A new arabic member

[Neil]

For the interest of the cynics, Noora is from Oman, her IP address shows that her service provider is Omantel.

Way to make a new member feel really welcome. What ever happened to our world famous Aussie hospitality. Some of you should hang your head in shame.

No wonder we have so many lurkers out there. Half of them are probably too scared to stick their head up for fear it will be blown off by a .50 cal. Reality check folks, this is Australia. Give the girl a break and the benefit of the doubt.

Neil :mad:

[bitingmidge]

Thanks Neil,

Do we need a thread for the perpetually paranoid perhaps?

Can anyone please explain how anyone can plant themselves on a WWW forum and gather anything useful (in a subterfugal (new word) sense!!).

And a Troll?? Trolling for what?? Moreton Bay Bugs??

I would have thought if one was engaged in some serious intelligence gathering, this forum would not be a good place to start!



P

[Christopha]

"Trolls" hide under bridges and bight yer goats when they trip trap acrost the aforementioned bridge.... and I also reckon they are bods what hang around places like this just waiting to stir up trouble...............Oh my GOD! I'm a TROLL!!!! :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek:

As for Nora, I don't reckon she/he/it knows where bluddy Adelaide is either :mad:

[noora]

Hi Noora,

Im a little confused.

In your first posting you said that you live in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia but then in a later posting you said that you''re living in the Sultanate of Oman. I notice that you have "KSA" as your location beside your log in name on this forum.

Am I missing something or maybe its just that I dont quite understand your english..... and thats ok.

Are you trying to tell us that you were born in Saudi Arabia but now youre living in Oman or maybe its the other way around....you were born in Oman and now you're living in Saudi Arabia? Saudi Arabia and Oman are seperate countries arent they?

Martin

a'salamu alaikum

hye

i'm happy to hear ur comments

yeh i thought that u don't know about oman
when i went to UK and the people asked me where r u from?
i said i'm from oman
no one knew where is oman??
but all of them knew KSA
my city is too near to Saudi Arabia

but i know a lot of saudain people
they r our neighbors and we have a lot of relations with them ...
and we have the same customs

that's all

I'm really sad that all of u r surprised bcoz an arabic girl contacted this forums

i didn't read all of ur replies

i'm going to read them after writing this reply

thnx

[noora]

My guess is that Noora works for the Saudi Department of Foreign Affairs, who want to persuade us that all those stories about chopping off the hands of thieves and stoning adulterers, beating the **** out of people caught drinking alchohol, and the government funding of madrassas which preach jihad against the US and its allies, have no truth in them. However, my view is that they have a very long way to go there before they can be said to have a free society.

Rocker

I'm sorry to hear that !!!

u have to know that i'm 17 years old
i don't work in Saudi Department of Foreign Affairs
ur guess is wrong

our society is against drinking alcohol so the Foreigners have to respect our consums and our region ((Isalam))

[LineLefty]

Noora,

Apologies for my doubts, your original posts were a bit strange though, perhaps it's just the language barrier, I'll give you the benefit of the doubt.

Let me speak honestly for a moment. In Australia, we currently have a small, but decent sized muslim minority who live happily beside everyone else.

Unfortunately, due to the 9/11, Afghanistan, Iraq etc, Muslim culture is constantly in our faces on TV, radio, newspapers etc etc. We have many different cutlures here from all over the world, yet for the past few years all we seem to hear about is Islam, and I frankly, am tired of it. I'd love to see or read something about Bhuddism, Shinto, Hindu, bloody Paganism!, anything except Islam and Judaism.

I work with a number of Muslims, and I hate to label then like that. I'd love for society to see them as just people, rather than muslim people.

There is no general ill feeling towards arabs/muslims here, so please don't think that. It's just that there is nothing unknown or mysterious about a female from a muslim country anymore. If you actually have something interesting to say/offer, great, I'd love to hear from a person, not a muslim female.

[Sorry other's, I didnt meen to speak for y'all, just myself!]

[Ivan in Oz]

a'salamu alaikum

hye

i'm happy to hear ur comments

yeh i thought that u don't know about oman
when i went to UK and the people asked me where r u from?
i said i'm from oman


thnx

Arh! Huh!!
Let me guess;

When you said Oman,
The Poms thought you said " Oh! Man!!"

as in "Oh! Man! Not another stupid question?"

Now, what about Yemen............Yea! MAN!..........that's cool!


Count
Without foot in mouth

Hey Noora, check out the SWMBO jokes; you need a braord SOH

SWMBO.......She Who Must Be Obeyed
SOH............Sence of Humour

[Rocker]

Noora,

I am sorry to have been a bit cynical about you, if you are indeed a 17-year old girl from Oman. It is just that most of us here are 'older' men who have nothing better to do with our lives than to make furniture out of wood, so we were a little disconcerted to find someone like yourself amongst us.

Rocker

[Ivan in Oz]

Noora,

Let me speak honestly for a moment.



There is no general ill feeling towards arabs/muslims here, so please don't think that.

[Sorry other's, I didnt meen to speak for y'all, just myself!]

Mostly for me as well
Crumbs Lefty,

Someone will call you a ah,ah! Woodworker.................
or even worse, a WOODY................... :eek: :eek:

[Thinking, Thinking]

Count

[Gumby]

The avatar doesn't add up. That's more of a harem type belly dancer than what law abiding females wear in Saudi Arabia. Maybe the IP is from where Neil says but it just doesn't fit. 17 year old girls aren't interested in talking to old *farts like us

[Sturdee]

our society is against drinking alcohol so the Foreigners have to respect our consums and our region ((Isalam))

I agree with that. When I came to this wonderful country I assimilated too.


That is why it really p*****s me of when muslems who come here won't do so. Perfect examples are Christmas and Easter where Christmas carols are banned in kinders. Or their insistance of wearing veils.

Peter.

[kiwigeo]

Okay weve established that Noora is actually from Oman and maybe some of us (me included) didnt exactly roll out the good old Ozzie welcome mat........apologies from me if and where they are appropriate.

The conflicting localities did have me a bit puzzled but Neils verification of the IP address clears that one up. A bit perturbing though that Noora was worried we wouldnt know where Oman is......its been my experience that Ozzies and Kiwis are pretty "üp there" when it comes to knowing where countries are.

Anyway welcome to the forum Noora.

Martin

[smidsy]

Hei Noora,
Welcome to this mad place, and don't worry about not speaking English too well because no one here speaks it too well either.

Hei guys, I must say that women not being able to drive sounds like a damn good idea

Cheers
Smidsy

[kiwigeo]

a'salamu alaikum

yeh i thought that u don't know about oman
when i went to UK and the people asked me where r u from?
i said i'm from oman
no one knew where is oman??

Hi Noora,

I think you'll find that in general Australians are pretty good at knowing where other countries are.....

Sometimes you might find our sense of humour a bit hard to understand but I think youll find that we're generally a friendly bunch.

Cheers and welcome

Martin

[kiwigeo]

Adelaide is absolute proof that Tasmanians can swim !

Okay I was holding off on telling you guys too much about myself but it has to come out at some stage:

>>>Im an expat kiwi living in Adelaide and I work for a Tasmanian based company<<<<

Okay let the jibes fly.

Martin