Few of the Biggest Misconceptions about Gulf

Please note: I am not taking Saudi into picture at all. Anything is possible there. Lets talk about Dubai, Bahrain, Qatar for the time being:

1) All women have to wear the Burkha
Wrong. This rule is not even for the locals over there. It all depends on individuals or family culture. For an expatriate, you can wear whatever you feel like. In fact you feel more free than even in India! So you tend to be more revealing actually :)

2) No Alcohol
Wrong again. Its available as easily as in India. And you get Kingfisher as well:)

3) No Entertainment Factor
Completely wrong. I enjoyed Bahrain and Doha more than I ever freaked out in India. There are Movieplexes, Malls, Clubs, etc etc etc. And all these places have got very good crowd indeed.

4) You have to eat only chicken and mutton
Wrong again. There 100s of veg. rest. all over gulf. Its a diff thing that chicken is really yummy and you tend to eat more of that and gain fats and calories like me!!

5) There is no Law and Order
Really?? how about India? I guess the only more crime prone country after India is Kenya!! In gulf you can be out at 2 am and i can assure you, you are safe. As far as Gulf laws goes; well i dont even wanna listen about law and order in India:)..neverthless I do agree here that you need to be a little careful here and stay away from troubles. Cause favor will be given to an Arab 99.99% of times in case of dispute.

6) Very Costly
Qatar - Yes, but then you get salary also accordingly. Bahrain and Dubai - NO. They are very economical really. As there are 0 taxes, you will tend to save more than in India and Standard of Living is really good. You need to make sure you get a job in a good company. In Qatar, ask your organization to arrange for house.

7) Capital Punishment
Yes - in Saudi i have heard, but we are not even considering Saudi here. Bahrain, Qatar and Dubai? not at all. They are very developed countries and very much in the world map because of many factors including F1 and even Asian games, so there is no question of this at all. You have no idea how many Whites are working in these countries.

8) No temples
I have myself visited 4-5 temples in Bahrain and there are plenty in Dubai. When you go to these temples there, you will find 100s and 1000s of Indians. Awesome. And these temples are very well organized. Doha does not have that thing though. Thats where the point comes when people prefers Bahrain and Dubai over Doha. I mean if you really that serious about this.

9) Companies keep your passport
Some companies do. Dont allow it. As law does not permit it. My company never did. So as i said it all boils down to choosing the right company.

10) Racial Society
Yes they are, but are not we? I am sure Indians are more racist than any other race. What do we do to whites in our country, what do we do Nepalese btw. Yes some arabs are racist. But not all, I guess it depends on how educated he (arab) is. And dont tell me you dont feel racism in Australia and England. Law and Right are surely not as good as west and thats the pain point.