<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by stimpy:
Well as I recall from Saudi Arabia & the U.A.E. (the most recent I've been to), the staff is all male. Also in Saudi, the doors aren't locked unless you choose to lock them from the inside. </font>
The Arab/South Asian countries are a little different than East Asian muslim countries, then again most muslims in the world are NOT arab. ;-)
It is interesting that the doors at hotels in Saudi are locked from the outside. Old British colonial houses seem to have locks on the outside as well as the inside. I always thought the idea of someone being able to also lock someone in a house from the outside gave a new meaning to house arrest. ;-)