Cultural Diversity in the UAE

Cultural Diversity in the UAE

Regarding the Cultural Diversity course. As an Emirati who studied in private schools most of my life, I have a natural opinion about the Cultural Diversity in our country. Since kinder garden and I am always used to having kids with different nationalities and religions around. I grew up with one main idea in my head, that we are all equal.  Now I didn’t know in which way that would affect my life in the future till I moved to a public school during grade 11. The minute I entered the school I noticed that the school is being Distinction into groups, Emirates girls, Lebanese girls, Egyptian girls, etc. which was a big culture shock for me.

I also noticed that my English language is in a very good level comparing to the rest of the Emirates girls. They used to hate this language and never accepted the point that they are learning it for their own good, which also shocked me. After spending two years in public schools I got the point of all the differences and the levels that is still there in these schools in such a development country like the UAE.

These kinds of differences are not only happening between different nationalities, it’s also happening among us Emirates. And that’s what I discovered later on when I went to a governmental College. The last name still matters no matter how educated or sophisticated you are, a master in science would mean nothing if you come from an ordinary family that not a lot heard of.

I know and do believe that many people in my country didn’t follow the same way their grand partners used to think, and they are more open to and new adjustment as long as it is for their own good. But I’m still wondering about the other half of the glass, which sometimes brings us down and make us feel that no matter how developed this country gets we are still not going anywhere mentally. And from my point view this case will remain unsolved as it is a matter of opinion that can’t be controlled or changed by a rule.