The Emirate of Dubai( there are 7 emirates in the United Arab Emirates- like US States) was modernized because of Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum. He’s a western Educated pretty cutting Edge thinking man. Anyway, he knows that the Oil money wont last forever so he heavily invests in other infrastructure that attracts the world’s travelers and that’s why Dubai is ahead of much of the rest of the region.
“My grandfather rode a camel, my father rode a camel, I drive a Mercedes, my son drives a Land Rover, his son will drive a Land Rover, but his son will ride a camel”,
FReepers can say what they will of the Middle East but this guy was a visionary well beyond his years.