Need another solution
The arrest of the illegal residents is called law and order (‘4,071 illegals arrested in Ajman,’ Gulf News, August 18). I appreciate the actions taken by the UAE authorities. However, I don’t think that this is the solution.
In my opinion, visa policies should be revised, especially, in labour cases, because people are getting visas at a very high price and they have very low salaries. I think a lot of these people are unable to repay their loans and this is the reason why people do that.
From Ms Moni Malek
UAE
Follow up appointments
I saw it with my own eyes, the golden colour van loading up people. These are people who were staying without visas when they came into the UAE. Many have signed contracts in which they were promised better jobs and better salaries but once they come, they are stuck with smaller salaries. So, this is the reason these people have been absconding from their sponsorship and earning without a visa.
There needs to be follow-up appointments from the authorities because some people are being born or passing away here in the UAE without visas from the since 1960s or 1970s.
From Mr Khalid Aem
Dubai
Facebook comment
Visas not renewed
It is understandable how these people get to the point of staying here illegally. Sometimes when their visas finish, they can’t renew them.
From Mr Zawar Hakeem
UAE
Facebook comment
Freedom abroad
I think they have the right to do what they want (‘‘Revoke passports’ of Kuwait nationals who misbehave abroad – lawmakers,’ Gulf News, August 18). I don’t think anybody has the right to impose a law like that on them. As long as the laws of the country they’re in are not getting broken, they should be allowed to enjoy, even if it’s something they can’t do in their own country.
From Mr Waqas Baber
Nowshera Cantonment, Pakistan
Facebook comment
Won’t tolerate behaviour
I don’t find this surprising at all. When people are outside their own country, others will not tolerate such attitudes. It makes them come across as being culturally unaware. I was born and brought up in Kuwait.
From Ms Fatima Kika Gasia
Kuwait City, Kuwait
Facebook comment
Stereotyping
In response to Fatima Kika Ghasia, I find your comment very generalised and inaccurate. I’m from the Gulf and I’m against this type of stereotypes. Please educate yourself before making these kinds of assumptions.
From Mr S. Guy
Dubai
Facebook comment
Jumping to judging
A person in shorts and a t-shirt with his kandura open is hardly a case of someone ‘misbehaving’ - if he was wearing only a pair of shorts and the t-shirt, nobody would have had any problem. He would just be some other person on the street. Let’s not jump to judging when there’s nothing to be judged.
From Ms Dora Stan-Francis
UAE
Facebook comment
Playing with customs
I find the person in the article funny. He’s not misbehaving, he is not going around naked.
From Ms Manal Alm
Abu Dhabi
Facebook comment
Enjoying life
I find that Arabs are a lot of fun. I stayed in Kuwait, although I’m now in Australia and I miss their personalities. I want to see more Arabs here; I wish I could jump into their lives. This is life, and I learnt to enjoy it from them!
From Mr Sajed Faisal
Brisbane, Australia
Facebook comment
Sticking together
I am from Saudi Arabia and we Saudis always stand up for our brothers around the GCC region like the UAE, Qatar and Kuwait. Even though we misbehave from time to time, many people do. Even if they do have bad behaviours, we will always stick up for them.
From Mr Sultan Bin Mustafa Al Wahab
Abu Dhabi
Facebook comment
Confirming stereotypes
I think it has more to do with respecting your culture and national dress. I worry that it confirms the stereotypes by behaving and dressing silly. There are many other ways of having fun, without dragging your culture or national dress into it.
From Ms Ameerah Jolene-Ann van Heerden
UAE
Facebook comment
More open cultures
I think that in many cases, people coming from abroad are trying to fit in. But things like throwing rubbish on the ground, these people are just behaving as they would in their own country. Those who are dressing inappropriately, from a Kuwaiti perspective, are just expressing themselves in the more open cultures.
From Ms Sara Lawrence
Doha, Qatar
Facebook comment
Legalising nudism in India
The Supreme Court verdict is not only a pat on the back of Amir Khan for his wrongdoings but exposes the double standards of the judiciary (‘Supreme Court rejects stay plea on PK,’ Gulf News, August 16). This same court stipulated that drinking and smoking in the cinema might influence the audience, hence a statutory health warning should be carried along with its screening.
Another observation of the court was that the Indian audiences are mature enough to distinguish between what is right and what is wrong.
The government of India should be equally condemned for remaining a mute spectator on some social issues. They are banning bar dances, citing indecency but allowing almost nudism in Bollywood. The fact of the matter is that justice can be denied, delayed or expedited depending on the person and their influence in society.
From Mr Girish R. Edathitta
Dubai
Begging at mosques
On Fridays when one leaves the mosque, many women and children are found begging. We, as humans, understand that they are needy and should be helped but I think that the way they ask for help is wrong. It can lead to bad impressions on others. So what the mosque administration could do is just place a box in the mosque, and the people who are interested in giving the money can put the amount in the box. It can later be distributed among the needy.
From Ms Taha Tarek
UAE
Cleanliness in the city
The Dubai municipality’s concentration towards Deira, Hor Al Anz and its surrounding areas are not up to par. The streets are filled with all sorts of trash, which shows the negligence of municipality workers.
It is unfortunate that people are also not ensuring the required standard of cleanliness. They throw waste on streets, roads and public parks instead of using dust bins or pre-installed waste boxes.
There is a great need to create awareness among the general public. This should be done either by strict law or by circulating materials describing that beautification and cleanliness is mandatory not only in the religion, but that it is also a moral and lawful duty of each and every person living in Dubai.
Due to the dirty environment, a number of complaints are coming from every corner about bed bugs and other insects, which show that no house to house fumigation is in place from Dubai municipality regularly.
I visited a grocery to get some spray or powder to get rid of the bed bugs, however, there was no spray or powder that worked well enough.
From Mr Mumtaz Hussain
Dubai
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