A documentary about expats in Dubai reveals the social and cultural fabric of the city through interviews with long-term residents. The video shows Dubai's transformation over the past 50 years, from a fishing settlement on the shores of Dubai Creek to one of the world's most attractive hubs for migration, analysing the emirate's appeal and its impact on quality of life.
- Duration
- 1 h 40 min
- Route distance
- 94.2 km
- Start
- Kite Beach
- End
- Dubai Hills Estate
- Stops
- 8
- Channel author
- Andrey Burenok
Timestamps and places
- — Dubai City Overview (Intro)
- — Dubai Mall (Meet Tatyana)
- — Dubai Creek (About Dubai 100 years ago. Pearl diving. Searching for oil deposits)
- — Ras al-Khaimah (The United Emirates)
- — Kite Beach (Kite Beach Getting to Know Vitalik)
- — Burj Khalifa (Reasons for Moving to Dubai)
- — Jabal Ali Port (Dubai's Development After the Disappearance of Oil)
- — Dubai Hills Estate (About the Billion Followers Summit and Video Filming)
- — About the Comprehensive Internet Marketing Course at the Para Digital Skills School
- — Changes in Dubai After the 2000s
- — Taxes
- — The Life of Migrant Workers
- — A Conversation with a Nepalese Taxi Driver
- — Who Rents Apartments for a Million Dollars a Year?
- — How Does Life in Dubai Change During Ramadan?
- — The Isolation of Locals from Visitors
- — What Traditions Haven't Changed?
- — Working with Turks
- — Road Safety
- — Benefits for Women in Dubai
- — About TripMyDream's Flight and Travel Search
- — Dubai Hills Complex
- — Cost of Living. Healthcare
- — Visas
- — Opening a Company in Dubai
- — Benefits of Dubai
- — Climate
- — About Sheikhs
- — Minimum Wages for Locals
- — Legalization
Route on the map
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