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Strange question - but I would say no, the Arabs shouldn’t be sorry they supported the British instead of the Turks. The British were the stronger power, were the dominant world power and did a lot of good in the region. For example, the British stayed at the fringes of the Arabian peninsular and di...

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Lionheart, you are the one that used the word 'Arabs' - perhaps you meant to use the word 'Muslims' instead? I'm glad we agree that Arabs are distinct race and the word refers to a specific semitic people. I agree with you that according to Islam all muslims are brethren in a spiritual sense, but yo...

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I'm told that turning the pants inside out extends the wearability...

cheers,
Shafique

shafique

I know I should probably post this in the technology thread, but here's hoping someone can help. My laptop HD crashed with a read/write error. The HD has been replaced and the laptop is ready for me to pick up. However, before they repaired it the service guys gave me the hard disk to see if I could...

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Arnie - a walk down computer street is something I didn't consider! Good thinking batman. The laptop was repaired by Dell representatives (Emirates Computers) and they were great, but they don't do data recovery themselves. The guy there took the hard disk out and gave it to me and just asked I brin...

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It shouldn't be hard to find computer street.. and come to think of it, a few guys I met at the mosque last friday also work in IT, I'll consult them as well. I was just a little frustrated that the guys at work couldn't help out... but thinking out of the box a bit I should be able to find someone ...

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Thanks Fayz, I may try the place on Friday. I took it in to a computer place opposite the Deira City Centre last night and the guy there tried reading the disk by hooking it up to a USB cable. He said it was fried - the disk was being recognised but no data was being read. He said something about th...

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My new Prado is waiting for me to pick up tonight after work.. Was a bit surreal yesterday when I went in to sign all the forms..there were at least 5 different forms and multiple signatures on each, I'm sure I signed away the rights to my first born along the way :) Anyway, they've completed all th...

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Fayz, I have an uncle who lives and works there - he is a doctor and the clinic hospital is very near the airport. I haven't been there myself, but I may be able to answer some of your questions.. give me a ring. BF has a great sounding capital city - Ougadougou - pronounced Wagaadoogoo! :) Cheers, ...

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Oh well, maybe next year I'll get an invite...

Never been to the races, not seen the attraction - but I'm told it's quite exciting, even for us that don't gamble.

Cheers,
Shafique

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Well, I've been driving for a few days now without incident - observing lane change etiquette like a good boy too! All going fine - getting used to the high driving position, but still looking for ample parking before trying to park - the car is big! We were at the Heritage village last night - for ...

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Hiya For the employment visa, my company handled everything - I needed to send copies of my passport and 12 (yes 12!) passport photographs. They needed personal information like the names of my parents. I scanned and sent the documents - for the passport photos I had a digital shot of me and convert...

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Passport copy (photo page), passport photos. No other documents were required from me for the visa.

I told them separately my parents names.

I guess the company provided the work contract etc.

Cheers,
Shafique

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I love etymology... an alternate derivation of Pom is to be found via google: (I take no credit for searching and cutting and pasting the below :) ) [BTW I like the anecdote/joke about the person who was asked by Australian immigration officers whether he had a criminal record, to which he replied "...

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PRO - public relations officer (I think) - and basically ours is a local guy that sorts out visa issues for us. He also deals with other interactions with the government/authorities.

I think most companies here have such a person.

Cheers,
Shafique

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Nusa - I didn't have to have my degree verified - I brought a copy of my professional certificate (I had to remove it from the picture frame and luckily my wife had kept the envelope it came in!), but my company hasn't asked to see it.. That said, a friend who is a lawyer had to get his degrees cert...

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I thought I’d share with the forum an insight that only came to me after a few days of driving around Dubai – use U-turns to get to the other side of the road. I know it sounds barmy, but coming from the UK, I was used to coming off a main road and then looping round to get back to the other side. T...

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arniegang - glad to hear that L is fine..

Cheers,
Shafique

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Update - laptop has been repaired by Emirates computers under warranty - just had to pay 200Dhs for labour (they said I could claim this back from Dell). For the data on the HDD, thanks to Fayz - your tip paid off. I went to Al Ain centre and Saba Computers managed to recover the data for me, the on...

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Lionheart, Your description of 'oppressiveness' of western societies in relation to lack of morals etc has very little to do with democracy or form of government. You cannot legislate for morality. I was shocked when I went to Saudi Arabia to hear that there is a problem of paedophillia there - to t...

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Nucleus, In one area there cannot be two dates for Eid, no matter what logic you use (unless, of course, there are 2 different versions of Islam)? As for the Caliphate - it is not complex, Khalifa means successor and in Islam means the sole leader of the whole community. Any other definition is a ma...

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Liban, Pedant in me forces me to ask whether Iraq is in fact an Arab country... It's borders were created by the British and the majority of the population are Shia. Now, I may be wrong here, but aren't Shia predominantly Persian in origin rather than Arab? Also, Kurds aren't Arabs and they are a si...

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Liban - thanks for the clarification about the ethnic make-up of Iraq. Just last night someone was explaining to me the ethnic make-up of the UAE and he commented that the 'nationals' weren't homogenous - and his comments that the Shia nationals here were Iranian in origin and his general comment wa...

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Lionheart, You say you want to go back to before the British came - but wasn't that the Turkish empire? The muslim world was hardly united then and, if anything, the Arabs were marginalised in the Ottoman empire. There wasn't a single religious head that the whole muslim world relied on - there was ...

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It's a shame that despite the fact that despite the progress that was made in sciences under Islam, the current day Mullah's reject the study of science and espouse medieval views concerning science and the teaching of secular knowledge. Just look at what the Taliban advocated! Knight is correct tha...

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Kanelli,

The part where you say 'none of you listen' is a little harsh me-thinks.

cheers,
Shafique

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Phew - there is a little too much 'heat' in this thread! :) Kanelli - I think the reason why the Mullah's have an aversion to Science and the 'West' is down to the fact that they are losing their grip on society and are trying desperately to hold on. This phenomenon is nothing new and is just a part...

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Who says I'm paranoid ---- and why do they want to know? :) I feel sorry for anyone who has to watch the video feed from our hotel/appartment for the past month - watching the kids play all night, sleep til late and us coming in and crashing after a hard days sight-seeing/shopping/working!! :) 99.9%...

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I went with City Moves in the end - they came round and priced up the move. I went with the full packing and un-packing service and could not fault the UK end of the deal. In fact they were so efficient that stuff was packed away that we intended to take with us/keep, but didn't put to one side (mos...

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My reading of the history of the Middle East in general and of the Arabs in particular is that there have historically been much in-fighting. Prior to Islam, the Arabs were a warring nation with tribes fighting other tribes. There was so much disunity that the outside world looked at the peninsular ...

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