The United Arab Emirates

The United Arab Emirates for summary is a grouping of small countries. Before the discovery of oil, the United Arab Emirates was one of the many British colonies inhabited by Bedouins (inhabitants of the desert) whose main trade was fishing and pearl. At that time, two major local families were at the head of the emirates, the Al Maktoum family and the Al Nahyan family. It was in Abu Dhabi that black gold was discovered, from that moment everything changed, in fact surpassed by the financial strength of the two families, the British retreated and accepted a protectorate in 1968.

It was on 2 December 1971 that the independence of the United Arab Emirates became official. It is that the transformation of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) begins, the nine emirates meet to be more economically strong but also to protect each other and are composed of Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Sharjah Ajman, Ras Al Khaimah, Umm Al Qiwain, Fujairah and Al Ain. Initially Qatar and Bahrain were part of it but having also discovered oil and unable to reach an agreement with the other members of the KAU the 2 countries will prefer to continue their development on their own side. It is thanks to Sheikh Zayed Al Nahyan who dreams of greatness and development that the United Arab Emirates have become the emirates that we know today. Indeed, after taking the lead in the UAE, Sheikh Zayed Al Nahyan appealed to the United Kingdom to develop his country and launch the Emirates on the developments they are experiencing so far.

Today the United Arab Emirates is a GDP that amounts to $ 42944 million with a growth forecast at 2.5% in 2017 an economy that relies mainly on the oil trade. Abu Dhabi holds the majority of the oil on its territory, this oil is then redistributed to all the emirates. Having enough oil for many years, Abu Dhabi has decided to invest in industry, the emirate is also highly prized to work by its salaries more attractive than the other emirates. Dubai is in possession of a smaller part of the oil reserves has rather relied on tourism with projects all crazier than the others like the Burj Khalifa The Dubai Palms or the construction of a series of artificial islands to The effigy of the world called "The World". Two other lesser-known emirates stand out, Ajman has a more modest development compared to its neighbors Dubai and Abu Dhabi in Sharjah, the Sheikh of this emirate has chosen to remain more traditional by applying Islamic laws.