I didn't really know a lot about Saudi Arabia. It looked fantastic.

Palm trees, sun, what more can you ask for?

Cheers!

The biggest shock was when I read a line,

homosexuality is a crime.

I did wonder what it be safe for me to go there. I'm gay. I just couldn't believe there

were drugs, there was alcohol, gay men. They're doing it, so why not me?

Are you homosexual?

I did start to forget about the danger.

I was very naive.

Why are you here?

It was just unbelievable fear.

You are sight here!

Homosexuality was punishable by death.

Please help me know. I'm going deep into my wife's family history digging up the cold case of her

murdered great-grandmother and did I mention that I'm looking into whether the murderer was actually the beloved family patriarch.

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In dangerous liaisons, Stephen Kaminsky takes what he thinks is going to be a dream opportunity to work as a nurse in Saudi Arabia.

He doesn't realize that as a gay man, he risks being executed if he's discovered.

Once in Saudi Arabia, he vows to resist any thought of having a relationship while he's there,

but after eight months he's extremely lonely and desperate for human contact.

He's reassured by a friend that there are ways to get around the law. He starts to relax and is able to meet a handsome young British man and begins a five month romance.

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