1 Etymology
2 History
2.1 Pre-oil Dubai
2.2 Oil era
2.3 Reaching the UAE's Act of Union
2.4 Modern Dubai
3 Geography
4 Climate
5 Governance and politics
5.1 Law enforcement
5.2 Sharia laws
5.3 Dress code
6 Human rights
7 Demographics
7.1 Ethnicity and languages
7.2 Religion
7.2.1 Minorities
8 Economy
8.1 Tourism and retail
8.2 Expo 2020
9 Cityscape
9.1 Architecture
9.1.1 Burj Al Arab
9.1.2 Burj Khalifa
9.2 Dubai Miracle Garden
10 Transportation
10.1 Road
10.2 Air
10.3 Metro rail
10.4 Palm Jumeirah Monorail
10.5 Tram
10.6 High speed rail
10.7 Waterways
11 Culture
11.1 Food
11.1.1 Dubai Food Festival
11.2 Entertainment
11.3 Dubai Shopping Festival
11.4 Media
11.5 Sports
11.6 Cricket
12 Education
13 Healthcare
14 Notable people
15 International relations
15.1 Twin towns and sister cities
16 See also
17 Notes
18 References
19 External links