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Quite a few new schools opened in Sep 2005. Most of the better ones have probably sorted out staffing for Sep 2006 (start of school year) but there's often last minute changes - people don't arrive or leave very quickly, or last minute resignations. Salaries from 2000 dhs to 15,000 dhs depending on ...

Hi everyone, My name is Annette and I live in UK with my boyfriend and son. I have worked for 5 years for a company with offices all around the world. We just opened one in Dubai and I am hoping to get a transfer out there. I wonder if anyone can offer any advice on the following points 1) Is Child...

I'd say yes, but not very comfortably. Families survive on less.

1 bdrm apartment min 25k in Sharjah? That's half your income gone already.

www.expatriates.com is always "Blocked" for me whenever I try to login to it. Has anybody experienced this as well? Any solutions? cheers... I think Etisalat blocked it a year or two ago because it has personal ads on it. But the free zones and some of the residential developments still have access...

My understanding of tax in UK/Australia/NZ is that if you are non-resident then you won't pay tax on any income earned overseas (although I have read articles recently that the UK is looking to change that and implement a system similar to the US where you are taxed on all income irrespective of res...

If you put a S after http, it will let you get through.... Clever :). Except I get this instead of the Etisalat access denied page... You are not authorized to view this page You might not have permission to view this directory or page using the credentials you supplied. ---------------------------...

The company I previosly worked with back home had one of its labourers arrested, just because he went to Sharjah to see his gf, and she was by herself in the house she worked in, so, the neighbours called cops on them, I mean what is wrong with ppl, a couple wants to meet up, why get a guy in troub...

Chocoholic wrote:Whhhooooohooooooo - How cool is that!!!!

I loevd it, although kept falling on my bum and my legs ache like mad today, but for sure going to do more lessons and get on the big slope - wicked fun.

You're hooked

Thanks for the reply... Any advice on how to go about finding a nice place, they seem to be pretty rare as far as I can see... I've been doing loads of research and not coming up with much, I've been told to look at the meadows, springs etc but they all seem to be occupied!! Cheers Gidday Kiwi :mrg...

constantine wrote:also if you've real da vinci code...get your hands on holy blood holy grail...its very comprehensive and has the danger of putting you to sleep...

Oh yes ... But DVC was great ...

I'd still buy now - but carefully 8)... This comment I made has been nagging away at me the last couple of weeks. Now I'd say VERY carefully, or probably not. There's a lot of investors bleeding on the local stockmarkets the last few weeks. Also the Saudi markets. What I'm wondering is how much mon...

You say natural. This is very relative. For us Muslims bf and gf is not natural, s.e.x. before marriage is not natural. The only natural relationship is marriage of a man and a woman. "Not acceptable" (depending on your beliefs) would be more accurate I think. If it wasn't natural, people...

The telephone numbers and taking action against companies not paying wages are real - several have been blacklisted, named and penalised in the past months. The unions will be for Emiratis only AFAIK. The new Minister of Labor (well, new last year I think) seemed to be more interested in labor issue...

He is going to be looking and applying for joobs from UK anyway but I was thinking incase he ca nnot find something before he arrives. Also do you know if yoou have to work for a company a certaian amount of time before you can transfer to Dubai? I mean my company are interested in employing him so...

ahamed wrote:and.. now for legal liquor & drinks you can drive to barracuda in UAQ..

u ppl must have heard about it

You have the choice. Buy with a liquor license it's legal. Without, it's not (unless something changed recently?).

However, the signs are that it is getting expensive - I already know of people leaving because of the expense - primarily rental. The people who came here for big savings opportunities will leave. Ten years ago a big night out was a quiz night in the Red Lion hanging out with your expat mates. The ...

sabiqoon wrote:To go for Umrah from Dubai, what are the procedures involved? Has anyone an experience of going to makkah by road from dubai and back?

AFAIK, many people do this privately as well as with organised trips. Border crossing is slow and tedious at the best of times though.

Remember foreigners buy an apartment or 2, Saudis buy a building or 3 :shock: These people are all in debt now and will need to do something as all their margins are being called. My big question is will it turn significantly by late July as I need to find a place for August, I hope so but I don’t ...

For example, if Lebanon follows some basic fiscal reforms by removing red tape (as an example), improving the security by resolving the current political stalemate, and lastly with American and EU help make sure Israel stays put, then Beirut could become a more important city than it is right now. ...

Liban wrote:You think that in Arab culture, women are regarded as s.e.x. objects?

Isn't that the reason women are expected to cover up? To not led men into temptation?

Hose pipe ban? Why on Earth would they ban a pleasant cultural thing that has been part of Arab and non-Arab culture from Iraq to Morocco for many many years?? It is like saying that the UK should ban beer and pubs... RIDICULOUS! ??? Sounds like you're talking about shisha. But "hose pipe ban&...

From my understanding Syria has been impilcated in the assination of Hariri. Quite. From Arab News ... Two UN reports have implicated senior Syrian officials and their Lebanese allies in Hariri’s murder in a massive bomb blast on the Beirut seafront on Feb. 14, 2005, that also killed another 22 peo...

The imperative to cover hair, neck, arms till wrists and legs till ankles in loose non-reveiling clothing was one of the things Islam did to improve the status of women who were considered less important than birds!! Ironic you use the word "birds". And I presume you meant non-revealing a...

This is my humble opinion anyway, to each their own, good luck in whatever you decide. I think I would search some of the other threads on this board before jumping into property right now anyway. Probably the best point made so far. You can get 1 bdrms in Dubai Marina for 600-700k dhs but not read...

MaaaD wrote:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WaZs-BHSaww

Fantastic

So he says...

Dubai is the capital of the UAE.

Nothing about this deal is clear to me

Why can't we run the ports ourselves? Aren't we smart enough?

Apparently he's not ...

MaaaD wrote:I would move the discussion about hariris assasination to tue politics forum since that is a never ending discussion by itself.

Back to the point of this thread,

Sorry ...

It's not the distance that puts me off International City - I agree the travel time is probably the same, and IC apts do seem like good value. It's the fact there's limited coastline (making DM more appealing) but plenty of desert to keep building in. And walking around DM now there seems to be a bi...

Someone else asked something similar recently. I thought I replied with something. Worldpay and stormpay might be ones to look at. But if you want to integrate with your own shopping cart, you may have to go to signing up for a credit card processor rather than a payment gateway (if I've got my term...

Try the banks - the mortgage market is probably going to grow a bit this year - and Tamweel/Amlak. Banks I think worth trying would be ADCB, RAKBank, HSBC; maybe UNB, EBI, DIB, NBAD and FGB. There's other overseas banks with branches here but don't know if they're into the mortgage market yet - Citi...

hi i was wondering if anyone could help me out with this. i am hoping to obtain a graphic design position in dubai or qatar and have a website which is my on-line design and illustration folios. my website is http://www.tickledpig.com and i am concerned that the reference and image of a pig will go...