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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Please.

I have had clients (females) who have worked for the State Department in Saudi Arabia and have come back with such severe PTSD that they simply cannot function here and work normally.

I have also had clients (men) who work for the State Department dealing with middle eastern countries.  All have advised me not to date or marry men from these countries.   I wonder why.[/quote]

Don't know what to make of this.  Know many American women who have lived in Saudi Arabia and none has had anything close to PTSD--they actually enjoyed their time there.

Also don't know what to make of your male clients advising you not to date or marry Arabs.  I also know many American women married to Arabs and some of the marriages are good and some are bad, much like one sees anywhere.  Some of the men are kind, funny, generous, and loyal and others are not.

I can see where the women could have a harder time discerning whether a man from another culture has these positive qualities or not and perhaps have a hard time adjusting to the different culture, but you really seem to be hinting at something more ominous...

Also don't get the "Please" in response to a  statement that, yes, women can walk in the streets unaccompanied in Saudi Arabia.  It is an expression of doubt?  Or were these women harassed in the street?[/quote]

As a women who has traveled in the Middle East my perception is that in affluent, suburban areas of the countries you have no problem. Problems begin to exist if you travel to poor, disenfranchised  tribal areas where cultural influences of that area influence the treatment of people.[/quote]

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