August 9th, 2007
The Lost Identity!!!!!!!!!
Ok this is not a title for new movie, nor is it an attention grabber for a new book. This is how I like to, unfortunately, label DUBAI. Yes, you read it right DUBAI.
My private business requires lots of frequent traveling to almost everywhere and today I am in Dubai for the night until early morning then off to China. I had three business meetings and at least two of them were very crucial to the future of my private business. Now someone would assume that two out of the three meetings should be with the locals, but that someone should assume again. Three out of three were with highly regarded Indian businessmen.
Do not jump the gun, I know when it comes to healthy business life a country should give the way to foreign investors to spend their money in its land. However, when that country gives the future of its people to the hands of foreigners without calculating the risk of one day these heavy investors could leave to another country for the simplest reason then I see a problem.
I love Kuwait more than any other, but I have a strong reason to care for Dubai and other GCC countries or cities. When you lose your identity in the name of business, I think you already lost everything with it. The funniest thing was when I was talking to an Australian friend of mine about Dubai two years ago, she told me that she feels more homesick when she goes home (Melbourne, Australia) simply because she sees more people from the Emirates than she does in Dubai.
I hope that Dubai flourish more and more but at the same time preserve the true identity of its history, culture and people.
God bless Dubai and KUWAIT……
