Comments for Living In Yemen (Sana'a) http://tjyemen.wordpress.com Fri, 14 Aug 2009 01:42:10 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 Comment on Goodbye Yemen! by hudda2 http://tjyemen.wordpress.com/2009/07/29/goodbye-yemen/#comment-170 hudda2 Fri, 14 Aug 2009 01:42:10 +0000 http://tjyemen.wordpress.com/?p=639#comment-170 Asalaama Alaikum Sr TJ. Mashallah it was a pleasure following your stay in Yemen. LIke you I am a Canadian and very interested to head off to Yemen to teach myself and family the deen of Allah s.w.t Please make dua for me for Allah s.w.t. to answer my prayers! Asalaama Alaikum Sr TJ. Mashallah it was a pleasure following your stay in Yemen. LIke you I am a Canadian and very interested to head off to Yemen to teach myself and family the deen of Allah s.w.t
Please make dua for me for Allah s.w.t. to answer my prayers!

]]> Comment on Job Listings: Teaching Positions by Sadman http://tjyemen.wordpress.com/2009/07/02/job-listings-teaching-positions/#comment-169 Sadman Sun, 26 Jul 2009 01:54:47 +0000 http://tjyemen.wordpress.com/?p=607#comment-169 Salaam Alaikum I am studying engineering right now, but i plan to go to yemen before completing it. I live in N. America. Can you give me an idea of what jobs might be available to someone like me, since I don't have any professional degree? I was told that one can get teaching jobs in schools or home tuitions. what are the general requirements for jobs like these? Please give me any suggestion u think important. for example if i should get some sort of training or certification that might help me get jobs in Yemen. JZK Salaam Alaikum

I am studying engineering right now, but i plan to go to yemen before completing it. I live in N. America. Can you give me an idea of what jobs might be available to someone like me, since I don’t have any professional degree? I was told that one can get teaching jobs in schools or home tuitions. what are the general requirements for jobs like these?

Please give me any suggestion u think important. for example if i should get some sort of training or certification that might help me get jobs in Yemen.

JZK

]]> Comment on Yemen Recipes by lolo78 http://tjyemen.wordpress.com/2009/05/01/yemen-recipes/#comment-168 lolo78 Sat, 18 Jul 2009 02:56:12 +0000 http://tjyemen.wordpress.com/?p=543#comment-168 Hi, I like your blog very much. I'm trying to learn how to cook Yemen food :) I would love LOVE to have the recipe of bint al sahan. All the recipes I've found online have not worked for me. Some people tell me that eggs should not be included. Hi, I like your blog very much. I’m trying to learn how to cook Yemen food :) I would love LOVE to have the recipe of bint al sahan. All the recipes I’ve found online have not worked for me. Some people tell me that eggs should not be included.

]]> Comment on Voltage Converters/Regulators by thungsong http://tjyemen.wordpress.com/2009/07/11/voltage-convertersregulators/#comment-167 thungsong Mon, 13 Jul 2009 04:06:52 +0000 http://tjyemen.wordpress.com/?p=632#comment-167 Hi, I just wanted to say that this is a great site for people thinking about moving to Sana'a, Yemen. I am currently thinking about moving there and this has really helped me. Could you answer a few question for me?? food costs?? my wife and i both love cooking and we always cook for our 2 young children, what would be an expensive month for you in terms of food shopping?? Kindergartens for a K1 child?? what are they like. Again thank you for this great site. Kind regards Ian Hi,

I just wanted to say that this is a great site for people thinking about moving to Sana’a, Yemen. I am currently thinking about moving there and this has really helped me.
Could you answer a few question for me?? food costs?? my wife and i both love cooking and we always cook for our 2 young children, what would be an expensive month for you in terms of food shopping??
Kindergartens for a K1 child?? what are they like.

Again thank you for this great site.

Kind regards

Ian

]]> Comment on TJ Yemen Home by talibiddeenjr http://tjyemen.wordpress.com/about/#comment-166 talibiddeenjr Sat, 11 Jul 2009 10:40:33 +0000 #comment-166 No, sorry, I don't have any connections here as far jobs. I have been posting ads for jobs here and you can check my private schools sections for schools that you can maybe contact. No, sorry, I don’t have any connections here as far jobs. I have been posting ads for jobs here and you can check my private schools sections for schools that you can maybe contact.

]]> Comment on Housing: Yemen Housing Hunt Checklist by talibiddeenjr http://tjyemen.wordpress.com/about/housing-yemen-housing-hunt-checklist/#comment-165 talibiddeenjr Sat, 11 Jul 2009 10:38:58 +0000 http://tjyemen.wordpress.com/?page_id=39#comment-165 Some calling programs/apps are blocked, or at least there were. But at the internet cafe I go to (and others) I see people talking via internet and I do see Skype on the desktops so that may be what they are using. I am not familiar with the iphone. If it takes regular sim cards, I would imagine it would work here, but Allahu ilm. Sorry I don't have more info. But on the same note, despite the common belief that Yemen is behind the times, it really is very modern here. (Just be prepared to buy one if you had to, smile). Ok, wait a minute, went googling and found this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xXNh1KPMouA So there may be a problem with using them here, Allahu ilm. (I didn't view the video and there may be some shadiness going on there, but that was the only thing I can find on the topic.) Again, you may just have to wait til you come to really see what's up. Some calling programs/apps are blocked, or at least there were. But at the internet cafe I go to (and others) I see people talking via internet and I do see Skype on the desktops so that may be what they are using.

I am not familiar with the iphone. If it takes regular sim cards, I would imagine it would work here, but Allahu ilm. Sorry I don’t have more info.
But on the same note, despite the common belief that Yemen is behind the times, it really is very modern here. (Just be prepared to buy one if you had to, smile).

Ok, wait a minute, went googling and found this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xXNh1KPMouA
So there may be a problem with using them here, Allahu ilm. (I didn’t view the video and there may be some shadiness going on there, but that was the only thing I can find on the topic.)
Again, you may just have to wait til you come to really see what’s up.

]]> Comment on Yemen Job Opportunities by talibiddeenjr http://tjyemen.wordpress.com/2008/10/22/yemen-job-opportunities/#comment-164 talibiddeenjr Sat, 11 Jul 2009 10:30:55 +0000 http://tjyemen.wordpress.com/?p=257#comment-164 I am sorry, I don't know. Maybe word of mouth. There might be some agency here or something, but I am not in the "know." I am sorry, I don’t know. Maybe word of mouth. There might be some agency here or something, but I am not in the “know.”

]]> Comment on Dress by talibiddeenjr http://tjyemen.wordpress.com/about/dress-2/#comment-163 talibiddeenjr Sat, 11 Jul 2009 10:28:14 +0000 http://tjyemen.wordpress.com/?page_id=43#comment-163 Black is beautiful. LOL. Well, I guess maybe not for everyone. But in the last comment, I mentioned that although you may see sisters in other colors from time to time, you will stick out wearing anything but black (except for maybe wearing a dark blue/brown). I don't think you will be given a hard time for wearing other colors, but you may get some stares just because you stick out. Black is beautiful. LOL. Well, I guess maybe not for everyone. But in the last comment, I mentioned that although you may see sisters in other colors from time to time, you will stick out wearing anything but black (except for maybe wearing a dark blue/brown).

I don’t think you will be given a hard time for wearing other colors, but you may get some stares just because you stick out.

]]> Comment on Dress by talibiddeenjr http://tjyemen.wordpress.com/about/dress-2/#comment-162 talibiddeenjr Sat, 11 Jul 2009 10:22:27 +0000 http://tjyemen.wordpress.com/?page_id=43#comment-162 Honestly, you will definitely feel out of place without an overgarment here and probably if you don't wear black. When people see women here going out, they refer to it as a "sea of black." You will see women in other colors as well, but that's a small, small minority. The majority of women wear black overgarments, hijaab AND niqaab. You will see women without a niqaab here (but they are the minority) and I have seen foreigners without hijaab (some do wear at least an overgarment out of respect (funny thing is they don't usually wear a scarf, which to me is only half making an effort to be respectful, no offense). I have seen maybe a few native Yemenis (well, at least Arabi, can't really say if they were Yemeni) in jeans, but that's rare. Honestly, you will definitely feel out of place without an overgarment here and probably if you don’t wear black. When people see women here going out, they refer to it as a “sea of black.” You will see women in other colors as well, but that’s a small, small minority.

The majority of women wear black overgarments, hijaab AND niqaab.

You will see women without a niqaab here (but they are the minority) and I have seen foreigners without hijaab (some do wear at least an overgarment out of respect (funny thing is they don’t usually wear a scarf, which to me is only half making an effort to be respectful, no offense). I have seen maybe a few native Yemenis (well, at least Arabi, can’t really say if they were Yemeni) in jeans, but that’s rare.

]]> Comment on Housing: Moving while in Sana’a by talibiddeenjr http://tjyemen.wordpress.com/about/moving-in-sanaa/#comment-161 talibiddeenjr Sat, 11 Jul 2009 10:18:33 +0000 http://tjyemen.wordpress.com/?page_id=37#comment-161 I'm originally from California (raised there) but after graduation from college, we lived in several places on the east coast. I’m originally from California (raised there) but after graduation from college, we lived in several places on the east coast.

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