It’s a sad story but one that highlights something important that we all seemed to brush aside when signing up. It Is NOT like your home country - in the least offensive way possible, we can’t expect a fifty year-old civilisation to act like an old established European one. Health and safety, culture, treatment of expats, the legal system - it’s all different and as much as we would want it to be the same as our home country it isn’t.
It really does need to be understood and accepted before heading to live in the Middle East. It’s wrong that things should be that way, and it’s a heart-breaking story but one that I hope all potential joiners can learn from - understand the differences and weigh up the positives versus the negatives before making such an important decision to uproot the family for a few dollars more or the shiny big jet.