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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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▲Roll your
mouse over the pic! Why does he do that?
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What's this
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▲ Do you know
how to behave? ▲ |
▲Buy
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these shops, or Amazon
UK (select Handshaikh)
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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'? |
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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?
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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?
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If you ask these
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or
similar questions, don't go to the Gulf yet!
Speak to Handshaikh Ltd first
(especially the last three!).
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Arabia
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What's this for?
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Which
qualities do you rate higher in a candidate for a job in the Gulf? :-
A. Professional competence or
B. Patience & resilience.
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Much more
GCC info |
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In many hotels etc.
Qibla calculation |
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Have you any idea at all what these
tables are for?
Are they important?
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Time now in Washington DC
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Time now in London
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Time now in Dubai
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Free text messages from your PC!
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Question:
Why are there two British Embassies
in the UAE? In Abu Dhabi and in Dubai? Click
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Advice
provided for those who attended the UN
Climate Change Conference in Doha 26 Nov -2 Dec 12. General
advice. Advice
specific to Doha
Gulf Times (Qatar) interview 11 Feb 13
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