I find it interesting how Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al Maktoum saw a goal and a challenged and went after it. He’s trying to change Dubai to be the number 1 country in the world. Building megaplexs, shopping malls and attracting the richest people in the nation to come and visit.
After watching all of the videos relating to Dubai, I am completely fascinated with the architectural challenges the country has overcome and plans to face. The Palm Island, specifically, is an incredible man-made island with the amount of science and technology that went into its creation. It amazes me that an island can not only be built, but lived upon, in something so strong and wild as the ocean. In the video it was discussed that Dubai plans to create the largest building in the world and in previous videos the creation of man-made islands in the shape of the world was shown.It is clear that Dubai desires to be the biggest, the most extravagant, and the best. The country will not take no for an answer. On a completely other subject, I was thrilled to see that Dubai wants to include as many women as possible in the new creation of Dubai and seeks equality in the work place.
After reviewing the posted videos surrounding the topic of Dubai, I've found myself in awe and utterly inspired by the country’s story. Dubai has pushed past obstacles littering the path towards a great city, constructing monuments that stretch into the sky, and stretching through the clouds. I found myself completely drawn in by the determination throughout Dubai, refusing to let “no” cling like an anchor—instead pulling themselves over those obstructions to success.
I have somewhat mixed feelings about the Dubai videos. On the one hand, the whole building of massive architectural constructions, the concept of more women being involved in society, and the somewhat Westernization of Dubai are all well and good. However, it seems that all of this progress is hinged on the surface tension of a bubble. Widespread construction without regard to proper research before development is foolish at best, and this much construction is obviously being done huge amounts of speculative credit. Americans should be familiar with this in particular seeing as we underwent the economic housing crash of 2008. Also, if you do your own digging into Dubai, you will come across the fact that the economy, like ours, went belly up in 2009. This points to the idea that rampant speculative building on unfounded credit is simply not a sound economic model for progress. However, in many many ways the progress and improvements made by Dubai are inspiring to say the least. Progress is fine, but do not throw caution to the winds and expect no repercussions.
Kenya Jeffers
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I find it interesting how Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al Maktoum saw a goal and a challenged and went after it. He’s trying to change Dubai to be the number 1 country in the world. Building megaplexs, shopping malls and attracting the richest people in the nation to come and visit.
Alexandra Breed
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After watching all of the videos relating to Dubai, I am completely fascinated with the architectural challenges the country has overcome and plans to face. The Palm Island, specifically, is an incredible man-made island with the amount of science and technology that went into its creation. It amazes me that an island can not only be built, but lived upon, in something so strong and wild as the ocean. In the video it was discussed that Dubai plans to create the largest building in the world and in previous videos the creation of man-made islands in the shape of the world was shown.It is clear that Dubai desires to be the biggest, the most extravagant, and the best. The country will not take no for an answer. On a completely other subject, I was thrilled to see that Dubai wants to include as many women as possible in the new creation of Dubai and seeks equality in the work place.
Brieana Williams
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After reviewing the posted videos surrounding the topic of Dubai, I've found myself in awe and utterly inspired by the country’s story. Dubai has pushed past obstacles littering the path towards a great city, constructing monuments that stretch into the sky, and stretching through the clouds. I found myself completely drawn in by the determination throughout Dubai, refusing to let “no” cling like an anchor—instead pulling themselves over those obstructions to success.
Tyler Reeves
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I have somewhat mixed feelings about the Dubai videos. On the one hand, the whole building of massive architectural constructions, the concept of more women being involved in society, and the somewhat Westernization of Dubai are all well and good. However, it seems that all of this progress is hinged on the surface tension of a bubble. Widespread construction without regard to proper research before development is foolish at best, and this much construction is obviously being done huge amounts of speculative credit. Americans should be familiar with this in particular seeing as we underwent the economic housing crash of 2008. Also, if you do your own digging into Dubai, you will come across the fact that the economy, like ours, went belly up in 2009. This points to the idea that rampant speculative building on unfounded credit is simply not a sound economic model for progress. However, in many many ways the progress and improvements made by Dubai are inspiring to say the least. Progress is fine, but do not throw caution to the winds and expect no repercussions.