I lived there for a year in the early '90s. It is ranked about where others have said and all in all not a terrible place to be if you must be in the ME.
The problem is that the ME rates very low on places I want to live and I would not really want to go back to any place in the region having sampled most of the countries there. Europe, the US, or Asia easily beats any ME country for quality of life and the ability to freely enjoy your life.