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If you want to work or visit and excellent place in the middle east, head to Kurdistan. The capital city (Hawler in Kurdish) Erbil is extremely safe and has some fun little pubs and bars to go to. The Oil and Gas industry there is definitely blowing up (figuratively of course).

I am currently working for a couple companies, Expro and Oryx, european based companies. both are pretty decent companies with some really good people working for them.

Erbil has many great options (expensive though) for living. The city has many different tiny little sections called cities in the city itself. My personal faves at the moment are Christian City (bars galore), Capital City (housing). The Kurdish people are some of the most open minded and friendly to expat Muslims that i have ever met. Most are very appreciative of the work and money that Expats bring into their communities.

The city has so much construction going on at the moment. There are some very nice apartments and condo buildings going up and there is entertainment and malls getting put up everywhere.


PS. stay away from Iraq if you can, the place is a hell hole for contractors. The security is claustrophobia inducing.