Can they do without the mallu expats & Asians
http://www.gulf-times.com/site/topics/article.asp?cu_no=2&item_no=224295...
Kindly comment....
http://www.gulf-times.com/site/topics/article.asp?cu_no=2&item_no=224295...
Kindly comment....
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aww its a classic.....she never answered either..bet that would have been funnier lol
lol...Mother lol...I still giggle about that post now lol.....
and the western influence has caused.....boys at Landmark to wave and smuggle along! In white cloth and all!!
Can u guide me to one thing.....I want to know where exactly can u buy steel chains in Doha?
how many more aliases you wana come up with.
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Whats ur other aliases?
westerners are blamed for the tight abaya's and western dress of young Qatari men.
Thats right, we have held guns to their heads and forced them to wear their abayas so tight you can see every curve and the young men to dress only in jeans and t-shirts, I mean come on, WTF?
The cross hanging in my car is not offending anyone anymore than the prayer beads in theirs offends me!
great mind.
i was waiting who will call him Mir.
no doubt HE IS MIR.
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I understand Brit, i still find it offensive that maids/laboureres seem to be blamed for everything...
I agree theres a lot of issues that the government needs to address....
I don't think they are blaming the maids.. They are probably telling "the prople or the government" that this issue has to be addressed..
The same issue is high on the agenda in Saudi.. The problem is that many families se it as a "status" symbol to have maids.. I know one guy who has a maid for each of his children..
Your right Brit..but you cant have your cake and eat it too...If culture issues mean a lot then another alternative should be found, but blaming maids is not the answer...
there was no direct mention of mallus! this article was about expats in general!
You are correct.. Parents need to be responsible for their children's upbringing..
However, young children pick up habits and mannerisms of those around them.. Since a child in this environemnt may spend most of the day with the maid, he/she will copy what the maid does...
If I may use an example, and this is in no way a slight on anyone else..
Upper class Qataris hire Western "nannies", so that their children will learn western language, ettiquette, manners etc etc
"She felt the main threat to Qatari identity comes from housemaids. “The housemaids spend the whole day with our children. They can cause harm to our children’s values,” she said."
I find this quote offensive to maids...After spending endless time and effort in keeping homes clean and looking after their children, they are seen as a threat..good god...From what ive seen maids have been giving these kids love, affection, time and undivided attention..
The onus of teaching kids values is up to the parents not the maid, its not the maids faults that the parents want nothing to do with it...
same culture and values would not probably do harm to your kids.The question here is if they limit or stop the hiring of expatriates would the Qataris would be willing to do blue collar job which is mostly the job offered to foreign workers.
Locals are usually into management,office works ,doctors , dentists jobs and other easy jobs only. even Nurses is not on their piority job.
Keralites are in the maximum number here
Well, if parents cant find enuf time for their kids, then they r defenitely going to look up2 whoever is catering to their needs...n learn things from them.
btw, jessy, I did not find any thing in the article mentioning 'mallu's (u mean Keralites!) in particular...!
If at first you don't succeed, skydiving is not for you.
I agree with the comment on housemaids in that article. They can influence the new generation.......which can have some impact on the culture....
True words, All countries with some form of growing econimy will have to go through the influx of expat and migrant workers. This problem in not only here. If the country wants to grow, they have to allow for this influx.
However the underg point from the article seems to be the stain on the infrastructure of the country.
The last two paragraphs say it all..
This phenomenon occurrs everywhere. Influx of "foreigners" whilst needed , begins toi cause resentment becauuse original culture and values are displaced. Look at the influx of Mexicans in Texas or Hispanics in Miami. The same is now occuring in some parts of the UK, with the influx of Eastern Europeans.
The lady is right about the influence of housemaids.. This has shown to be true in Saudi..
The fact is that unless they are willing to do the work themselves, they will always have these problems to contend with..