Dubai magnificent.

Dubai has become rich and vibrant today, partly because of its geographic location on the Gulf - where there are large wells in the world. But in fact, the main reason is not because of the oil resources, but because of the economic sectors such as real estate, airlines, ports and information technology. Petroleum accounts for only 7% of total sales.

But the deepest reason behind this development is the sensitivity of the leaders to adopt a very smart investment policy. With a bold investment, a series of world-class projects have been started and formed on this arid land, making Dubai the main economic hub of the United Arab Emirates.

In the early 1980s, Dubai executives understood that this place would not be able to survive long in the economic competition if only focused on oil resources. Although oil is a huge potential, leaders are still concerned about finding a more sustainable and practical solution.

After the calculations and assertions, the leaders laid the foundations for real estate investments and considered it the mainstay of the Arab economy. Emaar Properties is a real estate development company in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) operating internationally providing real estate development and management services. With six business segments and 60 active companies, Emaar is present in 36 markets throughout the Middle East, North Africa, Asia, Europe and North America. Emaar Properties is one of the largest real estate developers in the UAE and is known for its large-scale projects such as Burj Khalifa, the tallest building in the world. In 2000, most real estate developments began to take place in the immediate vicinity. This has led to a new wind for the Dubai economy.

In 2000, Dubai became an information technology city, attracting global customers in all areas and helping businesses grow. Information technology centers are not taxed. In 2003, foreign investors rushed to invest in the emirate because of favorable policies and potential.

Dubai has successfully developed a system of technology organizations and is one of the foundations of the knowledge-based economy of Dubai. It is home to over 500 companies and multinational corporations, including global names such as Facebook and LinkedIn, as well as some of the region's most successful technology companies.

With its spectacular works, Dubai has become splendid under the lights of the night, giving anyone the opportunity to admire the feeling of being in a city in a science fiction movie. Standing high on the look down, people feel like they are in the future world.

However, with the 2008 crisis, many projects in Dubai were unfinished, many projects stagnated and Dubai was in trouble. But now Dubai has regained the style and confidence step by step to continue to fulfill the dream of the world's most beautiful.

Behind the glamor

More than 30 years ago, most of Dubai's area was still desert. But it quickly developed at great speed to become the main commercial center, the major tourist destination in the region. Workers poured into this land to set up business with the desire to change lives.

Dubai is emerging as a promising land with record giant projects in the world. But in the corner behind it is the dark labor of the working poor from South Asian countries to immigrants. Sonapur, located in the outskirts of Dubai, is far away from the busy shopping malls - home to more than 150,000 workers, mostly from India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and China.

                                      Cheaper and less hygienic kitchen in the poor part of Dubai.

With poor working people, they have to work hard under extreme hot temperatures in the desert. They even work up to 14 hours a day. The housing for workers was cramped with poor hygiene but many never saw the corner of the city.
Besides, Dubai is rich, rich and modern, but it is also said that most but lack of civilization because in the society of the 21st century, there is still heavy discrimination between the discrimination between men and women; between indigenous people and foreigners. The discrimination here is quite large.
In Dubai, women are still classified as second class citizens, and when they walk out, most of them are covered with towels. Someone even covered their eyes, even the black cloth on the face. Man from head to toe looks very much like moving black fabric, mysterious, unfamiliar, alien and ruffled fear ... Meanwhile, men are allowed to have many wives, many of his own pink . Adultery in women is taboo here, the fate of women affair is considered to end if exposed.
Discrimination between indigenous peoples and foreigners: According to 2010 statistics, although the population of the UAE is up to 8.2 million, only 13% are indigenous. The rest are expatriates and most of them are workers from countries like India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Vietnam and the Philippines.
Wages paid are very far away from the natives, and foreign workers are not fully entitled to any subsidies from the UAE. In contrast, if the UAE is supported by rent, electricity, being admitted to a place with good conditions, a solid opportunity and obviously have the opportunity to advance.
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