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Fahima Is a Petroleum Engineer from Qatar Who Is Visiting

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Fahima is a petroleum engineer from Qatar who is visiting Calgary for a few months to learn how things are done at her parent company. Soon after she arrives, she is given a tour of the city and various facilities by her new colleagues and she realizes that they are all going to some effort to ensure that she is never left alone with only male colleagues. Fahima laughs when she realizes that her Western colleagues have learned a few things about Muslim nations, one of which is the expectation that women should not be seen in public with men unless they are members of her own family. Fahima gently corrects their misperception of the status of women in Qatar and asks them to treat her as they would any other colleague. From that point on, her new colleagues follow her lead in matters relating to culture. Fahima's colleagues ________.

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Marginal Tax Rate

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