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To: Dayuhan who wrote (98182)	5/13/2003 10:12:09 PM
From: kumar	Respond to of 281500

Re Dubai : IMO, Having lived in UAE and Oman and visited Bahrain and Saudi Arabia, in the mid 1980's, I would say UAE (which includes Dubai) and Bahrain are the 2 places I'd prefer to go to, if I had the need or opportunity to go back to that region. Every one of these countries is a tax free environment. Every one of them is a monarchy, and an Islamic state (not an Islamist state - some here get confused). Every one of them has a huge population of expats that keep them going - hence the 'multicultural' bits. One other aspect : the UAE is a "federation of Emirates", just like the USA is a "federation of states". Each emirate in UAE has its local laws which defer to UAE law (in the US we would say state law defers to federal law). Its not a democracy there, but the concepts are similar and adapted to the prefered way living and/or being governed. IMO, Democracy as we know it in the US is not always the most appropriate solution for every country on earth. In many GCC countries (SA is possibly an exception), women work alongside men, go to school and study the same stuff as their male counterparts, sometimes hold ministerial positions. Just look at what happens when democratic france and democratic germany disagree with democratic USA - we all start talking about trade and product boycotts. Can u imagine that being practised worldwide ?