Saturday, January 8, 2011

Pros/Cons of Dubai

I've been in Dubai for about a week and there are some positive observations I have made and some negative ones. 

Pros:
  • Masajid everywhere!
  • Adhaan heard for all prayers and even the Salah being led.
  • Prayer areas in all of the malls...on every floor.
  • The mall's music stops to play Adhaan.
  • You don't get stared at for being a Muhajibah.
  • Clean, modern, and beautiful everywhere.
  • Metro (train) is amazingly clean and new.
  • Weather is perfect at the moment...around 75 degrees with luscious breezes.
  • Women only taxis, section of the train, beaches, parks, gyms, etc.
Cons:
  • There are still naked women everywhere.
  • Can't go to the beach with my husband because of the women. 
  • Everything is tiny!
  • Heard summers are unbearably hot.
  • Everything costs the same as NYC or more.
  • Can't use megavideo or any of the U.S. website (such as ABC.com) to watch any of my shows.
  • Shopping is way too expensive here.
  • My family isn't here.
Alhamdulillah, I really like Dubai so far.  There are quite a number of good and bad things about Dubai.  I could have made my list longer, but you get the idea of the general population.  Will be writing more about my observations later!
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4 comments:

  1. Blue PearlJanuary 9, 2011 at 12:42 AM

    dont concern yourself too much with pros and cons and rather live your life within the means because in the Gulf you can easily dislike or like alot at any given time but for me I find it comforting to know that I am soo close to haram sharif:)

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  2. Little AuntieJanuary 9, 2011 at 3:37 AM

    You summed them up pretty well :)
    For shopping, forget the malls. You need to go to stores like Centrepoint, Max, SANA and Jamil. in Sharjah, where I lived (but not in Dubai), these stores are relatively close to each other, so maybe you can try that :)

    Dubai Outlet mall is also pretty awesome when it's having sales :)

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  3. SabirahJanuary 10, 2011 at 9:20 PM

    Blue Pearl - Alhamdulillah, I'm happy to be near there as well. Life over there is tought for Pakistanis, as well. I just wanted to state some of my observations.

    Little Auntie - Thanks for the advice. I truly appreciate it and need it. Could you give me like the areas all these places are in?

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  4. Little AuntieJanuary 20, 2011 at 2:45 AM

    Ooo, I'm so sorry I never got back to you. I got you this link which has the stores on the bottom- and you click on them and get their locations, inshaAllah. NOW, they're having sales which is the best time to go shopping ;)

    http://www.landmarkgroupme.com/retail/landmark-brands/centrepoint/

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