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PostPosted: Tue Dec 15, 2009 4:47 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

scot47 wrote:
..........some of us manage to lead reasonably happy lives within KSA too ! Choose your employer with care !


Yes, I know and respect that.

Most of my problems with KSA had to do with my job. I could have survived there with a decent job.

On the other hand, I did have a very difficult time with the things associated with being a women in the Kingdom. I drove big rigs on the Trans-Alaska pipeline- but I can't drive a car in the Kingdom!?! This alone constricted my life way too much.

I don't mind that women cover in the kingdom- all of my female students wear abayas and head scarves here. I found a lot of other things objectionable, though- like the complete and utter segregation of the sexes and having female students who were locked in a building, with even the fire doors locked.

I don't want to rant on the Kingdom. I think there are sincere efforts being made there and I encourage them. But the cumulative effect of things there, especially the stuff at my job, made my life pretty difficult. I respectfully worked out my contract, and now I am in a happier place.
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