LOVE LETTERS TO DUBAI

On Valentine’s Day, residents pen heartfelt tributes to the city we love

It’s our favourite time of the year: Valentine’s Day, and safe to say we’re one big heart emoji this week. Modern poet Christopher Poindexter said it best when he said, “If love is anything, it is everything.”

With love in our eyes, chocolates in our mouths and romance running through our hearts, all we can think about is the good lovin’ that’s going around. Flower shops are being flocked to, heart shaped chocolate boxes are selling out and everyone is just a little bit more forgiving around this time of the year.

Love is pure magic and the most awe-inspiring thing about it is the fact that there are so many categories within it. There’s the ‘nomatter-what’ kind of love between a husband and wife; the ‘always kind of love’ between a parent and their child; the ‘through thick and thin’ kind of love between you and chocolate...

All of these different types got us thinking of all the other kinds of epic love stories out there and we were struck with the most evident, most relatable, most diverse one: our love affair with our vibrant city!

Dubai is home to all kinds of people from all walks of life. It is no secret that people have travelled the world over only to call Dubai home. If we could live anywhere in the world, we’d still choose this vibrant, ever-evolving, accepting city. With its skyscrapers, cafes at every corner, pockets of old Dubai tucked into deep corners of the city seeping in culture and tradition alongside urban structures, Dubai is an experience onto itself.

Surely, we aren’t the only ones with this unabashed love for our colourful and eclectic city? We asked some Dubai-based individuals to tell us about their love affair with the city and here are some of the love letters they’ve penned to amazing Dubai: