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A widow's remarkable tale

August 3, 2009 by MAG

Em Saoud Mashmoushi - Photo - MAG Lebanon

"Not being able to live on your own land is like being denied the use of a part of your body” - Em Saoud Mashmoushi, shopkeeper and widowed mother of nine, Bsaba village

In 1977, Em Saoud Mashmoushi witnessed her husband being shot and killed outside their house in Bsaba village in the Chouf Mountains. Two months pregnant with the couple’s ninth child, she was also hit in the back by a bullet, but miraculously both she and the baby survived.

Sponsorship reform could be GCC wide

August 2, 2009 by Benjamin Millington

Expat labourers in Bahrain will no longer be bound by a restrictive sponsorship system.

Bahrain’s new sponsorship law, giving expatriate workers similar freedoms to Bahraini nationals, has the support of labour ministries across the Gulf, the Bahrain labour minister has said.

But, HE Dr Majeed Al Alawi added, “huge lobbying from the private sector” has to date prevented them from going ahead.

As revealed by Construction Week in April, Bahrain will become the first Gulf state to abolish its existing sponsorship system, allowing foreign workers to switch jobs without the consent of their previous employer, from August 1.

Internet Market Thriving in the Middle East

July 13, 2009 by PR Minds

Internet Market Thriving in the Middle East
Rapid take-up of latest technologies and new, emerging markets are contributing to the growth of Internet sector in the Middle East, says a new report from RNCOS.

The need to get connected to the rest of the world has prompted many regional and international telecom firms to pour huge investments in laying down cable networks or setting up satellite connections to provide the region with seamless high-speed Internet services. Many industries (such as retail industry, tourism industry, and insurance industry) in the Middle East are performing well amid global economic crisis. This is driving the demand for ICT products, particularly Internet, in the region.

Agents warned about challenging future

July 13, 2009 by Jamie Knights

International Airline and Business Academy president Dr. Danny Denish

International Airline and Business Academy (IABA) president Dr Danny Denish told Arabian Travel News there was no reason for agencies to think the online revolution in the US and Europe would not hit the Middle East.

“I owned Thomas Cook Holidays in Toronto during 9/11 when everything was going down and I used to tell agents that the internet would take over,” he said.

“But people don’t realise how difficult life will eventually be for them, the airlines don’t give commission — what happened in the US technology wise, which moved to Europe, will hit us.”

Economic Downturn Reduces Recruitment Activity in the Gulf - Study

July 12, 2009 by Expat Advisory

Investment, Administration and Marketing professionals have been the hardest hit. Infrastructure-related disciplines and Audit professionals see increased demand.

Dubai, UAE (PRWEB) July 12, 2009 -- The economic downturn has slowed recruitment activity in the GCC region significantly, with Dubai in particular seeing a fall in the number of vacancies advertised, though still retaining a sizeable share.

Celebrating nationalism with cheese

July 5, 2009 by The Fat Expat

Celebrating nationalism with cheese

For those of you not well acquainted with the minutia of fine Canadian cuisine, one meal stands above the rest: a dish beloved by all as a symbol of our fair land. The Scots have Haagis and the Australians have Vegemite. We have Kraft Dinner, or, to use the the parlance of our times, KD.

We will soon leave the UAE

June 14, 2009 by Cheryl Malloy

It is with mixed feelings that I write this post to let you know that we will soon be leaving the UAE. This blog has really slowed down lately and I guess that is a reflection of the fact that we are probably doing nothing new here. In fact life has settled a little to a fairly mundane pace and one that is becoming routine. There is nothing wrong with that!

Bearing witness to life in occupied Baghdad

June 13, 2009 by Jim Quilty

Producer-director Maysoon Pachachi discusses the vagaries of setting up Iraq's Independent Film and Television College

Teacher of expat teens 'lands' en NASA institute

June 12, 2009 by Hurriyet Daily News

Sema Alpaytaç spends most of her time teaching 7th through 10th graders the finer mysteries of Turkish culture, history and language at the Istanbul International Community School. But when earlier this school year an email calling participants to NASA and the University of Central Florida’s summer post-graduate level Aerospace Institute for teachers, she didn’t think twice.

Lifestyle switch?

June 12, 2009 by Chris P Bacon

RECENTLY, the political agenda here has swung to a more reserved society with particular focus on both alcohol and entertainment facilities. I have lived here for more than four years and during that period I have noticed the general confidence in the expat community has begun to grow more fearful of this switch in lifestyle.

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