Anyone else in Dubai on holiday? AIBU to be panicking with all the flights cancelled?

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Not sure when we can go home..anyone has managed to for example drive to nearby countries and fly from there?

What a disgusting shitty comment! I passed through Dubai to travel to Australia a few weeks ago which is what thousands of people do every day.
My son's friend is in Dubai for a work conference and is fucking terrified! What made you think that comment was ok?

The vipers and such always come out. 🤦‍♀️

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My thought exactly with the AH for posting the, I don't feel sorry for anyone comment. 🙄

Hope you're OK Op. Just sit tight, avoid going out and I suspect things will calm down over the next few days and you'll be on your way home soon.

People should be very skeptical about the news reports coming from UAE media - they are minimising what is happening on the ground.

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They're just looking to argue...🙄

Perhaps the poster feels some empathy for Ops position as her husband has had a lucky escape.

I suspect that depends on social class and whether you're male . . .

perhaps? But, you must agree it's wide open to interpretation? 😁

Oman Air does have flights leaving Muscat but they are subject to delays and changes. It maybe worth seeing if that is an option?

I see the virtue-signallers are out in force. 🙄 A quick Google tells me that the Dubai gov is doing the most in the region to address modern slavery in the Middle East and has been since 2018. Source: walkfree.org.

Besides, if you only went on holiday to places that had committed no crimes against humanity, you wouldn't have many places to go. I wonder how many virtue-signallers have been to the likes of China or have enjoyed themselves in parts of the world where luxury sits along grinding poverty, like the Caribbean? Hopefully they only holiday in whiter-than-white destinations, like Switzerland. No, wait. They were no help in the war and in fact hid Nazi money and looted artifacts.

Better stick to the Lake District!

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Thank you! 😁

But that's in England with their huge history of colonialism. What about the moon? Is that safe?

This is America's doing, so not actually a ME leader at all. You could surely say the same about all the people who have ever visited countries near Russia, or Ukraine, or anywhere that has been affected by violence, like Egypt, or the former Yugoslavian countries. Plus, millions and millions of people have visited Dubai and come home in one piece! I think your opinions on the place are quite limiting. (Obviously I would not suggest going there at the moment!!)

And you actually believe the Iranian regime? Which has just finished massacring tens of thousands of their own civilians.
Most reports are saying it was a failed IGRC missile launch.

Dont panic but prepare. This might blow over quickly but could get worse.
You need to identify the safest place, a room as far as possible from external windows. In a hotel or apartment, an internal stair well. Go there as soon as rhere is an alarm, sleep there if possible.
Get in touch with embassy in case evacuation is needed.
When you can, go out and get essentials: water, food, batteries, torch etc
Im sure itll be fine but these are difficult times and Iran has shown they have no boundaries.

Oh, give over! Tourism supports many local people.

I can't imagine letting politics dictate my every move.

No let up it seems, fighter jets going back and forth all night, and loud explosions when they intercept missiles and drones. it’s so scary for anyone there, little kids must be terrified.

Hope it’s over soon.

This white woman would not, thank you very much.

My late father was in South Africa for work in the late Fifties/early Sixties, and he was very uncomfortable with apartheid. Did not like it at all.

Most people can tell right from wrong and humane treatment from inhumane no matter the era, their sex, or the colour of their skin. 🙄 Appalling post.

No. Only the rich can go there. Via Richard Branson, I heard!

Australia, Canada, and the US are all off-limits. It's all stolen land.

Derision. That's the word I was searching for.
Yes, I agree with you. It seems too difficult for some to take a step back and think actual people that were just recently going about their lives are now dead, or injured, or just plain terrified. And people posting are looking for answers when they're in crisis. Some may be alone and in need of a connection fgs.

I was thinking exactly this, I've been through Dubai and Doha countless times on the way to and from Hong Kong & Bangkok.
People don't deserve moral judgement for being there.