World Wide Wave

21 Dec 2013

United Arab Emirates: Life as an expat

Africa and the Middle East

We chat with Rod, an expat who has been living in Dubai for 3 years who shares what its like to live in a foreign country of predominantly foreigners.

Find out whether the prospect of landing in gaol influenced Rod’s decision to move to a country where its illegal to be gay and whether there is a gay community hidden in the back streets and clubs of Dubai.

“With every country that I visit if you have an understanding of how their culture is you learn to respect that.”

Talking about the gay scene, “…it’s completely underground. You don’t see anything advertised.”

And then about media, “In 3 years I’ve never seen any gay issues being brought up on TV… …Anything that is gay related obviously is something they are trying to say that its not what they want or it always comes across as a negative thing, its never seen as a positive thing.”

Find out more on W3JOY’s United Arab Emirates homepage.

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