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You would be surprised. Between the 70s and 00s thousands and thousands of Westerners moved to Saudi Arabia to work in these industries: - Oil - Defence - Aer
by basicallydan 13y ago
You would be surprised.
Between the 70s and 00s thousands and thousands of Westerners moved to Saudi Arabia to work in these industries:
- Oil
- Defence
- Aerospace
And they managed just fine for decades. In fact, there are still loads out there. Brits, Americans, Aussies, Italians, South Africans, Dutch, New Zealanders, Canadians. All of these are common nationalities to have emigrated to Saudi Arabia. Mostly, they lived in walled-off compounds which had some of their own rules or ways of working.
Source: I was born there and lived there for 12 years. I am British. Maybe I will write about this: http://helpmewrite.co/people/basicallydan/ideas/1787 http://helpmewrite.co/people/basicallydan/ideas/1787
- ignostic 13y agoAbout 100k westerners according to Wikipedia - not a large percentage at all. Now correct me if I'm wrong, but those compounds basically hire their own security and ignore several SA religious laws. SA isn't yet a business-friendly environment for westerners, and that goes twice for Americans. Rather, some westerners are doing business in spite of a hostile environment. I would love to read about your experience and thoughts as someone who's been there, though.