The Side of Dubai They DON'T Want You To See 

Every city has two faces. One that you see all the time and another that is hidden. You did such a great job. Never been to Dubai but this seems like the most realistic video I have seen so far. Can't wait to visit

I’ve been watching you from your LSE days and it’s been a dream to watch you be intentional about all your next steps - so so so proud of the new era you’re entering 🥺❣️

Wait until you See the other Side of NY. London and Paris

Hey girl, as someone who's grown up in Dubai I would advise you to not talk about the red light district if you're planning on living there, it's quite common to get deported or banned from visiting the country for openly talking about indecent things or painting the country in a bad light. It's not great I know : ( but it's better to be on the safe side.

You were asked not to record because these guys were selling counterfeit goods which is illegal in the UAE. The designer items are also cheap because they are counterfeit. If police raid the shop while you are in there, you can be charged for trading in counterfeit goods.

Girl this flat would be advertised as "modern" and "newly decorated" in the UK 😂

I love your documentary type videos. Your storytelling is very appealing. Keep going :)

I visited Dubai last year and I wish I had more time to visit Deira. So interesting and I’ll add it my list of places to visit next time I’m there. Thanks for sharing.

I just fell in love with your channel. Great content girlie! I will be exploring Bahrain, heading back to Dubai and Abu Dhabi and prepping for that trip. I found your content very helpful.

So is like. Brooklyn but they only showed manhattan on tv. But brooklyn bronx and queens are the underground cities 😢😢

Abu Dhabi appeals to me much more. Beautiful wide tree lined boulevards, gorgeous parks, historic buildings. I’ve lived in both Dubai Marina and Abu Dhabi, they are so different.

Thanks for sharing that experience. I have no desire to visit, but enjoy seeing the area through other people's perspectives.

Thanks for showing the other side of Dubai, you are definitely more adventurous than me lol I was scared for you at parts of the video.

Thanks for sharing the 'other side' of Dubai - it's definitely an eye-opening experience! Don't know if you got as far as the spice souk... it's filled with the most amazing smells and vibrant colours, worth a visit (and not so many bag sellers there!!) 💖✨️

I like just ran into your content and I love it because it's raw ❤ love the raw footage

Your accent is intoxicating 🇧🇸💖

Been to Dubai and Abu Dubai many times, much prefer Abu Dubai.. Great place👍

I did not people of African descent, used the terms "uncle and auntie" for non family members. I know it is popular in India.

No no no anyone that's truly being and stayed in Dubai knows this. For me personally I love this part of the city.

Very interesting! Thank you for making

Thank you for showing us this side of Dubai!

you have an excellent future ahead of you --- your style and character will change the right people in the right way -- best wishes

3:00 I wouldn't go there if I were you because the police often raids those shops from time to time. Any customer caught there during such raids may be considered aiding and abetting an illegal trade!

You deserve a subscribe, thank you so much for always give us beautiful videos, I learn a lot from you I wish one day I will meet with you as your fan. Keep moving forward. I want to be content creator but I don't have more skills about it, I hope the more I see your video I will be like you one day

I would really appreciate a video deep dive into your reasoning behind moving to Jo-burg, did the pros really overweight the obvious cons like crime, high femicide/DV ,etc? Thank you, wish you all the best.

Very interesting video. Thanks for sharing this side of Dubai

Great video & Insightful

Deira is a working-class neighborhood. That means most people are low wage laborers, and the apartments are packed with 5 to 10 workers.

I thought through the understanding that female visitors cannot wear “certain” kinds of tops or bottoms. Did their dress code change?

😲wow... thanks for the eye opener

A friend of mine lived there for a few years. I’m shocked you walked around with that type of shirt there. Wow. My friend wore loose linen clothing because anything tight fitting brought too much negative attention. My friend is a white collar worker.

Thank you for this video 👍👏👏

You look related to charlamain from the breakfast club on power 105.1 fm newyork !!! I cant stop seeing it

I also had random cars slow down when I was waiting for a taxi or going for a walk in JVC it was very creepy and disappointing. Even taxi drivers who would ask where I was going, just overall a very unpleasant experience.

Last year we had stopover in Dubai. In the evening we went with metro to see this slum. Was hot and humid, every five metres some gold shop. We were only tourists there. Everything went ok.

I was teaching in Tajikistan and needed sinus surgery and so ended up in Dubai. It was not a destination spot for me, I've always considered it "the mecca of materialism". One of the first things I noticed was that everyone in the service sector was from Nepal, the Phillipines, India, etc. locals were few and far between. I wish I had done more research and known about Deira--it seems culturally more interesting!

My parents took me to the exact same places you showed, 20+ years ago. It looks like literally nothing's changed. I remember being taken up some twisting stairs to be shown knock-off goods.

My favorite part of Dubai. The locals were very good to us.

beyond natural beauty . no cap

Always two sides to every coin. Very Interesting.

I have seen that side of Dubai didn’t bother me at all

U are very pretty and has great verbal skills.

You are very brave girl going in these crazy country

They gonna get you😮

Im always in this area every time im in Dubai Souk Dahab

I think is the same for any city in the world there is a good areas and there is poor areas. It's normal. You won't see an advertisement of Miami, Colombia, Las Bahamas etc showing the bad areas

👑 BEAUTIFUL QUEEN 👑

@lamideElizabeth welcome to deira , am mikel by name or popularly known as @ide aguleri ,am from nigeria base here in dubai , here in deira we have wonderful nigerians doing wonderfully well , when ever u want to come deira again let me know , we have beautiful restaurants here in deira for your nigerian food .

You talked about the lady skilled in sewing, that she came to Dubai into a building with sex workers and she does not know anyone, her consulate and embassy is there to take care of her. Just some advice before coming to Dubai contact your consulate or embassy ask them for a mobile number of an embassy worker in case of an emergency, never go inside a residence upon your first arrival. Check into a low cost hotel and do your homework ask to first see the business in operation, ìf they claim to have a tailor shop first go to the tailor shop ask the worker there to contact the owner to confirm you will work there. You couldn't find a taxi because buses are cheap and available. You know that standing could be misinterpreted that you are a prostitute so walk around till your taxi arrives. Stray cats near the entrance of restaurant means that restaurant is feeding them Customer left over.

Awesome video 😄 I just posted my experience about this place too 🙌🏾🙌🏾

I lived in Dubai and worked in Dubai, but I never been to that neighborhood. How much their apartment for the year in US dollars for me. Thank you. Be safe. Take care.

I enjoyed my visit to Dubai

Another great video

We were there, I got beautiful earrings. I knew where to go and not to go.

So True♥️

It’s raining.... umbrellas up.😂😂😂😂

Abu Dhabi is the best place to live. Dubai has its good and bad. That’s everywhere you go. The country itself it’s 💯 safe………..

Hi watching from Australia. Does anyone know if she ok after posting this video? I got a bad feeling about this! And if you are ok please let us know.

CAT. I love you videos because they're helpful.

Go to Africa and try their cuisine. You’re very lucky and blessed you live in Europe. Take trip to Nigeria slams, eye opening 😢

That's not the worst part of Dubai. There are many videos of slums of Saudi Ariba on RU-vid.

She's beautiful

Dubai has trained people to allow themselves to be under surveillance 24/7 and believe it's called safety. Since when has a camera kept you safe? This world is truly f'ed.

How good is the boxx thou boo 🙆🏿‍♂️🙆🏿‍♂️🙆🏿‍♂️

What is the song at 3:59 ?

Do you need someone to travel with you? If so, I am interested in learning more to be able to move out of the US into a greater country. Are you a mentor? Can you teach me? Can you help me get sponsorship trips?

Is that Dubai looking like New York

11:33 never knew Dubai could look so walkable

As long as you’re breathing there is hope for salvation let’s Repent tomorrow is never promised.🙏🏾

Yea the markets are crazy. Its an experience but id be fine if i never went back. Cats are everywhere in the Middle East

Disney world is my Dreams. ...booooy

All I can say about what this lady brings out in this video is: BRAVELY SPOKEN. 😶

What were they asking for in rent?

WOW! interesting

Diera is AMAZING! It has all the culture and melting pot that the main city is lacking!

Those purse in that warehouse is the same materials as the ones sold in other stores so how are they fake?

Dubai class system? Dubai has 5 or more classes of people ? 1- The ruling family + the other gulf states ruling families who live in Dubai. 2- The super rich of the world, including mafia and money launderers. 3- The citizens of UAE. 4- The servants. A- High class servants. B- Middle class servants. C- Low class servants. You are filming in the low class servants neighborhoods. Thank you

🥳DEF HIT 👍#2.8K🎉Thank you for the nitty gritty🎬But, I hope you have some mace hidden on your person💯

Excellent video. I enjoyed it and I learned a bit about Dubai.

that is much cleaner at least, i have seen worst than that.

Thanks for showing city. I thought it was about portopotty, instagram model, cheap labor,

You can stay there for about 15k usd …. 🤔 with all the Americans going over there to take “selfies” these days I would sub lease and let them deal with the odor 😅

There's OLD DUBAI (Cultural Sector like DEIRA) and there's a new DUBAI, where you see those tall Buildings... Business Bay, Internet City, Hills... And it's a good thing to keep the old Sector, to keep the culture and tradition going, and to me... i like that Old Dubai. *I DON'T UNDERSTAND HER COMPLAIN 😂.*

Gurl, i hope you are back on safe turf now. Whooosa!

Awesome content TY.. on point easy to relate.. ty

Ms. Lady. You are beautiful ❤️

gorgeous

Welcome to africa Kenya

I thought you relocated

So that apartment is roughly $1,250 USD a month ..? 🤔

interesting, I didn't realize you are Nigerian

you mean Dubai has a nether portal!?

Old Dubai is where’s it’s at.

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That part of Dubai isn't for us or ex-pats :) not talking about the red light area but old Dubai in general, it's pretty old they haven't done much work on their infrastructure since then, they rapidly changed other infrastructure in other areas in old Dubai or new Dubai hence the rent is cheaper there more or less things aren't flashy or expensive there :) this country is lovely if you look into other aspects of it. And red light area or workers we don't talk much about it glad you showed but in Dubai we don't care.

AFRICAN LADY WHY U THERE IN THE FIRST PLACE ?

Lamide are you African? Black American? Caribbean? Black south american?

Why these pretty girls obsessed with Dubai?

I love you so much 🥶

Dubai - hahahahahaha yeah. Thats on the never gonna go there list.