bexter

So, if you were a woman working in Riyadh, and you can't drive, how would you get to work? If you had children, how do they get to school? What's the deal with single mothers? Are they okay?


Bexter

nottmbantam

Good question - I guess they would have to driven everywhere? Maybe the kids would be taken by taxi to school and a taxi to get the mother to work?

typical

Most women / families have a driver (as do many males - including me...).

I've no idea how foreign single mothers would be seen (I doubt they'd get a visa easily), but since divorce is surprisingly easy here, there's not as much of a stigma attached to being a divorcee as you might expect, or so say my Saudi colleagues.

bexter

Does anyone know anything about King Khaled Eye Specialist Hospital, Riyadh, as a place to work? I am about to fill in an application form, and wonder should I bother? I am a single mother of twin boys.

spudzlikeus

Bexter
As far as I am aware...and maybe someone will correct me on this!....you can get a job as a single mother....but as a single mother you will not be allowed to bring your children with you to Saudi if you are employed on single status.
Maybe it is possible...but I have never seen it happen. Now if you were a single father....different story!To bring children with you...you would need to be employed under a married contract....in which case alot of the time...it is your husbands company that is responsible for you and your children....and not your own employer.

bexter

Oh, thanks for that! Big problem then...

lionheart

When were you there? I worked in KSA from 1998-2006 and lost several British mates to their legal system...two were deported for illegal consumption of alcohol and one for simply having a Filipina girlfriend. All you need is a nosy neighbour or zealous work colleague and the Police can easily entrap you over there. You have to be very careful.

Alexa

I was there at approx the same time. And YES, you have to be VERY careful,I also know of people who got in serious trouble due to illegal substances.
Never the less, I was surprised at how easy they were available.

madmidwife

To The Dean,

Thank you so much for putting a good chunk of the info we newbies needed on one page. I was getting cross eyed trawling through the many many many threads.

onemorething

Dear Dean,

Thanks a lot for the thead, lods of information there! I might missed something, but what married non-working wifes with kids do while their DHs are at work?
Ta,

MataHari

it'll be coffeemornings, shopping, gym, coffeemornings, shopping, swimming, coffeemornings...

Madam Medusa

you forgot mani/pedi...massage...gym...

MM, xx

MataHari

oh lol...dumb...yeah and hairdresser...jeez it's actually quite a busy life

Madam Medusa

quite busy?...bloody hell, how do they fit it all in, lol...

MM, xx

Alexa

It is hard, especially with all the shopping on topof it...but,well, somebody has to do it