INS AND OUTS OF WHY THE UNITED ARAB EMIRATES IS WAY OVER THE TOP

WHEN TRACES OF CANNABIS WERE FOUND IN THE

TREAD OF A BRITISH MAN'S SHOE IN DUBAI HE

WAS SENTENCED TO 4 YEARS IN JAIL.

HE WAS EVENTUALLY PARDONED

ABU DHABI IS BUILDING A CITY THAT WILL BE

ENTIRELY POWERED BY SOLAR ENERGY (MASDAR CITY)

AFTER THE CITY OF JOPLIN, MISSOURI WAS

DESTROYED BY A TORNADO, THE UNITED ARAB

EMIRATES GAVE EVERY STUDENT A NEW LAPTOP

IN THE UAE, IF YOU WANT TO DRINK ALCOHOL

(EVEN IN YOUR OWN HOME) YOU NEED TO GET A LICENCE

WHEN ASKED ABOUT DUBAI'S FUTURE, SHEIKH

RASHID, THE FOUNDER OF DUBAI, SAID "MY

GRANDFATHER RODE A CAMEL, MY FATHER RODE A

CAMEL, I DRIVE A MERCEDES, MY SON DRIVES A

LAND ROVER, HIS SON WILL DRIVE A LAND ROVER,

BUT HIS SON WILL RIDE A CAMEL". HE WAS

BASICALLY EXPRESSING HIS FEAR THAT UAE'S

OIL WEALTH WOULD RUN OUT SOON

DUBAI IS HOME TO A GOLF COURSE THAT REQUIRE

4 MILLION GALLONS OF WATER EVERY DAY

(IT'S A DESERT AFTER ALL)

UNTIL THE MID-1800’S THE PERSIAN GULF WAS

KNOWN AS THE "PIRATE COAST". THE SAME FAMILIES

THAT NOW RUN THE WEALTHIEST COUNTRIES ON

EARTH RULED OVER THOSE SMALL PIRATE TRIBES

AFTER THE 2008 FINANCIAL CRISIS, PEOPLE LEFT

THEIR CARS ALL OVER THE CITY OF DUBAI

(ESPECIALLY AT THE AIRPORT) BECAUSE THEY

COULDN'T MAKE THEIR PAYMENTS AND MANY

HAD TO LEAVE THE COUNTRY