lol...you're quite right about the Asian part...if you're single, you can't even enter the malls in Qatar on weekends, unless you go thru' the backdoor! And ppl keep on mistaking you for Filipinos!

Asians are practically treated like slaves in this part of the world.

but best place in middle east has to be dubai, provided your expat package covers the essential, living the high life. Or work in Abu Dhabi, and spend your weekends in Dubai. Although with the recession now, it's not easy to find a job.

With a PhD, the highest paid job used to be quants in the finance sector, but with all this mess now, I have no idea how the job market is.