1) Cost of Living: cheaper in most things (depends on what but other things are about the same as Singapore)
2) She'll be fine. As with all countries, you always get some guys that want to hit on a woman, but the nice thing about Qatar is that there is always help at hand. My relatives look foreign and sometimes they'd get hit on, but a simple "no thank you" gets rid of unwanted hitters. She can dress however she likes. It's an open country. I would advise against, skin tight spandex and super short shorts :P You'd get alot of stares. I speak english more than Arabic to be honest, everything is fine.
3) Getting a job at the end of the day is the hardest answer. So many people come to Qatar in search for a job. If she's qualified and has the skills, I don't see any reason why she should have any trouble. You mentioned Islamic banking, but that only applies to Islamic Banks. It's not 'very' different though. Islamic banks pretty much work in the same way as normal banks however they have some different processes. For example, a bank can't take interest, but it can buy what you wanted to do with a loan, give it to you, then charge you a monthly set price at a slightly higher amount than what it really is worth (still interest but is done a different way).
4)Driving: There are some bad drivers here (as with all countries). Qatar has imposed some new VERY strict rules so I hope to God things will change. I've never had an accident myself, but I can say that in the UK I've had 2 thanks to some drunk drivers and some close shaves to do Boy Racers.
5) Pay Scales: I'm sorry I have no information about your job.
Hope I was able to help ^_^
Edit: oh if you get 40k a month, that's great. I'm a national and get around 15k plus allowances and so on.
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oooh I love singapore. Lived there for 3 months.
Here's my experience.
1) Cost of Living: cheaper in most things (depends on what but other things are about the same as Singapore)
2) She'll be fine. As with all countries, you always get some guys that want to hit on a woman, but the nice thing about Qatar is that there is always help at hand. My relatives look foreign and sometimes they'd get hit on, but a simple "no thank you" gets rid of unwanted hitters. She can dress however she likes. It's an open country. I would advise against, skin tight spandex and super short shorts :P You'd get alot of stares. I speak english more than Arabic to be honest, everything is fine.
3) Getting a job at the end of the day is the hardest answer. So many people come to Qatar in search for a job. If she's qualified and has the skills, I don't see any reason why she should have any trouble. You mentioned Islamic banking, but that only applies to Islamic Banks. It's not 'very' different though. Islamic banks pretty much work in the same way as normal banks however they have some different processes. For example, a bank can't take interest, but it can buy what you wanted to do with a loan, give it to you, then charge you a monthly set price at a slightly higher amount than what it really is worth (still interest but is done a different way).
4)Driving: There are some bad drivers here (as with all countries). Qatar has imposed some new VERY strict rules so I hope to God things will change. I've never had an accident myself, but I can say that in the UK I've had 2 thanks to some drunk drivers and some close shaves to do Boy Racers.
5) Pay Scales: I'm sorry I have no information about your job.
Hope I was able to help ^_^
Edit: oh if you get 40k a month, that's great. I'm a national and get around 15k plus allowances and so on.
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