Hey,
So I am considering moving to one of the gulf states to teach English, taking advantage of them generally paying for your housing, airfare, and having low/no taxes on foreign workers. I hope to use this opportunity to save a good chunk of money.
Anyway, I have never been to the Gulf, the only Muslim country I have been to is Jordan for a few days. Basically, being American, I am sure my mind is full of all sorts of misconceptions and lies about what life is like in the Gulf states.
From what I've heard, Saudi is particularly "dull" and they are a bit stricter on really enforcing all of their strict rules on morality.
I am not looking to go there and have a debauched crazy time, obviously I understand that you will have to follow certain rules there. But basically I am looking for a country/city that I can be reasonably free to live my life without looking over my shoulder all the time.
Can anyone with experience in these countries help to give me a general feel for which places a westerner might feel a bit more or less at east, relatively speaking?
For instance, I've heard Qatar may be a bit more lax than Saudi. But I have no idea really.
So I am considering moving to one of the gulf states to teach English, taking advantage of them generally paying for your housing, airfare, and having low/no taxes on foreign workers. I hope to use this opportunity to save a good chunk of money.
Anyway, I have never been to the Gulf, the only Muslim country I have been to is Jordan for a few days. Basically, being American, I am sure my mind is full of all sorts of misconceptions and lies about what life is like in the Gulf states.
From what I've heard, Saudi is particularly "dull" and they are a bit stricter on really enforcing all of their strict rules on morality.
I am not looking to go there and have a debauched crazy time, obviously I understand that you will have to follow certain rules there. But basically I am looking for a country/city that I can be reasonably free to live my life without looking over my shoulder all the time.
Can anyone with experience in these countries help to give me a general feel for which places a westerner might feel a bit more or less at east, relatively speaking?
For instance, I've heard Qatar may be a bit more lax than Saudi. But I have no idea really.