However, it was surprising for me to find that it is not all rosy in Arab countries, especially when it comes to academic expatriates. According to Austin et al. (2014), expatriates in the United Arab Emirates, despite having high incentives and financial conditions, are not very happy with the professional conditions offered in international universities. One of these concerns is the lack of time for research, because foreign faculty cannot afford to do any research as they are overwhelmed by the teaching workload: “on average, 70-80% of a faculty member's time is usually dedicated to teaching related activities” (Austin et al., 2014, p. 548). Lack of academic freedom was mentioned as another danger to the academic well-being of foreign expatriates, as foreign lecturers are sometimes afraid to express their criticisms of the university, because "students are known to approach students directly administrators with complaints about faculty members" (Austin et al., 2014, p. 552), which is why expatriate faculty are very cautious about their jobs and are afraid of losing them because of something they say