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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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The first edition of Handshaikh Ltd's book Don't they know it's Friday? (Motivate Publishing Dubai, 1998) was reprinted 13 times. The second edition was released in November 2010. Press release. Dina Medland writes in the Financial Times "In conversations with British expatriates in the Middle East one piece of advice recurs: read Don’t they know it’s Friday? by Jeremy Williams."  Buy from these shops, or from Amazon UK (Choose Edn 2). If you have an interest in this second edition and have difficulty in finding a copy, please email DTKIF2 (at) handshaikh.com


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See nothing wrong in these pictures?
- then take your cross-culture test!

How Gulf Arabs see Westerners!
Dominated by 'Time'
Is it 'The Arabian Gulf' or 'The Persian Gulf'?

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 these or similar questions, don't go to the Gulf yet! Speak to Handshaikh Ltd first  
(especially the last three!).

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