Spritually speaking...do you REALIZE the middle east?

Is somehow thought of as a bunch of third world countries, when you hear mid east thats what automatically comes to your head, Ive always thought that too. I dont understand why, frig it seems like the king of saudis toe is richer then then everyone lolololol i was researching a bit, even places like Dubai, Abu dhabi, kuwait look like their coming straight from a movie, its insane, why is it that everyone thinks "poor" when they think "mid east" In reality, so many of its countries are insanely cool