im sorry, but i lived 2 years in qatar and been to uae more than 20 times and had a friend working for emirates there, and its not as civilised there as u may think!!!
yes there are buildings and more westeners and nice streets and that bla bla bla but uae is an arab country and equally the same as qatar...they mistreat people just as mauch and have stupid laws just as much as qatar and also there are unhappy crew in ek just as in qatar although in much larger scale in qr...but this is due to aab! not because of the country...
i loved it, it was quite and peaceful and the qataris arent that bad, just as in uae they smoke whee they want and do what they want...so dont make uae sound like heaven...yes its more developed but qatar has more respect for arab heritage and culture therefore reflected in the new infrastructures unlike uae that likes to override all that with western style buildings and all else...
development is good but culture and heritage is much more valuable and irreplaceable....
uae is good just as much as qatar is with just a little more development but when it comes to laws they dont care about outsiders...arabic is more valuable than english in anything and thats what they will value, just as well as a muslim's word aganst a kafirs word!
all comments in all good faith!