Superficial people tend to romanticize, idealize and admire Dubai, letting themselves be blended by ever taller skyscrapers, huge malls, luxury beyond belief…
Looking closer one should see that Dubai is a place without history and culture, where Germans and Japanese design the hotels, which are constructed by underpaid Pakistani and Bangladeshi (slave) workers and managed by Iranians.

Here is the sad story of a British man whose passport was confiscated without reason:

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/waiting-in-dubai-to-be-freed-to-grieve-the-man-whose-bride-fell-to-honeymoon-death-8837398.html