"Also it's the same anywhere else in the Middle East. " The Gulf (oil-rich) countries are not the entire middle east. Things are very different in the Levant,

"Also it's the same anywhere else in the Middle East. " The Gulf (oil-rich) countries are not the entire middle east. Things are very different in the Levant, North Africa, Yemen, Persia,... Not that what you say is not true in Saudi Arabia or the UAE but it's an important distinction to make... these are cultural and economic problems particular to certain countries, not to the Middle East as a whole, or to all arab countries.