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[mrtr33]

They think of George Bush as the devil but they like Americans in general. As a white American male, respect is given, whether it is deserved or not.

I was in Doha, Qatar, about a year ago. I noticed the same thing, not so much amongst the Qatarians (?), but amongst the African and Indian peoples. They would generally ignore you, unless you made the effort to acknowledge them in any way. I was told by other Americans that there is a tremendous amount of racism practiced there, where lighter-skinned people were assumed to be of higher social class (which I found amusing, as at the time, I didn't have a dime to my name).

In short, I would live overseas (for probably a set length of time, say 3-5 years) at the drop of the hat, if conditions were reasonably acceptable. Good for you.

[drew_goring]

Sounds like you had quite the experience Mark. Glad to hear you had a good time.

I had a chance to go to Abu Dhabi about 8 months ago for a couple of months but decided I would enjoy Oklahoma much more during the summer.