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Forum: The Sand Pit

Dec 18th 2017, 6:58 am

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A question about women.

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Posted By carcajou

Re: A question about women.

The incident nonthaburi speaks of did happen. If it is the same one I am thinking of - a second employee at that office, was also killed by militants the same day, but in a different location and...

Forum: The Sand Pit

Dec 18th 2017, 6:30 am

Replies: 79

A question about women.

Views: 6,977

Posted By carcajou

Re: A question about women.

I know of this case, if it is the one I am thinking of (I had no involvement, I just remember hearing about it).

I am always very suspicious when Westerners just happen to end up in the wrong...

Forum: The Sand Pit

Dec 17th 2017, 11:35 am

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A question about women.

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Posted By carcajou

Re: A question about women.

Yes, it is, but King Hamad, the royal family, and most of the senior government figures are Sunni.

One of the rumoured reasons for the construction of the King Fahd Causeway was so that the Saudis...

Forum: The Sand Pit

Dec 17th 2017, 10:21 am

Replies: 79

A question about women.

Views: 6,977

Posted By carcajou

Re: A question about women.

Yes, excellent. The best fences are the ones made up of your neighbours. The Shia in Bahrain really hate the Wahabi and Sunni extremists, and will quickly sniff one out (much, much faster than...

Forum: The Sand Pit

Dec 17th 2017, 9:11 am

Replies: 79

A question about women.

Views: 6,977

Posted By carcajou

Re: A question about women.

I am not saying this to take a swipe at you - but this sounds like major overkill for the context of Riyadh at that juncture. I work extensively in conflict zones and Riyadh was never, ever close to...

Forum: The Sand Pit

Dec 17th 2017, 9:01 am

Replies: 79

A question about women.

Views: 6,977

Posted By carcajou

Re: A question about women.

I worked in a huge organisation and I did see them from time to time. Almost all those doing it fit the category of "mental" and were eventually asked "window or aisle."

Forum: The Sand Pit

Dec 17th 2017, 4:40 am

Replies: 79

A question about women.

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Posted By carcajou

Re: A question about women.

We spent most of our time in the Middle East, in remote areas.

My wife always wore the abaya and shayla in public, which drew the appreciation of locals (Gulf locals), and saved her abuse and...

Forum: The Sand Pit

Dec 16th 2017, 6:56 am

Replies: 79

A question about women.

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Posted By carcajou

Re: A question about women.

Why did she flee to Los Angeles, and not to, say, Germany?

Forum: The Sand Pit

Dec 16th 2017, 6:39 am

Replies: 79

A question about women.

Views: 6,977

Posted By carcajou

Re: A question about women.

I just read a news story about Miss Iraq taking a selfie with Miss Israel, and being forced to flee to Los Angeles because of all the death threats she got about it.

Did Miss Israel also have to...

Forum: The Sand Pit

Dec 7th 2017, 9:11 pm

Replies: 79

A question about women.

Views: 6,977

Posted By carcajou

Re: A question about women.

Yes, the Saudi bureaucracy will freak out. Are you still technically married or not? If not she has no chance to come with you.

While Saudis break their own cultural norms with regularity and...

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