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7 powerful quotes about Dubai that should get Nigeria thinking

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7 years ago

March 16, 2017

For many people, the mention of Dubai, the most populous city in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) evokes a picture of luxury and wealth. There is no doubting the fact, the emirate which operates absolute monarchy as its style of government is a dream destination of many Nigerians both for business and for pleasure. It is the home of breathtakingly designed buildings like the Burj Khalifa, Burj Al-Arab, the Palm Island and so on. So what makes Dubai so spectacular? The following quotes about the city answers the questions.1. “Dubai was founded on trade, not oil.” ― Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Flashes of Thought

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2. “Dubai is… after all, a lonely, transitory place. It’s hard to maintain relationships when people are always coming and going.” ― Ameera Al Hakawati, Desperate in Dubai

3. “Dubai, with all of its glitz and glamour rose in the heart of the desert.” ― Soroosh Shahrivar, The Rise of Shams

4. One of the main characteristics that differentiates Dubai from other commercial centres is its openness to innovation and the freedoms it grants people and institutions to operate. Abdul Aziz Al Ghurair

5. The cool parts – the parts that have won Dubai its reputation as ‘the Vegas of the Middle East’ or ‘the Venice of the Middle East’ or ‘the Disney World of the Middle East, if Disney World were the size of San Francisco and out in a desert’ – have been built in the last ten years. George Saunders

6. Dubai was brilliant, they looked around the world. They saw Hong Kong, Singapore, New York, Chicago, Sydney, London all ran British common law. British common law is much better for commerce than is French common law or sharia law. So they took 110 acres of Dubai soil, put British common law with a British judge in charge, and they went from an empty piece of soil to the 16th most powerful financial center in [the] world in eight years. Michael Strong

7. No nation has embraced Total Quality Management, e-commerce and e-government with greater enthusiasm than Dubai. Such innovations have given Dubai a competitive edge and an accelerated growth rate that few could match. Abdul Aziz Al Ghurair