What makes you happy about living in the UAE?

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What makes you happy about living in the UAE? We speak to young professionals working in the United Arab Emirates about how living in the UAE makes them happy.  Gulf News: What's our future?  See more at: http://gulfnews.com/gntv

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00:00The hospitable nature of the UAE, it embraces all cultures and all societies.

00:20I love the fact that I've grown up in a multicultural society.

00:23I've been exposed to, I've had friends who are from a variety of nations, so that's brilliant.

00:28It's the cultural hub aspect of the UAE. It's the fact that, you know, literally people

00:33from all around the world come here, and I know people from all around the world, and

00:37I'm exposed to so many different cultures and so many different lifestyles.

00:41It's so wonderful to live in a place which has such an authentic claim to being a melting

00:47pot. There's a lot of places that kind of say that, but literally most of the people

00:52here are from somewhere else.

00:54It's my home. It's not forced on me. I love it. It's by choice that I like to stay here.

01:00When we're landing, I just feel like I'm breathing in fresh air, even though it's sandy, even

01:06though it might be really humid, but I love it. It's in my blood, and it's given me so,

01:11so much.

01:12I'm given opportunities over here. I'm exposed to opportunities which I probably would not

01:15get if I were in any other part of the world.

01:18Our public services are always available in the highest standard to ensure the needs

01:24for all the people, expats and locals alike. Even the government is modernizing itself

01:31to ensure prosperity and happiness for everyone.

01:33I love the fact that it's safe. I can come back home at two or three with the kind of

01:39work that I do, and my family is not as concerned would I be in any other country.

01:45I'm kind of a third culture kid. I'm Egyptian, grew up here, but very westernized, and so

01:50I like to be able to indulge the western aspects of my personality and the Arab aspects, and

01:56I think the UAE is the perfect equilibrium of that. You have people from all around the

01:59world, and we just meet here, and we, you know, we get along, and we're friends, and

02:05that's a wonderful thing.

02:06That great combination of different nationalities and languages and cultures, it just makes

02:13life really interesting.

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