lot of muslims sit outside during prayer time and smoke, drink a cuppa...

boundforsaudi · Joined: 29 Jan 2003 Posts: 243

You don't really have a job teaching English, do you?

athenssoest · Posted: Sun Jun 06, 2010 11:49 pm Post subject:

no I don't, just wondering

boundforsaudi · Joined: 29 Jan 2003 Posts: 243

Well, one common strategy is to duck into the nearest restaurant before they lock the doors and pull the blinds. Otherwise, you stand sweating on a putrid sidewalk, watching a filthy cat dying under a dumpster.

scot47 · Joined: 10 Jan 2003 Posts: 15343

Head for a quality hotel. Their coffeeshop and/or restaurant will not close. I recommend the Al Hammad Hotel in Emir Abdullah Street or the Nimran if in Khobar.

jveeds · Joined: 29 May 2010 Posts: 3 Location: Riyadh

The tip off that the original poster is not an English teacher is "your" ("if your a teacher").

However, the other strange thing is the phrase "caught" in public.

There is no "catching." Yes, there is a problem of what to do if you're out and about when everything's shutting down, but it's not like there's a round-up of non-Muslims who get escorted to some sort of holding tank for the duration. In fact, street life simply goes on -- taxis drive, people continue walking and talking on their mobile phones. You just don't have stores you can go into if you're in a conservative town like, say, Riyadh. But if you're in Egypt, mafi moshkela.

lizziebennet · Joined: 24 May 2009 Posts: 355

No one expects us to be praying if we are western, but I am a woman which makes a difference. I usually check the internet to avoid being caught outside during prayer time... But you can't avoid it at the malls so I usually go to Starbucks or plan my dinner time around the prayer time...