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The United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia. The United Arab Emirates (most people only know it as Dubai) is quite the opposite from Saudi Arabia in that it is western-orientated and one of the most popular tourist destinations in the world. It is a small country with no more than 3,2 million inhabitants (2,2 million foreign workers). Dubai and Abu Dhabi, the two largest cities, are very modern and well-known shopping and tourist attractions. Dubai is currently marketed as structurally the most advanced city in the world. The Emirates annually hosts various international sports events like the Dubai Classic Golf Tournament as well as the well-known World Rugby Sevens tournament. In Dubai alone there are more that 300 hotels, 32 of which five star. Saudi Arabia, with a total of 22 million (of which 8 million are foreign workers), maintains a conservative lifestyle quite different from that westerners are used to. The Muslim way of life and traditions are strictly adhered to. Working and living in Saudi will certainly be different from life in South Africa, but thousands of South Africans are currently working there, earning tax free salaries at least four times what they would earn in South Africa. Unfortunately there are many misconceptions regarding the Arab world. It is not true, for example that your Bible will be taken away at customs. Western females do not have to cover their faces like the Arab females. In more conservative areas like in Riyadh, females might have to cover their hair when walking in the street, but not their faces. In the UAE females dress the same as anywhere else in the western word. It is not true that females are abducted to become part of harems. Both these countries are known as some of the safest, if not the safest countries in the world. Criminal activities are extremely rare and the security situation in the Middle East and Iraq has no influence on the lifestyle of people living in the UAE and Saudi Arabia
Posted on: Sun, 12 Oct 2014 21:43:48 +0000

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