Half Emirati (2012 - Short Documentary)
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- Опубліковано 5 вер 2024
- 'Half Emirati' directed by Amal Al-Agroobi is a documentary that explores the social implications of being the offspring of a mixed marriage between a native of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), a small country in the Middle East and any other nationality.
Five of these Emirati nationals share their experiences and stories about what it is really like to be only 'half' among those who are 'pure'. We explore what society’s expectations are of them and whether they are really ever accepted into the culture to which they are expected to belong. - Фільми й анімація
I am half Emarati half British. I cried watching this. I can relate to everything said. Great great documentary !
Why are you sad about it ? Be proud about yourself !!! Im half Emirati half Egyptian & I got no problem with that.
I am half Emirati- half Indian, I understand the struggle and can relate to it so much
im an emirati but i'm studying in england and i'm telling you it is so annoying for being mistaken for asain
Aisha Alkhaja why u cry !!
I am half Emarati and half Pakistani too ! just be proud of your self ! let the racist dogs talk as they want !we ( the half Emarate’s ) are not minority !we have a really huge number here ! either your half American , russian , European , latino , Asian , northafrican . it doesnt matter where your other half is from ! just be proud of your self !
I'm French-French, but been living in the UAE for 6 years and I'm interested in all its culture and sociology for some reason. This is a great piece of work Amal.
My son is an 8 yo half emirati and half filipino. He struggles in his studies. Arabic is the language used at school but he is having a hard time in learning arabic since we use english language at home. I just hope that he can be a successful person someday not because of how he speaks arabic fluently but how he treats people with respect and equality.
My son too😔his 8... discrimination everywhere... I feel you
My son is 8 years old too, and he was going to a government school, we took him out from there and admitted him into a British school here in Dubai because everyday he would come home and cry saying he was being bullied because his mother (me) was not an emarati by birth. This was so disturbing for us and my husband and I came to a conclusion that we would transfer him to a English school were there are a mix of nationalities and he wouldn't feel left out. Even the teachers in the government school would leave my child at the back seat as he only spoke English (we speak English at home as I don't know arabic) I was born and raised in Dubai but I'm originally from Srilanka and married to my childhood best friend (an Emarati). My parents speak English at home I speak English with all 3 of my children my husband speaks English with us all. My husband's mother is an Indian and he too had faced all these issues, and still does till date by his colleagues 🤷♀️.
This honestly has to change, the views of these some people need to be changed. This is unacceptable at all.. imagine the grade 1 children bulky my child calling him a halfie.. this is what their parents have drilled into these kids brains. Obviously they are not born this way.. right?
Even when I go to get some work done things the government places and they see (after reading my documents) that I'm married to an Emarati, they keep the documents aside and first question they ask is, "you are sirilanki, how did u get an Emarati " 🙄 like as if I just fell onto earth from the sky! Then next question would be, how are u fair, sirilankis are dark, followed by the worse question I dread to hear, "all sirilankis are housemaids/ servants" how are you so educated?" 🤔
So I explain to them that first of all, it's not "Sirilanki" we are called "Srilankan's" and not all Srilankan's are housemaids and not all Srilankan's have a dark complexion. Like every country including the UAE have lower class and middle class people so does in Srilanka.
But how long are we to make these people understand ? These are unnecessary and "uneducated" questions that they are asking from us.
I just pray that our children are brought up well in this society to serve and give back to this blessed country one day! And not be seen as any less or any different from others. After all non of the Emaratis who say they are pure Emaratis are actually pure, if they recheck their lineage 🤷♀️ and that's the truth ! There are only a mere 10% of them who are actual Emaratis without being culturally mixed ever in their lineage.
So the real question is.. who are these people who question our origins and our children's origins.. who are they to make others feel low of themselves and they make themselves feel superior ? 🤔
There are so many good Emaratis out there and then there are these others who think of themselves as pure who make others feel bad about themselves.
I've faced alot of issues even during my pregnancy when I went to hospitals here, with them questioning my genuineness of being married to a local, and one lady even told me, until u have this baby in your stomach medical is free for u, after that u don't get anything for free! I told her off well that day, that I'm not here for the free stuff, my husband also complained to her manager after I told him about the incident. She was even talking to her colleague in Arabic thinking that I didn't understand what she was saying, "look at these foreigners coming here and catching all our men"
Well, is it my problem now that she didn't get a good man ? 🤭😅 Absolutely ridiculous!
Half Emirati- Moroccan here. Struggled with these issues for quite sometime before I grew to embrace my uniqueness.
I'm half Emirati and half British. I faced some bad treatment from people. But growing up I realised it's only perceived a weakness if you see it one yourself. I don't allow people to treat me differently and at the same time I say it proudly, I come from a mixed marriage!
That's the spirit always stand proud of who you are and what you are. Ignore and keep on ignoring. You are a lioness filled with pride and strong personality 💪
I am Half Nigerian Half Emirati 12 years old and I have never faced bullying or discrimination I am Considerd Emirati even tho my dad is Nigerian and my mom is Emirati All my Freinds are Emirati Heck when the teacher checks the register and you see the nationality of students My Nationality is Emirati I have Emirati Passport I think it’s the older population of half Emirati that get this but the younger no.
Did you grow up in Nigeria or Emerits?
@@tmc1373 emirates of course I grew up in Dubai I have UAE citizenship I have only been to Nigeria 2 times
@@robotictitanmenas5914 That's interesting. I didn't know they will give the citizenship to a woman who has married a foreigner. Your dad must be very rich.
Mix people are great people....good looking ....good character....and behavior tolerance ...they can contribute Anti Racism.
I myself half Pakistani and half Indonesian.
And proud of it.
Same here, I’m half Lebanese and half Ukrainian
But this video is half emirat not Pakistani.. Bisa bahasa Indo ga?
@@MerahPutih14 bisa lah , kenapa nggak, sy lahir dan besar di Indonesia ? , emang kamu juga half indo ?
@@anisdaudjudge bagus, yupz half Jepang 🙂
@@MerahPutih14 ini nama kamu koq tulisan mandarin....itu tulusan jepang atau mandarin.
apa itu bacaannya ?
my daughter is half egyptian and half filipino mashaallah she is bilingual and can cope up with both cultures Allah is good God gave her to us she's beautiful
Mashallah that's beautiful
This was an amazing documentary to watch. Definitely sheds light on what a LOT of people, especially those of the younger generation, have been and still are going through. Would be nice if you can make another one on children that have been born in the UAE and have lived most, if not all, of their lives in this country, but still couldn't call it their own.
My son is only 8 years old, and he was going to a government school, we took him out from there and admitted him into a British school here in Dubai because everyday he would come home and cry saying he was being bullied because his mother (me) was not an emarati by birth. This was so disturbing for us and my husband and I came to a conclusion that we would transfer him to a British private school were there are a mix of nationalities and he wouldn't feel left out. Even the teachers in the government school would leave my child at the back seat as he only spoke English (we speak English at home as I don't know arabic) I was born and raised in Dubai but I'm originally from Srilanka and married to my childhood best friend (an Emarati). My parents speak English at home I speak English with all 3 of my children my husband speaks English with us all. My husband's mother is an Indian and he too had faced all these issues, and still does till date by his colleagues 🤷♀️.
This honestly has to change, the views of these some people need to be changed. This is unacceptable.. imagine the grade 1 children bullying my child calling him a halfie.. this is what their parents have drilled into these kids brains. Obviously they weren't born this way.. right? 😏
Even when I go to get some work done at the government places and they see (after reading my documents) that I'm married to an Emarati, they keep the documents aside and first question they ask is, "you are sirilanki, how did u get an Emarati " 🙄 like as if I just fell onto earth from the sky! Then next question would be, how are u fair, sirilankis are dark, followed by the worse question I dread to hear, "all sirilankis are housemaids/ servants" how are you so educated?" 🤔
So I explain to them that first of all, it's not "Sirilanki" we are called "Srilankan's" and not all Srilankan's are housemaids and not all Srilankan's have a dark complexion. Like every country including the UAE have lower class and middle class people so does in Srilanka.
But how long are we to make these people understand ? These are unnecessary and "uneducated" questions that they are asking from us.
I just pray that our children are brought up well in this society to serve and give back to this blessed country one day! And not be seen as any less or any different from others. After all, non of the Emaratis who say they are pure Emaratis are actually pure, if they recheck their lineage 🤷♀️ and that's the truth ! There are only a mere 10% of them who are actual Emaratis without being culturally mixed ever in their lineage.
So the real question is.. who are these people to question our origins and our children's origins.. who are they to make others feel low of themselves and they make themselves feel superior ? 🤔
There are so many good Emaratis out there and then there are these others who think of themselves as pure and no-end of themselves, they make others feel bad about themselves.
I've faced alot of issues even during my pregnancies whenever I went to hospitals here, with them questioning my genuineness of being married to a local, and one lady even told me, until u have this baby in your stomach medical is free for u, after that u don't get anything for free! I told her off well that day, that I'm not here for the free stuff, my husband also complained to her manager after I told him about the incident. She was even talking (gossiping) to her colleague in Arabic thinking that I didn't understand what she was saying (I understand Arabic, but can't communicate back), she was like "look at these foreigners coming here and catching all our men"
Well, is it my problem now that she didn't get a good man? 🤭😅 Absolutely ridiculous! 🙄
Hey, I am from India. How did your husband mom and dad met? Are there many Emirati-Indian couples in UAE? Do you know any young Emirati-Indian couple? We are proud of you, halfie😊
Great job I am half Emirati half Moroccan and I am very proud of it.
Same here. Best of both worlds!
same
I am a full emirati and seeing this makes me so sad. I have always heard my parents and family members say its frowned upon if someone marries a non emirati and i just couldnt get why. i hope this changes in the future and we all get better.
Because it's backwards, imagine getting married to another nationality when the whole point of being an emirati is to keep the tradition, it just doesn't make any sense.
@@3litepker yeah that is right too
3lite but why can we not be with other people from other nationalities? As Muslims we shouldn’t think this way at all
That's why all local Emirati women aren't happy. No chemistry with the local husband. Husband is out cheating with hookers. Wife at home looking after kids but times are changing
Honestly I believe mastering the local dialect goes a very long way in being accepted by locals even if you look a 1000% percent foreign. I’m from Jeddah, Saudi Arabia and there’s a lot of mixed saudis where I live , the difference between being accepted and being rejected is your dialect, work on the dialect and you’ll see how it changes everything. If you’re emirati talk like an emirati , mix with Emiratis. Don’t start a pity party and whine about the locals. Anywhere around the world if ur accent is not local, you won’t be treated like a local.
hi
Saudi’s don’t care
They don’t discriminate
My son is mixed and well accepted
He speaks English and saudi Arabic fluent Alhumdullilah
@@lorettamitchell3154 you just proved his point 😂
Very true: make effort - adapt - thrive
You don’t have to try your best to look one of us, because you are one of us. I can’t see a difference between you and me.
It’s very unfortunate how the majority of the emiratis still view the Filipina women as coming from a third world slaver force. Not all Filipina have a stigmatic maid backgrounds, and if you come see the Philippines, there are far more better first class Filipina women who are educated, successful and coming from good families. Perhaps this notion is regarded to the fact that emiratis see only Filipinos as part of the slaver force in the UAE and only had limited opportunity to meet some Filipina women who are outside or beyond the stigma. Why am I saying this, because I am a Filipina. I don’t have a maid’s background but coming from an educated degree, and it saddens me how we are being typecast. I am married to an Emirati for many years now and he treated me with great respect, not because of my background, but the mere fact that we’re just compatible to each other. I hope this mind set of mixed marriages will eventually evolved into acceptance because the nature of social diversity do change indeed.
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Yes this pure ignorance. And it derives from money. If the UAE lived like poor neighbouring counties like Yemen they wouldn't have this mentality and judgement.
Americans the one views asians in low.
They whyte worshipper
My daughter half emirati. And I know in future she will face many problems/discrimination. But she is lucky as she got strong personality as me her mother.
What you got played by/you played an emirati and your daughter should be proud of that?
I’m half Thailand 🇹🇭 Emirati 🇦🇪
:I'm smarter"very true indeed :)
They all have very sad eyes. there is no happiness in their eyes.
I agree!
I was sad in the video.
But my sad eyes came from the lack of knowing my creator.
There’s nothing on this earth that will bring happiness like the relationship with God الله
I swear I looked everywhere for happiness.
And when I started learning my religion (Islam) who God is (His names /Attributes) His messenger Prophet Muhammed ﷺ I realized that’s what I’ve been missing all this time. The sweetness of Iman.
Back then there was a void in my life, an emptiness.
My life back then was like Allah described it in Surat TaHa aya 124
وَمَن أَعرَضَ عَن ذِكري فَإِنَّ لَهُ مَعيشَةً ضَنكًا وَنَحشُرُهُ يَومَ القِيامَةِ أَعمى
“And whoever turns away from My remembrance - indeed, he will have a depressed [i.e., difficult] life, and We will gather [i.e., raise] him on the Day of Resurrection blind."
Praise Allah for the blessing of Islam
الحمد لله على نعمة الإسلام
I’m 100% Emirati and I’m marrying a Mexican/American my mother is against it while my father supports me as long as the children get raised Muslim. it’s 2019 people times are changing mixed marriages should not be looked down on
For a woman, she must marry a Muslim man. And definitely raise the kids as Muslim!
I’m Mexican American married local
Half Palestinian Ukrainian , I respect the message in this video, cheers
great as usual, thank you Amal
I'm proud of my mixed ppl... It's cool to have different cultures from both parents. I'm half btw
Very touching
Amazing work!
I liked the documentary
Awesome video. Great work!
I watch myself in this clip, and wish I could slap my past self!
Islam is the only logical way to live!
I’m Muslim first!
Proud to be a Muslim!
No nation is better than any other nation except in their Taqwa!
As the Prophet ﷺ said,
Indeed there is no excellence for an arab over a non-arab, nor a non-arab over an arab, nor a white person over a black one, nor a black person over a white one, except through taqwa (piety and obedience to Allah)
- Sahih: Related by Ahmad (5/411) and it was authenticated by Ibn Taymiyyah in Kitabu'l-Iqtida (p. 69)
What are you talking about?
This is ridiculous im half Lebanese and didn’t go through anything that they went through, my god
I have a question, why is it ok for emirati men to marry western women but not ok for emirati women to marry someone who isn’t emirati even if he is Arab Muslim
Who said that I’m a full Emirates and my friends mother is from uae and her father is from Saudi Arabia
That's not true, I know someone (full emirati female) has married a british guy who is not even muslim. Which I don't agree with but it does happen.
Because if an Emirati women marries a guy who isn't Emirati, she and her kids lose or in that case miss out on the benefits and privileges given to Emirati men from the government. That's why parents frown upon emirati women marrying a guy from another race even if he's muslim. It's a cultural thing rather it having anything to do with islam. Which i think is really sad. But i'm not generalizing cuz there are a lot of open minded Emirati families. They just mind their own business and wanna live peacefully.
@@noufalm1107 nothing sad about it! It's a rule. When spanish and Portuguese reconquest happened they.... U know rest. Sadly women and as well as jsws
I was okay with everything they said but when the half hindi man said "emarati women are spoiled" that was a really unnecessary comment even if it was true. That's our tradition anyway so really don't know what he was expecting? You're emarati you should know that.
Yes, this is coming from a full emarati so you may find this biased.
I get your point, but he was merely stating what he finds painful and maybe frustrating?
What he said has some truth, though it cannot be said that all are spoiled.
i am bahraini indian but i speak local dialect . When i applied for permission to marry an Indian girl, the judge asked me why and i replied the same. "I can't afford to marry one local spoiled girl from this gcc region", just like my father and grandfather said decades ago....😁
@@adnanmohammed3360 its mostly the parents that decide the mhr for the woman, most of them dont even care about the money so if you want to blame, blame the parents.
He is not wrong. Somewhat true
Great job all of you
wonderful
Taghrid is gorgeous
😅
These half have no problem, it’s those ignorant who can’t accept them are ignorant....someday they will also experienced what they do to others(bullying):
Rascism is everywhere.
Yes, it is! That’s why our Prophet Muhammed ﷺ said to stay away from nationalism! it’s arrogance, pride and it’s a characteristic of the devil, when the devil said he’s better than Adam.
Ahhh getting a taste of ur own medicine
Niiiccee
2:50 why did she say that? It should be the other way round. But at the end of the day we are all human and are only here for a short period of time. We should all love and respect each other. But this is all down to parental upbringing
It is not acceptable to say that I'm half emirati. You are 100% emirati, and since you hold the nationalty you sould diffuse and use the other half background to help the country.
Sadly the emarti genes are disappearing . The only ethnic Arab
Any emarati Indian mix people!
Right here bro moms from Bangalore 😊
@@AhmadAdelHabib Hey, I am from India. How did your mom and dad meet? Do you face racism? Are there many Emirati-Indian couples in UAE? Do you know any young Emirati-Indian couple? We are proud of you, halfie😀
@@rupaschannel5856 hahah oh wow what an old thread ! Not really no - people were kind when I explained my situation - but I was ostracized to an extent although that never bothered me . Had a loving strong family - never sweat the small stuff . I put people in their places real quick if needed 😎
@@rupaschannel5856 proud of you guys too - I know it can be difficult. I saw others without the strength I had and it is rough
I love the UAE but I can never live there again because of things like this. They made sure I knew the word وافد before I knew my own name. No thanks.
Half money half not!!!! Otherwise there is no difference between humans.
Wow, giving worth to children based on the nationality of the mother. How shameful. It's sad to hear the stories told about their childhood
Im Filipino and my Dads great grand father is pure Chinese on the other hand on my mothers side my great grandfather is Spanish.. but I consider my self only as Filipino nothing more nothing less.. be proud of who you are but look back to where your blood came from..
who is the half american half emarati woman?
I would slap the Emarati out of the half Indian guy, be proud of your Indian side. Look at Islam in the subcontinent the best Ulema and Shaykhs came from this land, the people are humble and extremely hard working. Nobody can Kindle a relationship like people from the subcontinent, everything we do is out of genuine love.
He said he felt like that. You have to live here to understand the racism towards south asians and Filipinos. He is being honest. Only he knows the suffering. Also most of the Indians married to them are impoverished Hyderabadis. Most of them have complex themselves so it’s natural that they would have passed that on to the boy.
I didn’t see any Half Emarati/ Africans, or don’t they exist?
There are some half Sudanese/ half Emiratis.
gods boy do u understand what college mates are??? Means we are in same college/university.😐😐😐
gods boy
WTh ?? LMAO
Roma Nuh Bhadi Lhulu
Are you a halfy like me ??
Sudani, people are Arab any way , who ever made the statement about Africa ,its a continent not a country!
Wait a minute this thing is not from islam , it's from the ignorant era of my people , who knows antara ibnu shaddad being faced to racism because of colour , rejected from marying his cousin
Arabs are going back to the begining of their time
Weird what the guy with egyptian dialect said , even in france you will be fingerpointed when you speak the dialect from marseille (marselia?) , my cousins went through this thing in Paris and the north of the country and even when they come back to the bled they will face the same thing speaking the dialect with an accent and not being able to read arabic , people made fun of them . I thought it's human thing to make fun of every thing and let me say
"كثرة الضحك قلة أدب"
The sad thing is our Ummah, no longer knows or understands what our beloved Prophet taught us.
We are one Ummah.
No nationality is better than another.
Only in their Taqwa.
I was ignorant back then.
My answers would be different if I was asked these questions today!
something is wrong here
FATIMA almuhairi yup
and there r peopke who inspite of all of ths wana be emarati , bcoz thy love the culture bt unfortunately thy dont get th chance.hybrid marriages r seen as a crime here..ths has to change n learn to b open minded..
Quite sad
Mostly pure are ugly and half are most beautiful.
That's racist
Not true!
Pure Emiratis are beautiful too!
@sonu singh I’ve met many pure Emiratis. Beautiful inside and out!
Anyways, beauty comes and goes.
What really matters is deen (religion) and good character!
Because everything on this earth is materialistic. And it will all perish someday!
Whole problem will be solved as soon as the oil finishes. Back to desert 🏜 and camel 🐫
Shame on the Emirati people !! Just wait when the war starts and they get poor !!! Every thing will change and no one will even try to make a transit !!!
Leave then