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Inside the life of an American teacher in Saudi Arabia

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If you weren’t happy with your quality of life for you and your family would you move to another country? A Middle Eastern country known for brutal aggression towards dissidents? My friend, Val, did and her reasoning and experience in Saudi Arabia might surprise you.

I went to high school with Valerie - she’s gregarious, friendly (she was a cheerleader) and has an infectious smile. She’s certainly not someone I would have expected to move to Saudi Arabia. “Jeddah chose us. Saudi Arabia was not on my map for sure, South America yes, but not the Middle East. I’m a free spirit. Here, I have to wear an Abaya and it is a dry country.”

Plus, they moved there only months before the worst pandemic the world has ever seen. What is it like living in lockdown in a dictatorship? Her thoughts about the Kingdom and COVID-19 might are not what you would expect.

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Innehåll tillhandahållet av Malika Bowling. Allt poddinnehåll inklusive avsnitt, grafik och podcastbeskrivningar laddas upp och tillhandahålls direkt av Malika Bowling eller deras podcastplattformspartner. Om du tror att någon använder ditt upphovsrättsskyddade verk utan din tillåtelse kan du följa processen som beskrivs här https://sv.player.fm/legal.

If you weren’t happy with your quality of life for you and your family would you move to another country? A Middle Eastern country known for brutal aggression towards dissidents? My friend, Val, did and her reasoning and experience in Saudi Arabia might surprise you.

I went to high school with Valerie - she’s gregarious, friendly (she was a cheerleader) and has an infectious smile. She’s certainly not someone I would have expected to move to Saudi Arabia. “Jeddah chose us. Saudi Arabia was not on my map for sure, South America yes, but not the Middle East. I’m a free spirit. Here, I have to wear an Abaya and it is a dry country.”

Plus, they moved there only months before the worst pandemic the world has ever seen. What is it like living in lockdown in a dictatorship? Her thoughts about the Kingdom and COVID-19 might are not what you would expect.

  continue reading

24 episoder

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