Arabs & Home lighting... :-/

Electricity is free for them.

And whats with that pix?

"To the illumined man or woman, a clod of dirt, a stone, and gold are the same.” ------- Gita

Please do not generalize; I'm from Egypt, so in way I’m Arab, and we do not do that.
Generalizing a rule based on nationality is very wrong and only proves how ignorant you are; unless you ready did a search covering all Arab countries, which I really doubt.
Please try to be a little specific next time to avoid disturbing others
If you have any inquiry about Arab; I would gladly answer your questions. Other are welcome to ask and will try in my best effort to answer, hopping to clear some of the misunderstandings.

Regards

1. We Qataris get free E&W
2. Why not.
3. Municipality doesn't put lights in our neighborhoods, we don't care if we replace a light on the boundary wall once a week.

Not forgetful, we intentionally turn them on at around 5:30 PM, and off in the morning, every day.

now that's a smart answer.....this is all i expected!thanks for being a sport :-) \m/ peace to all!

Going to church no more makes you a Christian than standing in a garage makes you a car. ~ Garrison Keillor

really?i wasn't aware! :-o

Going to church no more makes you a Christian than standing in a garage makes you a car. ~ Garrison Keillor

something that Qatar strives to hide!

I haven’t noticed their homes yet but the roads here are lit way beyond the International standards. The road to Dukhan was just an eyesore with so many extra lights being used and is a sheer wastage of electricity.

Salam

Bleu there you are...:) I was missing this..lol
I thought there was a proposal to charge nationals for Electricity?

welll.............am not arab and am not paying anything for water and electricity since the day i came to this country 9 yrs ago. but even tough, i help Qatar to save the oil vy reduce the electricity consumption for uneccessary stuff

there is no need to knock every door.coz the gates will be fully open and u can see majestic luxury cars parked within.proof enuf that they are the royal arabs :-)

Going to church no more makes you a Christian than standing in a garage makes you a car. ~ Garrison Keillor

just coz i have lived in the middle east all my life doesn't mean that i should have no questions unanswered.and when i said that,i meant to say that i have seen more than enough homes lit up like this in every GCC country i have visited....without exception.the question has plagued me for years and i have asked many people too.it's just that i decided to quiz QL about it only now....coz i was not getting any satisfactory answers.hope i have cleared what you assumed to be "blatant contradiction"

Going to church no more makes you a Christian than standing in a garage makes you a car. ~ Garrison Keillor

svelte_saggi, and why are u so jealous? ha?
and there are 21 arab countries not only GCC unless u meant qataris then bleu gave u the answer.

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....just in case you didn't know the definition.coz if you knew,i don't understand why you would use it in this context.coz i find no reason whatsoever to be jealous of such silly things.i just queried if anybody knew the reason why they did this.i never said i have a problem with them doing it.let them put on all the lights in their home and in their neighbours' homes too if they want.i couldn't possibly care less.

and for the 6th (or is it 7th?) time,i repeat that by the word 'Arab',i meant only GCC nationals and not people belonging to nations that speak arabic.what other language do i have to explain myself now?heavens! x-(

Going to church no more makes you a Christian than standing in a garage makes you a car. ~ Garrison Keillor

Why making it so complicated? It is nothing about jealous or anything. just a silly thread.. Answer if you want or just move on to other.. Why being so sarcastic..

"To the illumined man or woman, a clod of dirt, a stone, and gold are the same.” ------- Gita

i don't really think so,mate.there has to be some other reason.i mean....who'd want to get light flowing into their bedrooms while they try to get some sleep at night....oh!i forgot about the heavy drapes :-D

Going to church no more makes you a Christian than standing in a garage makes you a car. ~ Garrison Keillor

Damn; again, a simple question turns to a fight of race, culture and origin.
To cut this thread; please people it was a simple misunderstanding from both sides.
svelte_saggi: please note that a lot of countries consider themselves as Arab; please refer to the countries participating in Arab League.
To the others defending and attacking Sevelte: please consider that according to sevelte definition of Arab is GCC countries; and I think Blue came up with justification for her query
I hope this will clear out the misunderstanding

Who would keep the house fully lit even if electricity is free? So it has got something to do with awareness and attitude...

Svelte...

Yes, but the current usage of the word Arab isn't usually about race. It's about culture.

We have many Qataris who's origin in from Iran, so they're mostly Persian, but have lived here for generation, they're Qataris, speak Arabic, and in the statistics, they are counted as Arabs.

The current meaning of "Arab" is somebody from a country that's a member of the Arab League.

The classifications of people used in the Arabic newspapers here are: Citizen, GCC National, Arab National, Asian, African, Foreigner.

I think people should have been more concerned about wastage of electricity rather than concentarting on the definition of Arabs or nationailities of the ones who are wasting it. Even for those it's free, it's not going to remain free forever if you keep wasting it. It also releases a lot of heat in the environment which doesn't really help global warming.

Why do I see foreignors who also get water for free their company pays the water bill, wasting water washing the street during a dust storm. One big compound here I have seen it happen alot! It costs a fortune to desalinate the water. The maid was cleaning the street. I guess they think its the land of plenty so who cares, education is definately needed, I think they are starting with kids in school.

am not Arab .. but my E&W is free for me ..

Maybe they have disconnected their meters!

Its time for Non Arabs .. to teach Arabs who is Arab and Whos is not !

Arabs know about themselves more than you mr.Saggi :)

Mr. Saggi calm down ... all threads here are turning and changing :)

some people were talking about Visas .. then they change it to a discussion about (PUMA shoes)

he he heeee . just joking my friend :)

so sorry for that mistake.

i think that lettle evel in your sign is the reason for saying Mr. :)

sorry again,

PuLover,

It's Beastie, the BSD daemon.

(Daemon is an IT term, A daemon in Unix and Unix-like operating systems is a background process, something similar to what windows calls services, they are running in the background, doing things - I'd translate them to جن in Arabic)

"the original Arabs are only those who belong to the GCC.what other nations think of themselves is their thing entirely.period"

I dont think so, Arabs are more than what you have mentioned. what about Arabs who moved out of Arabia to Indonesia for example. I'm African and we have Arabs there" they belong to big tribes like Al-Ansari"

Anyway, I think they just leave it because they dont care. not only Arab but many others do.

hueheuhe.........i thought the topic talking about "free electricty and water".