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eclectic
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 Posted: Thu May 27, 2010 3:51 pm Post subject: Most hassle-free ME country to work in? |
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| I had to go thru quite a bit of apostillizing, notarizing, Fed-exing, depositing, bak transfering, health checks, blood tests, etc. to get where I am now, and really don't want to have to go thru it all over again for my next (God willing) destination. Im looking for a little less strict envronment, and want to know if anyone out there experienced in the ME can suggest which ME countries may have a bit more laid-back requirements than these. Thx anyone and everyone. |
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veiledsentiments
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| Posted: Thu May 27, 2010 5:42 pm Post subject: |
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Most of it is needed to some degree in all of the Gulf countries.
Egypt?
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eclectic
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| Posted: Fri Jun 04, 2010 3:20 am Post subject: |
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| how about Jordan? Nobody ever mentions it. |
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bedwiya
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| Posted: Fri Jun 04, 2010 8:43 am Post subject: |
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| Hassle-free ME - isn't that an oxymoron? |
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scot47
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| Posted: Fri Jun 04, 2010 11:02 am Post subject: |
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Middle East does not do hassle-free. Try somewhere else. Every country here has its own special kind of hassle. On a recnt trip to Scotland I was amazed at how user-friendly everything is. Even the bureaucrats are nice to people !
Here in the ME you soon learn that the universe is a hostile place. |
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007
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| Posted: Fri Jun 04, 2010 11:07 am Post subject: Re: Most hassle-free ME country to work in? |
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| eclectic wrote: |
| I had to go thru quite a bit of apostillizing, notarizing, Fed-exing, depositing, bak transfering, health checks, blood tests, etc. to get where I am now, and really don't want to have to go thru it all over again for my next (God willing) destination. Im looking for a little less strict envronment, and want to know if anyone out there experienced in the ME can suggest which ME countries may have a bit more laid-back requirements than these. Thx anyone and everyone. |
Well, eclectic, hassle-free ME does exist only in books and the stories of 1000 nights! 
Relatively and statistically speaking, and for a low level profile for your life, I suggest Oman. The people are friendly and easy going, the environment is clean (both spritual and physical), the sky is clean, no nuclear power stations (well I know, the borders of Iran are not very far, and you never know ....! ). And the most important of all, camel milk is available, especially if you take it with Zangabeel in the morning to boost your heart.
Good luck. |
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eclectic
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| And the most important of all, camel milk is available, especially if you take it with Zangabeel in the morning to boost your heart. |
Would I have to drink that hot?
Thx 007. Didnt know you spoke Turkish! (see another forum for that thread)
Oman sounds great. Esp. the clean non-nuclear thing. But I wont go if they dont have babaghanouj..... |
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scot47
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| Posted: Fri Jun 04, 2010 1:12 pm Post subject: |
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| Oman is full of necromancers and sorcerers. |
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eclectic
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| Posted: Fri Jun 04, 2010 3:43 pm Post subject: |
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| really... what exactly is the tone of that, hoping not literal? |
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veiledsentiments
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| Posted: Fri Jun 04, 2010 4:58 pm Post subject: |
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Most Arabs are big believers in djinns and ghosts... as it is mentioned in the Quran. Rural Oman tends to be more superstitious than much of the Gulf. The students have all these wonderful stories... which were often difficult to listen to without laughing. There was one I heard numerous times about a teacher going to Bahla and being turned into a watermelon.  They seemed to all believe it...
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007
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| veiledsentiments wrote: |
| Most Arabs are big believers in djinns and ghosts... as it is mentioned in the Quran. |
Well, VS, Arabs Muslims believe in Djinns as mentioned in the Quran. I know that some Arab Christians in Egypt believe on them as well!
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Rural Oman tends to be more superstitious than much of the Gulf. The students have all these wonderful stories... which were often difficult to listen to without laughing. There was one I heard numerous times about a teacher going to Bahla and being turned into a watermelon. They seemed to all believe it...
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You hear different stories about people having contact with Djinns, or people who are possessed by Djinns, but in reality, and in most cases, they are only psychological disorders and people think they are related with Djinns. And some proclaim to be able to make the Djinn leave your body.
Now, tell me VS, do you think Uncle Scott is possessed by a Djinn called feline007? |
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Zajko
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A friend of mine, while we were working in Oman, took a trip up to Bahla with a female colleague who also taught at the college. A number of her students were very concerned about her making this journey as apparently the djinn would abduct her because she had blonde hair, and begged her not to go. One of them told a story about a girl who'd been transformed into a goat on a previous visit, which they all appeared to give credence to.
After they got back, we tried to persuade him to borrow one of the numerous goats which grazed outside the college gates, and take it into our female colleague's class with him on Saturday morning in place of her. This likely wouldn't have gone down too well with either the college authorities or some of the students, so it was lucky, perhaps, that he was a little more mature than the rest of us and considered that a step too far  |
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scot47
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| Posted: Fri Jun 18, 2010 8:13 am Post subject: |
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| Belief in Djinn and Angels is part of the creed for all believers. |
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