Travelling alone as a woman - is this dangerous???

• I'm a 22 year old blond girl from Ireland and I would like to travel around some Arabic states for a couple of weeks on my own. However, I'm not sure whether this is really safe. Any advice?

  28 May 2007, 11:59 Rachel

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• Oman

  Oman is not dangerous and Muslim men will treat you with respect.
  However, just do the normal things, do not go out late at night on your own, or where skimpy clothes as it will offend them

  Mat 23 Jul 2007, 04:59 - Report

• oman

  yes
  
  i agree with mat
  
  and we can show you around contact at [email removed]

  Salem 30 Dec 2007, 07:49 - Report

• Living cost.

  I,m married, I,m Indonesian. I have 3 children. I want to ask to anybody about living cost in Oman. I have read about living cost in there via website but i,m not realy clear. can anybody explain me clearly? exspecialy for food n cloths. I,m going to make a contract with a company at oman. they promised me give a benefit/facility if I join with them. I will get accomodation, health isurance, education for our children. my email [email removed] Thanks

  Yanto 12 Apr 2008, 08:03 - Report

• You r welcome

  Yor are welcome its really safe, nice and clean country. If you need any help email me [email removed]

  Barakat 24 May 2008, 11:00 - Report

• info women oman

  Hi guys,
  
  I just wanted to find out some info on how do things work in the water/leisure parks and beaches in Oman. Do men and women bath separately, or does it work by days (days exclusively for women, or what?

  Nikos Liones 24 Jun 2008, 01:02 - Report

• Rent a car

  Dear Rachel, i have got a brand new car, please you come its a very safe country and i'll take you around muscat. for that please contact +968 99562745 ([email removed])
  
  Thank you

  sameer 23 Oct 2008, 12:12 - Report

• hello nikos

  Dear nikos liones, here in oman all the beaches are open. there is no any separate here. u can swim any where any how. its a freedom life.

  sameer 23 Oct 2008, 12:15 - Report

• accomodation

  Hello,
  I´d like to travel to Oman for two weeks in February, , but as I can see the cost of living like accomodation is very expensive. Are there any low budget alternatives for accomodation? How is backpacking in Oman. Is it easy to find possibilities to sleep, while beeing out of bigger cities...
  thanks

  nicole 09 Jan 2009, 12:52 - Report

• Cost of Living

  Hi Out There
  I am concidering a job offer in Oman. Can some one please help me with the cost of living there. I believe rental is very expensive. Any information will be appreciated. [email removed]

  Ronnie 20 Jan 2009, 08:10 - Report

• Do not go arab countries!

  kuwait,Bahrain,saudi arabia all horny places many women get rape daily..you are white & blond men will automatically chase & try to rape you..this is for sure!..read this ..>
  Imprisoned and exiled for denouncing man who raped her
  Isma Mahmood, of Pakistani parents, reported a man who raped her in Medina,saudi arabia. She was chained for six months in jail and then expelled from the country. The perpetrator, a Saudi man, got away scot-free.
  Karachi (AsiaNews/Agencies:afp)
  
  Expelled after six months in prison in Saudi Arabia for reporting the man who raped her: this was the fate of Isma Mahmood, 16 years, who has been in the care of the Ansar Burney Trust for a month in Pakistan. "It's difficult for me to talk about what happened to me," admitted the teenager, now in Karachi with her sister Muna, 18 years, who was also deported.
  Isma was raped in the holy city of Medina.
  "I was the victim, I was raped but I was named as the accused, and the man who committed the crime was not touched," she said. "He first kidnapped me, dragged me into his car. At first he asked to sleep with me and offered good money. When I refused and tried to resist, he warned me of dire consequences and raped me in the car."
  The man warned her she would be imprisoned if she went to the police
  I am very powerful and could declare you a bad girl
  threatened Isma and Muna, warning they would be punished unless they kept silent, she said,
  They were also threatened with harsh consequences if Isma and her sister talked.
  "I and my sister went to police anyhow as we expected justice. But after a few hours of filing the report, we realised this would not be the case," Isma said.
  Muna was also arrested and jailed, just because she testified on her sister's behalf. "They don't support immigrants and protect Saudi nationals," Isma said.
  The two women said most detainees in the cell were Pakistani, Indonesian and Nigerian women.“Once a jail official offered me help and assured me I would be released if I agreed to sleep with him ”
  Many had come to Saudi Arabia illegally and had been accused of prostitution.
  Muna said: "We were chained all during this period. The only time jail officials removed the chain was during lunch or when anyone went to the bathroom or at prayer time."
  The chairperson of the Ansar Burney Trust told many Asian women drawn to saudi Arabia by pledges of good wages as domestics or nurses, were later forced into prostitution.
  Indonesian Maid Raped by 46 Saudi 'Men'
  
  Arab News 29 January 2009
  
  MAKKAH. Police denied yesterday that an Indonesian maid who was raped by many people in December is an AIDS carrier as reported by several newspapers recently, Al-Watan newspaper reported.
  
  “We do not have evidence that the rape victim or the suspects are carriers of sex-related diseases,” said Maj. Abdul Muhsin Al-Mayman, spokesman for Makkah Police.
  
  Local newspapers reported on Tuesday that 46 men, including a police officer, raped the 38-year-old maid who ran away from her sponsor in the Al-Nuzhah district of the city in (...)
  
  Saudi's Penis Reattached After Maid Cut's It
  10/5/2006
  (3:21) GMT
  May 9, 2006 — Surgeons have reattached the penis of a Saudi
  man who paid the price for trying to have sex with his
  Filipina maid and she attacked him with a knife, a hospital
  source said on Monday.
  
  "This is a sophisticated operation. You are dealing with an
  organ in a difficult area and you want to try to return to
  its efficiency," said a spokesman at Riyadh's Takhassusi
  Hospital.
  
  Earlier this month newspapers reported that the maid
  removed her employer's manhood when he tried to molest her
  in the middle of the night as his wife was sleeping. The
  maid is now in police custody.
  Young Kuwaiti girl left in desert after gang rape, 10 men queried
  
  KUWAIT CITY : In a shocking incident, a Kuwaiti girl in her 20s was raped and left unconscious in a desert area in Al-Jedaliyat near Doha.
  
  Sources say a Kuwaiti man noticed the girl and called Operations Room which promptly dispatched securitymen and paramedics to the scene. She was then rushed to Intensive Care Unit of Sabah Hospital where doctors confirmed that she was raped.
  
  Investigations revealed that the girl was a resident of Sabah Al-Salem area and a missing persons report was filed on her.
  
  Securitymen combed the camping area where she was found and arrested tens of youths for investigation.
  
  Sources suspect that the culprits are still out there. “Since no mobile phone was found near the girl and she is still unconscious, police don’t have any clue about the culprits,” they add.
  
  Securitymen are keeping a watch in the area where she was found.

  Human rights watch 02 Mar 2009, 02:25 - Report

• Cost of Living in Oman

  Could anyone guide me on the cost of living in Muscat...am looking to rent a 1 BHK. What are the three major expenses for expats & how much?
  
  What is the average cost of electricity, water, gas?
  
  What about cable & telephone expenses?
  
  Any help will be appreciated. [email removed]

  Rahul 16 Mar 2009, 01:35 - Report

• Cost of living for Family

  IS Oman is costlier than Dubai?
  
  1bhk rent
  power bill
  Telephone

  raj 25 Mar 2009, 01:58 - Report

• travelling and living in Oman

  oman is safest and peaceful country. Travelling to Oman, give u more pleasure than other countries. You will get respect from Omani people and as well from european.
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  Muhammad nawaz Khan 27 Mar 2009, 07:03 - Report

• oman

  hi rachel!
  I'm an expat woman working here in Oman. Its not safe to go by your own. I've been here for quite a while.
  
  Don't go out alone, and make sure you rent your own car.
  NEVER ride a taxi on your own!
  NEVER trust anyone.
  
  thats all I can say. But Oman is a very nice place. its so peaceful. in general, people are nice.
  
  but there is a "but" :
  You will experienced cars stopping by you, asking you where you wanna go. You might say its okay...its just a ride. but the other girls who did, were not able to go back home.
  
  just travel with a companion.
  rent your own vehicle. then you'll be safe.
  better yet, look for someone from ireland as well that can show you around muscat.
  
  like one girl was asked to get a ride on her way home from work,(hotel) since its just a few blocks away she said yes. and the next day she was found dead and was thrown in the cliff.
  
  so better think again.
  we only lived once so better take care.
  
  
  if you have some questions i would love to help.

  Dimples 11 Apr 2009, 12:10 - Report

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• The City of Oman "Sur"

  Assalam O Alekum, some one told me that the Sur City have some dangerous people who don't like other countries people live in Sur.... Is that true information because i want to go there but after hear this i feel unsecured to go there so kindly tell me the truth that what kind of people live in Sur. Thanks

  Faisal 28 May 2009, 11:52 - Report

• Living Cost in Oman

  I,m married, I,m Indian. I have one children. I want to ask to anybody about living cost in Oman. I have read about living cost in there via website but i,m not realy clear. can anybody explain me clearly? exspecialy for food n cloths. I,m going to make a contract with a company at oman. they promised me give a benefit/facility if I join with them. I will get accomodation, health isurance, education for our children. my email [email removed] Thanks

  sharma.bhartendu@gmail.com 07 Jun 2009, 06:53 - Report

• Living Cost In Oman

  I,m married, I,m Indian. I have one children. I want to ask to anybody about living cost in Oman. I have read about living cost in there via website but i,m not realy clear. can anybody explain me clearly? exspecialy for food n cloths. I,m going to make a contract with a company at oman. they promised me give a benefit/facility if I join with them. I will get accomodation, health isurance, education for our children. my email sharma.bhartendugmail.comThanks

  B. Sharma 07 Jun 2009, 06:59 - Report

• Living Cost in Oman

  I,m married, I,m Indian. I have one children. I want to ask to anybody about living cost in Oman. I have read about living cost in there via website but i,m not realy clear. can anybody explain me clearly? exspecialy for food n cloths. I,m going to make a contract with a company at oman. they promised me give a benefit/facility if I join with them. I will get accomodation, health isurance, education for our children. my email [email removed] Thanks

  B Sharma 07 Jun 2009, 07:01 - Report