Recommendations for Persian Gulf countries/ schools

[Teachermom]

I've lived in Jordan, Israel/Palestine, and Egypt, and loved all of them...

However, it seems that most of the Mid-East jobs are in the Persian gulf where I've never been. Could any of you who have lived in the various gulf countries comment on the lifestyles and great schools in that region?

How livable are the various cities? Things to do? Places to go with kids? Pollution? Traffic? Safety?

We're also looking for schools with a good mix of expat kids, so my daughters won't be the only foreigners in their classes.

[inman]

Have a look at the post "Talk up the Middle East". There are some really good perspectives on there. It doesn't say about schools in particular, but there are some ideas about where others have enjoyed.