There's a modern Sa'udi proverb that I think sums up their situation: "My father rode a camel; I drive a car; my son flies an airplane; my grandson will ride a camel." Nobody can match a Gulf Arab for sheer fatalism.
"My grandfather rode a camel, my father rode a camel, I drive a Mercedes, my son drives a Land Rover, his son will drive a Land Rover, but his son will ride a camel."
So it would appear that amongst their other concerns, the Saudis also need to start producing their own fatalistic proverbs, rather than importing them from Dubai.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rashid_bin_Saeed_Al_Maktoum