UAE population hits 6m, Emiratis make up 16.5%

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Posted by: Mohammed Monday, 12 October 2009 5:53 PM[UAE]

There is a fundamental difference between the UAE and South Africa. In South Africa it was a colonial backed minority ruling the African native?s majority. This is absolutely not the case in the UAE where the natives are ruling (very normal) and foreign expats are asking for a say on that because they are larger in numbers!!

Posted by: Duretger Sunday, 11 October 2009 11:36 PM[UAE]

Minority rule is nothing new. It went on for years in South Africa. By the way Emiratis are Asians if the UAE is in Asia?

Posted by: Etisalgood Sunday, 11 October 2009 5:26 PM[UAE] - UAE

I agree with Muhammed Azeem and as someone who was born in the UAE, I'm happy to call it home. My advice to fellow expats is to enjoy your stay while keeping your expectations to a minimum and don't lend an ear to the barrage of racist comments here. If you want rights & representation and freedom of speech, you might want to consider migrating to a Western country, something thats still pretty easily achievable. Trust me, you'll be making yourself and people like Mr. Salem Abdul Aziz Almazrouei (aka Mr. Thesaurus) very happy.

Posted by: GR Sunday, 11 October 2009 4:11 PM[UAE] - UAE

Hanan - please do not generalize and include all expats in your comments. I, and I suspect many other expats, to not hate Emiratis and certainly hold no emotions towards them that could be described as envy or spite. I presume you do and hence your comments. Speaking for myself I have lived here for 19 years and have had many colleagues and friends who are Emirati. Like every other single nationality on earth they have good and bad among their numbers. On the whole I find them very polite, generous and possesing an excellent sense of humour. Whilst they certainly have many advantages as Emiratis in my mind they also have many disadvantages, Do I think their government treats them better then mine treats its citizens? No I don't but then I am looking beyond simple monetary advantages. Yours may not treat you as well and hence your envy etc but please do not tar us all with the same brush.