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huntjuliehunt
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 Posted: Wed Jun 13, 2007 12:32 am Post subject: Has anyone taught in Saudi Arabia? |
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Hi
I used to teach in Dubai, and I loved it.
I'm afraid I may be in for a big shock by going to Riyadh after the luxury of Dubai.
If there is anyone who's taught there before, I'd appreciate your thoughts. |
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bje
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| Posted: Wed Jun 13, 2007 1:05 am Post subject: |
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| I'm afraid I may be in for a big shock by going to Riyadh after the luxury of Dubai |
I daresay some might prefer relatively downmarket Riyadh to the dubious 'luxury of Dubai'. As a UAE resident such excess in the midst of labour camp and other variants of poverty has seemed more shocking than almost anything I can imagine. |
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Afra
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canadashirleyblue
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| Posted: Wed Jun 13, 2007 3:33 pm Post subject: |
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| Dubai has not cornered the market on slavery. There is plenty of it in Saudi as well. |
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007
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| Posted: Wed Jun 13, 2007 3:47 pm Post subject: |
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S for slavery!
Labor slavery is everywhere, from Oman to KSA, it is a mater of scale.
To be fair in our judgments to the Gulf countries, also we may say that there is modern slavery, in which migrant workers in UK and USA are ill-treated as well!
This is the 21st Century of Uncles Sam and Tony.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/6401365.stm |
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bje
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| Posted: Thu Jun 14, 2007 12:45 am Post subject: |
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| Dubai has not cornered the market on slavery. There is plenty of it in Saudi as well. |
No one said it had. The point is, the juxtaposition of luxury/penury is more evident in Dubai, and this is all I was saying. |
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