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Arabia
Expatriates in Saudi Number 8.8m
2004-05-25
A total of 8.8 million expatriates live in Saudi Arabia, a figure that is equivalent to nearly 50 percent of the indigenous population, Labor Minister Dr. Ghazi Al-Gosaibi said yesterday.
In other words, fully one third of the people in Saudi Arabia ain't part of the Master race. And that's just the ones that they know about.
The figures cited by Gosaibi exceed earlier unofficial estimates that expatriates accounted for some seven million out of a total population of 23 million, with an unemployment rate of 20 percent.
pssst, Dr. Gosaibi, they all work for the Mossad, pass it on.
Posted by:Steve

#5  No heavy lifting. That's for the infidels. It's in the Koran.
Posted by: tu3031   2004-05-25 4:42:02 PM  

#4  They suffer from the well known syndrome called Adversion to Physical Labor.
Posted by: Anonymous4617   2004-05-25 3:15:22 PM  

#3  My sister in law was in Riyadh during the last sandbox war. Taking a cue from PJ O'Rourke, they had a bet going - a bottle of Moet to the first person who saw a Saudi lift anything heavier than money.

Nobody won.
Posted by: Sofia   2004-05-25 3:00:38 PM  

#2  Absolutely right! Expats do everything from gardening to extracting the oil.
Posted by: Anonymous4617   2004-05-25 2:39:53 PM  

#1  "..one third of the people in Saudi Arabia ain't part of the Master race..."

Lessee, isn't that the third that does all the work?
Posted by: Old Grouch   2004-05-25 1:38:10 PM  

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