Sunday 28 March 2010

compare and contract between Oman and UAE












There are many countries in the Gulf region, the UAE and Oman are two of them. They are neighbors with many similarities and some differences. This essay will talk about the similarities and the differences between UAE and Oman.



If we look at the similarities we see that both of them speak Arabic, that means both of them have the same language. Both of them are situated on the Arabian Gulf. The third similarity is both of them have the same religion “Islam”. The UAE and Oman government have ruling families. For example, In The UAE we have “AL-NAHEYAN” family and in Oman. The Bo Saeede family. Fhe landscape is similar. For example they both have doesn’t , mountain , sebkhas and gravel plains .



On the otherhand there are differences between these countries too. The most important difference is the economy. The economy in the UAE is better than Oman. The UAE has a lot of oil and gas. Whereas Oman has agriculture more than UAE. The other difference is the population in the UAE is Four million and 2.5 million in Oman. The next difference is the size of the UAE is 220,000 square miles, and the Oman is three times the size of the UAE. The other difference is traditional dancing, in the UAE we do the “Uala” and in Oman it is the “Dagne”. The last difference is the UAE has Emiraties and Oman has states.



In summary, we can see the UAE or Oman. We can see that both these countries are nice and in my opinion I like the uae best.

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