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>>Geeket+(OP)
One of many reasons that I will never enter the UAE. There is no rule of law, and so no protection if anyone decides to charge you for anything. I've read of women being raped and then being charged for reporting it which essentially admits sex outside of marriage, or of foreigners who get driven into by a local and then charged as if they were the ones being reckless.

That's not even going into their de facto slavery with foreign construction workers, environmental damage, and sexism.

>>JohnGB+vf
After some bad experiences I will never visit an Arab country again. They'll have to do something against the sexism, constant heckling and the bad state of law before I even think about going there. Or they can do whatever they want, they don't have to change just for me.

I'm 6 ft 6 and I have a blonde wife who's just a bit smaller. Even though we behaved very polite and dressed like locals it was like we had a big target on our backs and were looked upon with resentment everywhere we went.

I will not mention the countries we visited but it was pretty much the same everywhere.

>>spider+Up
> They'll have to do something against the sexism

They're working on it. The situation has improved. There's a long way to go, but there's progress. Give it a 100 more years.

> dressed like locals

Please don't do that. It just looks weird when foreigners do it. Just wear what you would normally wear in your western country. (Although, a bikini is probably not a good idea).

> were looked upon with resentment everywhere we went.

I've lived in USA for a while. Although people were generally very friendly, I have definitely been looked at with resentment from America for no good reason.

>>2143+n14
IMO it is very unlikely Dubai functionally exists in 100 years. The end of the oil age, global warming, war, decay.

Then the sand will consume it.

I predict it will be a fascinating ghost city, almost like a bizarro-pyramids/sphinx/etc.

>>AtlasB+lZ4
The oil kings realised long ago they'll run out of oil eventually.

So they've diversified into other businesses. It's now a hub of business activities that have nothing to do with oil.

Global warming — yes that's a problem, but Dubai won't be the only place affected by it.

War — what makes you think there'll be a war? Whatever it is, it's just speculation at this point. As long as a certain war-o-phile country doesn't decide to flatten it.

decay — huh?! What decay?!

> Then the sand will consume it.

Sandman!