Comments on: Arabeyes: Driving in Ramadhan http://globalvoicesonline.org/2007/09/19/arabeyes-driving-in-ramadhan/ The world is talking. Are you listening? Tue, 01 Dec 2009 12:38:42 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Saibal http://globalvoicesonline.org/2007/09/19/arabeyes-driving-in-ramadhan/comment-page-1/#comment-1197046 Saibal Tue, 02 Oct 2007 11:12:23 +0000 http://www.globalvoicesonline.org/2007/09/19/arabeyes-driving-in-ramadhan/#comment-1197046 I lived in the Middle East for twelve years. I have seen it all. Some fast because they want to and rest do it due to family or social pressure. Work- rest of the year they do very little, and this time of the year,they have valid excuse not to do at all. They always say'that is why we hire the expats'. If you don't want to face this mad crowd don't go out at night, and since you are a guest in their country, respect the culture, don't eat or drink in public during the Ramadan. I lived in the Middle East for twelve years. I have seen it all. Some fast because they want to and rest do it due to family or social pressure. Work- rest of the year they do very little, and this time of the year,they have valid excuse not to do at all.
They always say’that is why we hire the expats’.
If you don’t want to face this mad crowd don’t go out at night, and since you are a guest in their country, respect the culture, don’t eat or drink in public during the Ramadan.

]]> By: blurry http://globalvoicesonline.org/2007/09/19/arabeyes-driving-in-ramadhan/comment-page-1/#comment-1196269 blurry Wed, 26 Sep 2007 08:37:55 +0000 http://www.globalvoicesonline.org/2007/09/19/arabeyes-driving-in-ramadhan/#comment-1196269 i go thru dis nitemare every day…. coz i live in riyadh n belive me its million times worse over here thn in kuwait…drivers all over da world go crazy in ramadan i hav seen it in pakistan,saudiarabia n egypt im sure its da same in other countries 2…da worse part iz dat u cant smoke or drink whn u r stuck in dis traffic or else ppl around u will kill u. i go thru dis nitemare every day…. coz i live in riyadh n belive me its million times worse over here thn in kuwait…drivers all over da world go crazy in ramadan i hav seen it in pakistan,saudiarabia n egypt im sure its da same in other countries 2…da worse part iz dat u cant smoke or drink whn u r stuck in dis traffic or else ppl around u will kill u.

]]> By: Libyan Expat http://globalvoicesonline.org/2007/09/19/arabeyes-driving-in-ramadhan/comment-page-1/#comment-1195511 Libyan Expat Wed, 19 Sep 2007 05:45:57 +0000 http://www.globalvoicesonline.org/2007/09/19/arabeyes-driving-in-ramadhan/#comment-1195511 Well Well, finally some honest people giving some honest portrail of life in a Muslim country. Now it maybe Ramadan, but this type of traffic and bad driving is an everyday thing here, face it they just don't get it. in the last few nights I have seen things in Tripoli traffic that scares me as well as amazes me how ignorant some of these people can be. Ramadan is an excuse to be out all night, come to work tired and say it is tough, come on, they fast for only 12 hours or so, the sun comes up here shortly after 6am they break the fast at around 7:20pm, but they only work from either 9-3pm or 9-2pm some government offices actually close at 1pm, they will go home to sleep so they don't have to coup with fasting, then they eat and sleep for a few more hours and head out the door to drive around with actually no place to really go. The police are yelled at and disrespected here is so sad to see. So to use Ramadan as an excuse is simply that an excuse. So wake up Libya it is time to look at the big picture Well Well, finally some honest people giving some honest portrail of life in a Muslim country. Now it maybe Ramadan, but this type of traffic and bad driving is an everyday thing here, face it they just don’t get it. in the last few nights I have seen things in Tripoli traffic that scares me as well as amazes me how ignorant some of these people can be. Ramadan is an excuse to be out all night, come to work tired and say it is tough, come on, they fast for only 12 hours or so, the sun comes up here shortly after 6am they break the fast at around 7:20pm, but they only work from either 9-3pm or 9-2pm some government offices actually close at 1pm, they will go home to sleep so they don’t have to coup with fasting, then they eat and sleep for a few more hours and head out the door to drive around with actually no place to really go. The police are yelled at and disrespected here is so sad to see.

So to use Ramadan as an excuse is simply that an excuse. So wake up Libya it is time to look at the big picture

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