Dubai

[moin.ul.atiq]

Re: Dubai

@Umar_Talib

This has got to be one of the funniest threads yet… what I’m really wondering is this… if Moin has four brothers living in Dubai, what have they got to say about it? Why is he quoting a cabbie who went he went around the city with, and not his brothers who’re his family and should be a far more credible source.

Moin… there’re many of us here who’ve either lived in the Middle East or still do. You’re far better trusting our collective opinions rather than one person who’s notions are quite obviously subjective and limited to his own social circle.

I lived in the Emirates for fourteen years but I haven’t been back in a decade except for a short week long conference and a transit stop a couple of years ago. While the country has progressed in terms of its infrastructure, unfortunately, the living conditions for expatriate laborers are still despicable. Even the Human Rights Watch has described them as “less than human” in its recent report.

Subconsciously, the Emiratis are still slave to the Whites like they have been for multiple decades ; Pakistanis are still often referred to as “Hindis” (they cannot and sometimes will deliberately not differentiate among south asians), and no matter whether you have property there and a residential visa (note that this isn’t the same thing as “citizenship”), you will always be treated as second or third class citizen.

I’ve personally been doing some extensive research about the quality of life in the Emirates… I was contemplating moving there next year, but still can’t make up my mind since I keep hearing conflicting accounts and many negativities.

As far as the Indians v.s. Pakistanis debate goes, like Aisha said, Indians outnumber Pakistanis by a huge margin. One estimate that I read somewhere said that Indians make up 58% of Dubai’s population !! At the time when I was there, most of the affluent merchant and trader population were Indians, so it’s only logical to assume that they would have done well for themselves over the last decade when the economy was booming.

Assalam-o-alaikum bhai jaan,
I have read your posts- they are to the point and I am glad you help fellow pakistani brothers and sisters.. tuada wada shukriya.. I am glad you pointed out mistakes in my postings like an elder brother.. All my brothers were super busy when I visited them.. plus, they have lot of kids.. and they are busy with them all the time.. eldest of the four has 7 kids and he is very pareshan all the time.. Plus, I asked them these questions, they get upset as to why I am so interested about the stats and stuff.. some people from Pakistan are very serous.. esp..
Khair, the cabbie had a very different view than yours, bhaijaan- he was telling me otherwise.. I am shocked to learn what you and Umer sir have written.. I was under the impression that atleas in Dubai we’ve surpassed them in acheivements.. The cabbie was also a Punjabi and made me comfortable.. we ate together and he told me a lot about Dubai’s histories.. and showed me around.
Arrey hum Pakistani itney Tarraqi-pasand hain but why can’t we leave Indians behind? I guess its their population.. whatever we do, we will behind them in numbers.. they have large families and lot of kids, and since India 's not a nice place to live, they go and populate other countries.. :halo: Ab gal samajh aayee mere.. actually the reason they cud have (I still doubt though) are gotten affluent in DUbai is because of their networking.. I have seen that all Indians have very good network and understanding.. especally south indians like gujjarati and madrasi people.. good for em..
Arabs are slaves to the goras? hain? I saw a lot of goras working there though.. Why do Arabs refer us as Hindis too though? We look so different than Indians.. ? We have more central asian look.. No citizenship for muslims at all? why? why would they allow non-muslms and let em prosper and no citizenship for their muslims brothers?? anyway, the cabbie said he and his family are getting citizenship… I donno.. sometimes I am very confus:confused:ed..