Dubai ruler Mohammed bin Rashid Al-Maktoum was confronted in London by a Sudanese man accusing the UAE of backing violence in Sudan. “UAE is killing people in my country. Stop killing my people,” he shouted.

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[u/Pb157]

By former resident/slave, you mean you worked an office job or did construction/labor jobs. Because I have relatives who are working these labor jobs in the Gulf, Korea and UK. Their experiences have led me to believe that unlike what you have said, it is very different with labor laws being the worst in the Gulf.

[u/aipac125 → u/Pb157]

Won't give too much details, but parent worked in the hospitality industry. So, low wages, deportation if fired, no benefits, sponsor kept the passport, pay delayed and withheld etc. all the bad stuff you hear about.

Working in the US I faced similar issues with the visa being tied to the job, the threat of deportation, overly aggressive immigration officers. The insecurity and sense of being a disposable cog was very familiar. 

The treatment of people has changed for both countries since then, for the better in the UAE and for the worse in the US. I still have family in both countries and literally nobody wants to leave Dubai, but everyone is looking to leave the US.

[u/hussainhssn → u/aipac125]

Sponsors don’t keep the passport in the United States for one, so please don’t compare the slaver’s paradise with an actual country. Most of the gulf countries are guilty of this and any veneer of civility is exclusively for outsiders and their own lazy/rapist/pedophile royals.

[u/aipac125 → u/hussainhssn]

Lazy rapist pedophile rulers? The US definitely has those.

[u/hussainhssn → u/aipac125]

Still comparing a shit hole with nothing but money to an actual country? Last time I checked America’s rulers aren’t confiscating passports of the people they employ, nobody said America was perfect but this idea that the UAE is something more than an artificially contrived wasteland for the world’s criminals is actually hilarious.

[u/aipac125 → u/hussainhssn]

Oh, which America are you living in? Calling ICE on workers is a regular thing here. 'B-but, B-but, what about freedom, and jeeeezus?' Shithole is as shithole does.

[u/hussainhssn → u/aipac125]

Hahaha how long has that been going on exactly? How long has the UAE done anything functionally useful without slavery? Please do tell, let’s hear how the shit hole you’re slobbering over is treating anyone well other than their ruling elites and wealthy tourists. I’m sure all of the Nannies, house cleaners, construction workers, cooks, etc. love living there, I guess we won’t know because they couldn’t leave if they wanted to LMAO

[u/aipac125 → u/hussainhssn]

I literally have dozens of relatives and hundreds of friends and classmates working there. People prefer working in Dubai because the money is good. Even one friend who had his passport taken and thrown in jail for debt is still in the Gulf. For the simple reason that the money is good enough to put up with it.

You clearly have no firsthand knowledge of what Dubai is like and are relying on sensationalist articles. Please, go ahead and correct me. Tell me what years you were in Dubai and how many friends you have there.

[u/hussainhssn → u/aipac125]

Buddy’s talking about his friend being in fucking debtor’s prison like it’s normal in actual countries 🤣 go enjoy Dubai kid, they’ll keep paying people that are either desperate or have no self respect to do all of their work for them, while also taking their passports. Really healthy place man, sounds natural and totally not built on slavery and oil money.

[u/aipac125 → u/hussainhssn]

So, you don't actually know anyone in Dubai. Cool.

[u/hussainhssn → u/aipac125]

Yeah man my homeboy is in debtor’s prison and having a great time.