[Oman-L] Saudi citizenship/GCC citizenship

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as an observant, and omani of black linage (none negro)but of Somali one which is originally from a yamani origin. Mazin is very right for the most part of his answers.
all the best.
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> From: Mazin & Nadia <ma010a4656@blueyonder.co.uk>
> Sent: Tue Oct 09 18:35:25 GMT+02:00 2001
> To: <oman-l@oman.org>
> Subject: Re: [Oman-L] Saudi citizenship/GCC citizenship
> 
> 
> Alaikum Asalam,
> 
> The answer to your first question: is no, if you are born is Saudi Arabia
> you do not become a citizen automatically; in fact as far as I know that in
> all of the countries of the middle east, being born in any of them does not
> give the right even to live there unless your parents are citizens or work
> there legally.
> Some countries e.g. Oman can grant citizenship to non-Omanis after they
> fulfil the naturalization criteria, i.e. length of stay etc. Once you are a
> citizen there is no difference as far as rights are concerned.
> Concerning 'black omanis' I presume you mean of negro origin, (as there are
> dark coloured Omanis) these are descendants of slaves hundreds of years ago
> and are fully intergrated into the Omani society with tribal affiliations,
> and there is no dicrimination as seen in the western world. The Omanis from
> Zanzibar are originaly Omanis who had gone to East Africa when it was part
> of Oman, some of them are of mix marriages, there is no stigma in Oman from
> being of negro origin. The most important feature in Oman and other Gulf
> countries is your tribal origin. your identity is your tribe. Even those
> Omanis who have been granted citizenship who are of non-Arab stock are not
> discriminated againt. How well you mix with the Omani society does not
> depent on who you are but if you can speak Arabic or not. Many Omanis are
> married to non-Omanis (both genders) and their children have gone up the
> career ladder without any problems some of them with poor Arabic language.
> Same is for other Gulf countries.
> This is natural in all societies, how well would you mix in mainstream US if
> you could not speak English?
> 
> mazin
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