RE: My story! I am an Ex-Muslim, became and Atheist. I was visited by an Angel of God.
May 11, 2015 at 11:52 am
(This post was last modified: May 11, 2015 at 12:14 pm by Prince.)
(May 11, 2015 at 10:46 am)Rhythm Wrote: Sounds like a shithole to me. Why the hell would your parents settle there, given their mobility? It aint the only place in the world for jobs..and, iirc, the jobs there suck ass - and of course you have to deal with the local potentates......I'm just not seeing the allure.
Since its a tax-free environment, high salary + perks, is the reason why people come to work in the Middle East, especially in UAE, KSA & Qatar. Here in Dubai, they treat Americans like kings. Europeans like Queens. Filipinos and Indians like servants. Although, it is a fact that over 80% of UAE population consists of Indian and they basically took over the entire job market. I am currently working as a freelancer, or on project basis.
(May 11, 2015 at 11:36 am)Hatshepsut Wrote: I had hieroglyphic Egyptian, not modern Egyptian Arabic, in mind but am interested that you said the Egyptian Arabic is what Hollywood uses. I didn't know that. The foreign guest workers in the UAE, I take it they occupy a role similar to the Mexicans and Guatemalans who come to the USA, though we have birthright citizenship and can't deport someone who was born here of foreign parents.
What's curious is that al-Jazeera in Qatar is able to take up religion, sex, drugs, and so on although they don't go nearly as far with it as western studios do. I'm curious what causes the differences in attitudes. Is it something the kings prescribe, or is it tradition that binds even kings?
If they accept and like it in the UAE, then science fiction might be a good genre to encouch controversial themes in a futuristic, coded form that is usually inoffensive on its surface. Asimov and Heinlein did this in the USA back when you couldn't write frankly about sex.
I have read about the hieroglyphic Egyptian, love to learn it someday. It's interesting.
Well, last month the police arrested a group consists of 28 people who where having sex party + Alcohol on the Yacht. Probably it has to do with religion attitudes, according to Islamic laws they must be persecuted. Read the below article, it shows the hypocrisy in the Islamic world.
Site: http://www.thenational.ae/uae/police-off...ex-parties
The only place where Arabic movies are made in the Middle East, is in Egypt. In the whole history of UAE films, one great movie was made, in fact its the only one, it's called: 'city of life'. The film depicts the life of an Emirate, an Indian and a British characters. It talks about the rich and poor, and the pursuit of happiness.
Anyway, thanks for the tip. I will definitely look into it, Science Fiction doesn't sound like such a bad idea.
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