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Mimi Chakarova has been teaching photography at U. Berkeley's Graduate School of Journalism for 10 years. Chakarova is the recipient of the Dorothea Lange Fellowship for documentary photography and the Magnum Photos Inge Morath Award for her photo work on trafficking in Eastern Europe, which she has reported on for the last four years. Four years ago, I began a photo project on the sex trafficking of young women in Eastern Europe.

I interviewed and photographed girls who had escaped. Some had been trafficked to Turkey and Russia. Others were taken as far as the United Arab Emirates, lured by the promise of legitimate jobs and a brighter future.

Once they arrived in the new country, they were priced and sold, and their documents taken away. The young women told me they were forced to service mechanics, soldiers, priests, butchers, tourists, and even U.

I grew up in Eastern Europe and met Vika on my second reporting trip to Moldova. You can hear Vika's story in the FlashPoint slideshow, Moldova: The Price of Sex. She told me she had been trafficked to Dubai, at times serving 30 clients a day. She quickly learned the only English words necessary to keep her owner from hitting her: Her pimp kept her working for the duration of her pregnancy.

Emerging as a world business hub in the last decade, the city strives to keep breaking new records: Dubai has been described as the Las Vegas of the Middle East. Dubai's free trade zone is a major enticement for foreign investors, and the boomtown atmosphere has attracted more than nationalities to come live and work here. In this playground of the Middle East, I found indoor ski slopes, camel races and dizzying skyscrapers.

When I arrived to report this story with my video camerawoman Sachi Cunningham, I was prepared to confront the human degradation of Vika's experience, but I was surprised to find something else. I met women working as prostitutes who told me that they were doing so because they had chosen to. Sasha, for example, was trafficked from Siberia and serviced clients against her will.

But then she managed to run away from her madam and decided to continue to work as a prostitute on her own. Her English was good, so I asked her why she didn't find a job as a salesperson in one of the many shopping malls in Dubai.

She said she could earn more in one night as a prostitute than working a whole month in sales. And she wouldn't have to stand on her feet all day. She told me that the money she sends home to Siberia has allowed her family to build a house. I met another woman from Azerbaijan who was living with a "boyfriend," the term she used to describe one of her regular clients.

She told me how he would often lock her in the apartment to keep her services exclusively for himself. When I first met her, she talked about her son back home and how she had sent money to buy him his first computer.

The second time we met, she was drunk and missing a front tooth.

When I asked her what had happened, she shrugged it off: Men outnumber women 3 to 1 in Dubai, and the variety of places to purchase sex is abundant -- from the brothels where Vika described being sold and resold and the back alleys where migrant workers pay for a few minutes of pleasure, to the mainstream Westernized nightclubs, often inside upscale hotels, where women from all over the world congregate according to their nationalities awaiting the next client.

In a Muslim country, where prostitution is illegal, we decided the only way to get a closer look at Dubai's barely disguised sex trade was to visit some of these clubs and capture for ourselves the city's night secrets.

Misbah Shaikh - Fonthill, Ontario It is very disheartening that behind all the glitz and glamour of Dubai lies a very dark and disturbing place. If the Government is sanctioning these clubs then one can only wonder where the money is really going. This piece was definitely very moving and touching. It is unfortunate that a place like Dubai is harbouring such crimes. Dpunk Badd - Dubai, Dubai I know of two close friends who were in Dubai and harldy made any money, and after two years of working there they both were diagnosed as having HIV.

They have moved from our neighbourhood, but they told me that they just made one mistake, just once, and that was it. I believe them but unfortunately all I can do is pray for them and other retards out there who don't care about the people around them.

These men were asked to leave their jobs. They were sent back to their homecountry, and they were social outcasts even there. People, please keep yourselves safe, if not for yourself just for the sake of people who love you. Gavin Nicholl - Dubai, Marina Great Article! Dubai and it's "Darkside" are infamous certainly to its expat residents. Yes prostitition is everywhere, this is the same in any large city, Muslim or otherwise, but in most cities prostitutes are in the main indigenous and not imported slaves.

The other point that I don't understand is that in Dubai even among wealthy professionals male, of course it is acceptable to talk openly about them going "Darkside" last night.

In the Summer it is even worse, when the expats wives escape the summer heat and guys are left on their own!

However I would question if Dubai is a Muslim city. Is it, how do you define that? In terms of Policing, Dubai Police need to close down the clubs: The York, Marine Bar, etc and read the classifieds, " men only massage" and do something positive.

Jail the importers of sex slaves. Or how about have Police officers in Uniform patrol bars occasionally? Decent expats would be reassured to see uniformed officers outside of their patrol cars! I am saddened by the fact that women are being forced into this nasty business but even more so shocked that there are women that are into it as a professional business knowing they won't be stopped and are not being helped in therapy or government programs.

In my opinion if Dubai is to progress as a modern society, the government will have to take more actions and work harder on their over-all policies. I've been living in UAE for the past 15 years and trust me, not many know this.

The only person who is making money and the only city benefitting from this business is the city of Dubai and the ruler himself because the truth be told to everyone is that these girls have to pay for their visas up to US dollars for 3 months ,and another for the renewal.

The goverment knows why these women come to UAE and allows them to enter. The amount of money the goverment makes from this business is very large, so they cant stop it. It's sad knowing that UAE is a Muslim country and Dubai spoils its image by being just Muslim by name. The ruler of Dubai is the organiser of this crime. Melaka, Malaysia I grow up in UAE and I lived there for 20 years. I'm furious about the prostitution situation in Dubai.

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Reporter didn't show who traffics those poor women to UAE. Unfortunately, those who traffic those poor women are from the same nationality of those women- European, Asians and Africans.

It is organized crime. Even most developed nations failed to stop them. This problem can't be solved unless there is real cooperation between the countries which those women come from and countries which they are trafficked to. To achieve that, a common ground about what's ethical sex should be drawn.

Because prostitutes aren't always forced in many cases; women sometimes choose that. Don't let your sympathy for some poor enslaved women misguide you. Some prostitutes are guilty even more than their pimps.

Sex industry- prostitution, pornography, escort, etc. On the contrary, it will make it worse.

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San Francisco, California Such compelling content! I was captivated from start to finish! The crew that produced this deserves a medal for their courage. Chao Su - San Diego, CA A great film, and equally great comments from viewers.

I agree that prostitution and social parity are undeniable human phenomena, however, I wonder if the government can circumvent the historic stigma and provide some minimal protection to the women. I have heard stories about government services, primarily free health clinics, in places such as Frankfurt and Amsterdam. I wonder if those cities could serve as examples for the future.

Boston, MA My husband set up a company in Dubai and has visited a few times a year for the past 3 years. I am sickened to discover that he had called a prostitute for sex in his hotel room in between business meetings. This has broken our marriage. Dubai--the world's new best city. I thought it particularly poignant that although some of these women are there by "choice", it left them empty, tired and devoid of their former dreams and passions. One poster said that Mimi's resources could be better spent on focusing on cases of sexual slavery arguably a more clear problemthe beauty of this segment lies in focusing precisely in the ambiguities of women who apparently made a choice.

From a larger philosophical perspective, all of us have had to abandon dreams, make compromises some moral in order to pursue practical considerations. In this way, we share the larger existential problem of survival in a capitalist system with these women. Also what about AIDS? Funnily a person with a resident visa has to take an AIDS test but visit visa people don't have to. The growing trade in sex there is not out in the clubs or streets but in the private home delivery systems that cater to illegal clubs.

There is a bridge from this island that connects to Saudi Arabia known as the Saudi Causeway. I met many Saudi Arabs on the weekends who came across the causway to drink, smoke, and hire prostitutes for the weekend.

The prostitutes at many of the late night hotel bars were from former Soviet Union, China, Thailand, Phillipines, Moroco, and Ethiopia. Many of these men left their familes to have a boys night out. They would pray at the Grand Mosque during the day and party all night. I often asked those I met if this wasn't against the piety expected from Islam. To a man, the response was "Allah does not see across the bridge. I am sorry to say,besides the huge high rises and fast food places, we saw too many YOUNG prostitutes.

It really made me sick. They hear about money and they are lured into the damn business of selling their bodies for life. They had come from all over the world. I talked with several of them including, one from Turkey,one from Iran,one from Russia who could hardly speak Englisha French girl,an African girl and a German girl.

But the majority were from Russia,Turkey and former Eastern European countries. Sheik Muhammad -Al Makum has three wives,he has housed them next to each other in lavish villas,so that is considered NORMAL in Arab world,but you don't find that in other Islamic countries like Egypt,Iran,Turkey, etc.

Let's face it I travel a lot and see prostitution all over the world,it is a huge problem and an old one that should be solved. I do believe strongly that POVERTY is the oldest and biggest reason for prostitution all over our planet,but the more we show,write and talk about it, the more young women become aware of this terrible situation. But it's every where, not just in Dubai, yet Dubai has made a name for itself as the Las Vegas of PERSIAN GULF, the Muslim version of it and I "congratulate" Sheik Mohammed Al-Makum!

I've read up on the many booming financial sectors there, and I was not surprised to read of a quasi-underground prostitution trade present in the country. In the documentary, I found it interesting to note that a high level official in the UAE was honest enough to pose that the issue of prostitution is the inevitable import of capitalist policies.

He was right to say that it will take some time for laws to catch up with the pace of UAE's coporate liberalism.

The country has also received attention over many cases of unfounded deportation of foreign workers and biased hiring practices too. At the pace the UAE has changed in the last decade or so, it is critical that laws are in place to properly check and legitimize the manner in which revenue and wealth is brought into the country --meaning that this will also concurrently protect the rights of people working there too.

I see the issue of prostitution in the UAE to be just a small metaphor for the new found materialism that is present there. This materialism is part of an appartus that is captilalist-profit driven with little regard for morality. This is the new engine that has now become part of UAEs govermental initiative. Indian Mound, Tn Thank you for you're story. Wish I had seen it two years ago. My husband was a contractor in Iraq and came thru there every trip home.

I found out the hard way about the prostitution. It is where all contract laborers for this one company go before being tranported to Iraq. My husband actually had regulars he contacted each time he passed thru. I'm glad the secret is out. Wives need to know. Getting prostitutes in Dubai is easier than ordering a pizza!

But it relieves the sexual frustration seen in most other Middle Eastern countries! Grew up in Dubai - Chicago, IL Ten years from now, Dubai will be like Hong Kong and Singapore. HK is a sad reality, walk down Kowloon and it reeks prostitutes at night. Singapore is a proper comparison. All clean, pristine and sadly everything dirty is hidden from view. Dubai is going to be something in the middle of that.

People will come there to make money still and life will go on, only this time, unlike HK or Singapore, nobody will want to live there forever. Crime, prostitution, slavery all the workers in some wayrascism etc. All that glitters is not gold. All that glitters is not the Real Dubai! Mohammed Kazim - Worcester, MA I think it is very important to separate social issues such as these from religion and politics.

By no means does the political system of Dubai encourage such behavior. Task forces and undercover efforts have been put into place to stop these illegal practices.

Why do we not hear more of that? For some reason all publicity of this subject links it to Islam or the current government when in reality none had a role in attracting them there. The true reason for their presence is the increased wealth and the evident nature of the work or people who work there. The majority who work there use Dubai as a transit point in their careers or have temporary presence in the country.

That could explain why this kind of business thrives in the region. I agree more efforts have to be put into tackling this issue. But like every other place it needs time. UAE is only 35 years old, it took other places more than years to get rid of even bigger issues. By no means should fingers be pointed to the conservative rulers or to religion. This is a social problem and requires a united social effort to combat.

The impression people give when discussing this issue is that the industry is somehow less seedy and violent here than it is in other places in the world. The fact that this view does not match up to reality is something that Mimi - who has been following this trade in other countries as well - can rightly take credit for exposing. This trade is to be condemned here as anywhere else.

On a related note, judging by some of the responses, the US is free of prostitution and violence against women. Can this be true? Others are confusing Dubai with the Islamic holy lands and assuming that women here have to be veiled and cannot drive. For them I suggest they watch the original 60 mins documentary - it may teach them something that challenges their perceptions. Ahmed Elewa - Abu Dhabi, UAE Guess the underlying reasons for prostitution lie in the source countries not the destination.

Many men all over the world are glad to have sex in exchange for money, yet if you have women insisting on the profession, it explains the limited choices they have back home. Dubai's opportunities are not only for prostitutes, as some Westners here term the place the brave new world of this age. Many made fortunes in Dubai, even prostitutes, and they did so without a need to pay a comission.

What's sad, is the organized crime that drives prostitution in many places around the world. At least it does not exist in Dubai. I am a person from one of these states and I have experienced prostituition in Dubai from head to the toe.

With some of my friends and acquaintances who have actually indulged in these activities out of choice. The reason being, the government of this country in order to develop business societies has actually lured and some what permitted the existance of the sex trade. The watchdogs from United Nations or any other Non- profit organization have to step up to the governments of UAE or other Middle Eastern countries in order to pull the emergency brakes on the trade. This world has become so unpredictable.

To the journalist, not only has she done a great job but also she has opened our eyes to this evil world. MOTY AWARDS - UK, England Having traveled extensively for many years across the world and living over eight years in the USA from the Caribbean to Africa and into Europe, the truth as many of the above have stated prostitution generates cash for government and police officials and their GDP.

I literally refused to holiday anymore in Jamaica because of having to witness European and Canadian white men buying up young black girls for pittance. Even in Sierra Leone it is the same menacing practice that breeds HIV from westerners. Think about it, how can the "poor" or "under-privileged" desire mere filthy prostitution as a job IF there is no westerner, middle-class or tourist demanding or willing to pay for it?

Prostitution is nothing but exploitation of humans both ways male and female. Even Children suffer just watching their Mother hide and go to work and are affected mentally, emotionally and physically as a consequence of travelling sexual perverts who deliberately target the poor undeveloped countries so they can get their disease or sex act on.

Women in the Western world have now become their own Johns and taken escorting and prostitution to a higher level now. A Man has to now fork out hundreds just for 30 minutes of pleasure. So what does this all mean for the world as people?

Unless governments create meaningful job opportunities and stop fooling people in politics, polls and votes the adult and young women and girls as you can see openly on Facebook, MySpace and BlackPlanet will parade themselves electronically for a fee or free date. This means women and girls do not need to walk streets, travel, solicit anymore or be exploited by the so-called Pimp, John or Joe.

They can do it all by themselves with a web-cam, lap-top or cell-phone and that should scare the hell out of us all. So what will you do to stop this sex e-trade train wreck coming to your family or home? I say write, blog, fight and stand against it! Chicago, IL There is no mention of the diseases that are being spread by this prostitution. This is really awful just as the prostitution in Las Vegas is awful. Las Vegas and Dubai are just modern names of Sodom and Gomorrah, only Allah or God does not have to destroy them.

They are all destroying themselves by wrecking their health with this horrible prostitution. Anonymous - Abu Dhabi, UAE It's amazing, I tried to watch the 10 min video at the top of the page and it is blocked by Etisalat the national telecommunications company run by the government.

You can try to hide the facts but the truth will always find a way Obviously, in Dubai, the women who engage in prostitution are doing so voluntarily. If prostitution was legal and regulated, societies would be more harmonious. Economically, these are good transactions, and the utility of both people are increased. It is obvious you are a feminist, a misandrist and a misguided moralist. It is journalists like yourself that are the problem, not an enjoyable society like Dubai.

I am living in Dubai for the last three years and experienced the presence of prostitution at each nook and corner of Dubai. Before coming to Dubai I was not aware of existence of prostitution in Dubai to this extent.

I was very much proud of myself when I planned to settle in Dubai, now I feel ashamed to live in Dubai and planning to leave this place ASAP. I feel Dubai will get the punishment from Almighty Allah very soon. They will be told amount but they'll be paid no accommodations, no transportation, no company will take them, maybe due to their nationality. The next thing they had to do is to go into prostitution, while some when they are working they will be abused by their MD or co-worker also some are been brought to Dubai by someone before they start coming they will be inform that they are coming for prostitution, while some they are not told the truth of what they are coming to do.

These ladies ended up that way and after being physically abused by their employer's wives and sexually abused by the young men who take all their I. For example I have been in Dubai for the past two months hoping to get a job, but when I go to any company for an interview, after that they will not call, while some companies ask me to pay aed so that they can get me a job, besides visa change, house rent will be there waiting for me even extension.

The next thing I had to do is to go back to my country instead of wasting my time in search of job. Some ladies in Dubai are there for over two years without a visa because they are unable to get a job, and have no money to get a visa, so they had to go into prostitution, while some sell alcohol in their homes to survive.

Lastly, to stop all these things, the police must keep an eye to that and let the employer try to employ the applicant, no matter the country where she come from, because this is an Arab country where corruption is been bound. The police should keep an eye on all hotels, and those ones standing by the road side.

Thanks From Lucy Read. If not all, most of them wanted this work because they were greedy and wanted to make money fast. They don't want to work and prefer to open their legs. The police in Dubai is clean and I challenge anyone to proof otherwise. If any lady goes to the police, they will arrest the people who brought her in and deport her back to her country.

The problem is that most of the girls want to stay and want to make money and hide from the police. One can take a religious view of things and condemn it, and can also say that they're free to do whatever they want with their bodies as long as no one is forcing them. No lady will tell you I am a prostitute because I love to make money. They will all say that some pimp promised them a clean job.

I live next to Tijuana, Mexico and have traveled to T. I see their faces and can't fathom their plight but can't save them all. My heart goes out to them. Collons, CO I think the real disgusting issue is not sex for money, but the fact that people are so motivated by money they will do anything for it.

For example, if someone is willing to eat dog feces for dollars isn't that just as bad? Isn't the real issue degrading oneself for money? Government with the help of police giving support to these girls. These girls makes money or they lost everything there. Girls from all parts of the world are there for prostitution openly in the roads selling there bodies. Shame on you Dubai. Nasib Shah Shinwari - Kabul, Kabul I think the Arab area being a Holy area and the birth land of our holy Prophet Hazrat Muhammad Peace be upon him should be cleaned from these prostitutes.

This is also earning bad name for Arab Countries and all Muslim in the world, Saudi Government and UAE Officials should take strict action against these prostitutes to avoid the area from spreading vulgarity. It has been there since Sheikh Rashid was in charge. At a certain point in time, Sheikh Rashid wanted to shut down prostitution, however, one of his close friends asked him not to because if that happens, the single men in dubai will end up harassing UAE women, as he said.

So that didnt materialize. However, this has flourished when Dubai started to boom. It actually became a corner stone in Dubais "tourist attraction! That is no excuse for anyone to support it or to condem the people who feel the need to practice it or to pay for the services.

When we choose to treat everyone with love and respect we will search hard for ways to reduce the need for such degrading work. Seeing every person as a beloved child of a Great Creator, worthy of our care and empathy may be a small step to a better world for all of us. No person can be mistreated.

Interestingly this topic is very low on the media radar. After living for a year in India, I stayed in Dubai on a three day layover. I could not believe the number of prostitutes openly "working" the best hotels in the city.

The hotel bars at Le Meridian and the Four Seasons were literally packed with prostitutes. I am shocked to hear that your equipment was returned. The stories that I have heard about what goes on behind the scenes turns my stomach. Forcing people to do things against their will is another story.

I totally agree with your findings and have got a lot to add as a revealing information. Let me know how I can share those experiences. Aaron S - Austin, Texas I apparently am the only one who doesn't have a problem with this. It seems a lot of commentators want to blame this on capitalism.

Which sadly is very ignorant unless by it they mean only the freedom of choice that capitalism makes possible. You heard the one girl say she choose to do this instead of working in retail because she said, "she can make more in one night than in whole month behind a counter, and doesn't have to stand on her feet all day.

I realize that there is an element of coercion here and that should be addressed, but that's not what most of these other comments focus upon. When people are offered the freedom of choice they might make choices they come to regret, but that is still a far better circumstance than any other alternative.

Jackson Laibowitz - Dubai, UAE I have only been in Dubai for a few months and when I first saw this piece I was surprised. But I have since been approached by women on the street asking me if I would like a "massage. However, I did partake with one young lady late 20s after talking with her over the course of a couple of weeks before finally agreeing to accompany her.

She shared an apartment with 3 other women and was free to come and go as she pleased. Personally, I have no problems with prostitution or women who choose to engage in it. But I am fervently against slavery of any kind, abuse of women or children men too, but much less common and believe there should be strict penalties for violating any individual. Sex is everywhere, in every country, in every city.

And it is for sale everywhere. Yes this is a Muslim city in a Muslim country. But the government is not to blame for the existence of prostitution. What they can be blamed for is not regulating prostitution, not ensuring the safety of the workers and their clientele and not punishing more severely those who use it as a means of exploiting and harming others for financial gain.

Dubai is like a child who is just learning what is acceptable and what isn't. It is experiencing growing pains and that means it needs guidance and tolerance from all of us. I've yet to have one of the ladies on the street and I've talked with more than one tell me she is being held here against her will. I saw that more back in the U. Those "employers" are the ones we need to stop.

I felt the documentary was interesting, but agree it doesn't address the actual issue of forced slavery. At least not here in Dubai. I would like to see a more in-depth film on that subject and at least begin to strike a blow against the real criminals - the slave traders. Perhaps by stopping the slave trade, prostitution will become a page out of history.

I doubt it, but we won't know until we strike out against those who perpetrate and corrupt people against their wills. For some women, the option to make extraordinary money whilst being in control of their circumstances is a blessing.

It allows them to escape the drudgery and poverty of there home life and fund relatives back home. I want to be clear, the problem with this situation is not the prostitution itself but the organized crime that exploits the demand for prostitution at the expense of unwilling women. The organized groups that kidnap these girls need to be stamped out, not the prostitution.

Dubrovnik, Croatia How is it possible that such a business exists in Dubai? As young man, 21 years old, I arrived in Dubai two months ago for some work. My bus friends and I decided to party. It was Tuesday, first in a hotel, at front desk, an Indian asks me which kind of escort I would like.

Then in the cab, it was the same thing. Cab Driver brought us to a "nice club for Europeans only," where was again BOOM.

We paid dirhams for entrance. Once inside, plenty of "putanas. One girl started with her price, 2 dirhams. I have never seen such smart "putanas" in my life.

They are living for sex, money and expenses, very simple, actually.

They are having sex for money like I make calculations as an engineer. Hoping in a general improvement of Dubai night life in the following years. The country is about all money. The oil is running out and other forms of revenue must be generated. Cant wait, bring on the prostitutes!!!! I work in an office of twenty men. I asked them if they had paid for sex. They all said yes. I guess we are creating the demand. I think we should start with ourselves by not paying for it and be loyal to our wives.

I was in Dubaiand and saw a lot of prostitution all over the city. My frinds enjoyed it as well. It was fun and joyful but deep in our hearts really sad. But one word to all women. If your guy ever sleep with any prostitut it doesn't mean they love you any less.

It is men's mentality that women in general would never understand. I am super ashmed of myself as a guy. Beth Bright - Cleveland, Tn Its a shame that Dubai government allows this kind of abuse to women. Hind - - Dubai, UAE well, as alot of the countries Dubai is also dealing with prostitution. But there is a difference here.

That means they are ok with selling their body, dignity and self respect! If they think that Dubai is to expensive and a hard place to live in then why are they here in the 1st place.

And as mentioned before yes Dubai is a fast growing country but honestly that dosnt mean it has to be a perfect country. I dnt know if you know this but Dubai has Deported around 4,5oo prostitutes in I am born and brought up in Dubai and honestly i love it!

And thats why it is one of the number one tourism country, Yes it is an Islamic country and Islam disapproves alot of other things including prostitution but that dosnt mean every muslim is a perfect muslim, and i belive this is the case in every religion not all the christains perfectly follow the Bible and same with Jews and other religions.

Just to correct some of you US muslim women wear the scarf and cover our body willingly, and its not like we live our lives cookin, serving our husbands or what ever you people think. We all chose to be like that. We belive our bodies should be shown only to our close families and husband, not every man we see.

Every one has their own belifs no one sud point a finger at anyone. We are all proud muslims and just for the people who misunderstood Islam Dont Judge a book by its cover.

Back to the subject honestly i really feel for the people who are abused, thretned and forced to become prostitutes and hope the government will do something about it because this is certainly unacceptable! All of this has nothing to do with religion, race, wealth, the country or anything else. Its all about the person itself, We all are human beings and we all deserve respect.

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Its a different case if they enjoy doing this and prefer this kinda job then any other job! Id rather be a begger then sell my dignity and body to anyone regardless of how poor im am or the situation of my family or anything else.

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia I have lived in Dubai for 5 years out of the last nine and I have often visited the bars where there are many prostitutes. I made good friends with several groups of African women - from Ethiopia, Uganda and Nigeria.

They are just normal human beings doing a really tough job for the sake of their families back home. They are not evil, they are not immoral. The huge majority of them have a plan and a mission to send money home and set up their families with a home and a business, then, with luck, they can return after more than 10 years doing that awful job, without their families knowing what they were really doing.

If you are serious about helping them, do what I am doing and put your money where your mouth is. I have now sent 4 girls back to their country - one in Ethiopia, two in Uganda and one in Nigeria.

I have changed their lives and set them free. The families are so happy and see that they have a future which is of their own making. I visit them all several times a year to see that the money is being well spent and to offer advice if it is requested, but mostly to be part of a family who has been given a small chance and made the most of it.

The best thing you can do for these girls is to get them away from Dubai, insider buy superstocks amazon home, and assist them to be independent and most important of all to support the education of the children. All the kids I see in these families want to be at school, but often their parents cannot afford the simplest things like shoes, uniforms, books and pens.

It is a ridiculously small amount of money needed to ensure a child is educated. Similarly it costs very little to fund a simple business of THEIR choosing. Do it now, believe me I know how joyous it is to change the lives of these brave people.

They are really talking make money fixing broken electronics it like about collecting secial informations. But these girls have more contact with a few men stock photography marketing ethics to 3 who are married or wealthy.

They meet, get their "shopping money" and thats it. Its really sad but for some people dubai is so amazing that they get lost in this glitter and glamour world. Harmandeep singh Birgi - mohali, punjab sex should be permitted in all over the world as can help the ecomomy of the countrygovernment must apply Taxes on prostitution. Patrick R - Exchange rate history mxn usd, VA Dubai needs to decide if it is a country bound by Islamic scripture or a country willing to allow what many consider immoral behavior.

The current status of prostitution is legally punished but socially acceptable. For a city that is capitalism on steroids, I'm surprised they don't just legalize and regulate the sex industry. Not only would it bring the practice into the open, it would increase Dubai's stature and the Las Vegas of the Middle East. Legalization brings with it regulation. Each prostitute would be registered and frequently tested for disease.

Sex workers would also be able to bring complaints to the courts, minimizing unfair pay at brothels and abusive customers. In general, life would be safer for those who would be in the sex industry no matter what.

Maybe not ethical, but definitely practical. Regulating the oldest profession http: Seattle, WA Foreigners and visitors make up the majority of the population in UAE and most of them are engaged in prostitution and human trafficking. So stop linking Islam and the Middle Eastern culture to this issue.

Good Muslims and moral people don't engage in such activities. Such remarks are racially motivated. Prostitution and human trafficking is a world wide problem. Why prostitution in Dubai is viewed differently than the rest of the world. One more thing most girls and pimps come to Dubai from moral corrupt countries. Mel - Montreal, QC Please stop referring to these women in the sex trade industry as powerless victims, and naive. The sex trade industry is the oldest profession and we are at a time in which many women consciously choose to enter it for reasons that are not up to the rest of us to judge.

Rather than view sex workers as degrading to women in general, fw holst co stockbrokers we should view them as equals- and maybe then, they will receive rights, proper protection, and respect. No matter what laws are in place, this profession is not going away; it will always exist and the only thing that the public can do is to make sure it has the proper protection to ensure that the women are not abused or trafficked and that they perform their job in a safe and healthy way.

Through there are many contradictions of policies but it justifies the means. They have to do that and make everyone happy, which isn't an easy thing to do. Prostitution exists in every country in the world without exception.

Dubai is regulating it in a Muslim Country - think about that for a minute! Dubai is Opening its doors for people who suffer in their own countries India, Eastern Europe, Iran, Saudi Forex price rate of change, Kuwait These people are building one of the greatest cities on earth to be remembered for many years They must be loving it here!

I have seen and met a number of the ladies of the evening. I have befriended some after they got out of the "business" and into more conventional work. Dubai is not an abnormal cesspool. It is just a normal thriving city and prostitution comes with that as well as severe abuses. I have traveled to many cities all over the world and have found it much the same. The worst I ever saw was in Spain.

I was there a few days. Once a taxi driver misunderstood me or perhaps he got a fee for bringing people there. He took me to a large hacienda on a hill by itself. When I went in I found the most depressing place I have ever been to.

I saw bored and sad young women of many nationalities sitting around, some talking with men. I was overtrading indicators miserable that they would be treated so. I knew that the women were prisoners. They lived on the site and had no freedom at all. I turned around and left, never to return to that horrible place again.

In many other countries it is more like Multiple time frame trading strategy forex with foreign nationals working out of bars and having freedom to choose their clients and freedom to go about the city in the day time.

Hugh Collins - Littlefield, Texas We, the people that care, should find a way to help. If there is anyone out there who knows what we can do to help please let us know.

All these low lives, disgusting human royal families and heads of state in all these Middle East ,I hope that Allah will destroy them and dry the entire land from that dirt of oil that causes all the wars and problems in the world and may Allah bankrupt them one by one in UAE SAUDIA KUWAIT AND ALL their filthy families.

KHI, Pakistan My dear this is world of free market and capitalism. Americans and Europeans are the supporters of this shit. Ask this from so-called champions of human rights if that what is happening. If Saudi Arabia bans these activities they are blamed as conservatives, if Dubai allows this then they are also doing worse.

Just read this; it tells you the real face of the Alexander tatarsky binary options. Bordels Mobiles de Campagne or Bordel Militaire de Campagne both abbreviated to BMC is a French term for a mobile brothel used to supply prostitution services to French soldiers facing combat in areas where brothels were unusual, such as at the frontline or in isolated garrisons during the First World War, Second World War and First Indochina War.

Don't blame any government or city, it's the system that supporst these things. Having said that, there is no excuse for allowing the trade to continue in such an unsafe manner. It is up to every individual to demand strict regulation and compliance.

Prostitution is known as the oldest trade, but sex has hardly ever been free for anyone. I think it would be wise for people to stop thinking of vice crimes as a battle to be won or lost, but rather a natural phenomenon to be tamed and mitigated.

Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi I think what is happening in Dubai is to keep up with the demands of modernization. It's a lure to attract people from around the world, as Dubai needs people to come here and spend, either cmc stock market water or sex.

The authorities do not mind at the end of the day. NO ONE CAN FIX THE PRICE OF A HUMAN BEING. WE PREACH AND PUBLISH WHAT GOOD WE DO, BUT WHY DO WE HIDE AND KEEP SECRETS OF OUR BAD AND OUR MISTAKES?

WE ARE ALL DESIGNED BY GOD FOR A PURPOSE AND WE ONLY LEARN, LEARN, LEARN, LEARN AND DO IT. THAT S ALL THAT LIFE IS UNTIL DEATH.

DYING FOR SOMETHING IS BETTER THEN JUST LIVING FOR NOTHING. Deburg Katz - Dubai, UAE Personally, I think it's the women's choice what they want to do with their bodies. If men weren't there to drive prostitution, prostitution wouldn't happen.

Gentlemen, do what you need to do, but don't forget to repect yourself, and especially, other women who can relate to my experiences.

Next time you try to buy an hour of her time, just think, how much would you pay for your sister? The government profit by charging exorbitant fees for 1 month visas for the working girls, hotels charge them for entry into the bars that exist solely as pick up joints, everyone knows what they are there for. These self righteous so called emirati muslims are nothing but a bunch of grasping pimps. ITS REALLY SHAME TO SAY THAT ITS A MUSLIM COUNTRY, PLEASE SAVE YOURSELF FROM THESE, AND STOP ITIT'S HARAM.

So blame yourself before others, but at least they let people work in their country not like the USA or other western countries. They paid them well because western expats salaries are very good and don't forget if the men work in the city his company pays also rental.

So these guys are having great fun in the emirates. The chinese ladies paying a hefty sum for their visa but if you have a rich expat as boyfriend he will pay.

AbuDhabi and Dubai are now flooded by these ladies. I os melhores sinais forex amazed really how these things can happen in a muslim world.

Audina carryn - Canberra, capital teritory well,wat can i say????? I havn't been to the emirates yet, but at the same time i'm not surprised of what happens in the background. I think its a catch 22 really. The emirates dubai can legalize prostitution The cost is not only financial, dubai is a GCC country and that means its technically a 'Muslim Run System' sociaty which ultimately means if prostitution is to be legalized let alone be aknowledged by the system then the shieks are viewd as pimps which they are in reallity but the public image of Dubai, then changes.

Its binary and n-ary operations like lebanon for example in which sociaty is westernized throughout years of occupation of foriegn powers Chaudhary Mian Muhammad kashif ali sultan - lahore, Pakistan Duabi is the great city.

I love this city and want to live in this city all my life. Accomodated in the high rise apartments. Bobby Brown - Dubai, Dubai Look, there's a reason its the world oldest profession. Its because men have a biological need to have sex. So get of your moral high horse and stop spouting artificial religious based anti-men rubbish.

You service your car - you service your "monster". It doesn't mean he loves you any less, ladies. Nonebefore Noneafter - SLC, UT Dubai reminds me of another city that tried to make a name for herself Tower BABEL.

I do think the designs of the Towers and Buildings there are awesome. Dubai could be the City here in the Bible. And every shipmaster, and all the company in ships, and sailors, and as many as trade by sea, stood afar off, 18And cried when they saw the smoke of her burning, saying, What city is like unto this great city! What makes Dubai so different? Don't blame the culture or the UAE nationals.

We are the minority in our own country. Because we have become an international city. No other city in the world can compare to Dubai's fast-paced development. You cannot talk about our customs or traditions, because you do not know them. Just because we are a Muslim country does not mean we are a police state that has religious militia running all over the place. That is not what our religion preaches. Like all other religions, it cannot be forced upon the people. Our religion allows for the men to marry more than one woman.

That is meant to lessen the chances of adultry that is widespread in other countries. So you're not supposed to walk around in mini skirts because you should respect their religion, but you are allowed to be a prostitute? Sorry but this Dubai doesn't make any sense. Its just a big theatre. If you see any Gulf bound plane it is full of women of my caste. I also marvel at the hypocricy of the Arab world. But what do you expect from a culture that condones sex with children and one who condones beating their wives for trite excuses.

The whole Dubai concept is recommendations for invest in the stock market beginners guide destructive farce with money being the root of purchase apple rootstock problem. Very sad and pathetic.

Karl Berger - Mnchen, Deutschland Hundreds of thousands of lonely expatriates and wealthy tourists from the West and the Third World come annually to Dubai. The sex industry is naturally thriving in such atmosphere.

They are not going forex losses can exceed deposits open forex lsfa bs (banking system) 2012 brothels, and few women besides high end call girls strategy forex profit want to work in a deserted area like the UAE.

Dubai is one sex marketplace among others, from New York to London, Paris, Milan, Las Vegas or Miami. Trafficking is extremely sad but Asian construction workers live a similar life of exploitation. This investigation was very superficial. It was more like a deliberate attempt to associate paid sex and Islamic culture to exploitation, slave trade. It's open season for the smearing of foreign cultures deemed inferior by American journalists. Arab, Russian, African, Chinese and so on.

And these women as if their soul has been taken out, they are just like live flesh with no heart energy futures market singapore emotions and are mentally being tortured to accept the fact that they are meant for consumption and are not humans.

Adrienne Vitaskova - Las Vegas, Nevada Legalize prostitution; have strict health codes for the sex trade workers and de-mystify the industry. Make it legal and you will remove much of bad side of the industry. Trafficking, however is politics and until politicians give a damn, their citizens can be preyed upon.

By the way, one more thing to know. HIV is a deportable disease in the UAE. If you get HIV, you get deported. Economically oppressed countries are the recruiting grounds for the sex trade trafficants. While in Kuala Lumpur on vacation, I witnessed sex workers waiting for their clients outside a hotel that is situated within 2 blocks from the Petronas towers.

Prostitution will be around so long as people have to struggle just to survive. There will be winners. But for the most part, there will be losers, many losers. In nations like Germany and Holland, where it is legal, women do not have to suffer so much. From meeting Arab princes in the states, I'm pretty convinced that this show of "conservatism" in the Middle East is probably more for the masses. Some people must really like piety -- but from the dawn of mankind, it has been a natural drive for people to want to engage in sex.

The wives who are upset that their husbands passed through Dubai because such things are available -- why did your husbands seek out such things? Did the city of Dubai create the desire? If there is so little temptation in the Muslim countries -- where does the desire come from to cross the bridge into Dubai?

It was always there and will always be there. Some people call it a sin, and shove it into the background and that only really punishes the poor people who do this for money. Some of the drastic and violent laws to punish people mostly women who engage in this only serve to move it more underground. Your powerful people and powerful people in the U.

Not in any country -- they just hide it more successfully or not. And the corruption of your leaders starts from the compromises they make, and the amount of lying they have to do to the public. Do they fight off the corruption in their own country? Or do they seek to merely redirect it in profitable ways? Their actions alleged against the U. I'm ato fx rates 30 june 2016 with my wife.

But I understand the frightened men who go to church on Sunday I don't and pretend one thing, and live forex adell 893 life of lies, and then enjoy such services. To deny that people need this attention, only makes lives worse. If they had affection and honesty in their lives -- and someone who loved them more -- well, maybe some people are just born more promiscuous.

But I think there are a lot more damaged people out there and a lot of money management stock trading .pdf afraid. I'm sure a lot of people in Muslim 99 binary options in forex trading software are afraid NOT to say thanks to Allah. They probably convince themselves all the time that they are happy.

Such people are driven to lie to themselves. Sin to me, is that people are driven to live lies. There are a lot of jobs here in Dubai. If you will get easy money, for sure easily it will be lost to you.

Better to earn your money in a clean way. We should not blame the prostitute, Though prostitution is everywhere it should not be in Dubai, a so called Muslim country. The blame goes to the government because the cost of living in Dubai is very high and and the government does not care about your livin. All they want from you is your money. If you can't spend money, you are not welcome.

I've been living in Dubai for many years now. There are lots of secrets a lot of people don't know about the country which we need to put in media. I really thank you for your courage in bringing this to the media.

Hazem Ali - Jeddah, KSA Nice report, its a real shame for all Muslims, People of Dubai and Govt. May Clustering stock market data show them the right Path. If the Sheiks force strict rules to block out prostitution, then you people will start the ''Islam is taking away women's rights'' bull. It's becoming a major city, major cities have prostitution, DEAL WITH IT.

No one would say "prostitution isgood" Its all bad. And I'm sure everyone on this discussion would agree. But what does that have to do with Dubai? I mean, then let's start on Bangkok, Las Vegas, Bombay, various Eastern European cities, etc.

Every place has common prostitution going on and it is usually ignored. Dubai just came under the radar because it is newly ON the radar. I'ts a great city -- no one there forces you to pay for sex. Enjoy all that Dubai has to offer which is much more than a night out with an escort.

Do you think Dubai bribed Al Aqaida? Altaf Ahmad - Rawalpindi, Pakistan Very, very sad to know this situation exists in a Muslim country. Andreas Wiegand - Abu Dhabi, UAE Stock market manipulation and short selling a German expat living in the UAE for 3 years.

In Germany prostitution is an officially recognized job, with regular HIV tests, tax and social security sceme. This is the only way to stop illegal, forced prostitution and trafficking. Contrary to this approach I had to come a 'Muslim' country to see so many prostitutes in public. It's not only in Dubai, binary options platform mt4 all over Bahrain and Kuwait also.

Not left out Saudi Arabia, here women are trafficed from other Arab nations such as Egypt. They are called into serve the higher government officials or ministers. Not only prostitution is here but also light has to be thrown on drugs also. Saudi Arabia is saved only by the two holy places, even there women Saudi nationals have started to sell their flesh.

Some one from the media has to open this up so the Saudis will start to think over it. I feel this deserves to be news and ofcourse deserves a debate. Let's remove the mask of hypocrisy that some of the Middle East countries put on and see what lies beneath.

Or at least let us not say that these countries follow shariat In this way there would be more awareness in the country other then just hearing the usual news which i a dynamic threshold decision system for stock trading signal detection tired of hearing.

Good for you, keep it up! Wellmoney india forex pvt ltd the gentleman in the film who said that it's all about capitalism was right.

With money, anything can take place, even the shamefulness of prosititution. In Dubai if some one asks what is the most selling item. No doubt the answer is what you portrayed [prostitution]. There are no rules or regulations to control this successfully. Anyone can go and get it as in any Asian country where sex tourism is one of main businesses. Mohammed Asif - Mumbai, Maharshtra Betting binary options doubt great effort!

Kudos to you Mimi Chakarova. I have seen personally women selling themselves on the street of Dubai. People bargain with them like anything. So many times their customers misunderstand normal women as prostitute and that too is a really awful situation. I wish, hope and pray people will be more aware and active about the issue for a peaceful life.

There are women who are brought from Russia to United States put in houses where they must work as prostitutes for a year or two before she can get her passport back. Dubai is not supplying itself with these prostitutes, ruthless mobsters bring them there in the first place Hopefully Dubai will give those woman a chance to become part sniper forex ea review the real workforce of Dubai, and give them better housing, a chance to raise a family and to even help the family they left behind.

Dubai is pushing itself away from the truth of the inner problems of the lives of people who live there, most of whom are from poor countries Glad someone had the guts to survey and write about it.

Let's punish the criminals in whatever way we can. In Afghanistan, Oman, UAE, Qatar, Bahrain. For all of you living in the blind, Muslims [can be] forex indonesia wikipedia biggest hypocrites on the planet There is open prostitution all over the Gulf.

When the CID futures trader cv example makes arrests, [at times] it is because they want to gang rape a particular woman.

I know completely innocent women with legitimate jobs that have been followed by them This is not the sickest thing either.

I have a Filipino friend whose mother works in the major hospital in Doha. She tells that they are [treating] Nepali, Pakistani, smith wesson boosts stock buyback plan. Man on man rape how to get free steam money no survey no password very common [here] to disgrace someone.

You have to remember men and women do not socialize in this society. Women are being consumed. Some believe they are priviliged and see others as less. They are making money and blooming businesses with slavery.

Sure make money sure become rich but don't create a world around you where you will not be able to live in, except in your own fortress. Dubai is doing well, if you compare Dubai to any European country Dubai would look far better than all.

At least the crime level is very low and families are safe around here. The Government is fighting drugs so your children won't waste their future. All is well, please leave us alone, and keep those destructive opinions to your selves.

They can not stop prostitution, it is us who choose what we want in life. Prostitution has no nationality, no religion, no color. Dubai is great city where every one has the freedom to do what he or she wants. God looks to buy shares without broker uk individually.

Dubai is great, I really mean it. I know a lot of these women. Some of their stories are very sad. What's really sad is how they are treated back in their home countries. I know a Chinese girl who is paying for her brother to foreign exchange rates in uganda today to university in USA.

ROBIN AMBANI - ABUDHABI, UAE SHEIKH MOHAMMED ,YOU PRAY 5 TIMES A DAY ,WHAT IS THE USE? PLS TAKE CARE OF YOUR COUNTRY,OTHER WISE YOU WILL BE A CRIMINAL IN THE EYES OF ALLAH. Vincent Porcher - Benalmadena, Malaga Spain Great story but why doesn't the local government stop this?

Why isn't there any controls? There are so many human rights issues in this world, it makes me sick! They garments stock lots buyers usa to earn money that way, what can a govt.

For those of us who think how to make money with my wapka site is difficult to stop prostitution in Dubai, we are kidding our selves. Dubai like most of the Gulf states is a Police State and they can stop any thing within 24 Hrs. Nobody can hide from them, I mean no body, unless they want to look the other way.

No body can enter or leave their country without their knowledge, they completely control it. Look at Saudi Arabia, inspite of contigous borders by land to other countries, they don't have one woman from out side who could claim to be single, all have to be accompanied by a "Mahram" man, unless working in some legal job or profession, and they are watched by hidden eyes very close, one wrong move, they are deported from the country, with in 24 Hrs.

I think if Saudi Arabia, or Gulf Countries Council, GCC puts pressure on Dubai, this buisness can be stopped in no time. Mohammad iyaz - Islamabad, Pakistan. With complete control on everything in the UAE, by the security services, can't they stop it? I agree with one of the bloggers dubai,dubai that it is being done for the convience of the ruler. Would it remain a place to keep families there or raise children there, as it is now?

Aliya Sayad - SF, ca Prostitution increases in UAE? That's because Arabs have so much money to spend they go dumb paying prostitutes, which leads to higher crime rates.

Good luck Arabs, you insult me as I am Arab too, for building another sin city like Las Vegas. Yes, they are to blame. As long as these small offline typing jobs from home without investment in hyderabad bow to U.

And I have not seen prostitution in the open, but I have heard from many people about the pervasiveness of the problem in the city. Much of this has unfortunately to do with the growing westernization of Dubai and the UAE, in general. Walking through the malls and streets of Dubai, one quickly looses a sense of being in a Middle Eastern city. Toronto, Ontario, Canada I haven't been to Dubai but it is sad to know that this is happening there.

What can we as individuals do?. How much money does the average starbucks store make speaking, if I wasn't married, I would have gone there and chosen someone to marry.

At least, I could feel that I did what I could to protect at least one woman in my life. Safar Harandi - Half-Moon Bay, CA What is going on in Dubai is indeed a disgrace to humanity.

Why is it that such a horrible thing can only take place in an Arabic country? One must think about this. No where else is prostitution like this in your face or the equal of slavery! The money earned is not that easy. But also we have to think about those people who are really in need of money for life, and are forced to sell themselves. This assignment was given to our firm by the Dubai government.

While on my research I found very, very shocking facts that I can not share with you as I can be fired from my job. Being a sociologist, I think the main reason [for prostitution in Dubai] is the society's attitude towards the use of money. Dubai is known as a business hub, focusing to be a Middle East centre of power, wealth, and different cultures. What I think is that to lessen this issue, the government should regulate this what profession makes the most money wow industry.

Mohd Anwar - Karachi, Pakistan We talk about Dubai and its rapid progress in Developing Countries but to hear about this crime of women trafficking, it's really so bad to take advantage of innocent girls from poor countries. Girlfriends don't always have sex with guys so they have to buy sex. I think some prostitution should be appreciated.

Prostitution has become a profession and one cannot stop this. But dirty people are there in all parts of World.

Thus trafficking of women should be banned. Shame on the faces on UAE rulers, they are just giving a bad life to their nationals NASRIYAH, SHARJAH Sharjah is the best Among Whole UAE, Dubai Government Must Ban Visa for Ladies without Husband or Un Married. Marriege Certificate should be Verified at government Level.

I will add the basic sense to this article that there are not only trafficked girls but also many girls who came here on visit visa and started earning money as prostitutes because in Dubai there is no restriction. It's very common that in flats areas prostitutes also walk to see clients. I think every person is himself responsible for his good and bad actions. It's the people who disturbed the image of this country. A woman who sells sex to earn a living loses her dignity.

I myself know many females who haven't enough money to eat three times a day though they work hard, but they do not select that stupid field of work [prostitution] where a woman loses her dignity. The first principal of life forex fractal breakout custom indicator download to lead an honourable life.

Binish Fawad - Karachi, Pakistan I am very chagrined to read the story of sex trafficking in Dubai. It shows an abhorrent face of the "Holy Land". It's a very informative story. I have heard about it for many years but she has pointed out many things I was not aware of it.

Dubai is a well-established and Muslim country where prostitution is illegal, so it must be stopped by the Government drastically. Why can't they control sex trafficking? Mike Hunt - Jeddah, Saudi Arabia Dubai is well known throughout the Middle East as a byword for prostitution and money laundering.

Whilst working in neighbouring countries, if you say you are going to Dubai for the weekend, you get the nudge-nudge, wink-wink treatment. Dubai is a police state. Every bar and hotel has CCTV cameras that the Police have access to. The rot and corruption goes all the way up to the top. Nothing happens in Dubai without the say so of Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum.

He is the ultimate pimp. Imagine what would happen if this huge number of men didn't find a woman to have sex with: It can't be helped! Houston, Texas A few years ago I was visiting Dubai for work and an old friend showed me some night clubs. I was surprised to see a large number of prostitutes doing business freely. In a bar area I started talking to a beautiful women from Ukraine.

After a few minutes of discussion I asked if she prefers this glamorous life over having her own loving family. She replied, "Men in my country are not good. They like to get drunk and beat us.

These men are not intested in having a good family. I am worse off being with drunken men in Ukraine than in Dubai. Mimi ,you have done a great job by making this documentary. Are they forced out from their home country by the behavior of drunken men or is the government of Dubai at fault? Who is kidding who? The tragedy is the forcing and deception. Ultimately we are all prostitutes. The clerk selling cigs to the lung cancer victim, the waitress selling fat laden garbage to the over weight heart attack victim.

Stop for a minute and think of the things you do for money that are harming another or the environment and eventually yourself. Dubai as a city is a faithful copy of New York, nothing great. Prostitution [in Dubai and elsewhere] is not a modern problem, it was the first job invented when the world was created, is history, is present and will be future, for sure.

In my opinion the problem is how they treat women, like an object, like nothing. For any Arabic women it is easy to wear clothes like a modern woman, but if you try to change a modern woman to cover her hair and face it is very hard. UEA wants to be creme de la creme of the world but they must accept the world is not perfect and you should take it as it is with good and bad. In Italy if you are married and divorce the husband pays an amount all his life for the wife - Roman Law - this is protection, this is a radical solution for a woman to not became a prostitute.

Education, information, help, and faith in God are solutions to reduce this problem.

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If a young women coming from a poor family doesn't have anything to eat or education to survive, what to do? Suffer one day, one week, one year and in the end a desperate feeling comes. Prostitution is a very easy way to make money and is available for rich women too. That is not drama, drama is when your kids grow up next to the second wife's kids, sharing the same father's love. Imagine a world where a woman is only an accessory.

I don't like this world but I feel safe when I know a family is only one mother and one father. Good luck in all you do. The whole thing becomes corrupt and shady. Sunshine and openness is like a cleanser. In Hungary and Las Vegas, there are health inspections, taxes are paid, and age laws are meticulously enforced. This is a more realistic approach.

In these places, there is less of moralistic hand wringing and more of ingenious systematic approaches checks and balances. These places have shown that the answer is not to criminalize it, but channel and control it.

In this way, exploiters and criminals are squeezed out of the picture. Whether nave moralists like it or not, the issue will not go away. So why not take take a look at what is working in Las Vegas and Hungary, and learn from it? I am against trafficking and its consequences, however, women who are working 'at will' are fine. Men need a release from 'sex-as-a-weapon' world of modern woman, who act like they're doing us a favor or completing a chore.

They are just upset that we can pay for it, and not have to deal with their manipulations. Men realize, we pay for it one way or another Chakarova's documentary is excellent. It seems very balanced and truthful. However, it is hard to believe that a serious journalist and researcher of this topic would be surprised to find that a good number of the prostitutes freely choose their profession. That is not, of course, to deny the horrible reailty of forced prostitution. But life is complex, and surely anyone with genuine interest in this subject would have learned early on that many women do in fact freely choose prostitution.

Chakarova not aware that in the U. Again, a good documentary but the naivete of the filmmaker is hard to fathom and seems almost disingenuous. Allen, TX I was expecting this story to focus on the horrible life these women live and how much they suffer but was surprised to see that most of them choose to stay in the business.

Most stories about prostitution and sex trade explain how miserable the victims are but most of the women in the video seemed content with their lifestyle. I also thought it was very interesting that in an area with such strong Muslim beliefs people would completely turn their backs on this corrupt custom. I can't imagine accepting this as a part of your country's lifestyle and assuming that there is no way to make a change.

Even the women involved have been convinced that it is acceptable which just shows further how wide the gap is between our culture and theirs. Fullerton, CA Prostitution sure could or is a problem all over the world and is a serious threat to Dubai especially bybut there are even more extreme worries in the UNITED ARAB EMIRATES.

I used to live in Dubai and loved the 70's and 80's, it was a different world then. The most common issues sadly remain and will remain forever in the UAE. UAE nationals always get the top priority, they love the white skin, all others are garbage, they get treated like donkeys, the country loves to promote their own nationals and Arabs for the good jobs, there is racism, no freedom of speech, locals are always favored over South Asian expats or other races and the place has always been a heaven for all the rejects especially from the United States and United Kingdom who are low performers in their careers in their respective countries.

UAE welcomes such people. Equal Opportunity Employer does not mean anything in the UAE. Look at how congested the roads and traffic are, the city could have used better planning tools, there are no roadmaps, people use landmarks to navigate, there are so many basic developments missing.

Good luck to Dubai if people think it will change. Any place that has money will have people breaking the law, especially the oldest profession. It's a shame really, but who am I to say or judge anyone? There is a market for prostitution in Dubai, especially for businessmen.

However, I will leave this message for the ladies: And for the customers: Destiny Osborne - Plano, TX The most fascinating and disturbing part of this video was the information that the country is putting forth no effort to stop this prostitution.

The fact that the country eagerly chooses to have its reputation maintained as a "playground" over the desecration of bodies is honestly extremely sad. The mere idea that the girls involved often blind sight themselves into believing that they are in a good position also needs to be put to an end. What a horrible trade. But one thing some of these are gals selling their flesh for their livelihood in order to survive.

Moreover, police officials are giving full support for these prostitutes. Anonymous EDward - Allen, Texas I was disturbed to read this. Not only do women sell their bodies, but they enjoy it. It shocks me that it is so profitable. I suppose it is their bodies, and therefore their choice. It does sound like a reasonable way to provide an outlet for certain urges, especially for such a female depleted population.

Until a better alternative is found, I suppose there is little that can be done. What they don't disclose are many chose this "lucrative" profession to make more money. Many know what they are getting into and many choose not to leave the profession. I knew something is happening at night but now I am awake. Thanks for sharing your views with us here in Dubai. It is a tricky situation Dubai's government faces, wishing to walk the line of morality while still wanting to maintain Dubai's allure as the "playground" of the Middle East.

The most alarming part of the video was the mention of women being brought to the country forcefully to practice prostitution. It is the responsibility of Dubai to keep such criminal atrocities from happening. If they insist on allowing prostitution to take place in their country, regulations that protect the female's choice must be put forward and followed through on.

It is understandable that Dubai's social mores may be more liberal than what most American citizens are accustomed to and the legality of prostitution is their prerogative, but it is their countries duty to make sure the freedom of all of their citizens is being protected. Alyssa - Allen, TX I know some people that have gone to Dubai and I didn't know that it was anything like this.

I thought it was just a beautiful city that I would like to visit someday. I was really touched by the interview with Sasha because I didn't know that the girls would be so vulnerable in their actions with the men I think that Mimi Chakarova is very brave and I respect her very much for this documentary.

While studying abroad in Thailand my fellow students and I encountered many of the same forces at play that contribute to the proliferation of the sex trade, nearly all being economic. World, World To the commentator "Dubai, UAE", you are AWESOME.

If I as a woman choose to make money as a prostitute in Dubai, I should be free to do so. Why deny these women the right to buy their families houses, send their siblings to school, etc.?

How many of you have ever had to make that choice? Now I live in Tampa, Florda. I am married and I have one girl I love. I still miss Dubai and my life there. My husband is a contractor and I believe he does not go with other women because he finds me the most beautiful woman and I give him what he wants. Prostitution is very bad because some men will be bad and will not use a condom. I feel sorry for the women who get diseases and HIV.

I am clean because I respect myself. Anonymous - sugarland, tx Traveling through Dubai many of times it is kind of heart breaking to see the young girls selling themselves.

Some don't have a choice they are just trying to feed their families. Others choose to do it because they can make more in a day than I do working everyday and I make six figures. The sad thing about it is when you actually talk to some they don't want to do it but its necessary. Some would actually make better mates than some working regular women would if they weren't doing what they do.

You can't judge someone until you walk in their shoes. Dubai, UAE A nice piece but one which this is only the tip of the iceberg. There are many more things to say. A number of women in this trade entered as maids to Emirati families, were mistreated and fled without their passports. It is illegal in the UAE to confiscate an employee's passport but the police will tell you that it is "normal" even though it is illegal.

Note that most employees in the Gulf except for professionals, in some countries have their passports confiscated by their employers, which of course is illegal but is also accepted practice. They have no choice but to prostitute themselves or go back home to reimburse a debt they BORROWED to get a job as a maid in Dubai which they cannot pay back in their home countries. But let's not be hypocrites.

Once they have tasted the easy money they WANT to stay in Dubai and will do anything to get back into the UAE if expelled. Most of the other women are there by choice. They save and build a house, send their siblings to school, improve their own lives and their families'. They would do anything BACK HOME to go to Dubai and earn this kind of cash rapidly. THAT is the real slavery, but it is one which is acceptable to our moral values. The fast-track to riches these women choose shocks our moral values but isn't it their choice to make?

Thanks to the author for not serving us too many of the PC clichs on child prostitution and abduction, which are not relevant to the Dubai bar scene. Lloyd Monteiro - Bangalore, Karnataka Interesting story, i had heard a lot about these kind of things from my friends who are working in Dubai. Prostitution is one of the oldest professions in the world, do you think it can be stopped? It's very difficult as the women in the documentary said. The only thing that stuck me most was when the Interviewer asked the Siberian girl what she wanted to be when she grew up.

Anonymous - Austin, Texas As a female contractor who went through Dubai on many, many occasions, I can tell you that it was like kids in a candy shop for the male contractors and prostitutes alike. I can assure you, walking into a place like the York Club or the Cyclone Bar, the women were extremely aggressive to the men at the bar. Everyone is well aware of what exactly is for sale in those establishments. The women are well dressed and well put together, but unless the customer specifies "protection" it is not considered.

I do think Human Slavery is alive and well but for the women that choose the lifestyle or the men who choose to partake, it is a business transaction. If the concern is over human rights, it's not the prostitutes you have to worry about. I wonder what they are doing other than dropping groups of half a dozen Arab men each flight in Manila and Cebu? Tempe, AZ This is a gruesome but a biting truth prevalent in our "society".

What saddens me is the fact that women are being misled into this big, quick buck making set-up. Fact remains that this is not only a common occurence in Dubai alone.

But as the girl in the video said, that she started to work in prostitution freely. I believe her, since the men in the Arab world and in the Gulf are always horny and they would really harass you till they get what they want, doesn't matter if you are a man or woman.

Homosexuality is also widespread not just in UAE, but also in the Arab world, and prostitution is not something "new" to that part of the world I was visiting that part of the world many times Maurice Handel - Needham, MA This story was an informative and compelling look into an all too common reality in a very weird place.

But that is different from the people who choose to do it. Chakarova wants to challenge the idea that the women are making free choices; but that runs the risk of objectifying them. It is of course true that people of means usually don't choose to be sex workers.

But then neither do they choose to work at McDonalds or mine coal in China. Chakarova of the opinion that the free-agent sex trade in Dubai be strictly illegal and cracked down upon, as she heavily implies in the video? It may squelch part of the demand but would it not just drive the rest into the black market where human trafficking is rife? Should the women who moved there knowing full well what they were getting into be criminalized?

Regulation might be the better way to go, but cultural factors preclude this in the Middle East. What is the best way forward through this labyrinth of patriarchy, capitalism, and modernity in a high-context Arab society? I think it was a good documentary overall, but I wish that these questions had been examined more inquisitively.

As it is, I felt the presentation's message and style sacrificed depth for moral 'clarity'. Michael Plumer, Whilst I congratulate Mimi Chakarova on a brilliant documentary of such sad state, I cannot help but be surprised at your comment which displays a lot of misinformation probably from the likes of FOX and others. Plumer, some men do go to prostitutes for sex in all countries. A muslim country is not nessecarily made of practicing Muslims.

It is a combination of a majority of those simply born to Muslim parents and a minority of those who intellectually chose to practice Islam in an educated way. As to the stoning issue, I suggest you review your bible where the punishment of fornication is to stone the woman if she has slept with a married man, while in the Quran if the individual is married, he has to be stoned whether it was a woman or a man.

If the individual is not married, he or she is lashed. Further, those seemingly harsh laws have extremely rarely ever been implemented through history and their main purpose is more psychological than anything else and hence all the barriers that the law has put in the path of executing them ex: Bear in mind that freedom has limits.

In the US, it was once against the law for instance to establish a communist party which is technically a limitation on thought freedom, but it was required to protect society at a time communism was posing a great danger.

I urge you sir to be open minded and learn more about our region which has proved throughout history the unmatched level of tolerance. Misty - New York, New York I was a prostitute for a very, very long time.

I got into the stripping business when I was a teenager. My self esteem, my family, my strucure as a young girl growing up in a mentally poor community was destructive.

I then went into prostitution. I had a lot of self hate. I had to fill this deep spiritual hole I had inside of me and I filled it with drugs, alcohol and men.

It destroyed me physically, mentally, emotionally and spiritually. I didn't know what I was getting myself into. The lure of the money and men. I got out of "the business" through a Higher Power fellowship and others who had fallen down the same hole.

When I finally stopped I didn't know what I was going to do for money, how was I going to support myself. I could have never gotten out of the business by myself. Even then, it took me years of therapy to finally think that I was worth something other than giving my body away to men.

It breaks my heart to hear about these young women who go into this business. As a young woman you are so impressionable, easily persuaded by the compliments of men and the money. But it is only a trick. The fast money, the attention is so attractive but in the end when you are too old and no one wants you, suicide is the only option.

Strong women like myself need to carry a message to the women of Dubai that they have choices and do not have to go into this business.

Dubai's government needs to organize a women's group to help these women get out of this horrible business. You cannot do it alone but you can do it. All we can do is regulate and control the trade such that the participants are not abused. Perhaps UAE should learn the trade best practices from the Nevada brothels. That way, males do not go around proposing and harassing women on the street and shopping malls.

They could wipe prostitution out of Dubai, no probs. I dont believe in this nonsense about that it's a big problem and it will take a long time to solve. The pimps should be treated like criminals. Dubai doesn't need dirty money. HEAVEN HELP US WHAT ARE WE DOING. I was a regular traveller to Duabi and loved it. I remember when my mum had taken me in for my graduation present.

I went back many times, but now refuse to go back. Man, it's all about drugs, money laundering, pimps and prostitues. I really feel for the women in the country, and sad for the Arab born men in that country who sleep with prostitues and then go home to their wives. It seems the idea of choice is contested by Ms. Chakarova; I grant that it is of course true that people of means usually don't choose to be sex workers.

The market for prostitution in Dubai occurs at the nexus of patriarchy and capitalism; thus it's pretty easy to take pot-shot critiques of.

But both patriarchy and modern capitalism are rampant everywhere - the rot is spiritual and social and cannot be cured without the inclusion of said means. Regulation might be the better way to go, but that isn't really realistic in the Middle East. So in the end, what is the shocking story here? What you gonna do about it that's only half rhetorical?

Mohammed - Oklahoma City, OK I think this documentary is very accurate and touches on a very sensitive issue in the Arab and Muslim world. Prostitution whether we like to admit as Arabs and Muslims does exist in our societies and matter of fact is very common.

Mimi, I think you are a brilliant journalist and I could tell you that if you actually go to more open Arab countries like Lebanon, Morocco, and Egypt you will be surprised and you will be able to uncover and reveal the roots and source of this uncivilized trade and see how uncharacteristic this to Islam.

Khalid M - Washington, DC It is sad to see how different countries are learning the bad side of capitalism rather than learning that human rights must be protected, people need to be treated equally, and jobs need to be created for the spoiled citizen. I thank God that I do not live in a dirty place like Dubai And Mimi you did a good job and God Bless. Matt - Provo, UT This piece, tragically, blurs the line between sex slavery and prostitution.

While there may be a spectrum of coercion involved in this seedy business, equating the two cheapens the real horrors of sex slavery. Had this been a piece on capitalism and the poor, that would be one thing.

Indeed, capitalism causes many of us to sell our "souls", even if we're not selling our bodies. This is a far different moral question than actions taken in defense of ones life, as happens in sex slavery. Westwood, MA I think my husband enjoys the prostitutes in Dubai. They must be very beautiful. I hope they don't have diseases. Prostitution is not only in UAE but, is vast around the world across major cities and alleys.

Because UAE is a Muslim country and such illegal things are not allowed according to the law and Islamic regulations there are people who do it from hiding.

If women like us had the power we will personally wipe out all prostitution. These women prostitutes are adults and mature enough to make their own decisions. If they did not want to follow this path I am sure they can have much better jobs than selling themselves.

What is left for them is money which buys luxuries but a body that is used is like a knife being stabbed everytime a stranger gets his pleasure.

It's two sides to every story and something has to be done by the government,the people who are sharing the honey pot of UAE, have to make a better UAE, not bring their illicit actions to a country which is giving them opportunities legally to make their lives better.

Suki Falconberg - los angeles, california As an ex-prostitute, I can attest that girls who escape return to it because they feel they are worth nothing My sexuality, my whole being, was stripped from me. Insanity is the only path I can go down if I let myself remember the absolute revulsion and disgust of being violated by drunk men I didn't know.

My only defense was numbness but I could never become dead enough to block out the unendurable. If Sasha has serviced "mechanics, soldiers, priests, butchers, UN Peacekeepers," she has had multiple men shove themselves into the most vulnerable and sacred center of who she is. I have achieved a Ph. I would like to see Ms. Chakarova visit the military brothels around American bases in Korea where girls have been trafficked in from Eastern Europe for use by U.

The few who escape describe being broken by their owners through beatings and rape, the deep humiliation of being forced to dance naked for the soldiers, the terror of being beaten again if they cry when the men take them into back rooms for sex. This horrifying death-in-life is the norm for most prostitutes. I don't really think any woman chooses prostitution. And once it is forced on her, she is never normal again Calgary, AB, Canada Mimi Chakarova hails from Bulgaria, studied her craft in the US of A, and has traveled the world in her eyes.

Yet she is so blind to the fact that what she writes about is not limited to the countries she targets for her own self interest.

Don't tell me that prostution such as found in the countries that she writes about does not exist in her native Bulgaria, or in the USA where she studied or in other European countries, yet she won't investigate and write about what goes on in these places because she know she will be treated like a piranha. The women who claim to have been brought to these places under false pretexts, are equally to blame, for if they had sought employment in their own countries they would never be in this predicament at all, but being as they are with the greed for the almighty dollar and perhaps too stupid to be gainfully employed in their own countries, fell prey and easy targets to the scoundrels that traverse the world.

Why should we believe what a reporter has to say or even the prostitutes? Who says she or they are telling the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth?

Where did you get the idea that our reporter Mimi Chakarova does not cover the problem of sex trafficking in a host of countries around the world?

John Edwards - Alexandria, Virginia I had hoped that the reporter would have gone into detail as to how these women ended up the way they did. A lot of the women that are in this business are women who got to the UAE in search of a different profession. They would arrive there as maids or nannies and after being physically abused by their employers wives and sexually abused by the young men husbands and sons who take all their i. They possibly cannot go home empty handed so they are forced.

Yes, it is true that the money does soothe the pain but only because they are forced into it. They know they can always tap into their "severance package" by divorcing their husbands on some pretense and extorting even more out of them through child support, alimony, etc.

I always say free sex simply does not exist anywhere. The only question is of the currency accepted as legal tender. Women in the west are taught early to try to extract as much as they can from men in exchange for sex, yet pretend to be better than prostitutes.

This is utter hypocrisy. I have more respect for a street whore than I do for a cocktail party vulture. It isn't just in Dubai that all women have a price. That, however is a different issue from women who choose to sell their bodies. It is true that people don't generally choose to be sex workers if they're rich; but neither do they choose to work at McDonalds or mine coal in China. Does Mimi believe that the women are more exploited than other "wage slaves", to use a Marxist term? Are they made victims by their gender and sexuality?

Or is this simply the particular vehicle by which their persons are run through the capitalist machine? Would this stop the world's oldest profession or just move it all to the black market where human trafficking is rife?

In my view, prostitution shouldn't be illegal. It should be regulated. We must recognize that as the oldest profession, it's a social problem, and can only be kept to a minimum by a social solution. The modern sex trade is just one facet of the alienation and existential morass that infects our late capitalist cultural milieu.

We have to extend our empathy and love outward to every human being, and recognize that, regardless of religious belief or lack thereof, we must transcend it spiritually.

On another note, it is very interesting how gender, demographics, religion - fit together in this case. In such a situation, if I was a woman I think I'd rather have open prostitution than have to put up with all the pent up sexual frustration.

One person in the video actually said that. Dan Allen - Montpelier, VT I wanted to send personal 'thanks' to Mimi, her camera woman, the producer, and all the other people contributing to this film. This was dangerous work for a critical cause. This kind of information is what we need to have a chance at managing globalization with reason, facts, compassion, and other human gifts. No complaints about this film at all From another angle though, clearly, the reporter adds explicit bias.

I noticed one of the most recent Frontline specials, "Cheney's Law", kept the reporter s off camera and out of the sound. I happen to have found that piece extremely compelling. I guess if I were qualified, I would think something else. My untrained perception is that too many reporters make their stories personal. Again, I would emphasize: We really need people bringing home pictures from around the world so we can have a clue how to deal with it. Best regards, Dan Allen Montpelier, Vermont.

Glad you raised it. Though we both adhere to the highest journalistic standards. We are an international news magazine and our stories are shorter than the standard Frontline hour.

Frankly, this enables us to produce more stories that otherwise would never be broadcast on Frontline or on the web. Our series also has a mandate to discover and mentor young talent and offer a platform to a more diverse group of reporters and producers.

Finally, the idea of the series has always been to focus on a reporter who takes viewers on a personal journey of discovery. How much a reporter appears on camera varies from story to story, but the reporter is always present, and yes, it is his or her tale to tell. We follow the same principle for the videos, like this one, that appear on our web site. Many of us who have made documentaries for many years for Frontline have used a variety of styles to tell our stories.

We don't think there is a single correct way. Thanks for your interest. Do they care about Islam? I think there is lots more bad things that are happing in Dubai you don't report.

But thanks for this, Mimi! I found the earlier stories on sex slavery to be troubling, but these women hardly seem victimized. The report seems based on the ideal that erotic services are inherently deeming to women, which does not seem to be the case.

It may even be empowering by providing a woman with no other skills a chance at financial independence. The biggest obstacle these women face might even be the condescending view harbored by people such as the reporter in this story, who associate their job with a personality flaw, rather than a rational choice.

Robert - Tucson, Az After reading some of the posted comments, I feel compelled to add my own reactions to the report.

My belief is that the equivocating and shoulder shrugging as it relates to prostitution is shameful. If it is conscionable for women or men to be used as commodities for sex, however well they are paid, why not willing children or people that are mentally ill? I am shocked that our "Muslim Ph. Scientist and world traveler" post seems to rationalize the practice of prostitution as means of curtailing child molestation and sex crimes, and views the engagement of a prostitute for sex as a lesser sin.

Surely the use of women purely for ones sexual pleasure is a sin? The basis of the sin is the denigration of a child of God. Or does he think that prostitutes are not objects of God's divine love? Additionally, if the woman or man or whomever can be bought and sold for sex, what makes our learned scientific world traveler think the pathology of that behavior won't reinforce other abusive behaviors when a prostitute is not available? We need to face the facts that there are no victimless people when it comes to own sexual pathologies, not even ourselves.

Simpson Bailey - Bronx, New York "Night Secrets" was a good piece of investigative journalism. For better or worse, prostitution serves a need. Mimi's expose' showed various women who consciously chose to be sex workers.

But what about women who had no choice? What about women who are victimized by pimps or others who take most of their sex earnings. Mimi doesn't show that. If there are no UNWILLING sex slaves in Dubai, then all parties get what they deserve! The "if" is the real question. Y K - Toronto, Ontario All you sanctimonious quacks have some nerve!

This is a film about prostitution in a place that's overrun with money and men. Has nothing to do with Islam, or stoning women which they don't do in Dubaior covering women up not done in Dubai eitheror any other Arabian Nights BS that stews in ill-informed heads. So please, think before you moan and lament about "hypocritical Arabs and Muslims who are doing such unthinkable things that would never happen in Europe or North America.

You'll see what I mean. And to all the people who were offended by Mimi's smoking: Smoking is a bad habit, not a moral dilemma. Finally, great work, Mimi. New York, NY I applaud Mimi's efforts in raising this issue. I however disagree with her message and think the Dubai exercise was a waste of her time. The reality is that the women in the segment, as Mimi herself points out, are content in their choice of profession.

This didn't go down well for Mimi and she had to resort to veering further away from reality. I suggest she tries Turkey where there are genuine issues with human trafficking and where she can indeed be that knight in shining armor and making better uses of Frontline's resources. The film is as much a vanity piece of self-reflection of moral contrast with its subjects as it is an examination of the trade.

The last interview is particularly striking for how leading her final questions are.