Riyadh - Compound vs. non-compound
Mar 14th 2021, 4:02 pm
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Re: Riyadh - Compound vs. non-compound
You made the same comment to me about women being covered up in Saudi, there's no 'perve' factor in women going around in normal dress for most people. That seems your own perspective.
As the the French/Belgians once explained about face coverings etc. in their countries, we are coming from a perspective similar to them of "it's about social communication, the right to interact with someone by looking them in the face and about not disappearing under a piece of clothing"
As the the French/Belgians once explained about face coverings etc. in their countries, we are coming from a perspective similar to them of "it's about social communication, the right to interact with someone by looking them in the face and about not disappearing under a piece of clothing"
And anyway, it's all in the eyes.
Last edited by nonthaburi; Mar 14th 2021 at 4:05 pm.
Mar 17th 2021, 12:46 pm
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Re: Riyadh - Compound vs. non-compound
True and nicely put if I may say. On the other side of the coin, the full concealment saves the embarrassment of friends who find they have similar appointments at the vaginal reconstruction clinic. Whilst I appreciate the omission quotation marks in relation to the word slut was merely an oversight, Saudi girls are certainly more enlightened than the Islamic tradition is comfortable with. They are now banned from my compound due to the pressure from disgruntled fathers.
Mar 20th 2021, 9:23 am
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Re: Riyadh - Compound vs. non-compound
True and nicely put if I may say. On the other side of the coin, the full concealment saves the embarrassment of friends who find they have similar appointments at the vaginal reconstruction clinic. Whilst I appreciate the omission quotation marks in relation to the word slut was merely an oversight, Saudi girls are certainly more enlightened than the Islamic tradition is comfortable with. They are now banned from my compound due to the pressure from disgruntled fathers.
I've viewed some places recently and if I exclude the notion of "safety and security" then compound living simply doesn't seem to offer value for money. True, you may have to buy your own furnishings and stuff but hey how much would that cost unless you shop at Fortnum.
Mar 21st 2021, 5:31 am
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Re: Riyadh - Compound vs. non-compound
Your decision will be personal to you, If your on a low salary and have lots of spare time to shop for furniture and maintenance materials and your practical person who can undertake basic plumbing and electrical repairs go off compound. If your moving to an executive position working a 60+hr week make your life easier and live on compound. Rentals land lords don't have maintenance contractors like in the real world the tenant has do do it all in many cases. If your really anti compound maybe look at a residence attached to a hotel which does come the maintenance support. You also might like to look a rental on the DQ, the DQ land lords do offer a degree of maintenance its kind of half way house between on and off compound. Good Luck with finding somthing suitable
