hi newteacher - I mean its not a nice area of town...all the Al Jazeera and Al Maha staff this year were housed in the Al Jazeera compound but the school is rebuilding some of the accom so they are moving out the Al Maha staff back to Bin Mahmoud (spelling might be wrong). My friend who still works there flatly refused to move there so they relocated her in the Al Jazeera compound to a 1 BR apt. They tryed to tell the teachers that Bin Mahmoud was nicer than Al Jazeera which was an out right lie. Ask questions about the accomodation, the health benefits etc. Make sure your health insurance is private and you can go to the Al Ahli hospital (not the public one)...the Talum Group lie to get western teachers here, just do some reserach and ask as many questions prior to coming out here..
hi newteacher - I mean its not a nice area of town...all the Al Jazeera and Al Maha staff this year were housed in the Al Jazeera compound but the school is rebuilding some of the accom so they are moving out the Al Maha staff back to Bin Mahmoud (spelling might be wrong). My friend who still works there flatly refused to move there so they relocated her in the Al Jazeera compound to a 1 BR apt. They tryed to tell the teachers that Bin Mahmoud was nicer than Al Jazeera which was an out right lie. Ask questions about the accomodation, the health benefits etc. Make sure your health insurance is private and you can go to the Al Ahli hospital (not the public one)...the Talum Group lie to get western teachers here, just do some reserach and ask as many questions prior to coming out here..