Moving to Saudi

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No, the police do wear uniforms. The religious police usually don't, but you can tell from the way they are dressed, and they usually have uniformed police men accompanying them.

I'm afraid I don't know about the visa.
 
Mercedes said:
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I'm a teacher here. i have a chauffeur or just use taxis if need be. I take my kids out at whatever facilities there r such as amusement parks, the Red Sea in jeddah, pretty much where ever i go.

job availablilities for women used to be limited to schools and hospitals, and is still mostly in those sectors. About 2 years ago they started opening up jobs to women in Sales, reception for large companies, accounting, IT fields.
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:sl: sister,
I was jst wondering..cos Im just finishing my degree in biology, what other qualifications could I get to try and help me get a job in Saudi, as a teacher or even anything within the Science field?
Thank you
 
crayon said:
No, the police do wear uniforms. The religious police usually don't, but you can tell from the way they are dressed, and they usually have uniformed police men accompanying them.

I'm afraid I don't know about the visa.
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How do they dress? What's it like there right now sis?
 
They usually just wear a thobe and the brown or black thing (not sure what it's called) on top of it (most people just wear the thobe, unless it's a special occasion), and the head dress as well. Not very extraordinary, but they have a sort of vibe about them where you can just sort of tell they are muttawia, especially when they are with the guards/police men.

What's it like here right now? In what way do you mean?
 
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The mutawwa'in are the religious police, not the same as the standard traffic/crime/law police. Police officers are dressed in brown, and the religious police wear White thobes and the red/white checkered shumagh, and are heavily bearded.

As for there status now in society, their power has been cut a bit due to them absuing their position and apprehending and issuing unjust and undue punishments. they have been the cause of a few recent deaths at their hands, and are being held accountable. their presence in society is is debatable. some people feel they should be there to uphold islamic values such as making sure women are properly covered, salaat times are adhered to, magic, gambling, etc are not present in socity, etc. Others feel they poke around too much in people's lives telling them what to do and not to do. whichever way, their islamic ideology is extreme and based solely on ******ism/salafiism.
 
Wa Alaykum salam sis,

Thanks sis


What's it like here right now? In what way do you mean? << Sis I mean like day to day life, was is a day like out there? Wht typa things happen what do ya do like school starts..work...etc.
 
Okay, this is how it goes. I wake up around 6:15, get dressed, and then my school bus comes and picks me up. The school day starts at 7:30. We have 2 breaks, one of them is during the time of salat al dhur, so we can pray then. School ends at 1:40, the school bus takes me home. I eat, go online for a bit, pray asr. Start any homework or studying I have to do. Read, watch tv, memorize quran, etc. when I'm done with that. Go to bed around 10. That's on weekdays.

Thursday morning I have a quran lesson from 9:30-1:30. When I come home I do any homework/studying I have. Then watch tv, read, go online until lunch time, about 2 or 3. We (my family and I) go to a restaurant to eat, then go grocery shopping. Friday is usually at home.

Occasionally I go over to my friend's houses, or they come over to mine. We sometimes meet at restaurants, or go to an amusement park here (there's 2 small ones). Sometimes shopping with my mom or my friends... That's basically it. Repeat that until summer, which I look forward to every year, and you've got my life.

Hope that was what you were looking for..
 
crayon said:
Okay, this is how it goes. I wake up around 6:15, get dressed, and then my school bus comes and picks me up. The school day starts at 7:30. We have 2 breaks, one of them is during the time of salat al dhur, so we can pray then. School ends at 1:40, the school bus takes me home. I eat, go online for a bit, pray asr. Start any homework or studying I have to do. Read, watch tv, memorize quran, etc. when I'm done with that. Go to bed around 10. That's on weekdays.

Thursday morning I have a quran lesson from 9:30-1:30. When I come home I do any homework/studying I have. Then watch tv, read, go online until lunch time, about 2 or 3. We (my family and I) go to a restaurant to eat, then go grocery shopping. Friday is usually at home.

Occasionally I go over to my friend's houses, or they come over to mine. We sometimes meet at restaurants, or go to an amusement park here (there's 2 small ones). Sometimes shopping with my mom or my friends... That's basically it. Repeat that until summer, which I look forward to every year, and you've got my life.

Hope that was what you were looking for..
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Sounds ultra cool masha'Allah. What days do the schools normally have as week days?
 
The start of the week is saturday, and the weekend is thursday and friday. This is for everyone, be it schools, public companies, private companies, etc.
 
crayon said:
The start of the week is saturday, and the weekend is thursday and friday. This is for everyone, be it schools, public companies, private companies, etc.
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You see in resturants, I have read that there is a male section, female section and family section? Right?
 
Yup, both restaurants and fast food joints. There's a singles section for men, and a family section for women and families.
 
crayon said:
Yup, both restaurants and fast food joints. There's a singles section for men, and a family section for women and families.
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But not an area for single females? Like if a group of sisters are out together they'd seat in the family section?

Also does stoning take place?
 
Nope, the single females are seated in the family section.
Also, in the family section, there are booths with curtains or doors or other similar barriers so that families/women can have their privacy.

I'm not sure about whether stoning takes place here or not.
 
No, you don't. A lot of people don't cover their hair either, unless a muttawia sees them and tells them to cover, but their presence has decreased in the past years. Everyone has to wear an abaya though.
 
crayon said:
No, you don't. A lot of people don't cover their hair either, unless a muttawia sees them and tells them to cover, but their presence has decreased in the past years. Everyone has to wear an abaya though.
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:muddlehea Serious? Wow. So I mean people walk around without the hair covered and then the police sees them and tells them to cover, oh ok.

You ever lived in a complex, like the, what is it that they call them, the like foreign housing things, you know what I mean?
 
Do you mean a compound? Yeah, I live in one. When I lived here for a year before I also lived in one.
 
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Whats living in a compound like?...And would you have to find a 'compound' yourself(don't know how to word that sentence)? Or is it somethng which is allocated by the company/employer?
Thank you
 
It depends on the type of compound, there are small ones and big ones. The one I live in now is small, before I used to live in a big one. Some companies have all their employees live in a certain compound, or have several that you can choose from. Some compounds are only open to employees of a certain company, some are free for anyone who wants to live there. They're generally quite expensive, though, so usually only people whose company pays for housing will live in one.

Here's of the description of the compounds I've lived in.

Small compound (currently live here)- it has a tennis court, 2 pools, basketball hoop, squash court, gym, little grocery shop, barber shop, a rec room, small playground with swings, slide, etc, and a childrens play room. there's a shopping bus with a regular schedule. you don't have to wear an abaya or hijab in the compound.

big compound (used to live here)- 4 tennis courts, 4 basketball/volleyball/multipurpose courts (2 indoor 2 outdoor), a movie theater, huge pool, 2 smaller ones, a big grocery shop, huge rec room, childrens day care, loads of parks, etc. Also a shopping bus, school transport. They usually have events such as weekly poolside bbq's, valentines and halloween parties, fairs, crafts sales, etc.

Big compounds are quite far from the rest of the city though, and usually have a lot more security than smaller ones. They're like a little city while small compounds are just a collection of villas with shared facilities. The current compound I live in has about 50 houses, the one I used to live in had about 300.
 

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