Working in the Middle East: An American Woman's Story

Presenting the firsthand account of an American woman working several jobs in Egypt over a four-year period, this book analyzes the cross-cultural business environment between the United States and the Middle East and North Africa. It provides recommendations to enable anyone—male or female—to successfully navigate commercial activities in the region. • Supplies the first-hand accounts of someone who worked for four years in Egypt at several jobs—including founding her own company—regarding the cross-cultural business issues that arise in the Middle East and North Africa • Offers detailed information based on real-world experience that is not found in academic studies of the subject and is highly useful to practitioners, e.g., business women • Provides knowledge that will be valuable and applicable to entrepreneurs and employees being sent overseas by their companies as part of their global leadership development program, not just women • Addresses sensitive subject matter—topics about which real information is hard to find—such as how to handle sexual harassment in a country that does not follow rule of law in the same way as the United States