Dubai "Palm Island"

to everyone who used bad language against Dubai.... i can see from the low language you used that you are not very well educated as most of UAE's people... you do not have to like Dubai or the UAE to admit that what we have accomplished in 34 years is outstanding... please read about our country before giving meaningless comments... did you know that Dubai's GDP doesn't depend on oil? tourism and commerce make the highest percentage of the GDP... it is true we definitely need experts from different parts of the world to consult with for our new projects because our country is very young, but wait a minute.. are they doing it for free??? hell no!! so please do not tell us that we didn't design and built our projects! please tell us have you ever visited the UAE? or even travelled?? because from what i read, i can sense that you people do not respect other nations... or propbably jealous!!!

wasting money .. why not help muslim allaround the world ?

Palm Island is sinking and thats a FACT!

Look Dubai is great and impressive and all that but we have too much stuff about dubai on Metacafe. Please stop.

im an iranian living in dubai for 16 years. The civilisation and development has really increased in the past 20 years.. i mean.. all that dubai waz 50 years ago is sand dunes wit a bunch of camels.. and its true dat if it wasnt for the oil it wudnt hav been wat it iz now.
and bout the saudi and kuwait funding dubai's development.. ther is no sht like dat.. saudi pays dubai to ban public sheesha smoking in cafeterias and other places (son of a btch) so if dats wat u call funding, then dats wat it iz..

But now they are facing a lot of problems - they have to fight the current along the coast, they have to fight waves... Plus number of minor issues like ecology and so on. It is very unstable - the sea tryes to swallow it...
It was an hour-long documentary movie on Discovery channel ~ month ago...

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Very impressive. Imagine what all that money could do for the world instead of just making a playground for the rich. Let's see now...we could probably END poverty throught the world, cure cancer, but there's just no profit in that. And I'm not an ignorant American :)

man lack of education? 35,615 daily from starvationa and lack of fresh water due to coca cola, and you greedy people are building your own las vegas to rack in more money that you dont need. Your destroying the ocean balance and you shelfish people dont give a crap. So dont give me this S**t about being uneducated about whats going on. I think its discusting what your country is doing. I will admit it looks impressing but its not. The rich keep getting richer and the poor is getting poor. maybe if dubai wasnt so greedy and selfish the the world resestion might not have happened and people wont die form one of the worst deaths imaginable, starvation. All that dubai is worried about is the lack of oil in 10 years and how they can make even more money buy robbing more people. I do not support any of this.

How much it cost for staying at palm island?Can anyone tell me?

I wish I lived there or I was rich to live there

I wish I lived there or I was rich to live there

people are educated in dubai , what makes you think of that , loser

I've been to Dubai and it's amazing!

fidait kil hal uae....

ppl who said S**t about dubai=>ur stupid

go read a book or sumthing...

~daloo3ah 4 eva~

stop fighting and every body just keep ur comment and your angr away, every body is great, muslim or bothi ..ect
UK USA UAE all great also the other.
just go drink coffee or tee and relax, because no one is better than oher, all of as goog in one way or other.

Wowwww..... I see that finally the Arabs are going well, specially because i come from Arab people (Lebanon +), but borned here in MEXICO!!! Great country by the way. The only thing is that Arab people just care about rich and powerfull people. Please take a look on poor people, and I asure you that there is less poor in America that it is on the Arab and Muslim countries. Stop fighting each other and mind your own problems and religious differences.

where r ya? I need your help here!!!!!!

but f*ckin muslims, trying to bomb our planes, they should all be given the electric chair or f*ck off BACK TO THEIR OWN COUNTRIES. If it wasnt for the UK/USA helping them and allowing them to live in their countries they would be dead. Why then try and kill us??? F*ckin idiots, no wonder british and americans are racist

are they sure that the building can stand on that man made island???

my dad is a mechanic and is working over the on that and for all i can see it is fine we are going over there so ill tell you when i come back lol there are alot of english people there so youre basically offending your own race

Using money you got from oil profits you have imported rocks and dirt to build an island off the coast of Dubai because you couldn't build a nice place with Dubais own soil anywhere in the country. On this island you have built a rich man's paradise using mostly workers imported from non-Muslim countries in Asia, paying them slave wages and housing them in shacks, while ignoring one of the basic tenants of Islam (Charity) and have attracted rich people from the US and UK. You have ignored the poor of your own nation and the other Muslim nations including the tsunami victims while setting up your little city that resembles some kings palace from the middle ages with the rest of the (poor) world outside the gates. You've even surrounded it with your own version of a moat. And now you invite the same people you criticize to come and spend money, but they mustn't criticise you. Oh my yes, I'd be proud to. But does your holy book not warn that "pride goeth before a fall"? I'd say "timber" here, but the reference would probably be lost on you.

and about all these crap, i just want to say ; UAE or Dubai ppl dont care about these crapy comments cuz Dubai is allways the best.. just keep crying ppl and keep bitching for the rest of ur life, IDIOTS..

respect for the people that works and evoluate , so respect UAE people , hopr more countries were as concient as you are

This is really one of the most insane projects in the world! And I love it! As some others said below me, "I wish i could go there"...Nice work Dubai!

Best wishes from Denmark..

But i think its betta to channel the money not into expensive buildings and islands, but into finding alternative for oil, WHEN oil is gone (nxt 40 yrz) dere will be no tourism ! ( NO GASOLINE 2 RUN THE PLANES) whats UAE is gona do then , with their islands?

all of arab plz enter this site

I saw this episode on the discovery channel where they were building the island. It was amazing how they send the ships out to get the sand and rock. Originally they thought they could just truck the sand in but they had to have it shipped in and they needed a strong rock base.

This island is amazing.

Dubai is the best 3ala rasi wallah and all GCC.
Kuwaiti

I was in Dubai a couple of years ago and I loved every minute. Didn't want to leave. Its a great place with very friendly locals and to anyone who says bad about it I suggest you go there first and you will quickly change your mind. Hope to move there in 3 years time to work (if i can stand the heat - 50 degrees C in the summer - n.irish guys not used to that lol). Just wish our country was half as nice

... will be when your Ladies can go out and drive a car without a rag on their head...

and btw this is a very very very old movie u should c it now

dubai its the best city eva i've lived there my whole life and it is ever better than USA

Dubai is very developed city in the UAE..just wish people from the other countries know this

i dont know why this kind of closed-minded people still think that the middle east is desert and camels..!! how stupid..!!

UAE is a very nice country, Im norwegian but the goverment here S**ks big time, they don't use any of all the oil money to the people, they say norway is the best country to live, hell no!, i think its UAE!
i want to live in UAE=)

Keep Going

ALL WHAT WE SAY IS... GO GO DUBAI ! mashala always the best and proud of u people !

Its is better than new york right now.. lots of changes.. i love it

Ne1 no 'bout street races in Dubai??

so if you work froma a computer in another country say england, thts linked to dubi, woudl you have to pay tax? or if the money went to a bank account in duba tht u earned then transfered it?

But tell me is there alcohol allowed ?? Strip Clubs?

hey I can not see anything all scren is black ...... what
can I doooo...

incredible. that city is slowly becoming the new york of the east.

Very pretty, but I'm sure the billions of dollars it took to make it could have been better spent else where. People talk about not to believe everything you see on TV, well guess what, the nice pictures you just saw of Dubai is only a very small part. I could take my camera and show you people starving, wearing rags.
I'm getting tired of this "you ignorant Americans" whenever someone says something you don't like on the net. It shows your ignorants thinking that the only people who have some bad to say are Americans.
I hate to say this but I have lived in 11 different countrys and been to 22 (including Dubai) and every one of them wanted me to respect their laws and customs when I was there but the moment they are in MY country or America, where I live now, we are ingnorant and racist.
Oh and for the Muslims, read the Koran again and stop listening to other peoples interpretation of it.Show me where it says God wants you to kill people in his name. It doesn't. So stop trying to make everything about religain and hating the rest of the world. Life is more fun when you do.

I love UAE =)

go dubai go go goooooo .....
listen guys we thank god for our peaceful country we dont want other people to envy our country so plz stop putting stuff on us or later they will say ooooh its a rich country lets go and invade it!!!!!!! shabaaab bye7sedoo ooonnnah ^____^"

Dubai is the best man

It is true that Americans are stupid and ignorant, but i rather feel sorry for them. No history, No culture, No future, just hatred and fear in the whole country. They fear and hate each-other even among the states. Their own people, to say so.

UAE is great, but we mostly know about Dubai, and not the other emirates. I would like to see such videos about the other emirates as well, and something tells me i will in the near future. Dubai has a great leader, and it might be of a great advantage. And what if they run out of oil??? Does Italy have any? Or Luxembourg? Or Switzerland, for that matter? They can build a nuclear powerplant that will serve the whole country for the next 200 years if they want.

And anyway, if you don't know about a country, don't judge it. It's a scheme that you are stupid, don't make it worse by showing it to everybody.

Best for you all!

I'd love to spend a few years in Dubai at some point in life. What's the deal there? like no international trade taxes or something, pretty much the way the economy is set up, by letting the people take advantage of the lack of certain taxes... anyone know what I'm talkin about?

Right now I'm in California, and man, wouldn't I love have a piece of Palm Island right now.

Oh, look here now, 4th of July today. And the common sentiment around these parts is "let’s blow some S**t up". Not let’s advocate necessary national change, let’s remember this occasion for its intention.
I guess the 4th is more about fireworks, 40z and food than about the meaning of independence, the meaning of life, of equality, of honor, of love for all creation.
And now that time of year comes, when one should voice that which should be voiced, instead, you take a champagne toast…

Cheers,

(you can hate on me, but that really wont change anything.)

you guys have no idea what you're talking about..!! in fact, you don't even know where UAE lies in the map... :P lool
it's obvious that you guys are sick and need some drink before you fuckin' sleep :P .. go and get some now..!!
and although this country's leader and this City's leader welcome everyone in the world to this country and this city...!! i don't give a S**t to non-muslim poeple...!!
you guys are nothing in front of us...!!

To all you American dickheads out there, for your information, were living a life that you would only dream of living, this country has grown at an incredible rate and i believe that you need to appreiciate our achievemnets. You think your country is all that and that America is the best country in the world, well think again. Go educate yourself. Were not camel riders as you think, i doubt any1 in the whole gulf still rides camels. Theres more to S**t than wht u idiots see in the movies, whenever u see arabs u see camels with them . lol u used to ride horses didnt you? why dont we fuckin call u horse riders...wtf u guys seriously need to educate urself. through hard work Dubai is now one of the fastest growing countries in the world and its population is very well off. WE have the best of everything. Cars ull never dreams of seeing...ur in need of some serious education

First of all u can all SMD... Talkin about ignorant idiots.
Secondly, our fortunes are displayed proudly over here IN YOUR FACES and i guess that's why ur unhappy with this. But that's ok cuz we don't give a damn about ur dumb, red neck, backward comments.
Thirdly, we have come a long way in a short period of time and achieved what u've achieved in a 100 years.
U jealous americans need to look at ur own country first and see how misfortunate it is having a problem with literacy, drugs and the homeless. so fk u and ur ideologies and hypercriticism. and next time try to keep it for urselves

I'm kuwaity and all i can tell u is so what if kuwait and saudi arabia gave dubai money to grow.. i dunno if that's true or not but all i can say is that we dont give a S**t if we gave them money, they're our brothers and completely diserve it. please go die if u dont like dubai, abu dhabi is very nice too and u should go there too. i went to dubai alot of times and went once for sports at ASD (american school of dubai) and seriously, everything in there is outstanding and we had alot of fun.. 3ala rasy ahel el emaraaaaaaat !!!! :D:D

i live there too. please americans, dnt come.as always u hav to invade every place with oil but dubai is a place that is peaceful. so back off bitches. this is my house!!

i dont know why most pPL r jealous of us ,,, even arabs like us r jealous ... coz they have nothing to talk about ... let me hit u with something

The palm island project is nearly done ,, can guess who bought propties there ?? here is a list
Anglena jolli
Davidbecham
Bilgate
40 % were all famous PpL

And guess what

The worlds island project is nearly done as well

loool and u think the sea will swallow the land ?? lool The island is srounded by a big fence built from heavy rocks ,,, it will prevent high waves and etc ...

ppL get a life and start reading and see where the world is getting instead of being jealous ...

oh i forgot to tell u something
UAE has 6 ports in the states ???!! did u know this or am i the first to tell u this ?????????? loool

iswear u ppL made my day ....

sorry for the missspelled words or the bad grammer coz english is my second lang ...

bbye ;)

that F**king dicks on anything the yanks have built. or english (where im from). its well good, japan actually destroyed a mountain and built land with the rubble but not as artistically. wish we could have more of that innovative design instead of the F**king disgraceful malls and warehouses that are takin over the world. its a pity everyones so xenophobic, cant we just admire things for what they are. we are, after all, simple people who will be dead very soon (universally speaking). why waste ur tiny life being a C**t , when all it does is make the world a S**t place. at leas the ppl who build this kind of thing do something good instead of sitting on their arse lookin at the internet for videos of anyone who isnt white so they can call them a raghead and spew jealous vitriol because they know that their country is losing its power in the world. China will soon be the most powerful, then maybe india. hopefully mexico will emerge as the biggest power in central/north america, what with their population boom. cant w8 til spanish becomes usa's national language either. HAHAHA can u imagine what the fukin racists will think? i love to see them confused and angered by things that they will never understand. except when a bunch of idiots makes them a president and they go and bomb people.
ps. if i have made any spelling errors, i apologise, but i havent proof read this post or attempted to spell it correctly. if you would like to criticise my grammar please do not hesitate to F**k off, you boring T**t .
i've had fun avoiding writing an essay by typing this bunch of crap, if you've actually bothered reading it i hope it was mildly amusing and not just a waste of a couple of minutes of ur life that you will never get back
yours sincerely,

i am emarati and i tell u something...
some of u are still monkey even if u look like humans i dont know why some of u feel jealouse ... i give u some advice look at yr own country and see the monkeys there...
masalam

now we have both in the middle east... Civilization, and current one of the most developed parts of the world. As for the non racial, lets enjoy whatever humans can come up with regardless of their color, race, gender...