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Getting a Business Visa to The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia was likely the most troublesome activity next just to presumably United States of America for standard Indians. Yet, because of tenacious arrangement under master direction of my movement work area, I was at last ready to acquire one after a holding up time of one month.

I had learnt parcel of negative things about Indians venturing out to Saudi Arabia yet was very restless to be there. The Kingdom was simply off the Iraq War and the American warriors had effectively left the nation. The Oil economy had returned to its blast days with various framework extends in the pipeline. I was heading out to Dammam which is situated in the north eastern piece of the Kingdom and was the Base of Americans amid the Iraq war. Food logistics in Saudi & KSA Getting into Dammam was difficult. I arrived in Bahrain which is an end of the week joy hang-out of Arabians. In the wake of getting a visa on landing, I contracted a taxi to take me over the boulevard into Saudi Arabia. The interstate was a smooth drive in spite of the fact that it is jam stuffed with vehicles on Thursday evenings with individuals from Dammam hurrying towards the joy sanctuary.

I experienced strict searching on the interstate and conveying any restricted materials like medications, liquor, grown-up CDs or magazines can draw in serious discipline. I had lost my stuff in the Airlines move in Dubai and was searching for an arrangements store where I could purchase my minimum necessities. I discovered them in a store adjacent which was just a mobile separation from my inn in Al-Kohbar. I didn't understand the warmth of the spot as I had been there just amid the cool hours during the evening. The morning started at 5 o'clock and it was at that point excessively hot there. Individuals begin for work at no later than 7 o'clock to beat the evening heat. The parkway was loaded with every huge vehicle of the world zooming past us. Crystal hot sauce I was clarified that individuals couldn't manage the cost of littler vehicles here as they would be essentially crushed by these expansive speeding ones. The light posts were bounty standing assurance to the blasting oil economy. The thickness of the light posts in some other created nation would be around 33% in Saudi Arabia.

Immense development ventures were in progress with work utilized from Third World nations. These workers were additionally observed at un-airconditioned oil bunks going to the huge autos. I discovered that there are various passings detailed because of working under such extraordinary conditions. The official Thermometer showed at conspicuous spots demonstrated the temperature of 50 Degrees Centigrade! Generally every one of the plants, inns and houses are halfway cooled to beat the desert heat. Saudi Aramco is the biggest organization in the city and various American and European Expats work there. These Expats live in isolated settlements where they have their very own universe. Living there is a lot less demanding than living in the open because of strict religious and overseeing rules. The "Muttawa" or Police is very strict in the Kingdom. Food distribution companies in saudi arabia & KSA Other than the law implementing office, they likewise bear the duty of social police. No ladies are found in open spots or whenever seen are totally canvassed head to toe in conventional burkas.

Individuals implore 5 times each day and the Muttawa ensures that individuals are not remiss in releasing their obligations. Now and then, corporate gatherings are put on hold to make arrangement for all Muslims to offer petition at the distributed time. Nourishment was not an issue and was fit to Indian palette. Mughlai was accessible in the Hotels while one could likewise discover Indian Eat-Outs. I delighted in eating at a Turkish eat-out and would always remember the seekh kebab and Turkish bread. In addition, Macdonalds were constantly accessible for salvage. The lunch at Saudi Aramco's cafeteria, where we had uncommon access was healthy and very near an Indian lunch. Middle Eastern Coffee requires extraordinary notice in the delicacy of the spot. Keep in mind that the Arabians were the first pioneers of espresso and just the handling and advertising was changed in Europe. Bedouin espresso is an exceptionally light espresso with cardamom and dates included for flavor and improving. Gold is the best in Saudi Arabia both in the conventional yellow and the intriguing white assortments.

Individuals wear a substantial heap of gold everywhere on their body. Other than the customary market, present day electronic devices are effectively accessible in the market. Most recent Sony workstation models were promptly accessible at the spot. Attire brands from everywhere throughout the world is accessible in the stores. What's more, Baskin Robbins is prepared for salvage to chill your heels also! I could understand that I was nearly amidst the desert just when making a trip to the air terminal in Dammam situated outside the city. A peep from the air ship' window affirmed the reality. Substantial blockades were given on the interstates not exclusively to keep the camels from smashing into the vehicles yet additionally to upset the advancement of sand hills on the streets in this way blocking it. To outline, it was an essential affair and it disposed of every one of my misgivings I had in the start of the adventure. Know More About our Official Website

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clubofinfo · 6 years

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Expert: Do you think it is that simple to travel around the Middle East? Think twice! Ask Palestinians, about trying to get from a point A to a point B in their own nation. Some time ago, sitting in an old Ottoman hotel in Bethlehem, I asked a waiter what it takes to travel from there to Gaza, where he said, several of his relatives were living. He looked at me as if I had fallen from the Moon: There is no way I could travel there. If my relatives get very sick or die, then, in theory, I could apply for an Israeli travel permit to go there, but there is absolutely no guarantee that they would approve, or that I could get to Gaza on time… Israeli wall in Bethlehem I tried to appear naïve: “And what if someone from an Arab country which does not recognize Israel, wants to come here, to Bethlehem? Like, a Lebanese pilgrim or just a tourist? Could he or she enter from Jordan?” The waiter weighed for a while whether to reply at all, but then had mercy on me: West Bank… You know, it only appears on the maps as some sort of autonomous or independent territory. In reality, the borders and movement of the people have been fully controlled by the Israelis. My friend, a legendary left-wing Israeli human rights lawyer and a staunch Palestinian independence supporter, Linda Brayer, downed another cup of coffee and made several cynical remarks. She was actually illegally ‘smuggled’ by me into Bethlehem. As an Israeli citizen, she was not allowed to enter the West Bank at all, but since I was driving and she was with me, a foreigner, and on top of it she wore a headscarf (she converted to Islam several years earlier), the Israeli soldiers just let us pass without askin too many uncomfortable questions. Bizarre, disgusting, and even mind-blowing? Not for us who live or operate in this part of the world! All this is by now considered as “business as usual”. During the last Intifada, I hired a taxi in Jerusalem to the border with Gaza driven by a Russian-Israeli Jew, a student, who literally clashed with a border guard, demanding to be allowed to enter Gaza, in order to “see what my fxxxxing government is doing to the Palestinian people.” They did not let him into Gaza. They detained him. As a foreigner, I entered. During my work in Gaza, an Israeli helicopter gunship fired at my hired car. It missed… But at least I was allowed to enter and work in Gaza. It is like Russian roulette: sometimes you get in, sometimes you don’t, and no explanations are given. That was the time when the new Gaza International Airport had just opened. After few days of fighting, the runway was bombed by the Israelis, all flights cancelled, and I had to, eventually make my way out through Egyptian Sinai. Later, I also witnessed how brutal the Israeli occupation of the Syrian Golan Heights has been; how it has divided countless families and communities. People are forced to shout at each other through the Israeli barbed-wire electric fences. The only way for the families to reunite, at least for a day or two, was to somehow get to Jordan. An Israeli tank being moved towards Syrian Golan Heights The Syrian Golan Heights used to be famous for its delicious apples and ancient Druze community. It used to attract travelers from all over the world. Now it is occupied by Israel, and it is de-populated and monstrously militarized. You want to travel there? You cannot; not anymore. It is off limits. ***** For years and decades, this insanity of travel bans and restrictions, as well as barbed wire and watch towers, has been applying mainly (although not exclusively) to the territories occupied by Israel. However, now almost the entire Middle East is divided by conflicts, insane regulations and travel prohibitions. Empty Jordan-Syrian border Unless you are a war correspondent, a Western ‘advisor’, an intelligence agent or a ‘development worker’, don’t even think about going to Iraq. Almost like Afghanistan and Libya, Iraq had been thoroughly wrecked by the Western coalition and its allies. On top of it, to get visa there is now close to impossible. In the recent past, the Westerners flooded Erbil and its surroundings; the main city of what was called, unofficially, ‘Iraqi Kurdistan’. The place used to be governed by the independence-seeking and shamelessly pro-Western ‘elites’, and it used to have its own visa regime. Now even this area is more or less off limits to foreigners. Syria is still a war zone, although its government, which is supported by the majority of the Syrian people, is clearly winning the brutal conflict ignited and fueled by the West and its ‘client’ states. Syria used to be one of the safest, the most educated and advanced countries in the region, built on solid socialist principles. It used to have an impressive scientific base, as well as dozens of world-class tourist attractions. Therefore, applying Western imperialist logic, it had to be first smeared, and then attacked and destroyed. Logically, Syria is not issuing tourist visas to the citizens of the countries that are trying to destroy it. Next door, Lebanon is still suffering from the flood of refugees, from geographical isolation and from the various dormant and semi-active terrorist cells. Travelling from Lebanon to Syria is now almost impossible, or at least very dangerous and difficult. Lebanese citizens can still enter, but ‘at their own risk’. In the not so distant past, people used to drive from Beirut to Europe and vice-versa, via Turkey and Syria. Now this option is just a sweet memory. But then again, in the very distant past, I am often reminded, it was not unusual for the Lebanese middle class to spend a weekend in Haifa, driving their own cars. Now the border between Lebanon and Israel is hermetically sealed. Both countries are technically at war. The U.N. patrols the so-called Blue Line. Apart from drones and Israeli war planes en-route to bombing Syria, nothing can cross. Turkey building a new huge wall on the Syrian border All along the Turkish-Syrian border, both sides are suffering. Of course, the Syrian people are suffering much more, being victims of the direct Turkish military adventures. But also Turks are now paying a very high price for the war: they are suffering from terrorist attacks, as well as from the total collapse of trade between the two countries. Many villages around Hatay and Gaziantep are quickly turning into ghost towns. For instance, cities like Adana in Turkey and Aleppo in Syria used to be connected by motorways, enjoying constant flows of people from both ends. There was bustling trade, as well as tourism, and social visits. Now, Ankara has been building an enormous concrete wall between the two countries. No traffic can pass through the border, except Turkish military convoys. ***** For years and decades, it has been impossible to enter Saudi Arabia as a tourist. This fundamentalist Wahabbi ‘client’ state of the West simply does not recognize the existence of tourism, or leisure travel. To enter the KSA, it has to be either for business or religious pilgrimage. With its huge territory, the KSA effectively divides the entire Gulf region, when it comes to transportation and the movement of people. There are some loopholes, and ‘transit visas’ can be obtained (with some luck, difficulties and expense), for instance, for those people driving their own vehicles or taking a bus from Jordan to Bahrain, or to Oman. Traveling to culturally the most exciting country in the Gulf – Yemen – is now absolutely impossible. Yemen used to be one of the jewels of historic architecture and civilization, counting such cities as Sanaa, Zabid and Shiban. Now the United Arab Emirates (UAE) is occupying the city of Aden and the coast, while Saudi forces are brutally bombing the rest of the country, which is controlled by the rebels. Then, there is a bizarre conflict which is brewing between Qatar (the richest country in the Gulf with the substantial U.S. military presence as well as huge local business-controlled media conglomerate Al-Jazeera), and several other Arab allies of the West, including Saudi Arabia. Borders are presently closed and insults are flying. There is the growing possibility of a military confrontation. Qatar is being accused, cynically, of ‘supporting terrorism’, as if the KSA was not doing precisely the same. ***** Flying around the region has become a Kafkaesque experience. Flight from Doha to Nairobi All Middle Eastern and Gulf airlines are avoiding Israel. Some fly over Syria but most of them, don’t. The once mighty and now deteriorating Qatar Airways is clearly forbidden to enter the airspace of Saudi Arabia as well as of the United Arab Emirates. Recently I travelled with Qatar from Beirut to Nairobi, Kenya. It used to be a simple, comfortable commute, which has recently turned into a terrible nightmare. Unable to fly over Syrian and Saudi airspace, a plane has to first fly in totally the opposite direction, northwest, over Turkish airspace, then over Iran, making a huge, almost 90 minutes detour. On the second leg, a trip of less than 4 hours now takes more than 5 hours and 30 minutes! The plane flies directly away from Africa, towards Iran, and then makes a huge loop, avoiding both the United Arab Emirates and Yemen. Lebanese MEA (Middle Eastern Airlines) is one of the few airlines that ignores all this, flying directly over Syria, and towards the Gulf states. Most of the others don’t dare. But MEA has to avoid Israeli airspace, making often interesting final approaches to Rafik Hariri Int’l Airport. The exception is Turkish Airlines which basically flies over everything and into everywhere, including Israel itself. ***** This essay is not only about the politics and what has led to the present situation, although it is clear that we are talking here, above all, about the neo-colonialist arrangement of the world. Political nightmare unleashed by the ‘traditional’ Western colonialist powers and their ‘client states’, has led to the geographical divisions; to a perverse state of affairs in this part of the world. Increasingly, the people are losing control over their own nations and the entire region. They have already lost the ability to move about freely through it. Of course, something similar exists in many other places, including the South Pacific. There, I described the situation in my book Oceania. An entire huge part of the world has been literally cut to pieces by the neo-colonialist powers and their geo-political interests and designs: the U.S., France, Australia and New Zealand have plainly overrun and shackled Polynesia, Melanesia and Micronesia. A once proud and unique part of the world has been fragmented internally: people are brutally separated and forced to depend almost exclusively on the West. In the Middle East, divisions, walls and barbed wire, are now everywhere; they are visible to the naked eye, but they are also ‘inside’ peoples’ minds, damaging the human psyche, making dreams of unity and a common future look very unlikely, and sometimes even impossible. A bridge blown up by ISIS near Mosus, Iraq This used to be one of the cradles of our civilization – a deep, sane and stunningly beautiful part of the world. Now everything is fragmented. The West rules, mainly through its ‘client’ states, such as Israel, the KSA and Turkey. It controls everything. It governs almost the entire Middle East; nothing moves without its knowledge and permission. A suicide car bomb near Mosul, Iraq Yes, nothing and no one moves here, unless it suits the West. We don’t read about it often. It is not discussed. But that is how it is. This bizarre concept of ‘freedom’ implanted from the outside. The rulers who were injected into the Gulf and various other occupied nations. The result is horrid: the electric wires, walls and travel restrictions everywhere; the old pathological British ‘divide and rule’ concept. ***** As I am working on this essay, my plane which is supposed to be flying south-west, is actually hovering north-east, in order to avoid the airspaces of the various so-called hostile states. Local people may be getting used to the fact that their part of the world has already been ‘re-arranged’. Or perhaps they have already stopped noticing. The computer, however, keeps showing the absurd flying path of the airliner. Computers can be programmed and re-programmed, but they cannot be indoctrinated. Without judging, they are simply demonstrating the absurdity that is unrolling around them, on their screens. • First published in New Eastern Outlook • All photos by Andre Vltchek http://clubof.info/

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