Dubai...
Over the past few months, I've been reading up on Dubai and the current boom happening over there.
And (almost) everything I see on documentaries on television or read about in a magazine has a 'foreign', non-native influence. For instance, the world famous Burj Al 'hotel'. The shiek flew in an Interior Decorator from Asia to design/decorate the suites and atrium. And the construction teams looked to be non-locals as well.
I mean no disrespect to anyone from that region, but it almost seems that they are screaming, "We have no native culture so we will buy yours".
And I realise you cannot 'grow' native skills in just a few years, but the Shieks have been selling oil for a long time. India is well-known for sending their citizens to other countries to learn skills and then take those skills and experience back to India and then either teach or create industry with those skills. Why do I mainly see Europeans and Americans as Architects and project leaders and engineers?
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