UAE

The United Arab Emirates is a contradiction to the Middle East. “Abu Dhabi was blinding. White sky. White buildings. White robed men in white Mercedes’, calling each other on car phones” (pg51) Arab men became extremely wealthy from this area due to the discovery of oil. It seems the city adapted western business techniques to maximize its profit. Yet socially, the country is part of a reactionary movement throughout the Middle East. How can a country that’s made such economic progress look to the past to answer its social questions? The answer is the concentration of wealth within the Middle Eastern population. This select group of wealthy Arabs does not want to see change, so they don’t allow others to oppose them. They also have made many educational reforms to control how their people think. As a few live in wealth, the majority will continue to live in poverty.
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