Dubai Bling

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MrsSlocombe said:
Am so pleased that there's a thread for this because I have just finished watching it. Ebraheem is absolutely bitchy and awful (and definitely gay). Why doesn't he leave the UAE and move to a country where he can be open and honest about who he is? He'll end up marrying some poor young woman because that is what mummy dearest expects, and he'll make her miserable because he won't love her and he'll be having sex with men on the sly. The men are generally arrogant, but that's what I expected from that part of the world - it's a very male dominated society. Danya is horrible. Chris Fade was a tosser. I quite liked Brianna. To start off with, didn't like Loujain, but she kind of grew on me. I also hate to admit that Safa kind of grew on me as well - I kind of think to some degree that the communication stuff with her husband was playing up to the cameras, or not being sure how to act around the cameras. Once she settled into to it a bit, she became less unlikeable?
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Reason why guys like Ebraheem won’t move is because they can’t actually live anywhere else. The reality of living in a place where you actually come in touch and mix with different class of society, politics, social issues and are faced with would be too much. Don’t forget these people have grown up with housemaids and drivers and gone to private school and just generally very privileged.
The women like Safa, Zeina, Farhana, LJ and even Lojain are different, coming from London, Lebanon, India and even Saudi (which is quite rough) have all probably seen some and understood some kind of struggle, crime, poverty, war, political unrest, even if say they haven’t experienced it themselves they probably have come in touch with it at some point. Therefore choose to live in Dubai because they understand the safe haven UAE offers.

Living in the UAE, is like living in a Disneyland bubble you are so sheltered that even as an expatriate who grows up there would find it difficult to actually be a somebody elsewhere. The struggles of having to integrate outside it is hard for a lot of people. You can get away with a lot of things in uae that you can’t in other countries, people will call you out regardless of your wealth.

There is an LGBT community (just not a public one) in the UAE. It’s probably easier to live together as a gay couple there because it’s less frowned upon two men living together than those of the opposite sex when you think about it.
 
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I’ve just finished the series and I have to say I really enjoyed it 🙈 Once I got used the subtitles I was in awe of how they all fluidly switch between English and Arabic.
Zeina is my favourite but Safa also grew on me. LJ warmed on me too. I initially liked Danya and thought she looked like a dark haired Sam Faiers. However her outfits in the confessionals were another level of hilarious, a mix between the queen and a Smurf at one point and I hated her by the end of the series.
Right, back to real life now! 🤣
 
Twiddles11 said:
I’ve just finished the series and I have to say I really enjoyed it 🙈 Once I got used the subtitles I was in awe of how they all fluidly switch between English and Arabic.
Zeina is my favourite but Safa also grew on me. LJ warmed on me too. I initially liked Danya and thought she looked like a dark haired Sam Faiers. However her outfits in the confessionals were another level of hilarious, a mix between the queen and a Smurf at one point and I hated her by the end of the series.
Right, back to real life now! 🤣
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She's beautiful isn't she. My friend knows her and said she is Amazonian and extremely nice too.

BTW..that coffee scene was real. Not planned or acted out.
 
Zelma looks like an Arab supermodel, she’s gorgeous

Ebraheem lived in the US with his mum as a kid so am sire he’d have US citizenship, or at least be eligible for it through her? I’m also wondering why he doesn’t settle back in America if he’s gay, or is he just going to live some sort of double life to please his mother and marry a girl she likes?

Apparently he was the only child from that marriage who chose to go and live with her in the States and she had very little money. Dad was wealthy.

Zeina* I have no idea where my autocorrect got ‘Zelma’ from 😅
 
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Like others have mentioned already, I was surprised that the houses generally weren't more opulent. Kris Fade's house for instance looked incredibly ordinary from the outside - nothing special at all. Zeina's office in the 'fight scene' also seemed tiny. It wasn't reflective of her supposed position? I wonder though if the coffee throwing incident was all scripted (no doubt) and she didn't want it filmed in her real office? One thing that I didn't like was the women deciding to trash the apartment that Safa had been given and was going to rent out. It showed them to be spoilt brats (As did I guess the rest of the show though lol)
 
They come across as shallow spoilt brats that are scripted drama queens/kings. A lot of the clashes seemed to have been set up like the Danya and Zeina clash and they are not very good actors. Why did Safa go to DJ Bliss's party on the yacht when she knew who was going to be there? To make drama? If they're doing another series could they get some acting lessons first so it isn't so cringy.
 
Wattie23 said:
They come across as shallow spoilt brats that are scripted drama queens/kings. A lot of the clashes seemed to have been set up like the Danya and Zeina clash and they are not very good actors. Why did Safa go to DJ Bliss's party on the yacht when she knew who was going to be there? To make drama? If they're doing another series could they get some acting lessons first so it isn't so cringy.
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Yes - it was very cringy. Also fun, easy watching as well though lol.
 
Randy77 said:
She's definitely a Gold Digga. The only thing he has is money. Plus there are plenty of Rich emirati men, wonder why she chose him as his not the most good looking man out there.

I can see why he chose her, she is stunning.
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I think he is Indian & seems to give in to whatever she wants which would be probably the opposite to an arab guy also she mentions she’s been engaged a few times before her current husband….

Zeina, the girl loves gossip. She is the definition of a malicious person who thrives on talking negative about others. Why is no one talking about how much hate Zeina has for Farhana, is it maybe because she’s south asian. She literally critics everything Farhana does. Zeina always fishes for gossip…safa just goes along with it like her sidekick. safas clothing line looked so basic & cheap tbh. Safa saying to Zeina that Farhana does understand Arabic so let’s speak Arabic about her would be considered rude in the U.K. & US.
money can’t buy class!
 
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