MyExpat group blog roundup: stereotypes are alive and well "Oh, you don't look German," my dentist in Muscat, Oman, said disappointedly when she first met me. "What, "I answered resignedly, "because I am not tall, blond and blue-eyed?" "Yes, "she admitted... Read more... I keep bumping into Britain. Whether rushing out on a Sunday morning for a carton of milk, looking up from my reading on the subway, or strolling through the city, there she is... Certain scams that do the rounds in Dubai so common you wonder how people continue to fall for them: The man who offers you a cheap "designer" Italian suit left over from a trade fair; the Omani family that's run out of petrol and needs AED 100 (£16) to get home; the man with the weeping wound who can't afford to pay for his AED 700 (£117) prescription... Have your say and sign up for a blog of your own at our MyExpat community site