I ka wā kahiko, ua ʻimi nui ʻia nā momi e hele mai ana mai UAE mai, i hōʻike ʻia e ka hele ʻana o nā momi mai kēia ʻāina ma nā ʻāina ʻē aʻe o ka honua, e like me Venice, Sri Lanka, India, Roma a me Scandinavia. Lele Emirates e hōʻea i Dubai a i ʻole Abu Dhabi no kahi mākaʻikaʻi maikaʻi o ka ʻāina a hauʻoli i ke aʻo ʻana e pili ana i ke ʻano o ke kālepa momi ma ʻaneʻi i ka wā kahiko. Eia ka nānā ʻana i kāu mea e ʻike ai e pili ana iā ia:

Ma mua o ka hiki ʻana mai o ka ʻoihana ʻaila, ka mea i waiwai nui ai ka UAE, ua holomua ʻo ia ma kāna ʻoihana momi. Ua hana ʻia ka luʻu momi i ke kau, akā naʻe, he nui nā ʻohana i hiki ke ʻimi i ko lākou mau kūpuna mai ka wā o ka ʻoihana momi, i ko lākou komo ʻana i loko o ia mea a hoʻokō pono.
I ka ulu ʻana o kēia ʻoihana, ua lilo ʻo Dubai a me Abu Dhabi i mea koʻikoʻi no nā poʻe momi i hele mai e noho i loko o lākou, a lilo lākou i mau kūlanakauhale kahakai liʻiliʻi, akā i kēia lā he mau kūlanakauhale ʻoihana hou lākou.
I ka UAE, loaʻa nā momi o nā nui a me nā kala ma ka luʻu ʻana i ke kai, a hiki iā ʻoe ke loaʻa ka ʻike nui e pili ana i kēia ma ka Hale Hōʻikeʻike ʻo Dubai. Hiki iā ʻoe ke ʻike i nā kikoʻī like ma ka hale ʻo Saeed Al Maktoum. ʻO nā mea kani i hoʻohana ʻia, ke kaʻina hana, a me nā kala i loaʻa, e like me ka ʻulaʻula a me ka melemele, ua hāʻawi ʻia ma kēia mau wahi ma ke kaiāulu ʻo Al Fahidi.
Ma ka Hale Hōʻikeʻike ʻo Dubai, aia kahi hiʻohiʻona hoihoi e pono ai ʻoe e hoʻomaopopo i ka hohonu o kēia ʻoihana i ke ola o ka poʻe o ka UAE. He hōʻailona kēia hiʻohiʻona e ʻōlelo ana ʻo ke kālā i loaʻa mai ke kālepa momi he hoʻokahi miliona rupees. Ua loaʻa iā lākou ma ka luʻu ʻana ma ka 5^th a me 9^th o kēlā me kēia mahina, a ʻo ke kauwela wale nō ka loaʻa ʻana o nā pears kiʻekiʻe loa, no laila ʻo ia ka mahina paʻa loa no nā mea luʻu.
He hana koʻikoʻi ka luʻu momi lima, ʻaʻole like me ka hoʻohana ʻana o ka ʻenehana i ka mahi ʻana i nā mahi momi i kēia mau lā. Pono ka poʻe luʻu e mākaukau loa i ka ʻohi ʻana i ka ʻoʻo, a i loko o ʻekolu mau minuke, pono lākou e hoʻohana i ka paʻi ihu a me nā pale lima ʻili. Hoʻokomo ʻia nā ʻoʻo i loko o ka hīnaʻi i hana ʻia mai luna mai. ʻOiai he 5 kg ka pōhaku i mālama iā lākou i loko o ka wai, ua hoʻohana ʻia kahi pōhaku 3 kg e huki iā lākou i luna o ka waʻa. Ua pilikia ko lākou ola no ka mea hiki iā lākou ke make, a i ʻole, e nahu ʻia e nā manō. ʻO ke kālā i loaʻa mai ke kūʻai ʻana aku i nā momi i hōʻiliʻili ʻia he Rs. 200 a 300 i kēlā me kēia mahina.
ʻOiai ʻaʻole i hoʻokō ʻia ka ʻoihana kālepa momi kaulana i ka UAE ma ke ʻano like, ʻo kona inoa ma ka honua holoʻokoʻa nui loa no ia. ʻO kahi hōʻailona honua kaulana e hoʻohana wale ana i nā hua mai ka UAE ʻo Cartier. Ma muli o kēia, ʻo ke kumu nui i emi ai ke kālepa momi ma ʻaneʻi, ʻo ia ka hana ʻana i nā momi artificial ma Iapana. ʻO kēia mau momi Kepani i hiki ʻole ke hoʻokaʻawale ʻia mai nā momi maoli. No laila, kūʻai ka poʻe i kā lākou mau momi, a hāʻule ke koi no lākou ma UAE.

He mea kupanaha paha ua hana ʻia nā kālepa a pau i ia mau lā ma nā rupees India, a ʻo nā ʻāpana like ʻole o ke ana ma Hindi. ʻO ke kaiapuni maikaʻi loa no ka lawaiʻa momi he hui pū ʻana o ka paʻakai a me ka wai ʻono, a ʻo nā momi mai nā ʻoʻo i ulu ʻia i loko o ia ʻano o ka maikaʻi loa.

E hauʻoli i kahi manawa maikaʻi ma UAE, e ʻike ana i ka mōʻaukala ma hope o kāna kālepa momi, kahi i kaulana ai i ka wā kahiko. ʻO nā momi maikaʻi i hōʻiliʻili ʻia ma ʻaneʻi mai nā ʻoysters he nani a me ka maikaʻi e like me nā mea ʻē aʻe. E hele mai ʻo Fly Emirates i ʻaneʻi no nā huakaʻi moʻomeheu e hoʻopuka i nā ʻano like ʻole o ka hoʻoilina o UAE, kahi mea nui o ka ʻoihana momi.