Simply put, the logic of you being from wherever you live, it doesn't work in this part of the world. We still have that nationalistic feeling where you feel attached to your original homeland for all your life. Plus, in this region you could live all your life in the UAE be born and raised here, know no other country, and still you won't ever get the nationality. One could argue that with the demographics here, and with their special circumstances, they do kind of have a point.