KERALA MONITOR PHOTO GALLERY

A typical Muslim Church in Saudi Arabia More pictures showing the past

Skyscrappers are common in Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Sharja and others parts of the UAE. This is a picture showing the Abhu Dhabi Oil Company office.

A well maintained public park in Dubai, UAE. Roads and public places are neat and clean. Large number of expatriate workers from India, especially Kerala work in gardening and cleaning jobs. Below a Malayali gardener workin in Dubai park.

 All Arabs are not Rich Shaikhs: There are several poor people also in the oil rich Gulf countries where socio-economic disparities are as rampant as in any other developing countries. Here is an ordinary Omani from the interior region trying to earn his daily bread. E

Even though the standard of living has improved through welfare measures, a lot needs to be done to amelierate the true living conditions. Without proper education and technical skills, ordinary Arabs look enviously at the expatriates, mainly Indians and Malabaris

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Do you think that this is a photograph of coconut trees of Alappuzha or any other place in Kerala?

Sorry, this is a coconut plantation in Salalah, a coastal town in the Dhofar region of the Sultanate of Oman. As the region has coastal climate and rainfall during the khareef season, there is vegetation and greenery in this part of the Arabian desert. Thanks to its unique gegraphical features similar to a typical Kerala village, Dhofar region is being developed into a major tourism and holiday destination for the Arabs. Especially during the Summer when the temperature goes up substantially, Arabs from other countries find an asylum in Salalah.

 Arabs traditionally live in mountain valleys where there is enough scope for agriculture and drinking water.

An Arab women in her traditional dress