Ali Baba Land

I was in Alibaba land (well not exactly but actually somewhere real close!) for about a week! This is my first time ever to set foot in the Middle East and despite all the bad press about the middle east, this particular country is truly amazing and I must say, I was both impressed and amazed at how fast this country grew from a poor port city to becoming a cosmopolitan country in the Middle East. This city is Dubai which is part of the United Arab Emirates.

Dubai is a stark contrast to some of its neighbours in terms of personal freedom, world standing and stability even though you are in the middle east(images of terrorism and war is the label for the Middle East), the country sets itself apart from the rest of the middle east country by adopting clearly a Globalised approach to its development in terms of its economies and civil liberties. It is indeed a melting pot of different cultures from around the middle east to the west of africa, to the north Europe and to the Far East.

You can feel the buzz of the city the moment you step into the airport which houses a 24 hours duty free shopping arcade. As you drive into the city, you can clearly see that this is a city that keeps reinventing itself to keep ahead of the competition and distance itself from its feudalistic and oppressive neighbours.

The question that begs to be answered is then how come, its neighbours cannot adopt the policies that the Sheikh has to make this place truly a great city for all to live in and maintain peace and prosperity?

Why cant we as humans live in peace and practice tolerence and moderation?

Why must everything be in absolution? We are people of the world, with different skin color, different languages, different features and different cultures but we are still human.