HELP PLEASE: could we live with such salary package?

Hi everyone,

My husband just received an offer from a French bank based in Dubaï. The salary package is:

- salary: 22 000 AED  divided as follows: 60% salary and 30% rental coverage
- health insurance
- 1 flight back home per year for my husband and me

Actually, we live in Oman, a country we love. Leaving this place is heartbreaking but the salary they're offering to my husband is a bit more than the double he actually earns at his current job. I must admit that it's a bit hard for us to live in Oman with such a salary and it is impossible for me to find a job as the market is completely full in my field.

Though we went to Dubaï on vacation for few days, we don't know the city. That's why I'm asking for help: do you think we both can live properly in Dubai?

Knowing that:
- I'm a law school graduate (5 years at a French university + experience as a junior) thus I'm planning to look for a job there
- we don't have children
- we mainly eat at home (healthy and fresh food)
- we have a cat (in case such information is important)
- we don't live above our means
- we want to save money (which we can't do in Oman)
- but we want to enjoy Dubaï as much as possible, according to our means, and love going out to the beach, sports...
- none of us has a driving licence which means we will totally depend on public transport hence we need to live in an area where all amenities are reachable within a walk distance (especially metro and hypermarkets).

We are willing to live in a 1 bedroom flat or even a studio if abovementioned conditions are fulfilled (by the time I find a job).

What do you think? We're lost and we're hesitating a lot because it can be risky. I really don't want to struggle like I struggled the first months when we arrived in Oman...

Thank you all for your help!

Ibtissem