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Originally Posted by Grammar Monster
UAE is probably one of the easier Arab areas to stay and has fairly lucrative contracts, but the roads are no longer paved with gold.
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I did a short stint there last year and made good money but is was a fecked program and I left after three months. I've continually looked into other positions there but the money I make now in Korea beats the majority of positions I've seen in the UAE lately. I wouldn't take my wife and kids to Korea, though.
UAE also doesn't have a low cost of living and inflation is currently running at about 15% per year with English teaching salaries not keeping pace but fairly static over the last few years and in many cases declining as the market is glutted by lots of teachers hoping to cash in on the holy grail of teaching.
I've been looking at other MidEast destinations as well, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, etc. Most of them top out around 2,500-3,000 US. (I make more in Korea.) The better ones require a minimum of a Masters. Many don't want marrieds, but singles only. There are some good job boards in the area that you can check out.