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How did Dubai become so rich?

 




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UAE (United Arab Emirates).


Habibi come to Dubai 


   United Arab Emirates, 7 deferent kings from different kingdoms decided together that they will create a country. Which got called UAE later.


Dubai:


   To understand this we have to dig past a bit, if we talk about the year 1820 there was nothing is this area, Earlier the area belonged to fishermen and then it got developed.


     At that time the area of dubai It used to be Popular for pearl business more than fishing But dubai was still known as a village. but the fate of dubai changed in 1958 when sheikh Rashid bin saeed became the ruler of dubai He turned dubai from a village into a shining city. He want to Europe in 1959. and he was quite impressed with the infrastructure there He decided this a soon as he come from there he would make dubai a trading, transport and finance hub that most beautiful famous all over the world.


dubai is in the persian gulf:

    

     between Iran, Iraq, Kuwait,Saudi Arabia and quatar. Also this route also connected Asia, Africa, and Europe. The strategic location for dubai was very good keeping this in mind, sheikh Rashid who already natural dubai creek under him. In which small boats could fit, but big ones could not.Sheikh Rashid got it deeper and wider. so the big ships can also come here and it is not limited to small boats only. For this, he invested all the money. and he hard also taken a loan, which was a huge risk. and sheikh Rashid had to face a lot of criticism for it. no one was able to understand his plan. but it turned out to be a huge success,Because of this big ships started arriving in dubai. Due to this the market near dubai, If started doing pretty well. Sheikh Rashid didn't stop here, he built an airport in this area. He spent a lot of money on the infrastructure. Whatever money was coming in, he was putting it into all these things. for Which he was ridiculed everywhere. Because the money seemed to much for this project. and this was a struggle for him as well. Now in 1966 oil gets found in dubai, but it turned Out to be very less, compared to neighboring countries. Sheikh Rashid believed that if this found oil would not last long. that's why the money earned from oil, was also invested in infra. Shaikh Rashid why he wants to make dubai such a city that does not depend on oil. When Shaikh Rashid was building infrastructure in dubai at the same time, many other things were also happening in dubai simultaneously. Such as dubai got independence from the british. The Britishers left dubai because, they hard to spend a lot of money on this area to maintain their security, so the British left dubai in 1968. and in desember 1971, all the Kingdoms became one. These 7 kingdoms together make a country. Now dubai was a Kingdom in itself but it represented UAE as a contry. See, whenever ships go from one place to another, they need ports for refueling, loading and unloading, and the location of dubai was such that many ships had to pass from here. and sheikh Rashid Understood importance of this thing at that time. and he made port Rashid. Because of this port, ships started halting there. and when a ship halts, there are always commercial activities on a very large level. Similar thing happened with the ports. Port Rashid was built-in 1972. and seeing it's success, another port jebel ali was built in 1979. Even though it was built at that time but even today it was the largest port in the entire middle East.

  While all the construction of all these things was going on:

    dubai dry docks was constructed for repairing ships along with that. and here, they emirate of dubai started shining from here. When the rest of the countries were making big palaces white the money of oil. At that time Shaikh Rashid thinking was completely different. 

After that, one such thing was done which no one expected: 

        When all the ports were ready in dubai and many ships were coming. Instead of increasing the taxation on the ports, Shaikh Rashid announced that dubai port will be jabil ali commercial free zone. This move by Shaikh Rashid was a game changer. Now due to so many reasons, this route became everyone's favourite. and almost 24% of dubai GDP started coming for this. Now dubai had started changing rapidly towards becoming a big city for which, full credit goes to Sheikh Rashid and his bold decisions the thought process he had at the time even today there are many leaders who will think 5 times before taking such bold decisions. To develop dubai many skilled foreigners were called there. Because they knew growth of the country is only possible when the countrymen are skilled. and people must have a hunger for growth. 







Emirates airline :

 

    Karachi airport used to be big and busy airport in pakistan at. Because pakistan location was ideal. Everything used to pass via pakistan from America to British Airways due to this pakistan international airline had become very big. Shaikh Rashid wants to route this thing through dubai, Because dubai location was also ideal. He tried a lot for this and many runway were built. and this runway building had one benifit that all the airlines, for flights between malaysia to Europe this becomes a refuelling point. But this didn't stop there. Because Shaikh Rashid wanted to divert this entire business to dubai. In 1985, they started an airline. They name it AIR EMIRATES. They gave extra money to pakistan and started buying airplanes and They diverted pakistan entire business to dubai.






Citizenship in dubai : 

 

     Now due to tourism and business many people have come to dubai around 35 lac people live in dubai. Out of which emirati permanent citizens are only 3 lac. Even though more foreigners live in dubai, but dubai doesn't provide citizenship to foreigners. Dubai citizens can only be arabians. Which had settled before 1925. But there is one way through which foreigners can get citizenship. If any scientist, artist or doctor is not from dubai, who had at least 10 years of experience, who had got any reputed award and you are a reputed investor, which doesn't have any criminal records, dubai grants citizenship for foreigners in that case. But they don't get voting rights even after thet. There are so many benifits of dubai citizenship. Free helth care, free education, housing allowance, cost of living allowance, all such facilities are provided. It's kind of a monthly income. and if you work in any private sector, then you also get top up for 1.5 lac INR. If you don't have a land than you can request the government, that you want land than you can also get land. dubai citizens get many job preferences and subsidies. an emirati citizen becomes a billionaire as they take birth without doing anything. all these facilities are given because they want dubai citizens to be happy. Because if the citizens are not happy, then people start asking about democracy. There were protests in the entire middle east during 2011. But there was no protest in dubai at all. Because the citizens of dubai don't want this system to change at all. 


Problem in dubai: 


    Dubai is an autocratic Islamic state. Citizens is happy, but the journey of dubai is not happy for evryone. Very few workers were involved in making dubai in such a short time. and all these workers are not citizens of dubai, their working conditions are not pretty good. The pay is less. and many cases employers misuse their situation. when foreign workers come to work in dubai and other gulf countries, they can't come to work directly. they come through a system which is called the kafala system. through this system government permits employers of dubai that they can bring workers from other countries. after this permission employers ask foreign workers by paying money for their tickets. they also give them shelter and a salary. this kafala system through which foreign workers come to dubai their employment and the staying visa is linked. so in a way instead of the government they legal status of foreign workers is in the hands of a private individual. Which means it goes in the hands  of their employer. and it is a huge problem in this system. Because the employer which brings workers after sponsoring tickets and other things if their worker wants to leave work then it requires permission from the employer. For a foreign worker leaving a job without permission is a crime for this he/she can be punished as well. 


   So dubai appears like a modern city. but still there is conservative and authoritative rule. dubai has progressed on many fronts. and many fronts are still lagging behind. 


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