Ramadan
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feelings? thoughts? is this year going to be worse than others, judging by some of the comments I have already seen appearing on FB I think it is getting worse. Why can't the UAE be like other Muslim countries and it be business as usual?
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Ramadan in UAE is easy these days compared to years ago! At one time there was a strictly no alcohol rule in AD. Now it seems to be business as usual in most places except the Beach Hotel who adhere to the old rules.
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AD has always been stricter than Dubai, but I have to say I found more places open, and a more business as usual attitude ten years ago than I do now. It feels like an excuse do not work for a month.
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I think there's a definite change from the conversations I've had with long time staffers where I work. Many of them describe it not as becoming more hardline, but more the locals becoming lazy and wanting it to be easier – hence the removing of temptation by making it illegal for anyone to eat or drink in public (despite the latter part being especially retarded during the summer months).
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I think there's a definite change from the conversations I've had with long time staffers where I work. Many of them describe it not as becoming more hardline, but more the locals becoming lazy and wanting it to be easier – hence the removing of temptation by making it illegal for anyone to eat or drink in public (despite the latter part being especially retarded during the summer months).
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feelings? thoughts? is this year going to be worse than others, judging by some of the comments I have already seen appearing on FB I think it is getting worse. Why can't the UAE be like other Muslim countries and it be business as usual?
(this isn't a Muslim bashing thread before someone tries to say it is)
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Absolute nonsense in an operational business environment . I'm actually having a long weekend in Dubai during Ramadan , that's how bad it is here.
I'll swop , no problem
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The U.A.E Ramadan is easy , try here in Qatar or K.S.A , full lockdown . Work wise we can't get any major contractual decision made on this project for the next month. Social wise , everything locked down for the full month , they even empty the man made river that runs through the Villagio shopping mall here , no shops open until the afternoons , nothing on a Friday and also death and mayhem on the roads after sunset.
Absolute nonsense in an operational business environment . I'm actually having a long weekend in Dubai during Ramadan , that's how bad it is here.
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Absolute nonsense in an operational business environment . I'm actually having a long weekend in Dubai during Ramadan , that's how bad it is here.
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I have done the pre ramadan booze run, and will be having parties and lunches around my pool throughout August ![Smile](https://britishexpats.com/forum/images/smilies/smile.gif)
Most of my clients are away so I have lots of free time on my hands.
OH! What about a BE pool party?
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Most of my clients are away so I have lots of free time on my hands.
OH! What about a BE pool party?
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