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Turns out this greentext was 3 years before they made it legal for women to drive in 2018
Women in UAE have always been allowed to drive. It was made legal in 2018 in Saudi Arabia, which is a different country.
Are you sure they're different countries?
You can Google it if you don't trust me.
How can i trust google after all they've done
You don't need to trust Google directly, you can use Google to find a trusted source.
Or use Duckduckgo to find a trusted source. Or Kagi. Or Searx.
Absolutely, use whichever search engine you prefer. "Google it" was used as a colloquialism to mean "search for it, using a search engine" and was not a direct endorsement of Google.
I don't think that Dubai, or anywhere in the UAE, ever had a ban on women driving.
Are you thinking of Saudi Arabia? Different country.
I still wouldnt go there if you like not being in prison.
As a foreigner/tourist you have practically 0 chances of going to prison, unless you do something really stupid.
Source: Been to Dubai many times.
Thats the dumbest bullshit i have ever read on here. If you havent seen or heard anything fucked up, in or about Dubai, thats because you havent looked.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_rights_in_Dubai
These are just the first two sentences in the "Dubai Law" section, it just keeps going along similar fucked up lines tho.
The "Rape victims" subsection in the "womens rights" section is also just a nightmare.
And this doesnt even start talking about slave labour, human trafficing, censorship, political assassinations, etc.
Seriously, i wouldnt go to Dubai if you paid me for it and neither should anyone that values their own safety and general human rights.
As I said, respect the local laws and customs and nothing will happen to you. As proven by about 15 million annual tourists from all over the world.
You obviously don't have to visit if you disagree with the local customs, but to say that going there has any measurable chances of getting arrested is incorrect.
And regarding the law about sharing a room by a (heterosexual) premarital couple, it has been decriminalized in 2020, and rarely applied to foreigners in the first place.
Why would you want to visit Dubai though. It's literally just where people show off their wealth
This is the kinda of person that thinks that Neom is a good and innovative project. Thats just what happens to people who worship money and consumption.
Type of thing I only want made so I can look at pictures and maybe watch a 30 minute b1m video on it. Say "that's cool" then get on with my life. Although I'm probably Saudi Arabia's target audience in this case 🤣
I'm not saying I support it, because there's probably a million better reasons why it shouldn't be made that are better than "it's cool"
This is the kind of person that makes assumptions about people out of thin air. Just because I'm stating facts that are contrary to your preconceived notions, doesn't mean that I support or "worship" things.
Are you asking about my personal opinion or why 15 million people visit it every year?
Personally, I visited many times because my brother studied there for 4 years, and I often transit through Dubai.
But generally, people go there for the numerous tourist attractions and duty free shopping (although, I believe that has been cancelled a couple of years ago).
What do you work for their chamber of commerce or something? You’re not convincing anyone here.
I'm not trying to convince anyone of anything, I'm just stating facts.
Decriminalized in 2020. How progressive.
I didn't say it's progressive (although it's obviously progress), I was just pointing out that, besides the point, that info is outdated.
There are multiple stories of women being raped and then charged with having premarital sex, as if they had a say in the matter. Here's one example. The fact that's it's happened enough for an organization to be created to deal with it sounds fairly damning from where I stand. I can only assume those 15 million people don't find that to be reason enough to stay away.
Yes, crime in Dubai happens. Yes, they have unreasonable and archaic Sharia laws. Yes, awful situations, like women being jailed for being raped happen, according to some sources, possibly even several times a year. But here's the unintuitive thing, it's still statistically safe. Whether you like it or not, that's how statistics work.
Here's an example to help people visualize it better. Every year, on average, 10-20 planes crash, with 100s of deaths, which is terrible. But, every year, on average, there are about 40 million flights, which comes up to about 0.00004% crash rate percentage. Every time you get on a plane there's a chance you're going to die in a crash, cause crashes happen regularly, and yet, it's the safest method of transportation.
Now let's make a rough calculation for the rape cases for tourists. Let's be generous (because UAE definitely underreports these incidents) and assume it happens not just several, but 10 times annually. There are 15 million tourist visits annually. That is roughly... 0.00007% chance. Depending on what numbers you pick, that is about twice as likely as being in a plane crash.
And to drive the final nail into the coffin, let's looks at some official numbers:
In conclusion:
And if I don't go, I'm not lending support to a place with archaic laws and other abusive practices, even if I wouldn't be at risk if I went there. It's as simple as that.
Exactly! Just as I said in my earlier replies, if you disagree with the laws and customs, just don't go there. But also, don't spread misinformation.
Where did I spread misinformation?
Sorry, the last part wasn't addressed to you specifically, but to those who were saying that it's dangerous to go to Dubai.
Fair enough.
Apparently China is the same ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Why wouldn't it be? Any country that wants to attract tourists is going to be lenient with them.
that's still not Dubai, which happens to be a city