Why don't you just come to Dubai and see the 'dark side' yourselves rather than pontificating on pprune. Once you've seen it, you can then decide how 'dark' it actually is - maybe just dirty grey or maybe as black as the most black thing since black as was invented - the thing is you have to decide!!!
IMPORTANT: do come and see Dubai before you decide to come and work here, bring the wfe if you can. Dubai ain't as rosey as some people think but on the other hand it is not completely awful as others say (though they do try hard!!)