Changing Gulf Identitiy

There is a building and economic growth boom going on in Gulf countries like the U.A.E.

As a result, a large non-indigenous group of people have migrated into the area. Recall that the U.A.E. is also at the center of a slave trade which brings in foreigners for slave labor and sex slave labor, seriously.

This is changing the overall culture of the countries.

The quotes are by Kuwaiti scholar Dr Ali Asaad Watfa.

Gulf News: Scholars warn of increasing threats to Gulf identity

"Social diversity in Australia and the US was a blessing and helped these countries implement some of the most democratic practices. However, diversity in our Gulf countries is a curse because of the very nature of our societies and our inability to appreciate situations..."

"We live in a terrible paradox where we claim that we are Arabs and Muslims, but our consumption is fully Western. So under the onslaught of globalization which tends to promote micro-identities at the expense of national cultures, we are regressing instead of moving forward. Today, we are facing a critical crisis that threatens our identity...".