I lived in UAE for 6+ yrs...I can relate. Presently, I am encouraging most of my friends still there to find a exit route.

@GloriaOtikor

Жыл бұрын

Unmmmmmmm

@georgelopera6290

Жыл бұрын

Don't spend your time staying there! You will grow old become poor!

@frankgradus9474

10 ай бұрын

Very informative. Cheers.

@diopfifi4937

3 ай бұрын

​@@GloriaOtikormove to the Uk. They need nurses here

@marioncharleston

Ай бұрын

Racism running rampant!if i said this.

The 2 reasons why for me it's a no go : 1. Too much air pollution, from fossil fuels but also sand. I heard so many testimonies of people who got sick while arriving in Dubai. Apparently almost everyone has health problems, and even while living far from city center. There is too much sand, which makes it hard. And how are they gonna do if one day Asia develops and they don't have all this cheap handforce in order to clean sand ? 2. Abuse of human rights. Some would argue it's in every country. But there it seems to go to an extreme level.

Trust me it's horrible and depressing. It's been a year now and I'm planning to relocate.

@GloriaOtikor

Жыл бұрын

Please do

@sydmaker4115

Жыл бұрын

Why i was thinking about moving there

@hillaryniiayikweiokai3118

11 ай бұрын

I am now moving there in August 12

@waynejohnson2894

17 күн бұрын

Please don't go to Dubai to work !! We ad people of Color stop spending our money their,!!!

Not a big fun of Dubai. 1. Weather is terrible esp in summer -you can barely have any outdoor activities 2. It has no natural beauty and everything is man made. Just because it is the tallest or biggest doesn’t mean it’s the best 3. Dubai is still a developing city on many levels esp in terms of software. It’s hard to specify but if you’ve lived in the west you may know what I mean 4. The whole city is way too material - it is all about fancy cars and big brands which I find shallow and vain 5. It is true you may not pay tax but you also pay more for other things -veggies, chocolate, cheese and other things are way more expensive because they have to be imported 6 Dubai is extremely boring- because no outdoor activities is possible you cannot take a walk, you cannot picnic by the beach, you cannot surf. Weekend leisure is going to a shopping mall😢

@marioncharleston

Ай бұрын

U can take a walk anywhere?

@Development.growth

28 күн бұрын

Stay in your country. Simple 😅

@youta5

26 күн бұрын

Sounds like a true nightmare.

@Development.growth

18 күн бұрын

Lol 🤣, you had time to type all these about someone's country? It would have been better you wrote some suggestions to leaders of your own home country to make there a better place to live.

Discrimination is everywhere. Perhaps many have inferiority complexes which they compensate for by discriminating. Could not care less. What is unsettling about discrimination is that it shows mental disease...or an inferiority complex... Someone healthy says , "I'm OK , you're OK." Someone sick will discriminate.

It is SO SAD that Africans are doing this to their fellows.

@youta5

26 күн бұрын

Same as everywhere. Psychopaths live in every country.

In London UK there are also 10 people living in 1 room. Same in US. Lower class immigrants live like that in many countries in big cities.

@JG-zz4nh

Жыл бұрын

Fact

@victorikpitah7216

Жыл бұрын

Don't mind these people that just feel entitled to good stuff in life. They just want to be handed things simply because they are humans

@allykhan8594

Жыл бұрын

What u describe is the exception not the norm. And if not license HMO, it is illegal and local government would raid the property. Whereas, in dubai i think they don't care.

@victorikpitah7216

Жыл бұрын

@@allykhan8594 @Ally khan85 likewise in Dubai ,it's illegal to do any interior modification or renting out a property which you rented... It's also an exception which is only done by the lower class folks

@allykhan8594

Жыл бұрын

@@victorikpitah7216 how do you assume it was the tenants and not the owners?

Wow! Thanks for sharing and being honest, You've just gained a new subscriber x

@GloriaOtikor

13 күн бұрын

Thanks for subbing!

Thanks for being real with us!

Dubai is a land of opportunities. Many people have done well. There are always dark sides of countries. UK has many homeless people and 20 people living in one house

You just gained yourself a new subscriber ❤️

@GloriaOtikor

Жыл бұрын

Thank you

Thank you my sister ,great content.

Been to Dubai 3 times. Twice for conferences and once for a family vacation. Great to visit, but I certainly would not want to live there.

@p.c.h.6721

5 ай бұрын

Why not, please elaborate..

I salute you from eastern Europe. It was a great video. Subscribed!

@raineyfall628

Ай бұрын

Exactly. The same! She is very honest!

@GloriaOtikor

13 күн бұрын

Awesome! Thank you!

Thank you for sharing this information.

I've got a lot I didn't know about ... it's honestly a stepping stone, not somewhere to settle though. Thank You a lot Nurse Gloria for all this amazing helpful information. ❤

@GloriaOtikor

10 ай бұрын

You are welcome

Great. You are very experience about UAE. perfect.Good advice. very correct.

I was just looking into purchasing a property in Dubai which comes with the 10 years golden visa but thanks for this video. Your experience is really similar to what I have experienced in Malaysia and I don’t think I want to go through something similar

@eugeniofernandez8101

3 ай бұрын

Sure you were.

@Vipercrow

2 ай бұрын

Her reasoning ain't even logical. And UK is definitely more expensive to live than dubai idk what she talking about that you can buy 3 beds in uk for a 1 bed in dubai. UK is worse especially the tax.

@skep8376

17 күн бұрын

Dubai is fun if you have made money. you will enjoy it. if you are looking to get a property, it means you are well to do already.. go ahead. you will meet other wealthy people and build good network and connections. You will also enjoy the tax free city and ease of everyday life (save for the extreme hot weather). This video is more so for students or people migrating to hustle and look for work. Don't allow this discourage you.

@skep8376

17 күн бұрын

@@Vipercrow yeah UK is definitely more expensive. what's your take on a person going for Masters Education though? would you advice Dubai or UK?

@Vipercrow

17 күн бұрын

@skep8376 when it comes to education. English education is accepted world wide, but whereas most countries even if you come up the UK, they'll have you retake them or get you to do somethin similar for the degrees. So for your instance look at it like is the UK masters worth more than dubais. That might be your best bet to look into

Hi there. I’ve never thought about moving to Dubai. I do have a daughter that is affiliated with a major American Airline. She thinks the world of Dubai because of all the Beautiful buildings and environment there. You have done a fantastic job on giving the reasons why we should not move to Dubai. We have never been to the middle east or Africa. Hopefully we will plan a rip to the Mother Land. Possible 🇲🇱 Mali, Nigeria 🇳🇬, and Egypt 🇪🇬. Thank you so much for sharing this valuable information. I can feel your experience and I know by the way you speak you suffered a great deal. I see your a very strong woman and God with definitely with you. Again I’m grateful . Take Care.

Well said! True facts, some are just in denial and some don't want their relatives back home to know how they are living!

Good video! Thank you for informations and for sharing. 😁👍🏾👍🏾🇨🇦

What u said is the truth, i lived in the middle east before, is not funny at all. All i can say is that is a stepping stone for transition to a better country.

@GloriaOtikor

Жыл бұрын

Yes it is

Thanks for sharing your experience with us. ❤

May God bless you for speaking the truth ❤

A word is enough for the wise. 100% truth.

@GloriaOtikor

Жыл бұрын

Yes ooo

Eye opener sis!!!

@GloriaOtikor

Жыл бұрын

Yes

How can the employer keep your passport? Is that not illegal?

Thanks for sharing Gloria 💞

@GloriaOtikor

Жыл бұрын

Welcome

If u get hears listen ! I also look for my escape route the day I got there

@GloriaOtikor

Жыл бұрын

True

Nurse gloria u nailed it..all u said is truth and more..i am currently in uae as a nurse..

@GloriaOtikor

Жыл бұрын

It is well

@teejaymorak

10 күн бұрын

​@@GloriaOtikor please ma I'm also a Nurse, is this also applicable to those in Qatar

Maybe I’m incorrect, but this video seems to be for people who go on work visas instead of just moving on their own will?

There is somewhere for everyone. May I ask what job you doing during your stay in dubai.

Everything you said is very true

@GloriaOtikor

Жыл бұрын

Thank you

Good Advice G

Thank-you for sharing. I am a care worker in the UK now for 6 months and am struggling but it was sobering to hear you speak about Dubai as I was concidering it there.

Wow this is serious, I learnt accommodation and education is expensive but never know it's this much.

@GloriaOtikor

Жыл бұрын

Yes for some

thanks sister for sharing absolutely true bcos I'm part of the struggle here

If you want to be depressed go there simple as ABC

@GloriaOtikor

Жыл бұрын

Smile

Is there also a Kafala System in Dubai??

I’ve never heard any expat in UAE say they have Emirati friends, were invited to an Emirati house for dinner, dated or married an Emirati. They do not interact with anyone outside of their group. It’s so weird they are an extreme minority in their own country and just walk/drive around and don’t interact with the MILLIONS of immigrants in their country. Incredibly strange. I don’t think that happens anywhere else in the world.

I've heard it gets unbearably hot for about 5 month a year in Dubai.

The second season of INTERVIEW WITH THE VAMPIRE just started, one of the locations is Dubai. I truly hope we will get even more seasons, the story is just amazing. People b*tch about how there is nothing new and good to watch, but when studios and artists finally deliver, barely anyone is spreading the word. That's why we need to encourage them more, so they will experiment more

We need more videos of this! Especially about Thailand. Please help to keep the masses away by refering to the dark sides. No overtourism! No over immigration now!

Sooo true . Been Der before

This is 100% true

Thank you sister for your commitment to the cause of your African brothers and sisters. Having heard what you lived there, I hope our young men will think twice brefore they go to Dubai.

It is true that we all have to choose where we would rather want to reside. I was actually listening to which tier levels you were referring to. Well, I would like to hear the good things about Dubai from you as well. Anyways, like you said you personal opinion. Life will not also be the same for any of us, it's a matter of us praying to God to lift us to where we belong. Folks also have it tough whether in Europe, UK or US. There are some of 'bad' guys here in UAE. Hmmm. Make I know talk. Our guys are in SEHA, in top hospitals(Optometrists, Microbiologist s,Nurses inclusive, of course they are not much but at least we have a few) lecturers and researchers in their Universities, Engineers in ADNOC. And the good thing now for them is they have the Golden visas. Most of the people who have it a bit tougher are probably some low paying job seekers just like the one you showed. In the end sha, people should be well informed before leaving for any country. If you are not a shrewd business person, not a professional (tier 1 and 2), and some others I can't remember for now then come to the UAE at your own volition.

@dorismuronga923

11 ай бұрын

It's a lovely place especially for business 😅

@idehenreosas3969

11 ай бұрын

@@dorismuronga923 business 👌I perfectly understand 😁

i am so worried i m a kenyan i own property in marina dubai so am askig do you know what you saying ,,,,,, u can own property in dubai and be a reaaltor ,,, i have 13 apartments all in airbnbs ,,,

This is soo true , there’s nothing painful than this Philippines discriminating against u there

@GloriaOtikor

Жыл бұрын

As in ennn.😭😭

@richardacquaye269

Жыл бұрын

@@GloriaOtikor I won’t ever advice anybody to move there

@beverlyogolah5872

Жыл бұрын

Gloria please do a video comparing living costs I uk verses Dxb...to give us a better understanding as we prepare exit strategy

Well do you know any agency for immigration to another country?

Please to relocate as a dependent from UAE to Uk can i use Nigeria bank proof of funds?

Whoever reading this and wants to love to Dubai She has never lived in us where all these situations are normal If you work hard and hustle you’ll make it Nothing is given

@jayajaya788

2 ай бұрын

Yeah...I live in New York which isn't that much different from living in Dubai!!! It depends on your energy...There will always be discrimination wherever you go...I can get along with anybody ...I would never buy a house in Dubai...I rather rent...Dubai is complicated...it's not for everyone

I agree with every single thing you have said.

I’m really reconsidering going there 😮

Everything you said is this video is true. It’s my first time to comment on a video on KZread.

Mama what do you say about this aggressive campaign on social media for people to start business in Dubai and open account in Dubai of late

Thank you. Your message is received well

Thanks. I thought it would be fun to visit Dubai for awhile. Seems fun only for the rich.

at minute 17 you mentioned pay variances according to passport, back in 2003 I was working with TSKJ in Bonny Island and I have seen fellow Nigerians working as expatriates in TSKJ and benefitting more efficient packages than the fellow Nigerians employed in Nigeria working at the same projects

Hi Gloria. Thank you for the video. I am considering going to Dubai to teach. I am from Canada. Will it still be challenging ?

@GloriaOtikor

22 күн бұрын

Do it, you are a Canadian so you will be treated as an axpatraite.

This is 100% true heh...May God help us move on from Dxb

Great video. Glad i didn't accept the job offer i got from out there

Well said

his own daughter moved out of dubai, just to show u,somethings off,not right with it ..

I never felt the zeal to going to that country. Am happy here.

You are doing the smart move before you get injured. Anyone or country employ people without a sense or love spiritually to others and not following the rule of employment policy you should not waste

Id love to visit...then decide. Im not SURE about living there 🙌 Maybe better if you make a few good friends

Honestly I get discriminated against here in America. I’ll take my chances

Ma u are very correct, have waist alot of money on transit, to the west pls can u direct me on how to move out to Europ

As an American who lived there for two years, it was not one lie told in this video. Thanks for be very, very honest. Its very depressing there.

Some Africans are good at criticizing other countries and telling them how they should live their lives. Talking about discrimination: are you not discriminating against yourselves over there in Africa? Talk to your Politicians to make your own countries better places for you to live.. If your leaders should use the Gold and oil money to make you live better than other nationalities, wouldn't you be happy? Their leaders are doing what will favor them. Request this from your leaders too..

Thank you

Similar discrimination happened to me when I travelled through Africa. When I was in Zimbabwe, to enter Victoria Falls I had to pay ridiculously high entry fees to enter the national park, meanwhile Zimbabwe nationals were allowed to enter free of charge. I guess each country takes care of its locals first before taking care of the foreigners 🤷‍♂️

@tabosiyanga5962

10 ай бұрын

That's not the same.

@IvanVujica-CertifiedTrainer

10 ай бұрын

@tabosiyanga5962 of course it's the same. The author of the video is complaining about discrimination in UAE where the locals have privileges but foreigners are discriminated against, but discrimination against foreigners also happens in other African countries. How is it not the same ?

@peacheskong2245

9 ай бұрын

​@@IvanVujica-CertifiedTrainerYou're comparing apples to oranges. Did you experience housing or job discrimination too while in Zimbabwe or any other African country? Why are you lying? There's something as a tourist tax everywhere in the world, but that's not what she even talked about. You just want to make yourself feel better for some odd reason...

@IvanVujica-CertifiedTrainer

9 ай бұрын

Wow listen to you miss@@peacheskong2245 being so pompous calling me a liar while at the same time being so clueless and not knowing anything about me. I was there for work, not a tourist so shut your vulgar insults because you already lost the argument when your tool of debate is helpless slander.

@alphandega258

5 ай бұрын

Did you also have your passport seized in Zim...or you lived there for years & still got no citizenship. What you're talking aout is CORRUPTION.Its different from what the video is talking about. Kenya,South Africa all charge more for international visitors...but that's not discrimination.

I was stuck between China and Dubai. Think I've made up my mind now😮😢

The United Arab Emirstes IS NOT the whole of the Middle East. It is only one country in that area.. So just to clarify, are you only talking about UAE or all the other countries e. g Saudi Arabia, Bahrain Yemen, Israel, etc??

@patriciamartin6756

10 ай бұрын

WON'T go to ANY OF THEM. SO MUCH UNREST IN THE WORLD,I THINK IT'S BEST TO STAY IN YOUR OWN BACKYARD

@miloslavski6149

7 ай бұрын

She hasn't lived in all those places that you listed.

I'm living in London I am a nurse here bit my dream is to Mobe amd live in Dubai x I never been thete but everyone told me it"s amazing x

@GloriaOtikor

Жыл бұрын

You will be fine,different experience for different folks plus you will get paid a lot.

@dansmith39

Жыл бұрын

Madanwo

@judithmutale789

Жыл бұрын

How did manage to move to and work in London with such vocabulary and also poor spelling. This world no balance

@faaaduma6876

Ай бұрын

@@judithmutale789It’s obviously a typo. Some people just post their comments without checking.

This is interesting, there are a lot of red flags with Dubai. It seems like it lures you in with the bells and the whistles but at the end of the day it seems like the candy house from Hansel and Gretel

@yogoltraveltv

5 күн бұрын

Sounds like America

I have a friend who lives there retired from the military, he loves it, he even put me on a realtor who showed me the houses I can buy... very bad ass with pools and he's hooking me up to transfer my business there. My advice, don't move to another country broke expecting what you expect from your own country. He even told me it's better then living in the US. And he's a close Army buddy of mine. I really think you're exaggerating. From what I've seen and what I've been told by many others that it's the place to be and my business will thrive there. Just sayin, agree to disagree. You don't like it, move, just don't go to the US, it's mich worse now.

@drdebocherry

10 ай бұрын

Pretty general stmt about US it varies all over. Id y are rich, that's diff, so how much is house? Are you buying land?

@lillianmbaserah5995

2 ай бұрын

You have money and don't need to do average jobs so it doesn't relate to you. This is not a video for the rich.

As many people get sucked into Dubai and speak so highly if it, doing my own research, I can say confidently it’s a place for the rich to take advantage of the middle and poor class. If only the power the middle and poor class know they have, a powerful change will have to occur. However, we rather focus of race which causes more division amongst humans more than anything else.

I have 20 good reasons why to move to dubai !!! now what ?

Dubai still a step up from Nigeria. Every country has it's ills. There is discrimination even in Nigeria. Take the positives and move on.

When they say Nigerian is the mark they left where they go I have one live in my house for one year and don’t pay any rent

Agreed

I never experienced discrimination in Dubai. Maybe because my husband and I are Lebanese Turks, and Emirati We have been living in Dubai for 15 years Dubai is expensive, but if you have money it is the best place in the world and there are many activities every day. A new store, a new restaurant, in short, it is a paradise Dubai is home for us and our children🇦🇪🇹🇷🇮🇱🇱🇧

@GloriaOtikor

22 күн бұрын

I agree with you.

So according to you, we should not pursue jobs in Dubai if they are offering better opportunities? Where is the perfect country since you are speaking in absolutes?

@takeaseatwithlisa8408

Жыл бұрын

Yesssssss run away ooo

@JG-zz4nh

Жыл бұрын

No perfect Country, she is disappointed because it was not what she was expecting. It's better than the US for sure

@allykhan8594

Жыл бұрын

I guess it depends on your trade, profession or ordinary labourer.

@ov9879

11 ай бұрын

Run Forest run!

This is so true i have been here for 1year and am depressed as a nurse🥺🥺🥺🥺

@GloriaOtikor

Жыл бұрын

Oh! Dear please leave there.

@Nurse_Micky_Corner

Жыл бұрын

@@GloriaOtikor working towards leaving this UAE it's soo stressful... The discrimination is soo horrible... I just woke up one morning and lost my job🥺🥺🥺and till now nothing

@bonganehlatshwayo-cf9vl

Жыл бұрын

My sister I'm coming back for you

@Nurse_Micky_Corner

Жыл бұрын

@@GloriaOtikor Hi Gloria am now in the UK I have left Dubai for good😄💃🏻

@trendyspeechfamilyfluentsp3307

10 ай бұрын

Is UK better?

Maybe you should've researched before you moved there so basically the due diligence was on you. I was a Soldier for 20 years and like I used to tell my Soldiers, you drown quicker when you go in head first. And don't buy steak on a hotdog paycheck. Feel me???

I like the laugh right off the bat

True

True ✔

Hi, to better refer to UAE or Dubai is by referring to Arabian Gulf and not Middle East

In China Guangzhou too. attacked Nigerians 2021 in Guangzhou. even hotels business people.attacked.

Sound horrible thanks for the info.

12 hours is part time uae

And BTW, Alhamdulillah I will very soon go to Kano Nigeria to Marry my Beautiful Princess Muslim Nigerian Lady, Subhana'Allah!!!

That's just your opinion lady...maybe u had a bad experience there but thts no reason to post a negative video on Dubai.ive lived in Dubai for over 12 years and it's one of the best place ever to live in.

@GloriaOtikor

Жыл бұрын

That’s also your opinion

@ov9879

11 ай бұрын

Go raise your voice or scream at a man over there and see what happens to you as a woman. Wear a revealing bathing suit at the pool over there and see what happen to you as a woman. Wear a mini skirt over there and see what happens to you as a woman. They violate so many Human and women's rights over there. Yes such a great place.

Interesting points, thank you for sharing. Appears there is a culture of discrimination which is fueled by segregation between the locals and migrants.

LOVELY

What she says happens in every country outside of your own country....not sure what the point is...in Ontario, Canada, rental listings will say no to certain ethnicities.. Canada has very high cost of living...and you get taxed like crazy

I disagree, overall, with this video. She does make mention or some good point however. As someone born and raised here in America, America and a lot of other western countries are so many downfalls, even a few that dubai "supposedly" have. There is discrimination in these western countries as well here, I argue more so. America and other western countries are on a downward trend, economically, morally, etc. Plus dubai, isn't the only emirate. Most people love abu dhabi for example. It is the most expensive, but there is more opportunities there for work than dubai. A lot of the bigger companies will even pay for accommodation and perhaps other things in their packages based on their offer as well. Western countries is very taxing as well and it is becoming more of an issue to raise your children here (especially if you want to instill good moral values). I can go on and on. America is way more expensive I would argue. Groceries, gas, etc. for example. No matter where you live, you have to live within your means. Of course it is going to seem to be expensive if you live outside that. There are a lot of western people increasing leaving their western countries (US, UK, etc.) to work and reside in the UAE. I perfer Abu Dhabi over dubai personally. It is more chill and the environment is more suitable for me personally. Like I said you don't have to live in dubai. There is abu dhabi, fujairah (significantly more affordable), sharjah (more affordable), ajman (more affordable), Ras Al Khaimah, Umm Al Quwain (more affordable) Side note: Al Ain isn't an emirate, it is a part of Abu dhabi.