8 unusual facts about Dubai that you definitely didn’t know about

travel blogger, entrepreneur

I have been living in this city with my family for quite some time now and I will tell you about what will really surprise you.

The desert, the skyscrapers, the Persian Gulf and luxury. That’s what we think of when we hear about Dubai. But this city can still surprise you with something, especially if you are there for the first time or suddenly decide to move.

It’s not easy to become a UAE citizen, even for a rich person

Going from expat to UAE citizen is very difficult, even for the wealthy. Euros, dollars and rubles in any amount are unlikely to help you settle where the locals live. Artificial islands are poured for newcomers and in general allocate them separate territories. But do not worry, life in Dubai will still be comfortable, because the state takes care of all those present in the country.

Here is a very short working day

The UAE takes care of citizens as their own and beloved children. The number of subsidies and payments on any occasion strikes the imagination. A “local” works until two o’clock in the afternoon, then he devotes his time to his interests and family. At the same time, the salary of locals allows them to lead such a relaxed lifestyle: it is on average about $ 10 thousand, and prices are about the same as in Moscow for the main groups of goods. But how do they manage to maintain that astounding level of consumption, if people in Dubai work so little? At the expense of oil, of course, as well as foreign labor. Mostly men from India, Pakistan and other poor countries.

There are more men than women in the UAE

The ratio of men to women in Dubai is an impressive 70 to 30, to put it mildly. I don’t think I’ve ever seen a woman doing any “black” work – washing floors or dishes, being a waitress, taking out the garbage. If in Russia we often see women in grassroots positions, in Dubai it is all a man’s job. The work is usually done by newcomers from other countries. Despite the low wages, the state provides all the necessary working conditions.

There is exclusively “women’s” transportation

Women, if desired, can not cross with men in public transportation. In Dubai, cabs with female drivers are at the service of the fair sex. And in the subway there are separate, strictly “female”, carriages.

A woman cannot raise a child without her husband

It is illegal to give birth without a husband in the UAE. All children who have no fathers are placed in a state orphanage, and they can be reunited with their mothers only as adults.

Large sums of money are paid for the birth of a boy

For a male infant the Emirates state will give $ 50 thousand, but only to a citizen of this country.

A woman can live without a husband.

Given how many men are in Dubai, it is not easy to stay single. But if still a citizen of the UAE does not find a husband before 30 years, the state actually takes her on bail and pays a good amount that will allow her to not need anything and not lose dignity.

It is impossible to take a contrast shower here

Dubai is abundance, negativity and all 33 pleasures. One but: my favorite skin care routine, which is almost free if you don’t count utilities, is not available to me here. No contrast shower. The thing is that cold water in Dubai is still warm, even in expensive apartments. Well, there must be some restrictions in paradise.