Middle Eastern cities boomed from a desert wasteland overnight (from a human history perspective). They feel very artificial, but they are prosperous, industrious and far more orderly than the Third World. One could argue they are the pinnacle of non-white civilization. The Arabs are a privileged class who can say and do as they please. Everyone else, including white visitors, is more or less on the same footing.

The environment is utter ass. Apart from the beaches, it's nothing but a big sandbox. Utterly unfit for the White forest appreciator.