Anyway, this morning I decided to read up on the news in Dubai, and besides our former employer throwing a hissy fit over not being able to raise school fees, not much seemed to be happening.
Then I ran into this story.
It seems this woman from Los Angeles moved to Dubai last year, but didn't like it so she quit her job, and now they've confiscated her passport and she can't leave the country: "Terminated yet an absconder?"
The money quote?
- "Stupid me to think that Dubai would ever make any sense."
Sounds about right ...
After a second reading, I think she made several glaring mistakes and/or omissions in her story (for example, why if she was terminated in November is she still in Dubai in May?) But still, you've got to feel bad for her - foreign land, foreign rules, foreign customs.
Insha'Allah she will get her passport back and get out of there soon.