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Patience...
Posted by Mark Lisgo on October 23, 2008 11:42 AM
If there is one lesson I have learned in my first six months in the Middle East, one piece of advice to pass on, it is this: patience is required by the boatload in all aspects of business and life!
The culture in the Middle East is very different to that in the West and the Far East. Things here generally move at a slower pace. It sounds odd to say that of a country like the UAE where skyscrapers seem to rise from the ground one after the other. However, it is true, and noticeably so.
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That Sunday Morning Feeling
Posted by Mark Lisgo on September 18, 2008 9:14 AM
It is surprising how few people back in England realise that the Arabic world operates to a different working week than the Western world. While you are tucking into your Sunday dinner, here in Abu Dhabi we are just coming to the end of our first working day of the week.
The holy day for Islam falls on Friday. Until fairly recently, the working week in most Islamic countries was Saturday to Wednesday. This is still the case in Saudi Arabia, for example. It was only a couple of years ago that the United Arab Emirates moved to a working week of Sunday to Thursday in order to maximise trading and business opportunities with the rest of the world.
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North East to Middle East
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Posted by Mark Lisgo on September 4, 2008 12:25 PM
Around four months ago I packed my bags and headed to Newcastle Airport. After living in Wallsend since being born I was moving out to a new life in the sunshine of Abu Dhabi, in the United Arab Emirates.
Over the coming few months I will be taking a look at life and business in this part of the world, as well as looking at the similarities between the North East and the Middle East. Based on my brief experience so far, there are quite a few...
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