Dubai: Expectation vs reality - BBC News
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Dubai - perhaps the best known city of the United Arab Emirates, with a reputation for attracting the glamorous and the wealthy.
But what's going on beneath the surface? The BBC's Frank Gardner explains how not everything is as it seems.
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Can confirm. Lived there for 10 years dubai looks glamorous but the workers who built their buildings and hotels are practically working for nothing
@ابو عمر المقدسي Stfu
@ابو عمر المقدسي stfu
bro what? most expats make 2-3 times what they make in their home countries and along with that they get free housing, free healthcare, free food, etc
@@buzzlightyear1010 2-3 times a horribly low amount is still horribly low, and do you know which other source of cheap labor got free food, housing, etc? Slaves in the american south. Now, if you want to be consistent I better see you defending that aswell
@@oracle8192 your wrong, 2-3 times the amount someone makes in their country is called generosity. It is clear you know nothing economics, otherwise you wouldn’t go around making stupid statements such as the one you just made. 2nd, are you seriously comparing slavery to someone working? slaves were kidnapped from their homes and forced to work tiring hours under the hot sun, expats are people who leave their countries willingly and travel to rich gulf countries to work in order to feed themselves and there families. The uae suffers from a population crisis where it doesn’t have enough locals to work therefore they need to bring in workers from other countries who need work in order to survive economically.
I’ve lived here for 7 years. It’s a great city but very superficial. There is always somewhere to go and something to do, but said things are always based on shopping or paying.
Like pretty much any place in the world..
@@Speed_7545 no! Lots of countries have mountains lakes and greenery to spend Dubai is boring
I live in the U.S and thats how it is in all states. Especially as you get older, if you don’t drink you have nothing to do. People just drink their problems away everyday after work and on the weekends.
@@user-yx1lc1hb3n and? To many people greenary and lakes are boring... Many countries and cities like dubai don't have much of those yet are still nice.
@@eventusvantos2770 lol greenery is boring to some ppl? May be to the rich! Just because you love Dubai doesn't mean that you have to say a lie! Dubai has nothing to offer other than malls and shiny buildings! Dubai is completely ok for the rich! But not for the rest.. And moreover people like me would get depressed without Greenery!
If Kim Kardashian was a place she would definitely be Dubai.
Saurav Barman nah more like kylie
😅😅😅😅
Yep 👍
At least Kim Kardashian doesn’t seem to be a bad person, she’s just shallow and spoiled.
Poke Emblem but shallow and spoiled is bad
I hate when journalists say “Alleged” when the evidence is there
Mpho Mokoena they don't want to get sued even if there is evidence they would still have to prove it so it's just easier to say alleged
Alleged can mean not exactly prosecuted
when they say alleged, they basically mean its true without the possibility of getting cancelled by idiots "calling them out for spreading lies"
they don't want to have a lawyer up thier ass
They have to keep a neutral view, it’s part of their job
I remember at my English school in Dubai we would make shoeboxes filled with toothbrushes and towels and food and blankets to send to the workers living in the terrible conditions on the edge of the city....the bit of Dubai they don't want you to see
same what school did you go to?
Md 2006 ofcourse.. the west is jealous of countries like the UAE. They think they’ll seem more civilised if they shit on successful countries
@@Wasteman365 its true. Ik people from Bangladesh and Nepal who came back after contract ended saying horrible things about the working conditions they even held their passports so they couldn't quit until they were no longer needed.
Syed Alam they move here for better wages
H MF they’re jealous because they can’t comprehend how successful the country is so they decide to make KZhead videos and accusations about the country
After all of this, the truth is that living in Dubai is a whole different story than just being a tourist for a week.
What is it like ??
@@samahamara8543 living in dubai is much better than visiting dubai for a week since u get to know the culture ,the welcoming nature of the country and the diversity in the country
@@gerard3014 exactly.
You get the picture, you've nailed it
Actually this place being tax free makes a huge amount of difference if you have come with a target to save money. Have good plans to retire or build your own house in your home country? Welcome to UAE. Suppose u make 143k dollars here, well in tax free terms thats 200k USD. So this being not tax free makes a huge differnce. In life there are only two certainties- Death and taxes. Well one less thing to worry about, isnt it? ;)
It's amazing what you can achieve when you don't care about human suffering 👍🏻
Jeff Bezos agrees
@@EarlyBirdCraft I bet 🤭
@@EarlyBirdCraft China, Soviet Union, Brits everyone agree.
That’s hypocritical . Have you forgotten about colonialism and imperialism? It wasn’t just suffering they inflicted but murder and torture.
@@MS-ol7ds well said, western hypocrites
As a guy from Kuwait I say Dubai is the biggest money pit in the world. I've been to Europe and I felt more comfort and welcoming than I did in Dubai!!
How did u feel unwelcomed in dubai?
Your country Kuwait is rich ! Lucky you. Your currency 💴 is very strong. It’s even stronger than the British Pound!
@@AbdulHameed-dm9gj The Kuwaiti dinar is definitely strong.Are you a Kuwaiti ? 😀
@@AbdulHameed-dm9gj Ooh. I thought you were one.. but you’re from the Middle East right ? 😎😎
Because you we're just visiting europe try to live there, bank there, pay taxes there and you will realise that dubai is a bless
I saw some popular channels start promoting Dubai recently in a fantasy way, I didn't expect the BBC to do the opposite way, good job BBC
BBC is just anti-Arab and anti-China, they always like to report negative news about countries that don't follow western systems
lxy315lxy You are unbelievably ignorant! Do you not know that the BBC is biased against everybody! Except Palestine & the EU? The BBC attacks the Indian, Chinese, US and UK governments - equally. In London it has been joked recently, that the BBC is in effect, the ‘Brexit Bashing Corporation’ and the ‘Boris Bashing Corporation’ respectively. The BBC seems to think it is entitled to [a licence to] bash! 😂👎🏻
ugaaa5 lxy315lxy is out of his depth today. Please try not to insult gentle Downs or other folks with MR disability diagnosis by likening him to them. They are innocent, humble & honest & do not pretend to know what they don’t know.
ugaaa5 Ok, you mean an ignorant fellow. I agree.
lxy315lxy By anti-Arab, I believe you mean anti-barbarian and pro-human.
I’ve been to Dubai and it’s a bit like Vegas - worth visiting once but most of it is eye candy. It about as soulless as Milton Keynes. Gimme places within history and iconic landmarks over a concrete jungle.
Nobody . London is the biggest dump on the planet.
Milton Keynes is lovely
Lature Bogdan it’s basically a train station and roundabouts
"Concrete jungle".....I like that
@@jamescollinsisbetterthanme7005 it's basically a pleace with decend people, clean streets, close to the motorway to Londonistan and with quite surroundings
It's sad to see the ppl who help build dubai and came in hopes of better life ,just to get cheated have their whole life destroyed. They are as human as we are and imagine what they must have gone through
One of the only BBC news reporters that doesn’t have a depressing tone with every word even when talking about the problems of Dubai. That’s how all news should be reported.
Right
It's got no culture. Doesn't feel like home. Feels like a giant bus stop
There is but u just got to the building parts
Nihilism “Created” being the keyword here! No history there.
genie121 you think there’s no history? I’ve lived in Dubai since I’ve born and learnt so much about it. There’s more than just towers and malls in Dubai and you wouldn’t know about it because you’ve never lived there.
genie121 What a bullshit thing to say. History is being made. New York also didn‘t have any history when it was founded.
Pakistan Military will annex the entire Middle East Insha'Allah soon
Dubai: A large Disneyland made by the poorest to fulfill the fantasies of the richest.
Karl Marx : That's the point.☭
everyone’s crying about how the poor fulfill the fantasies of the rich as if their countries didn’t do the same.
First of all , I hate Dubai but your really bias. Those poorest make good money there but they seem so poor when your comparing them to a millionaire in Dubai.
Thats kinda the point
@@iminfinite3412 You hate it cause you're broke.
"It made its wealth through... " me thinking he will say exploitation of the poor, literal slavery "... diversification!"
That's how propaganda works! Imagine all the propaganda in the past that you didn't notice and just let slip through.... 😮
Is Dubai the city Utopia that Plato wrote about? of course not It's a city that has faults like New York, As for the workers, they are not slaves. They can leave and return to their country at any time. The problem is with the agents, and by the way, they are not Emiratis. but from the same country from which the workers came, And better salaries that are in their country, otherwise he would not have come to Dubai as an expatriate from his family. Note: I am an Arab, not an Emirati, but I wanted to be fair. And by the way, I hate the rulers of the Emirates, and I hate the Dubai scheme, and I wish it was built like Singapore (a city for the community) or as a historical city in the Arab style.
Lived there for 20 years. This video is truth.
I have grown up there and my childhood was fairly good but now as an adult to live and work there its not the best place. Great for the elite and niche class but for the rest it's a hollow place.
Westerners do very well there. I enjoyed working there.
Worst childhood ever
@@1SONGTHENiDiP Nobody asked, kiddo.
I’m considering to move there , but I’m still underqualified ! it’s either Dubai or Germany. Can you help ?
@@farrahyoussef6364 Germany has no tution fees..can we connect on watsapp?
I lived in UAE for many year before moving back to the UK. I must say the old Dubai was way more beautiful and charming than the new Dubai. People were also more genuine 😊
really ?
There's slaves there..
Locals are usually nice and genuine, atleast the ones I knew.
Because 85% are from another country
@@hnys7976 Do you even know what a slave is? They choose to come and get paid. Where I'm from its normal to have a driver and a full time maid and they get paid minimum wage. Drivers don't pay for housing and fuel and maids dont pay for housing and food.
If ever a "mirage" existed, it is this. It is this. It, indeed, is this!
As someone who has been living in UAE for 16 years, dubai is a place to visit once in a while, its not grt for living unless your rich enough, I prefer sharjah more, it has a more comfy and warm environment, it may not be as attractive in terms of luxury to dubai, but its more homely, dubai will always give u this fast paced and dry feeling if u spend more than a week It also saddens me how UAE is practically known as dubai, ppl r rarely aware of the fact that their r 6 more Emirates that r equally as gud just in their own diff ways
I'm ashamed to to say that unitl today, I thought Dubai was a country not a city..
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I gues you are from UAE
Now do London: Expectation vs reality
EggNoodles _ Nice racism there
@Nshsls Snshshsj most of Indians are Hindus
EggNoodles _ is love to add that vegans keep nagging about slavery as everything to them is slavery they even hate human race
D X I’ve been in Dubai for 26 years and never felt that get rekt
Londons a shithole
Thank God someone’s finally talking about this place truthfully.
Smokedship and yet better than anywhere else (homeless people free) city, poor people can’t afford Dubai life so they leave and that’s not a bad or negative thing tho
@@fispen875 No homeless for sure! If you're a local, you get support from the government but if you're an expat you get deported immediately....they have not even taken Syrian refugees, what they did was fire all Syrians working in UAE government-controlled companies!
We cant even use video call in ME without vpn... and no job stability and no permanent residency..
@@fispen875 are you shaming poor people?
لين no
Excellent presentation, thank you.
Thank you very much for sharing video Salam tak,
Honestly speaking Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Has affected many lives positively more than any country in the world. Giving visa to those who no country would've ever given visa. Giving hope to the hopeless. I'm a living testimony from Africa, I've worked more than 7 years in Dubai. For More than 5 years now, I've been trying to visit America & Europe, after paying for visa and provide all other requirements, yet the visa will still be denied for no reason.... God bless Dubai!
So your predicament is not your country's fault?
@@oratiog9036 you make no sense
Most probably it is the hopelessness that fuels this modern day slavery. In your head you deserve less considering where you came from.
I've never been interested in Dubai for some reason.
You're missing alot
Same how can someone like a place thats build by slave work
ive lived there, my cousins live there,theres a new dubai and a little old one, in my opinion, it's worth to visit
in m opinion, its just manmade. there is no natural beauty in dubai plus the weather is horrific. you dont really miss anything if you dont go to dubai
@@user-tv5ju2hw9d malls and modern skycraprers? Thanks I can see it one/two days, nothing against Dubai. Great for business no doubt, but for tourism could be very boring...
At 1:30 I think he means to say "you got beaches" 😆
I used to live there a couple of years ago, he described it almost perfectly
I remember i had a stopover in Dubai for about 30 hours so i went into the city got a hotel and wandered around.. I remember sitting in a coffee shop in a mall on my laptop and overhearing a (local emirati i presume) speak utter disrespectful trash towards the Filipina girl serving coffee.. Was a real eye opener.
Yes some are like that, but most Emiratis are nice to them (I am Emirati and my whole family is, in my school, too). Even family friends. They all donate and speak to them with a nice manner.
Harry Gills ouch the burn
Lol I worked as a cashier for shell 2 years and Exon 3 years and every single day someone would speak disrespectful trash. It means that humans are pieces of entitled shit.
Dubai respect only the Rich and white people
@@eliasuga4676 It literally has nothing to do with respecting white people, I mean that's just- I'm Emirati; I know.
At "Dubai" you "Do buy"
underrated
More like Mr Comment
No, you "Don't buy" because everything there is hecking expensive
This is very informative, thanks alot.
i went to dubai around 2016 and stayed there for 2 weeks at a hotel, it is honestly so beautiful there, and id lovee to go there again!
My dad told me about this. Workers are told that they would be better pay so they move to Dubai to work. They can't afford to live properly and have to send the majority of their wages to help family at home. Dubai is built off poor labour.
Well I am an Emirati here and everyone that is talking about Nature or culture..The nature of the UAE are the deserts and mountains (Can’t really find mountains in Dubai though) you can find beautiful mountains in the other Emiratis such as Fujairah and Ras al khaimah while you can find deserts in Dubai and Abu Dhabi (the deserts are actually beautiful) and about culture..You can find plenty of culture in the UAE don’t forget Dubai is only 1 city in the whole country..While you see skyscrapers in Dubai and the capital Abu Dhabi you can find fortresses Bedouin tents and more on the other Emiratis...The emirate of Sharjah is well known for the culture while the city of Al Ain has the most culture out of every city in the UAE as it even is a UNESCO world heritage Dubai is only a small part of the bigger picture And I know everything about the labor in Dubai and I know that it is totally my countries fault and I take 100% responsibility..I myself couldn’t even believe that they were treated in this kind of way I hope there will be an end to this
ツRoyalPillows are you native Emirati??? wow there aren't much
ShayanZ_YT Yeah I am lol
@@royalpillows7716 well said
Gamer Cat It isn’t a village 😂 It is a small/Medium sized city BUT it has no skyscrapers as they banned skyscrapers in al ain
No it os not dubais fault like why do migtants go there if theu arectrated badly 😕
I actually love it as a stopping place to the far east. Usually spend a night or two before moving forward. One thing about dubai is there is a sense of safety, even at night, there is no worry about being mugged etc
White guy
Meh. I prefer taking KLM or another European airline over Emirates. Wouldn't want to support this place.
Very special thank you
Hi malgorzata how are you
Duabi is the only place I've ever been on Holliday that I've never wanted to go back to.
Better we don't need you
@@khaledmaher6602 butthurt
I personally loved Dubai. But I’m 12 so I don’t understand the video.
GiRaffi 100 exactly the same
Fin Ridler 😂😂😂
We cant celebrate these beauty of infrastructure whole day.Only 20 seconds of feel good then it becomes boring like hell .
asiyahnoor no. Are you very rich? Because if you are Not, it’s painfully crappy and boring and the only way to have a good life is to make it without games, money can’t buy you any happiness
It's not the responsibility of the BBC to be a 'feel good' channel - its job, as a state broadcaster, is to tell the truth - and if you don't like that truth, sucks to be you.
wolverine thank you, also which I meant any fun there is overpriced, it’s the only place in my country (UAE) which has tolling stations.
Yes you are right
Try living in Bahrain for a day..
Fun Fact: The Burj Khalifa is not connected to the sewers. All of the waste has to be carried out by trucks.
Everyone saying Dubai was built by the poor for the rich bla bla , hmm I wonder who built London or Paris or New York and other big cities 🤔
Exactly and also Islam actually ended slavery In the middle east long before any of the European or American countries ever did.
@tribute lmao slavery existed for centuries after the advent of Islam, the trans saharan slave trade was one of the longest running in history. Slavery still exists in Yemen and Libya to this day.
@Mack Oh really, how.
@@nasoor7844 Sorry dude, but you clearly have no idea. Islamic countries like Saudi Arabia, Oman and Yemen were the last to abolishe slavery. They did so under pressure from Britain.
@وردة سيرا Because the human rights situation in the middle east is so terrible
I went to Dubai and stayed for 5 days, the first day was fun you know looking at the skyscrapers then I went to Dubai mall and when I was done from Dubai mall I had like nothing else to do it wasn’t fun there is no history in the city and no people from that city. After my 5 days in Dubai I visited Lebanon and Syria (yes I visited Syria and it’s nothing like it’s portrayed in the media) and it was the most fun trip of my life that I will never forget. In Beirut I saw the rouche rocks when to zaytoony bay (don’t know how to spell it) I then went to jounieh bay and took a Cable car up the mountain where I climbed the harissa and visited the our lady of Lebanon church it was beautiful and the view was I can’t even describe it. The next day I visited Baalbek where I saw the ancient Roman buildings 🏛 and wow it was amazing. On my third day I was in the Byblos harbour and the history there is just wow. Then on my fourth day it was time to go syria I drove up to tartous and stayed in the Porto hotel, it was like I was in Europe the view of the Mediterranean Sea was spectacular the restaurants food was excellent. My second day in syria I took a boat to the island of arward where I saw fort of arwad which was amazing, after I took the boat back to tartous I drove a bit north to the holiday beach hotel and wow it was the nicest hotel I have ever been too. I roamed around the pool then went to the beach at around sunset and relaxed until the fourth day where I drove to Latakia and jet skied and stayed at the Afamia hotel and resort which was amazing. Then on my fifth day it was time to see Damascus the oldest continuously inhabited city. I stayed at the Sheraton which was beautiful and then visited the old city I went to kan zaman restaurant which which was the highlight of my trip is Damascus. On my second day in Damascus I visited the ummayd moscue (probably spelt wrong) which was the oldest place of worship in the world and wow I then went to the hill to see the view of Damascus at night and it didn’t disappoint then after 12 days I drove back to Beirut and had only a few hours to spare so I roamed a lot of the city then headed to the airport where I landed back into Dubai (layover) then back to Melbourne. The trip to Lebanon and Syria was a trip i will never forget and tell everyone about till the day I die. The trip to Dubai was boring and I wish I stayed in Dubai only 2 days and saved the rest for Lebanon and syria.
Sounds fun.... Wow😲
@@rupakbhattarai7095 Yeah it was a really fun trip I can’t wait to go again.
That's amazing, the way the media portrays certain places is very unfortunate. The middle east is genuinely one of the most beautiful regions on the planet in terms of the culture and people but the media and politics are creating a divide that's getting bigger and bigger
@@oyounes5945 Yeah 100% agree with you.
I am glad you enjoyed Lebanon 😃 Sadly lebanon is experiencing its worst crisis due political tensions and complete economical collapse
Dubai always struck me as a "gilded culture." It's dressed up in glass and gold to conceal the oppression and rot. If ever it adapts a working democracy, I'll be glad to visit, but not a moment before.
I think because of demographic, it's a country where 90% are immigrant/tourist/foreigner. And path to citizenship are difficult if not imposible. So i guess that's why they try so hard to advertise and made a country to become a hub of international citizen with different culture, but ofc the ones with lot of money.
Very well said.
Democracy is trash.. Democracy= tensions in the country, and no peace
@Krishnan Unni Madathil Okay but it's working fine in every other country
Democracy is just a big curtain to cover the worst .
I caught a train from dc to Dubai last summer during Christmas weekend
gave me another perspective, thank you
Dubai is a 1 time travel destination... It gets boring quickly..
Just buildings only there is no soul in it.
Been there over 12 times & I agree with you lol
@Heart of Glass i have a very rich friend (she married someone rich 15 years older than her) and she goes to dubai every year, i dont know whats the fun of it. maybe because i dont have much money to spend :D
Dubai only fun if you're mega rich.
All it is is skyscrapers and beaches
Went to Dubai earlier this year, the place is one of the most amazing places I’ve visited in terms of wealth, building structure, beaches and the cleanliness... but there is just something missing, there seems to be no atmosphere unlike cities such as LA, New York and London. Hmm
How about stepping away from downtown? There are 6 other cities yknow, even Dubai has some natural landmarks which are incredible
Its about not giving the benefit of the doubt to its residents. Its not about not giving people a citizenship, its about they're treated as guest or outsiders depsite playing a big part in the city's development. There are certain pockets where this 'atmosphere' exists but considering the majority of the people are non-Emirati, non-Western, mostly Asian and some African expats and aren't melded with the local cultures as such (they have to live among themselves, the Emiratis are richer and live in the suburbs instead so barely any interaction in between). Because of all this, most retain their unique cultures like the Filipinos or the Indians, most are part of the labour or working class, so their areas too aren't classy as you would have in the Burj Khalifa per say.
@@AbdhullahKadar yes true
I'm a native of a Los Angeles suburb and I say Dubai is exactly like L.A. in that it sprung up seemingly out of nowhere to become a world-class city in a couple of decades! I get it, but give Dubai a chance and look a little closer. The same thing is said about L.A. as we compete with cities that date back to the Roman Empire (Rome, London, Paris) and older cities in our own country (New York, Chicago, San Francisco), but I can point out Los Angeles's history. A lot of it just started before it got famous and big.
abu dabhi feels more like a city than dubai
There’s a lot of expectations vs shocking realities in most major cities of the world, Cape Town, New York, Hong Kong, London. In fact often, the bigger and richer cities have deeper and darker secrets to it.
Yeah but Dubai is exceptionally terrible.
You'd be singing a different tune if you were imprisoned in a river of excrement and working for no pay.
Cape town is not a major city
I don’t think london should be in that list
The education system isn’t very good in Dubai, we are learning things people in America learn in grade one.
I’ve never seen yet 1 Emirati individual works in a grocery store
Because they work other jobs, as mangers and other highly paid jobs. Also the grocery workers they chose to work there
Tenshi. I am a fully uae citizen still slave labors are uncomfortable for me to accept
Visited Dubai twice I don't even know what Emiratis look like
Kidus Tiliksew lmaooo
Quavo Quack....they can't be "slaves" if they come freely to UAE and doing their job willingly and get paid for it. They would be far worse in their home countries.
2- 3 days is enough, the first impression is awesome, jaw-dropping, second day - in marina, third day - in the old town. And that's it.
Downtown can be pretty cold but old Dubai looks and feels amazing!
Wow. I had no idea. Very informative.
You haven’t mentioned his wife who recently fled to the UK filing for divorce
@sajid haider Two daughters are missing.
Exactly
Yeah he should have mentioned that
Why should he mention that for thats there private matter. Too many haters nowadays
bashy s ikr
I went to Dubai during summer, and it was a hell
yes beacuse you are a broke peasent
valentinafrancis and you are a Filthy rich?
@@Sam-de5oy he's filthy but not rich
@IKONIC 123 maybe he got holidays for summer
@@valentinafrancis6431 Chill Chill brother no hate
Thanks to all the workers from India and South Asia for their amazing works in Dubai.
thank u Dubai for giving employment to Indian people
@@meeras9076 Thank you Dubai for treating the Indian workers with their basic human rights.
@@runeguy277 fuc*k u
@@runeguy277 as if the Indian government treats Indians better look at your farming crisis then speak
@@H1sham_z I'm not Indian but Ok.
I was there in 2012, driving around the desert, and I found Universal Studios! But just the gate- instruction had halted four years earlier
I knew all the reality as well as expectations coz. I am an Indian 😁😂
you are just mad because india is a 5th world country
@@valentinafrancis6431 sorry I beg your pardon plz speak simply what you want to say!!
@@harinderjitsinghdhaliwal5933 racist im from brazil so i cant speak english very doog
@@valentinafrancis6431 valentina francis querida, por favor, não me cite como #racista, eu não queria machucá-lo. Eu pensei que seu inglês é bom, porque eu não entendi o significado do país do 5º mundo. I beg your pardon means Eu imploro seu perdão 😇
Haha! 🤣 love this comment
They take passport of labourers. Labourers cannot go home if anything happens.
gapp lavdya
Overwork them, deny them their documents, abuse them, wage theft is common, forced 12+ hour shifts, minimal exposure to the common lands (they are penned in facilities or locked in cramped apartments), and god knows what else. Horrible place.
100 percent
lmfao how everybody hates capitalism when there arent 387484 laws to limit its greed
When you lose your passport you just get a new one at the embassy? o_O
I went to Dubai once and it was seemingly nice (probably because I only went to the famous spots like the Burj Khalifa and Dubai Mall) I went to Abu Dhabi too and that was comparatively better..a more calm place.
A british news channel criticize a country for oppressing people 🤔
Britain doesn’t oppress people
@@ElHal04 they did so historically
Freedom freedom freedom, No freedom in UAE that is why I left there. The level of racism and discrimination is really really bad.
able Man And exactly which country did u go to that has freedom?
What nationality are you ?
go to usa
Same. I was born there and never going back.
Probably coz ur white and have no money to show authority. You were probably useless in the UAE anyway. Btw I do not live there
Materialism on top of oppression.
Dubai is a city for expat. You rarely find locals there.
There are. U just have to go to the right places
Immigrants*
I've been to Beirut and for me it will remain the most beautiful pearl of the Middle East and to be honest, I wouldn't mind to visit Dubai, the Middle East it's full of amazing places to discover
But Dubai is middle east
Jordan, Syria, Lebanon, Yemen. That's the real Middle East. Beautiful.
I am from Pakistan and I was born here and My Son is also now Born Here in UAE Bad thing is we are Still expats in this country and can still Be Thrown out if Did something wrong. But surely One of the Safest place to live here with The Family.
Khaleel Madridista so do you get well paid in your job?
@@humblebee8334 we Have Our Buissness Here in Uae.
@Ashraf Black P Still Pakistan. They Dont Give You Passport No Matter How Long you are here Hopefully in Future it will change
@@khaleelmadridista4523 what about if one parent is a UAE national? Does your child get passport?
@Ashraf Black P yup that's Right That's why I am thinking of Moving to Canada Now For My Son's Future.
1:30 “You got B!TCHES”
This is what i heard until i saw the picture
😂😂😂😂
Welp he's not wrong though. Why do u think Instathots go there?😏
I must have played it back about 20 times
TilerP he said beaches dumb ass
Thank you
Dubai? Innovation? What the heck that hack is talking about? Slavery?
Dont even get started on slavery WESTERNER
I worked in the UAE for 4yrs as a Nurse.. it is the best example of Beautiful Outside and Rotten Inside! At first you would be amazed of this tine country, you would felt your are in the Best Country in the world.. but after a month! you would start to see how Arabs treat expats, employers treat employees...I am glad im in Canada now.. Ill never go back there..
Yea yuo mike nice money and go to Canada
@Julia Jones there are thousands of cities ruled by arabs that have freedom of expression, what's your point
LOL after working 4 years earning taxless money!!!! Typical hypocrite.
General Practitioner...So why people immigrated to UAE? Why not to N Korea or Congo? You can't hate a country that you willingly move to and earn money their. You don't like it you leave, simply put.
@@secretarybird1849 lol. That's the point. She somehow managed for 4 years and eventually left.
Not my idea of a holiday destination. An oppressive dump dressed up in glass and gold.
But millions of tourists visit Dubai every year without any issues at all
@@lxy315lxy and ? it's a shithole
@@lxy315lxy they seem to like Vegas too - people are trash and like looking at shiny things.
lxy315lxy ...and? I’ll stick to countries where I can still behave like a human and not get jailed for it thanks 👍
Craig Thomas Dang
Interesting video!!
Good video.
I prefer countries like Egypt because of the history there. Dubai is too modern for me
No comparison between Egypt and UAE ...Egypt is a home of 100 person it goes back thousands of years ,The debate whether Egyptians are Arabs or not still on for years as well.
Yes, I guess you need to stay in caves modern life is not for you bae
Mohamed Azkoul Egyptian are Africans fuck off
@@gabrielm6422 are you stupid? Some of the middle East is in North Africa. Egypt is still an Arab country. The middle East in in Asia and Africa, Egypt is an African country but it's still Arab. Google it
jimin_i_ Pabo you dumb fuck. Egypt is an African country. Arabs came and invaded north Africa you dickhead. Do your research
the same thing happens with london, a parking space in central london can cost over 500 pounds
I don't know why everyone recentely is feeling the urge to show only the bad side of the city ignoring how flourished is the health system,education,security and service quality ,a lot of people are living their best lives there ! Be fair
so we should just ignore the problems?
I think they are jealous of a middle eastern city's development.
@@abisinan3976 lmfao, development means jack shit when its actively being built on malpractices
I prefer old Dubai, but I can't say that I've been to the UAE at all
dubai is literally how i clean my room
This is the true Dubai The world need to see the reality of Dubai than the land scrapers. Dubai is beautiful from outside not inside.
yes from broke dumbasses
دولة الرمل.
Do you live in Dubai?
Or the other cities are better than Dubai, like Ras Al Khaimah
You might have not lived in Dubai to say that you
A golden cage with no liberty; these high rise building, concrete jungles makes me feel nauseatic
Please do a video about London or UK:Expectation vs reality. We would love to see that, keep me posted.
1:45 - "If you put out a Tweet they don't like, you're in trouble." That's funny coming from the BBC lol.
why?
What do you mean? Can you explain?
@@elizrebezilmadommdo1662 Danny Baker
True
This is a big misconception, first the case study of the bloke who got arrested was breaking plenty of laws and they are very strict about it.. also no, they will not come after you for social media unless you’re already on the radar, they aren’t checking everyone’s facebooks!
To be fair it was built with oil money first.
Yes and Arab oil money keeps it alive.
It don’t rely on oil as much anymore
And the west was built with slavery and theft, which is worse?
Muffin Man slavery and theft, and murder of hundreds of millions
Unlike some EU barbarians who stole around the world and developed their countries
Dubai is like that one guy who goes overboard and buys the most expensive clothing to try and impress everyone, but instead, no one's impressed, no one cares, and everyone knows that he's trying too hard.
I accidentally stole a newspaper at my hotel there. I wasn’t aware that one had Dubai it.
🤣🤣🤣
Fun Fact: For Americans, if anything happens to you, the US can't help you. Just saying.
Lol what?
I dont get it
@@georged366 If you get into legal trouble over there, the US govt can't help you get out of there. Laws are very strict, it's basically a crime being a woman for example.
ShadowDrift oh lol well you could’ve specified. I thought you meant the US couldn’t do anything if something happened to an american just in general 😂
ShadowDrift Also it’s not a crime being a women in Dubai.
Dubai is heaven for high skilled labours...but hell for unskilled ones.. Make me lament on the privilage of human advantage based on their birthright.
Didn't know skills have anything to do with birthright.
Same goes to Qatar and Singapore
Dubai is heaven if you have white skin....but hell if you have black skin.
@@khadrtrudeau1662 Depends on different perspective of our lives .
@Mia Parveen " no access to proper education" Most counties I've been to look for bright children.
Everyone’s bitching about how “The poor build the countries of the rich” as if it’s not s common phenomena all over the world. We live in a world of greed and you’ll never expect a rich kid to build his own house. Same with the Americans,Koreans,and all countries around the world. The poor are neglected everywhere and that’s a undeniable fact,so don’t try to single out one country in this section when you are equally or even more likely to be doing the same if you were in position of power. Don’t try to act smart
You know it's possible to live in a fair world, you know? Don't try to act like is a natural law to abuse others
You can't have rich people without poor people.
i hate how unfair the world is man, i wish we can all live equally and all feel eachother equally,too bad that can’t happen when we have politics and pessimistic people as our world leaders
@@patsmith2571 you're right, that's why we need to distribute the wealth
@@waldalwahsh7833 Ow, I get that feeling. The country I live in is pretty unfair too, and sometimes it seems as if it will never change. But I think that's the trap. I think that if we think the world is 'just like that and it will never change' then we are at risk of accepting this unfair reality as normal and natural, instead of trying to change it (? And, well, I'm aware that I can live fighting for that change but I may not live to presence the change. The point is, I think we should condemn and point out what is unfair if we want the world to change. That's how our societies advanced and we got rights in the first place :) (Btw, I was not trying to sound rude or aggresive, just wanted to state that. Have a nice day🌼)
Best City in the Desert ,clean, crime free!!
Dubai: I developed very fast (one small city) China: hold my panda...
Yeah. Guangzhou and Shenzhen are the new models of fast development.
Hail Cornoavirus
@@crudcrab1219 lol
China: hold my bat soup
hah china is worse than uae
I love when u said people are often lured by fooled sense of relaxation
Everyone is crying about how the poor are exploited for the benefit of the country as if their countries don't do that. I'm not from Dubai but seeing you crying in this way is really pathetic.
Now next New York expectations vs. reality😬🙄
Exactly
Dubai is cool but it’s the kind of place you’ll visit once. It will get boring after that
u havent even been to dubai so how do u know dat
@@jeriellhoyte7471 how do you know if I’ve visited or not
Bruh, I’ve lived there since I was born and I never get bored. At least it’s not as bad as my home country
mr know much here
@@AJ-lh4fp lmaoo look how silent they are
I can’t understand why anyone would take the risk of going there. If you want a beach vacation or a big flashy city, there are plenty of better options.
If you want a tropical vacation go to fiji 🇫🇯
Yt Yt theres not really any risk of going there
ZionHillCalling Well perhaps everywhere in the world, things like kissing aren’t seen as normal behaviour. Also, I’ve seen people kissing in Dubai and I don’t any policemen have been to arrest them.
@ZionHillCalling anywhere is better than MIDDLE EAST COUNTRIES.. This is what u should have said not just Dubai, UAE
There is no risk in going there.
I went to dubai a few months ago , stayed for 2 days and came back .
Look at yourself first London
I've worked as an outsourced staff to the national carrier to a few years. The conditions maybe not be as harsh as described... it really depends on the company doing the outsourcing, but the pay is ridiculously low. Regardless of all these accusations, its important to know who is essentially running this slave business. Indians cheat Indians out of fair wages. Filipinos do the same to Filipinos, Pakistanis to Pakistanis... you get where this is going.
Adam Lets Play Itz the Indian agents who take the Indian to Dubai giving false promise of high salary and taking away their passport
Of course u didn't experience the same conditions because you were not working as a labour
I am a South Asian who has been living for 19 years in Dubai. Dubai is a wonderful place. You have so many theme parks and attractions. The infrastructure is mind-blowing. Restaurants and malls are great. My father works as a manager in an aluminum company and they have been providing insurance, my school fees and flight tickets every year. It is also a heaven for middle-class people and there is no income tax. You get everything you earn. There are some people from my village who came to Dubai as low skilled laborers and are sending money to their families every month and leading a great life. There are people who are being mistreated but this is because of the third party contractors. As long as you don't disrespect the government or disobey the rules, there is nothing wrong with Dubai. Dubai also donated 100 M $ to India when there were floods and they allocated huge land for building a Hindu temple. BBC stop spewing venom on all countries.
Dubai is so superficial and Las Vegas wannabe. Most of the people coming form third world countries only appreciates Dubai.
@@xandroid87 that's because dubai needs tourists to sustain it's economy. that's why it tries to replicate western cities so that wealthy western tourists feel at home here
@@tee1778 dubai has not replicated western cities. Compare it to any other western city like new york, las vegas, london ect. Its very different and can tell u that it is much cleaner and better in dubai
@@xandroid87 many people from america, uk go to dubai as well and they love it there. U cant get the same expereince as you do in western cities. Its much more unique and better
@@-chairs-9541 -Chairs- yes it's better, but they try to make it as western and modern a style as possible to make it comfortable for tourists and western expats. I just used the word replicate, I don't mean they try to make it the exact same. they add their own touch to it
They see Dubai in the foreground and try to block this thing, but you will not be able to do anything, Dubai is a city of peace and goodness.
Go by the rules and you have nothing to worry about ...........it's that simple .