this is all about dubai. i write it from the social, economy, politic and culture prespective.

1. Group Member:
Adonna Rohxika Gesoun
Naziearra Binti Abdul Manap
Khairunnisa Binti Karim
Siti Adibah Mohd. Yusoff
Nordianah Aliza Binti Juarah

2.  Second largest of the 7 UAE
 The seven different United Arab Emirates are as follows:
1.Abu Dhabi
2.Dubai
3. Sharjah
4. Ajman
5.Ras Al Khamaih
6.Fujairah
7.Umm Al Quwain
 Located :
- Middle East at the tip of the Arabian Peninsula
- GCC (Gulf Co-operation Council states)
 Contain 200 islands

4.  Oil – UAE one of the world’s wealthiest countries
 Dubai has grown into the most progressive and modern
city
 Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al- Maktoum , Dubai has
become a centre of finance, tourism and trade.
 Gulf’s most successful and rapidly expanding economics.
 Cosmopolitan metropolis – cultural hub of the Middle
East and the Persian Gulf region.
 Temperature =
- Range : 10c to extreme summer highs of 48c
- Hottest month : June & September
- Coolest : December & March

5.  Southern & Western borders of the UAE (including
Dubai) shared with Saudi Arabia
 Northern & Eastern borders of Dubai and the UAE,
shared with the Sultanate of Oman.
Largest
geographic
Smaller gulf
country

6. 457
km
400
km

7. Beaches

8. Restaurant & Bars

9. World –class
shopping

10. Ultraluxe Hotels

11. Skyscrapers'

12. Burj Khalifa

13. Palm Island

14. United Arabic Emirates (UAE)
Flag
Dubai’s Flag

15. Descriptions of UAE flag
• Pan-Arab colours red, green, white and black, which symbolise Arabian
unity.
• Represents peace, honesty, hardiness, bravery, power, courage, hope, joy,
love, optimism as well as the defeat of enemies and determination.
• White - for peace and honesty
• Red - for hardiness, bravery, strength and courage
• Green - for hope, joy, love and optimism
• Black - for the defeat of enemies or strength of mind

16. SOCIAL

17. SOCIAL FACT AND FIGURES
RELIGION
LANGUAGE
EDUCATIONS
HUMAN RIGHTS

18. LANGUAGE ARABIC
RELIGION ISLAM

19. 1. POPULATION
 According to latest estimates from the National Bureau of
Statistics and the Dubai Statistical Centre, the population
of Dubai stood at 2.07 million
 The annual growth rate for Dubai is approximately 8% and
7.5% for the UAE
 In 2007, 292000 new residents entered Dubai (at an
average of 800 a day)
 75.5% of Dubai’s population is male
 24.5% is female
 Average size of UAE National Household is 7.6 members
(Dubai Municipality)

20. 2. SOCIAL AND BUSINESS HOURS
 They tends to vary between 40 to 48 hours (depending
on company’s policy)
 Office hours
- 8.30 or 9 am to 530 to 6 pm (PRIVATE sector)
- 7.30 am to 230 pm (GOVERNMENT sector)
 In Ramadan, working day is reduced to 6 hours and only
apply to all Muslims
 Friday is the Muslim’s rest day

21. The Knowledge and Human Development Authority (KHDA)
- upgrading Dubai’s educational knowledge and human development
segments according to the highest international standards
School Inspection
- performance of students
- the high-quality education and care offered by schools
- the efficiency of management and leadership inside schools.
University Education
- Dubai International Academic City (DIAC)
- Major academic programmes on offer include; engineering, computer
science, finance, media, education, fashion and design, biotechnology,
environmental studies, quality management and business
management programmes.

22.  All equal before law
 Public safety and the law
 Human Rights at Community Development Authority

23. CULTURAL

24. CULTURAL
LIFESTYLE
• Rooted in Islamic traditions
• Famously known as the entertainment capital
• Alcohol not forbidden
• Visitors cannot show their Western culture that can
be offensive to the residents.
• Dressing in traditional clothes.
- Men wear khandura (a long white shirt-dress),
ghutra (a white headdress) and agal (a rope
worn )
- Women wear an abaya (a long black cloak),a
sheyla or hijab (a scarf used to wrap around the
face and head).
• Visitors should dress properly (to cover below the
knee).
• Restrictions of the photo taken

25. Men’s dressing

26. Women’s dressing

27. RELIGION
• Islam
• Ramadan
• A lot of mosque
• Government’s policy to tolerance towards non-
Muslims and Polytheist and in practice
LANGUAGE
• Arabic
• Mostly communicate in English in the
workplace.
• The majority of road, shop signs, and restaurant
menus etc. are in both English and Arabic.

28. CUSTOMS &
TRADITIONS
• Unique mix of traditions and modernity and
is an open society.
• Hosts greet guest and courtesy is an
important trait.
• Places where visitors are made to sit at
homes are known as “majalis”. Two types of
majalis which are receive male and female
guests.
• Majalis organize on the basis of age.
• Only eat with the right hand.
• Wedding
• Alcohol prohibited in public
• Festival (Dubai Shopping Festival & Dubai
International Film Award)

29. DUBAI SHOPPING FESTIVAL

30. DUBAI INTERNATIONAL FILM
FESTIVAL

31. POLITICAL

32.  operates under the framework of constitutional
monarchy belonging to the federation of United Arab
Emirate
 “constitutional monarchy”
 national leader cannot be challenged in elections
 but no “absolute” ruler, (duty to follow the constitution)
 Current ruler: Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum
(Prime Minister, Vice President of UAE & member of
the Supreme Council of the Union (SCU))

33.  constitution provides
 freedom of religion.
 Academic freedom is limited
 restrictions on freedoms of assembly and association
 does not address gender equality

34.  To maintain harmony: the Emirates were given the
constitutional right
 to opt for joining the Federal judicial system
 to maintain their own independent system
 Dubai and Ras Al Khaima : maintain their own system

35.  founded upon civil law principles (influenced by
Egyptian law) and Islamic Shari ’a law,
 the latter constituting the guiding principle and source
of law.
 Dealing with the most important and fundamental
principles of law,
 civil, commercial, civil procedure, companies,
 intellectual property, immigration, maritime, industrial,
 banking and employment law

36.  Dubai’s courts comprise
a Court of First Instance,
a Court of Appeal and a
Court of Cassation
 civil division, a criminal
division and a Shari’a
division.
 Labour Court and
Property Court
 Employee and employer
 Real property
 heard by one or more
judges.
 Juries are not used
 Conversant in Arabic

37.  incorporate or register a local entity under the
Companies Law or the Civil Code
 register a branch
 representative office of a foreign company
 enter into a commercial agency relationship with a
UAE national

38.  Laws are strictly enforced in Dubai.
 Holding, consuming, buying or selling any drug is a
serious crime
 zero tolerance policy on driving under the influence of
alcohol
 remain sensitive to Muslim standards of dress and
behaviour

39. ECONOMIC
ENVIRONMENT

40.  Free- market industry.
 Monetary unit- UAE Dirham ( RM 0.88)
 Back days- economy exclusively about oil.
 Now days- depend less on natural resources.
Business activities
 Trade
 Transport
 Tourism
 Industry
 Financial services

46.  1994- The Burj Al Project
 2004-Introduction of DICF
 2009-The global financial crisis, tight international
credit, and deflated asset prices constricted the
economy .
 UAE -increasing spending and boosting liquidity in
the banking sector.
 The crisis hit Dubai hardest, as it was heavily exposed
to depressed real estate prices
 Feb 2009- Foreign debt was predicted to be around $80
billion

47.  2012- showing positive sign in increasing corporate
income, trade and tourism front, and huge
improvement in investor sentiment.
5 promising sign :
1. Tourism is booming
2. Property prices are firming up
3.Trade is thriving
4. Corporate earnings are growing
5. Jobs are back

48. Dubai’s Key Advantages
1.Strategic location
2. Political and Economic Stability
3.Open and free Economic System
4. World class infrastructure and service sector
5. Competitive cost structure
6. High quality of life, Excelent living Condition
7. Strong local commercial tradition
8. Extensive foreign trade network
9.Rapidly developing Manufacturing sector