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Handshaikh Ltd provides, at your premises worldwide, customised cross-cultural seminars and consultancy for Westerners who have business and other interests involving Arabs particularly in, or from, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Bahrain, the United Arab Emirates and Oman. More

 
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Handshaikh Ltd's book Don't they know it's Friday? (Motivate Publishing Dubai) (Publishers' distributors, click here) is now in its 8th reprint and deals with cross-cultural considerations for business and life in the Gulf. ("So take this book as a guide, the best I know". Sir James Craig, President of the Middle East Association in London.)  Major companies, e.g. IBM and GEC, use it as their standard Gulf brief for senior staff. Korean version.  More. For other books about Arabs and the Gulf, click here.

  1. When is Ramadan this year?
  2. Doesn't Ramadan mean 'fasting' in Arabic?
  3. What does 1427AH mean?
  4. Arabs are all the same, aren't they?
  5. All Arabs are Muslims, surely?
  6. We need to book an appointment in three days' time, don't we?
  7. What is an Eid?
  8. What should I wear?
  9. They all speak such good English the proposal can be in English, can't it?
  10. Excuse me Mr Abdullah, but what is your Christian name?
  11. Iranians are Arabs, aren't they?
  12. He seems to be very nice so shall we have him as our Agent/Sponsor?

IF YOU ASK THESEOR SIMILAR QUESTIONS, DON'T GO TO THE GULF YET! SPEAK TO HANDSHAIKH LTD FIRST (especially the last three!).
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Is it 'The Arabian Gulf' or 'The Persian Gulf'?



Teddy bears and other things.
7 Dec 07. YouTube MD Handshaikh Ltd.
Courtesy of BBC World

 


U.S. businesswoman arrested in Saudi Starbucks.
Learn the rules before you go to Saudi Arabia
8 Feb 08. Courtesy of ABC News
 

▲See nothing wrong in these pictures?▲
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▲How Gulf Arabs see Westerners!
Dominated by 'Time'


Should a lady offer her hand to a Muslim man?
Is this always OK?



 Islamic holidays 2008
Courtesy of the
The Middle East Association

Question:

Which do you rate higher in a candidate for a job in the Gulf? -

A. Professional competence or
B. Patience

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