Im not sure if you know what being naturalized means. It means granting citizenship to a foreigner and its almost impossible to get now. Plenty of people, of all sorts of nationality, got UAE citizenship in 70s and early 80s through getting bedouin families to include them within their tribe. Seems like you are just disagreeing for the sake of it.
On the Barre story, I'm hardly emotionally invested in arguing whether its true or false. I just related an anecdote that most people who lived in the UAE have heard back then.
Was born and raised in the country so no need to tout your visitor credentials for your expertise. The Somali population in AD has undoubtedly shrunk compared to its old numbers. Even Mussafah rents are unsustainable for average working Somali family and they make up of the area has changed a lot compared to what it used to be. Same with Baniyas. Theres no real stats on this anyway so you cant argue confidently about these numbers in any specific direction.
Seems you don't know what you are talking about. Are you telling me that all Hadhramis, Southern Iranians and Balochia have been granted UAE citizenship under Bedouins clans names? Why they still carry their real last name though?
Your earlier comment show your ignorance about the naturalization process in UAE. More than half of those who has been naturalized hold Abu Dhabi passport. And I bet you to find one single person who carry Bedouin family's name in Abu Dhabi who ain't from them.
I'm not sure if you know who are the native families in Abu Dhabi so here are few families :- Al Suwaidi, Al Mazrooci, Al Rumaithi, Al Qubaisi, Al Hamili ..etc.
I have saw plenty of Somalis who were born and raised in UAE who know nothing about Somalis in UAE either because they don't speak Somali or they barely have relatives/Somali friends there. So you might be one.
I can give you three Somali families' names who have been naturalized in the past decade and you can search for them to make sure whether a visitor like me know what is going on in UAE or not.
For you information, I have been offered both UAE & Saudi passport and it wasn't in 70s or early 80s.