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Working with Middle Eastern Colleagues: A Cultural Guide for Western Professionals
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ISBN13: 9798197738370
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: May 20 2026
Pages: 132
Weight: 0.37
Height: 0.33 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: May 20 2026
Pages: 132
Weight: 0.37
Height: 0.33 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Do you work alongside Middle Eastern colleagues - and wonder what you might be missing?
Business today is global, but cultural intelligence rarely keeps pace. Western professionals working with colleagues from Iran, the Arab world, Turkey, or beyond often find themselves in frustrating situations they cannot quite explain. Meetings that run long. Deals that stall mysteriously. Relationships that never quite warm up. Feedback that lands wrong. Nothing catastrophic - just something persistently, expensively off.
Business today is global, but cultural intelligence rarely keeps pace. Western professionals working with colleagues from Iran, the Arab world, Turkey, or beyond often find themselves in frustrating situations they cannot quite explain. Meetings that run long. Deals that stall mysteriously. Relationships that never quite warm up. Feedback that lands wrong. Nothing catastrophic - just something persistently, expensively off.
Working with Middle Eastern Colleagues: A Cultural Guide for Western Professionals closes that gap.
Written by Yavar Dehghani - PhD linguist, and cross-cultural educator- this comprehensive guide gives you the frameworks, insights, and practical tools to work effectively and respectfully across one of the world's most consequential cultural divides.
Inside you will find:
The bridge between two worlds is built one insight at a time. This book is where you begin.
Written by Yavar Dehghani - PhD linguist, and cross-cultural educator- this comprehensive guide gives you the frameworks, insights, and practical tools to work effectively and respectfully across one of the world's most consequential cultural divides.
Inside you will find:
- Why relationships must come before business - and how to build them correctly
- How to read indirect communication, decode inshallah, and hear the no that was never spoken
- The role of honour, face, and dignity in every professional interaction
- Navigating hierarchy, gender dynamics, and religious observance in the workplace
- Country-by-country snapshots covering Iran, Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Egypt, Lebanon, Turkey, and more
- A complete A-Z East-West cultural comparison covering everything from apologising and gift-giving to mental health and hospitality
- Key Arabic and Persian phrases, an Islamic calendar guide, and cross-cultural do's and don'ts
The bridge between two worlds is built one insight at a time. This book is where you begin.
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