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I hate the amount of materialism the Gulf region has, money and showing off is everything for them, that's why there is total lack of spirituality and humanity in that regionComment
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all built by the poor from other countries, who are often treated badly.Comment
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Migrant Worker Rights
During six years of spectacular growth in the construction sector, mainly in Dubai, the UAE brought in hundreds of thousands of South Asian migrant workers. Immigration sponsorship laws grant employers extraordinary power over the lives of such workers. Workers do not have the right to organize or bargain collectively and face penalties for going on strike. The Labor Law of 1980 excludes from coverage domestic workers employed in private households. Although the law calls for a minimum wage, the Ministry of Labor has yet to adopt such a measure.
Across the country, abuses include unsafe work environments, squalid living conditions in labor camps, and the withholding of travel documents. Workers also complain of nonpayment of wages, despite a mandatory electronic payment system introduced in 2009, that requires companies to pay salaries directly into licensed banks to ensure timely payments without illegal deductions.
The financial crisis that began in late 2008 cost tens of thousands of workers their jobs. Trapped in camps lacking basics such as food and sanitation, many were unable to find new jobs or a way home. Other workers say that some employers forced them to accept reduced pay and benefits or face dismissal.
Hundreds of laid-off migrant workers in 2010 were stranded in labor camps without electricity or running water for months on end after their Dubai-based employers closed; some had to fight off rats while sleeping amidst garbage heaps.
In May hundreds of workers marched from their Sharjah labor camp to the Labor Ministry in Dubai demanding to be sent back home. The workers said they lived in squalor and their employer had not paid them in six months. That same week about 200 workers staged a sit-in at the Labor Ministry demanding unpaid wages. Police detained 95 Vietnamese workers who allegedly attempted to block the ministry's entry gates. In June three Asian workers suffocated to death in their labor accommodation in Dubai after inhaling carbon dioxide from a generator. In August a fire charred to death 11 sleeping workers. In September authorities finally began sending home 700 stranded workers from the al-Sajaa camp in Sharjah.Comment
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A man that has a vendetta against Arabs sits on his computer uploading youtube video after video of Arab achievements lol.----------
*You cannot climb the ladder of success with your hands in your pockets*
Originally posted by KarachiComment
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Dubai, IMHO, is a plastic city with no soul.Even Adobe Photoshop can't change me.
A line[Durrand line] of hatred that raised a wall between the two brothers -Hamid Karzai
For generations, the Hindus of India prayed for deliverance from "the venom of the cobra, the teeth of the tiger and the vengeance of the Afghan."
The men of Kábul and Khilj also went home; and whenever they were questioned about the Musulmáns of the Kohistán (the mountains), and how matters stood there, they said, "Don't call it Kohistán, but Afghánistán; for there is nothing there but Afgháns and disturbances." Thus it is clear that for this reason the people of the country call their home in their own language Afghánistán, and themselves Afgháns. The people of India call them Patán; but the reason for this is not known. But it occurs to me, that when, under the rule of Muhammadan sovereigns, Musulmáns first came to the city of Patná, and dwelt there, the people of India (for that reason) called them Patáns—but God knows!
-Ferishta, 1560–1620Comment
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It is a boring city. But I like the Dubai airport because of its mix of languages, ethinc groups, folk costumes, colors.دلته دم او قدم دواړه په حساب دي - پل په لاره غلط مه ږده بې حسابهComment
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nice country to visit but it has no character at all. drunk europeans in bikinis sunbathing near a masjid...There are people today who think that admitting God’s absolute greatness decreases the value and importance of humans in the creation, as if God and mankind are rivals competing in greatness and power. Meanwhile I feel that whenever our perception of God’s greatness increases, with it we become greater, because we are the creation of a great God.
Sayyid QutbComment
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I would not call this the achivments of the Arabs, the workers were mostly pakis or Indians the ingeneurs were Europeans or other westerners, the arabs had only oil and money, and that oil too was drilled by the west.Originally posted by Manzareh View PostComment
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^ true. one thing I never understood about gulf arabs is that why did they become lazy on purpose? I mean the whole system there is designed to make an average citizen a lazy, fat, arrogant person and they seem to be proud of it.
instead they could have done so much more for themselves. I really do hope they taste poverty again, maybe that will make them humansComment
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I thought Dubai was beautiful, but very metro. It was surprising how modern it was, but I thought people had great manners and attitude. The beaches were nice (where we went anyway) and the city seemed clean. I know we didn't venture too far out into non-tourist areas. I just wonder if they are concerned with conservation of the environment or if they just want a tourist destination with no thought to preserving the natural beauty. I would go back though because it seemed very family friendly and there was a lot of things to do. It's a nice "middle" point in which to meet my husband.Comment
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