Should my family come to Saudi Arabia or not...!?

Should my family come to Saudi Arabia or not...!? My dad is a Education minister for the Local council in England-(NW-U.K) and he has got offered a job as the...: Insular District Education Ruling Administrator of Riyadh. The job starts in Late September and the salary is ranging from 38,999 to 55,000 Monthly In Saudi Arabian money... But is that a good salary or a bad salary? My family is not taking this job request too seriously but my father is considering it because it seems Good. They even said that there are similar job requests like that in UAE and Qatar? How is Saudi Arabia really like, I am a muslim (Sunni) and It will be kinda comfortable for me but I heard its really Islamic and that there are no cinemas and all that... So what am i supposed to do? Just stay at my home? So basically there is not much recreational fun in Saudi Arabia for people to have a good time and enjoy.... So...I wake up...Go to school...Come home and do what then? And on weekends what do I do when there isn't school? A person called Nomad and Mintee gave me good answeres but please could you tell me more! And are you allowed to wear normal clothes like Top & Jeans or do you have to wear the white thawb regularly. I only wear thawbs while going to mosque to pray Friday Jumah? Will I make any friends? And finally... How is life there in Saudi Arabia...? Saudi Arabia - 8 Answers Random Answers, Critics, Comments, Opinions : 1 : i've some priceless friends in Riyadh .. if u could make some good Saudi friends .. that's gona be awesome .. I think we're friendly as saudis 2 : That is a very high monthly salary. If it's more than what he's making in England, then it's probably a good offer. Saudi Arabia can be a bit boring, but it's a nice place to live. You can wear regular western clothes. My husband is Saudi, and he rarely wears a thobe. I'm sure you'll make friends here from school. You can always go to Bahrain on the weekend if you want to watch a movie. Things to do....hang out with friends, go to internet cafes, go shopping, eat in restaurants, drive around, go to parks. not really too much that's exciting here. 3 : saudi arabian money is called Riyal 55,000 riyal is 8968 pounds no u don't have to stay home? its safe over there .. you can go to malls, bowling, sports club, to Altahlia street its like the downtown, restaurants, parks, amusements, Al-thumama entertainment village, museum, zoo, cafe, and there are Ancient cities so you can visit if you are interested ...... etc. they don't close at 9 or 10 like Europe and others, they close at 12 and some later =D yes, you are allowed to wear jeans, shorts, and shirts. you will make friends easily inshallah like your neighbor your classmates. check these videos: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q1VmwiNnfaU http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ArilSrpFvk http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vNxaAm0tD0E 4 : Please don't go there, you have no idea how frightening, depressing and backward over there in Saudi. There are NO human rights whatsoever. The locals are ALWAYS right, and the expatriates are ALWAYS wrong cos they're the weakest link. Why would you live in a place where women and men hugely repressed! What are you going to do there? Can't go to the beach and wear your swimmers, can't go to the cinema cos there isn't any, can't walk outside during nights and not being harassed by the guys as most them are perverts and molesters due to the prolonged boredom and sexual repression. Women almost don't exist in public, all in black covered from head to toe! The guys there are out of control, druggies and aggressive. Their favourite hobby is gathering late at night and performing crazy car shows that endanger other innocent people's lives. Everything is censored there, even the simplest things, can't buy a magazine without 75% of it being painted/covered with a black ink! The only time I'd go there is to merely perform Haj and be GLAD to escape the horror and constrains. Are you still considering going? I don't think so. 5 : Yes, you all should come. Don' t worry, boys have many things to do here and you can wear anything as long as it is in compliance with Islam. 6 : excellent salary. thanks for amending your original question.. that is double and triple the amount the average middle class saudi makes. as for you a young man, you might find it a bit boring at first.. You really need to be social and force yourself to get to know people real quick to make friends, then you will have a never ending group to do things with. You can wear western clothing here in this country as a male. tops and jeans are popular the world over.. You will find many of our stores/shops in the malls sell western brand clothing. And all our teens are up current on the latest fashion trends of the west.. WE dont have cinemas, but we do have DVDs and everyone downloads the latest movies anyways.. You can get together and watch TV at someones home, football(soccer) is popular social event for men. going sand dunning. (3 and 4 wheelers up the sand dunes). There are things to do, you just need to get out there and find them. AND dont limit friendships to just your countrymen, make friends with all nationalities, that way you will get a feel of many cultures.. it will be an adventure.. Majority of people know english here, so no problems 7 : no they should not come, we want less foreigners in this country. 8 : Me Teardrops: As we sit here in our prison (as you described) we at least have the right to thumb you down. Seriously, did you visit Saudi Arabia in 500BC or something? Established unquestioned concepts are the real rea... Need good prices for yardsale clothing? make me an outfit???? I have been paying on a debt to American Express (...