Calling All Emiratis and UAE residentsI was sitting in the computer lab with my classmates waiting for our professor to show up. Girl # 1 says "I'm broke"
Girl # 2 says: "Its ok, university students are always broke"
Girl # 1 says: "Yeah, but thats never the case here."
Anyone else would not see anything wrong with what she said, but you see, I've noticed that girl # 1 always throws around sentences like "yeah theres so much bullshit in dubai".
So I just wanted to make sure if this girl was a racist/bigot, or just someone who doesn't like dubai, which is okay, she doesn't have to love it.
I said: "Why would you say that?"
Girl #1: "Say what ?"
I said: " That its never the case here?"
Girl # 1: "Because the most people have to worry about here is oh my dad didn't buy me a ferrari"
I said: "So even if that MIGHT be the case of the majority, that still does not mean you can say its the case of all."
Girl # 1: "You're one of them"
I said: " Why would you say that? Why would you assume that I am one of them? Because im a local so I must be filthy rich? You don't think I have an allowance like you do and I dont go broke like you do?"
Making the whole conversation short, she shut me up by saying that "Anyway, I wasn't talking to you I was talking to girl # 2" when she had no other way of justifying the fact that she just stereotyped me, and all the people who attended the university. That they're all spoiled brats who never went broke.
We have people from all different backgrounds in this unversity. Some who can barely afford the fees or are in on a scholarship, and people who CAN very much afford the fees and the whole university, but are not spoiled little brats. Should people of higher income be judged directly as spoilt? They have fairly worked and earned their money, so what gives others the right to judge them like so. Is it out of jealousy, spite or racial prejudice? I can't really tell in this case.
And if a man spoils his son/daughter by giving him/her an undeserved car should the man's personal choice affect the way the whole society is seen ? Is it fair ? I do not agree with the man's personal choice but I will not use HIS personal choice and personal life to LABEL ALL OTHERS in the society.
Which brings me to another issue. Why do people assume that all Emiraties are filthy rich, materialistic, spoilt and lazy ?
They might not say it to your face, but they say it alright. The hypocritical thing about it is that their lifestyles are very similar to ours if they are UAE residents.
Its simple: They come to live and work here, earn higher income, can afford luxuries, buy luxuries.
Emiratis live here, the majority started from the bottom, started from scratch, earned a higher income, were able to afford luxuries, and bought luxuries. Why should we be labeled as spoilt then if we have the same lifestyles ?
Second of all, there are so many emiratis that have financial issues and are not necessarily rich. And i bet they would be angry to hear that people are judging them before knowing their situation.
IM SICK AND TIRED OF PEOPLE COMPLAINING ABOUT DUBAI. STOP BITCHING AND WHINING, YOU CHOSE THIS LIFESTYLE FOR A REASON AND MAKE THE BEST OUT OF IT, APPRECIATE IT AND DONT BE A BRAT.
SICK AND TIRED OF PEOPLE STEREOTYPING LOCALS, AND EVEN JUST STEREOTYPING IN GENERAL
IM SICK AND TIRED OF PEOPLE WHO MAKE NO EFFORT OF HAVING THE SLIGHTEST BIT OF CULTURAL RELATIVISM, AND THINKING THAT THEIR CULTURE IS SUPERIOR TO EMIRATI CULTURE: JUST BECAUSE IT SEEMS RIGHT FOR YOU DOES NOT MEAN IT SEEMS RIGHT FOR OTHERS
AND IM SICK AND TIRED OF PEOPLE THINKING LOCALS ONLY ARE MATERIALISTIC
I DO NOT AGREE WITH MATERIALISM BUT SHMA3NA YOM AY JENSEYEH THANYEH TELBASLEK MARKAAT MN FOG LAIN TA7AT MA7AD EYGOL SHAY BS YOM MWA6EN YLBAS MARKAAT GALO MATERIALISTIC?? ISNT THAT HYPOCRITICAL??
AND IF YOU DONT LIKE DUBAI THEN FIIIIINE YOU DONT HAVE TO LIKE IT Y3LKUM YOU NEVER LIKE IT B3D BS THAT DOES NOT GIVE YOU THE RIGHT TO LOOK DOWN ON LOCALS, JUDGE THEM and HATE THEM
no one has the right to stereotype ANYONE. Stop stereotyping.
Nas mafeehum 5air wallah.
I think my head exploded a little. But I'm actually in a good mood today despite my rant
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what a strange topic ! i blame the fact
ppl dont have enough knowledge in our islamic religion ! هاي وجهت نظري لا اكثر..
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el professor malee atheist (y3ne ma3ndeh dyaneh) w he NEVER stereotyped me and everyone else
Its our fault for not correcting them, and their fault for not looking at it from a non-biased point of view.
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We don't have this lifestyle, our parents buys us the first car because we don't have small jobs when we are 16-18. Most of the locals start working after graduating from college. And we don't leave home when we reach 18, we stay in our parents home til we get married. So we aren't independent as them. lol
It's all about the lifestyle, we do, they don't, they do, we don't. And many don't like that. Al 7mdla wlshkr.
But I do like to point out that if you would look at the very few high elite social classes in the US, they do have their parents buy their cars for them and so on..
Also knt asma3 bth mubashar 3la etha3at el sharjeh w i heard how bedow eywa'6foon mwa6neen fe jam3eyat Aswaaq fel ma5baz w vegetable sections chee, w fee nas galo zain wallah, about time wl she'3l mb 3aib w fee nas galo hay a5ratna neshte'3el hal sh'3ayel
'6a'36e ertefa3 w ana yalseh asma3, its good enhum eywa'6foon mwa6neen w msaween 7mleh because there ARE mwa6neen me7tajeen '6rofhum 9e3beh, or just for those teens who dont mind working for a little more cash w yes mafeeha ay 3aib w hnee el tfkeer el mt5allef. N7na mb mrfoo3 3nna el qalam bs ymkn 36aina our generations the wrong idea of "3ezzat nfs"
because earning your own money the RIGHT way (y3ne no pimping w drug dealing lol) is a thing only a real man or woman would do without shame.
Bs heres the thing, elnas yes2loon laish ma eysha'3loon mwa6neen fe kel el wa'6aayef ele mayeshta'3lon feha (waiter/waitress-cab driver, etc) w ana hneee a7es eneh everyone becomes stupid because in case they didnt notice we're about 10 % from the whole society.
Locals are only 10 % of the whole society and theres nothing we can do about it that situation is out of our hands (unless everyone decided to have babies like crazy..maybe lol but not advised)
How is 10 % supposed to function for a job that needs lets say 30 % (minimum) of the society ?? Bl 3agl ?
o 5aa9ah yom eneh men hal 10 % shay probably 8% that are doing fine financially ?? Wa7ed eyroom yeshte'3el office job w get more money out of it mabayseer yeshte'3el in a more labor demanding job for less money, and thats only the natural way of thinking not just "local" thinking.
w wa7ed te3ab o 6ala3 shahaadat mabayseer yeshte'3el fe majaal may5e9ah fe e5te9aa9eh, thats also bel 3agl
There are issues that are so much bigger than we are and that are out of our control that does NOT mean we should be hated for them. We need to be more aware, sure, because then maybe we can break the pattern of things. But theres only so much we can do. In sociology a society either changes over a long period or with a revolution ..
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We are given such stereotypes because many locals who love to flaunt it, give the impression that most of us, if not all (to some people) are the same. It is arrogant to believe in generalizations, but I suppose at some point, other people are left with no choice but to believe so after many incidents.
If there's anyone to blame, it's our own people who give such impressions to others.
You're right on so many levels.
And yes there are those locals who confirm this stereotype for others which looks bad for the rest of the locals but why should we suffer for it ?
There was a time that I would have let this issue go, but I do not want to reconfirm stereotypes and give people the benefit of putting me under a category of traits. Get to know me THEN judge me.
And out of the blue, laish esmech El7mara ? lol
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I can relate to the suffering part. It was a major piss off when someone would say 'You're rich!' and based on what? Having a home in my own country. Many expats assume because you've got this or that, that you are living under a petrol pump. What they fail to even think of is that we, like many other 'types' of people go through the same conditions as they do. Needless to say, many locals are living under debt because they are too busy getting unnecessary life luxuries. And look what kind of a name it has given us! Okay I am getting into a different topic here...Anyway,
As individuals we can cause a change in this matter, even if it was very little. But as long as YOU know who you are and act it out, nothing should matter as much! Good luck with getting people who already have their mind set into seeing the /other/ side. Usually they are too busy believing they've seen it all! (but at the end of the day, that's what I believe. I could be wrong for all i know!)
El7mara rhymes with Sara.
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