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Keeping Fit in the Middle East: A Guide for Aussies
We often get emails from Aussies who are relocating to the Middle East for work who want to know about everything from culture and local customs to where to find the best restaurants. However some...
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Gardening in the Middle East: My Experience
When I first arrived in UAE six years ago the first thing I noticed was the landscape, it’s dry, hot and you will be hard-pressed to find an area of naturally occurring green vegetation growing...
View ArticleTravel Writing & Time Zones
As a travel writer I get jet lag, a lot. If I’m going from Tangiers, Morocco to Paris; or I’m traveling from the States to Sydney — I still get a bad case of jet lag. Recently I walked the 32 miles...
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Struggling to Relocate
It doesn’t feel like that long ago I was working in a desk job back home and going about my daily routine of work, food, television, sleep. But when I thought about how long I had been doing expat work...
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Moving To A Foreign Land
Living overseas in the Middle East is an enriching experience for many Australian Expats like me. Moving from green flora and fauna of Australia to dusty and sandy landscape of Qatar definitely sounded...
View ArticleKuwait’s Obesity Problem: Obesity is Widespread According to Former Health...
A former health minister in Kuwait has described the current levels of obesity in the country as a “widespread problem”, and that these levels are having significant negative effects on people’s...
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Voices From Back Home
This community has been and continues to be a home from home for many of our readers. This part of the world is very different than the place we all come from. Not everybody is here for the same...
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The Truth about Dental Hygiene in the Middle East
Many of us take our most basic luxuries for granted. I don’t mean MP3 players, computers, video game systems, or anything like that. I mean the most humane and basic luxuries we have had the privilege...
View ArticleSharp Rise In iPhone 5 Unlocking In The Middle East
Countries in the Middle East have seen a sharp rise in the number of iPhone devices being unlocked over the past year. Unlocking the Apple iPhone is something that can be conducted online via the...
View ArticleFragrance Guide For Travelers To The Middle East
If you have been to the Middle East before – especially Qatar – then you will realize just how big of a role fragrance plays. It’s important to not wear the wrong fragrance as this could definitely...
View ArticleTips for Buying a Car in the Middle East
So you’re trying to get around in the Middle East, and you’ve decided to buy a minivan… or a truck… or an SUV — you get the idea. Well, we’d love to help. Buying a car in the Middle East can be tricky,...
View ArticleHow Music Helped me Cope with Home Sickness
I’ve been in the Middle-East for a while now. I love it most of the time, but every once in a while I get very home sick. I’m originally from the Gold Coast in Australia. Even being from there I agree...
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For A Break In The Mundane In Qatar, Here Are Five Celebrity Funerals Worth...
You see many traditional funeral here in the middle east, nothing like back home in Sydney, and without a a doubt extravagant funerals like the celebs of the world are not even though of here. To...
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Developers in Dubai urged to offer rent schemes
Property developers in Dubai are being urged to start their own rent to own schemes to help the many buyers who cannot afford to buy property due to the booming residential real estate market. While...
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