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That’s a very personal question which will be different for everyone depending on what your priorities in life are and what part of the Middle East
The work in the Middle East is pretty crap, the calibre of staff you work with is low compared to what you’ll be working with in North America (like, think of the absolute worst colleagues you’ve worked with over there - those guys will be in the top end of performers here).
The lifestyle though…STREETS ahead hence why I’m still here. A great place to raise a Muslim family. Halal food, mosques everywhere, great healthcare and education options, international airports with great connections east + west, good housing options, clean streets, pretty much ZERO crime etc
you can also get a cheap house helper too right?
I agree pretty much with D1 on everything except this. You have to define what part of Middle East, and within that, what part of the city you will be living in. You can move from NYC to a certain part of Dubai and will not see a single meaningful difference. And that goes for if you end up in Riyadh or Doha as well. I suggest heavily contemplating why is it that you want to move there and that will help you make your decisions. If it's about $ and deen is secondary, then you will make one set of decisions, and vice versa.
Growing up, the culture was the problem for me. It’s way too Muslim-muslim-muslim…personally don’t like that. Let people live their life and you live your own. I preferred the secular environment in the USA and India. In both of these countries i felt the people were actually more spiritual,accepting, and closer knit communities. Muslim majority countries i found to be too judgey.
I lived in Kuwait for 6 months.
Pro:
- amazing food
- mosque everywhere
- foreign labor to help with everything
Cons:
- Kuwaiti have crazy ego
- I was never one of them and would never be
- everything is set up to give natives something to do, performance doesn’t matter
Overall, I wouldn’t do it and would rather live in the US. South Asians are treated terrible in the Middle East and the only reason I was not was people could figure out I was American
I’ve lived in Oman, KSA, and the UAE - the only cons for me is the weather as well as the rising cost of living and all the new fees they’ve introduced now that they’re trying to diversify their economies. I also miss the parks in the US and general landscape of the Pacific Northwest; some of the major cities are also becoming too secular now but still a much better place to raise children.