16 Things You Will Relate To If You Grew Up In Dubai

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There is something
so unique about growing up in a city like Dubai. If you grew up here
then you must relate to at least one or two of these things:

1. Your language is a mix of English, Arabic, Urdu and Indian

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For you this sentence makes perfect sense “go sida please, mashkoor”.​​

2. Flirting meant writing your number on a piece of paper then sticking it on your dashboard while cruising down Jumeirah road

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3. You know it’s OKAY to have your own personal nanny at 0 years old

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And it’s still ok to have your lunch box prepared by the nanny at 35 years old​​

4. You get super happy about buying expired Shani juice, Canada Dry and Aladdin crisps for AED 5 from the local “baqala”

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And throwing a party for the kids in the neighborhood for another AED 5​

5. Buying a Magnum… mostly because it was “the most expensive one”

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Then proudly and slowly lick it in front of the other kids like a boss​​

6. You loved imitating Captain Majid’s impossible football moves and tactics with your friends

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And speaking in classical Arabic while doing so​​

7. Playing Atari was all you wanted to do during summer breaks

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and treating the computer like personal enemy no. 1 if it beat you

8. You know that throwing “TNT Pop-Its” in the school yard would make you ‘Most Wanted’ on the principle’s black list

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9. Al Nasr Leisure Club was your one stop shop for birthdays, parties, skating, flirting and general mischief

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oh take us back!

10. Hardees and Pizza Hut were where you held your birthday parties

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these kids today and their cinema parties…we totally had it better!

11. Speaking broken English becomes one of your many acquired talents

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“Why you no have same same?”

12. You feel claustrophobic in roads less than three lanes wide

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I’m from Dubai!! Get me out of here!

13. You’re well used to when your glasses fog up when you step outside

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In any other country, that will make you curse!

14. Saying “can’t wait for winter to go the beach” made perfect sense (and still does)

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Better get my body beach ready before December

15. You are no longer impressed by running into Hollywood and Bollywood celebrities in the mall

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I’m so sick of seeing Shahrukh Khan at Deira City Centre

16. Being half British, quarter Emirati, quarter Persian with a hint of third generation Syrian is perfectly normal

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I get identity crises every World Cup season

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