The time of our lives :I played Football with Osama Binladen,Went shopping with Idi Amin,Had Coffee with Mohammed Ali,Dated the beautiful stewiesConsidered living a life without feet,Witnessed the worst Tri Star disaster,Lived the Holy Mosque hijack,The Death of a Princess sagaCharles & Diana's visit and so much more and it's packed with laugh-out-loud moments you won't believe. I would go back tomorrow, would you?He said he would make my life a living nightmare, a burning hellfire, filled with extreme pain and intolerable suffering. That's ok mate, I smiled, I'm from Barnsley, I'm used to it.I Inhabited the territories covered by this book for over a decade, providing ample pain and experience to produce this work. I drank coffee with Princes and Kings, played football with Osama Bin Laden went shopping with Idi Amin, 80 lashes for being there, learned Arabic and made every effort to integrate. I loved Saudi and began to believe my own hype, "I am not a foreigner, I am a son of this country".Filled with laugh-out-loud humour, mysterious untimely deaths, bribery, corruption, abuse, physical and mental torture, degradation, sex, brutality, the Hijacking of the Holy Mosque, squandered oil revenue totalling billions, The Tri-Star Disaster, the "Death of a Princes" documentary and its fallout, Football with Osama Bin Laden, Shopping with Idi Ami, Royal revelations, rape, ruin and absolute despair, all interwoven into the revelations of a lifetime.Although I am now back in the UK, when daylight has gone and an unexpected knock rattles the door, a familiar apprehension returns. It is the cold, stark, tingle, of the fear of the unknown and instinct still forewarns, that despite thousands of miles between myself and those fanatics abroad - I cannot help but wonder, 'Is that terrible nightmare about to haunt me once more?' Not for the faint-hearted but if you or any of your colleagues have ambitions of employment in the Middle East, you may just want to read this. Saudi StyleBy Robert E. King - B.A.(Hons.), MCIM, F.inst.SMM. CM.Authors Bio.I played football with Osama Binladen, (Terrorist) went shopping with Idi Amin, (Murderer) had coffee with Mohammed Ali (The Greatest Boxer of all time) Dated the beautiful Air Stewardesses, (Angels) and visited with Princes and Kings, (The wealthiest men on the planet), it was the adventure of a lifetime. Come with me now and I will guide you through a nightmare, though I must warn you, I would go back tomorrow, would you?I enjoyed Saudi Arabia for over a decade, soaking up the culture and customs of a nation, who considered themselves the closest race to God. My travels permitted audiences with a total cross section of the race, from the fantastically wealthy ruling royals, to the last link in the chain of hierarchy, from devout worshipers to beggars, thieves and murderers. I even played football with Osama Binladen, at that time he was just a gangly kid, working in his father's precast concrete plant during university downtime in the late 70's but that is another story. Eventually, a simple legal dispute, resulted in an appalling journey deep into the bowels of Saudi and the brutal, physical and mental torture of an innocent man. This nightmare experience revealed the bizarre and sometimes grotesque secrets, that are carefully detailed in the manuscript. Secrets that until now have remained mostly uncharted. It also provided, what I believe, are the qualifications and experience to pen this work. This is not about telling tales, this is about living the dream and experiencing a different culture, in short, I would go back tomorrow with a much better idea of what to expect. This could also be a guide for all potential Saudi expatriates who need a manual for working in vastly differing cultures.I migrated to the Middle East during the mid seventies when OPEC ruled the waves and the oil price had almost reached that magical, forty dollars a barrel high. The euphoria of the Saudis was unreal. Massive
