CherylH wrote:Indeed, I can understand how there would be many benefits living in Dubai (money, standard of living) and from a female point-of-view it's more lax in respect to covering up. I guess, I was more so wondering whether Dubai has a real "Middle Eastern" feel to it. I've travelled through Egypt and Jordan and loved the "realness" of the culture of these places. Are there visibly a lot of "native" U.A.E's or other Middle Eastern citizens in and around Dubai, or would one more so see Aussies, Brits, Canadians etc...or Indians, Pakistani's, etc.
Does anyone know anyone who's worked at Dubai Media City? Any comments? This is where I would be interested in applying to.
Thanks
My 2 cents, the cultural breakdown of my apartment complex pretty much is exactly the same as when i lived in Toronto, 30 something floors of English, Arab, Indian, Italian, German, Russian, Black, Asian. I laughed because moving here reminded me exactly of back home,
Having said that though there are areas that happen to be quite dense in different nationalities (again kinda like back home)
UAE Nationals make up 12-15 % of the total population. I don’t find Dubai has a lot of “realness”, you’d have to travel outside of the city for that.
Best of luck and enjoy your time here.