Gulf citizen, no qualifications, seeks well-paid job

LIKE members of other cosily rich clubs, the six monarchies that belong to the Gulf Co-operation Council (GCC) feel threatened by poorer, predatory outsiders. The more serious threat, however, comes from within: a soaring birth rate, combined with the reluctance of most Gulf employers to give local job-seekers preference over cheaper and harder-working expatriates, is pointing the way to heavy indigenous unemployment.