What's it like living in Beirut? Universities Cost?
oh I thought you were Iranian since you were saying that "we" don't need to earn anyone's respect....but seems like you are not.... anyway hope you understand that you and the Iranians don't make "we" since you are not Iranian....unless the islamic republic is paying you all this...which makes you our enemy.... 1400 years Islam....lol you must be kidding! it is 2500 years Iran my dear... edit: how sweet....well then everything is clear.... "they" support you....you are not one of us....take care
Are Arabs and African muslims really taking over Paris?
I went to Paris(LOVED IT) on an EF tour in the 11th grade and while I really love Paris and everything about French culture I rarely saw any native French people. Maybe because I was mainly in the high traffic tourist areas but even when we were able to wander off and get of the beaten path all I remember seeing were vietnamese, african, and middle easterners. Do not get me wrong all of the ones I met were extremely nice but I rarely saw any native french people. Just recently I heard that France was being overrun by african and arab muslims who want the government to consider Sharia law, is that true? Again, I went in the 11th grade that was about 4yrs ago, is what Im hearing true?
After college should I move to Paris or Los Angeles?
Not to throw a bucket of freezing water on your ambitions to move to Paris but: - Do you speak French, you need a ton and a half of licences to open a bakery in France. In French. - Have you got enough money to pay for such a project or have you studied how to get loans. Paris is an expensive beast, and finding a place to rent for your shop in the upper class arrondissements where you're likely to find enough clients for your exotic goods is going to cost you, just to start with. And to get a visa you need to offer to the French visa authorities a good project with fundings and such. - Have you studied the market? I'm not sure American cupcakes are liked enough by the Parisians for you to make a living. You would need to do French bakery as well. There's 1200 bakeries in Paris itself, that's one per 1770 inhabitants. http://www.boulangerie.org/economie/chif... - What kind of studies did you have? Here in France pastry chefs and bakers have a professional degree. CAP, MC or BP. http://www.jobintree.com/metier/patissie... http://www.letudiant.fr/metiers/secteur/... Are you ready for struggling alone, meeting unhelpfulness as well as great people ready to give a hand, getting language headaches, and discovering that Paris outside the tourist areas is just as crowded as LA. The metropolitan area (Paris + subburbs) is 12 million people. Now, having thoroughly drenched your dream in freezing water, a few good news. We have cookies shops doing a great job in Paris (ie Millie's), they are opening new shops. So it is possible to import US bakery to France, but you need to be careful and prepare your project first and see what you will need to change to adapt to the French market and what else you need to offer to attract people. Even McDonald and Starbuck which arrived with the arrogant belief that they would impose their own model and the French would just have to adapt learned the hard way that they needed to adapt to local tastes. If you have the opportunity to come to Paris visit French bakeries and then go see the exotic foreign ones, you can find their address on the web. Good luck whatever you choose.
How do London and Paris compare to live in? Which is better to live in and why?
If you’re from any minority (Jew, Muslim, Hindu, Black, Asian, etc…) then I would forget Paris.France is a deeply racist and intolerant country.A few personal examples…I know a French guy of Moroccan descent with top grades tell me his teachers told him to become a taxi driver because that is what people like him do. After experiencing years of racism in France, he ended up with a top job at Morgan Stanley in the UK.My wife, who is white and French, has told me about the outright racism her black friends experienced when she grew up. She’s told me in the 10 years she’s lived in the UK she’s never seen anything like it.Another friend of mine, an Oxford PhD, who is of Indian descent but spent most of his life in the UK, moved to France a few years ago. He told me that many of his French colleagues had told him that in France he must do as the French, something he had never heard once in all his time in the UK and the US.I could go on and on, and on.Every person that I have spoken to from a minority group that has lived in both Paris and London has told me the same thing. And I've spoken to many.But it goes further. A Sikh boy cannot wear a turban to a public school. Same for a Muslim girl with a hijab and a Jewish boy with a kippah. That’s veiled intolerance.In London people from minorities are free to wear what they want. That’s tolerance.However, if you’re not from a minority then you do have an interesting choice.London is richer, cleaner, and has far lower levels of crime. It is a more vibrant and confident city.Paris makes more sense if you have an interest in architecture, you’re planning to make a career as a criminal, and if you’re French…
What influence has islam/arab culture had on Europe?
It's not quite true that Muslims "read all the Greek philosophers to gain knowledge." In fact, Islam has had a pretty strained relationship with falsafah (philosophy), although there was a major movement to translate the works of the Greek philosophers into Arabic in the 9th century. The works of Aristotle were thus transmitted to the West from Arabic in the age of Scholasticism in the High Middle Ages. There were major Muslim philosophers: al-Kindi, Ibn Sina, Ibn Rushd, and al-Ghazali, among others. Nevertheless, philosophy was never a major preoccupation of Islamic civilisation, which tended to distrust the untrammeled use of speculative reason in the realm of metaphysics. Nevertheless, you are correct to note that Islamic and Christian civilisations were part of a shared Mediterranean world throughout the medieval period. It is often said that the "Twelfth Century Renaissance", which gave birth to a scholastic culture in the West, was stimulated by contact with Islam in the Crusades, and it is surely no accident that the Renaissance of the Thirteenth and Fourteenth Centuries took place first in those parts of Europe which looked to the Byzantine and Muslim East. Indeed, it is often said that Dante's "Divine Comedy" - the unsurpassed literary gem of the European middle ages - is modeled on a dream-vision of the Sufi mystic Ibn al-Arabi.
Is Arabic difficult? How to learn it?
Nothing is difficult if you have the will to learn, and you can learn Arabic especially modern standard Arabic with Arabicollege.com where there are native Arabic Teachers who are available 24/7 to provide live online vieo conversations anytime you nedd and where ever you are.....this is the most advanced and helpful technology ,you dont need to download any software or program,you dont have to buy any cd all what you need is internet and everything about Arabic is there
Translation plz: What does "unbelievable" mean in Arabic?
well,, it is not like what you said exactly, The cheapest place to visit from Europe is Turkey you can have a plane round trip with 4 stars hotel for a week for almost 300 euros,,, then Morocco is cheaper again than Egypt,,, and finally Egypt/ and Tunisia are in the same level ranging from 480 euros till 800 euros according to (the hotel grade) Now very similar to Hurgada and Sharm are either the Caribbeans and that will cost around 1200 euros /week or Greece ,,, of course with the rate of the euro Now,,, to the dollar Egypt is considered very cheap over Greece for the Americans (and for all in fact),, Now, who come to Egypt? either very cultured tourists : mostly French and some British/Japanese (luxor /asawan are the favorite) young to have fun : and that is mainly to the red see (and that include the former ex-soviet countries) Italians who go again to the red sea (and sometime work there) and finally German?dutch and that is because of the weather and because they are cheaper than the Caribbeans and Spain Americans and those combined visiting Egypt and Israel because both for them are interesting and it is impossible for them to come to one without visiting the second,,, especially if they are Jews,, and yes indeed the the Arab tourist come here because it is cheaper (that is why mostly the poor ones come-and find someone to Yatmarysoh 3lah as they bekhdoh 3la afahom in any place else,,,lol) Now one note,,, Moroccan come to Egypt (and also Algerians (before)and Tunisians ) not because it is only cheap but because they can not get any Visa for other country than here easy,,, Their female prefer here for many reasons one (the family are not worried much if they come here,, besides again the visa problem) and of course the males prefer Europe (not only for tourism...) btw,, the word Poor in the west has a different definition and (line) than here,,, actually (middle here : mean starving there) Minimum wage in the Netherlands is 1300 euros,,,(and that is poor there)
Can I live in Dubai and only speak English?
Short answer is “"of course!”at least 10–20 % of expats in Dubai communicate only in English as it is the common commercial language despite Arabic being the official languagein this respect it's not unlike many other Eastern cosmopolitan cities like Mumbai, Singapore or Kuala Lumpur. English is spoken in all hotels, on public transport, taxis, shops, malls, etc. The city attracts over 7 million tourists and the use of tour friendly linguistic skills is very evident across the city.while learning Arabic can be helpful it's not essential. All govt communications (other than Courts) happens in English. Even in the courts, the judges/ officials do try and speak with defendants or plaintiffs in English or even Hindi/Urdu.lack of Arabic language skills is not an issue in Dubai, any more than lack of Mandarin skills is in Singapore!
Is France a good place for an Indian software developer to live?
I am from India and have lived for quite long in France.I have lived long in France because I had no other choice. Finally I was able to move out of that shit-hole and am in a far better country now.Qualified professionals from India go to USA, mainly, or stay in India because there the IT industry pays good nowadays.Refugees from Pondicherry, Mauritius, Srilanka and from some ex French colonies in North Africa go to live in France and struggle tremendously. After many years of hard labour and ill treatment they manage to open a grocery store or a restaurant.There is no clearcut skilled migration program in France.Indians are not welcome in France. And you will not find many.It is not easy to explain the real situation that you will face in France. It is nothing that you have faced anywhere else. You may even lose a job anytime for no reason.FRENCH ACCUSE WITHOUT ANY REASON : underline this. And they are very tricky. And be ready of plenty of insults towards you and your country, indirectly or directly.You will not understand now what the hell I am saying. But, if you make the mistake of moving to France, you will understand what I am saying and you will REGRET EVERY MINUTE AND WAIT FOR A CHANCE TO GO OUT OF THERE, and it is very hard to get a work permit for any other EU country and the UK. You will be compelled to move back to India.If you want to go to Europe I will recommend Germany and England from the very beginning. If you have a german language school in your city, learn the language.Absolutely avoid France.Good luck.