Sultan Alamer
@alamer.bsky.social
Postdoctoral Fellow at Harvard’s Center of Middle Eastern Studies • Nation-Building • Technology • Arabian Peninsula • @doaiji.bsky.social • بريدة
Happy to share that my chapter, The Arabian Peninsula Wars (1919–1934), has been published. The edited volume, A Violent Peace, features chapters that move beyond nationalistic narratives and challenge the widely held view that the interwar period was one of global peace.
June 10, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Happy to share that my chapter, The Arabian Peninsula Wars (1919–1934), has been published. The edited volume, A Violent Peace, features chapters that move beyond nationalistic narratives and challenge the widely held view that the interwar period was one of global peace.
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Academics: have you ever assigned a @newlinesmag.bsky.social article, podcast episode, or video essay in a class? If so, which one(s) and what class(es)? Any and all details welcome! You can respond here, DM me, or e-mail dpostel@newlinesmag.com 🙏
May 20, 2025 at 1:18 AM
Academics: have you ever assigned a @newlinesmag.bsky.social article, podcast episode, or video essay in a class? If so, which one(s) and what class(es)? Any and all details welcome! You can respond here, DM me, or e-mail dpostel@newlinesmag.com 🙏
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A new Gulf Weekly Digest is out!
Gulf authors discuss Hajj
Bahrain and Qatar negotiate a causeway
MBZ meets Egypt's Sisi
Analysis of Saudi podcasts
A book on Gulf–Horn of Africa relations.
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Gulf authors discuss Hajj
Bahrain and Qatar negotiate a causeway
MBZ meets Egypt's Sisi
Analysis of Saudi podcasts
A book on Gulf–Horn of Africa relations.
www.gulfnashra.com/p/gulf-nashr...
Gulf Nashra Weekly Digest
Gulf authors discuss Hajj; Bahrain and Qatar negotiate a causeway; MBZ meets Egypt's Sisi; Analysis of Saudi podcasts; and a book on Gulf–Horn of Africa relations.
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June 9, 2025 at 4:32 PM
A new Gulf Weekly Digest is out!
Gulf authors discuss Hajj
Bahrain and Qatar negotiate a causeway
MBZ meets Egypt's Sisi
Analysis of Saudi podcasts
A book on Gulf–Horn of Africa relations.
www.gulfnashra.com/p/gulf-nashr...
Gulf authors discuss Hajj
Bahrain and Qatar negotiate a causeway
MBZ meets Egypt's Sisi
Analysis of Saudi podcasts
A book on Gulf–Horn of Africa relations.
www.gulfnashra.com/p/gulf-nashr...
“Sultan Alamer, a Saudi academic, joked that Mr. Trump’s remarks sounded like they came from Frantz Fanon, a 20th century Marxist thinker who wrote about the dynamics of colonial oppression.”
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Trump’s Pledge to the Middle East: No More ‘Lectures on How to Live’
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May 15, 2025 at 9:36 PM
“Sultan Alamer, a Saudi academic, joked that Mr. Trump’s remarks sounded like they came from Frantz Fanon, a 20th century Marxist thinker who wrote about the dynamics of colonial oppression.”
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NEW: The detention of Georgetown University postdoctoral fellow Badar Khan Suri parallels the cases of Mahmoud Khalil and Rumeysa Ozturk. His colleague Nader Hashemi reflects for @newlinesmag.bsky.social on his recent visit with Suri in an ICE facility in Texas.
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Teaching Gandhi in a Texas Detention Center
A visit to the ICE facility housing the Georgetown postdoctoral fellow Badar Khan Suri, whose case parallels those of Mahmoud Khalil and Rumeysa Ozturk
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April 23, 2025 at 10:50 AM
NEW: The detention of Georgetown University postdoctoral fellow Badar Khan Suri parallels the cases of Mahmoud Khalil and Rumeysa Ozturk. His colleague Nader Hashemi reflects for @newlinesmag.bsky.social on his recent visit with Suri in an ICE facility in Texas.
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This week’s picks feature a book on Order and Region Making in the Middle East Edited by @abuaardvark.bsky.social & Simon Mabon.
Analyses by Simon Henderson, Houda Barroug, Jonathan Fulton, and others.
Analyses by Simon Henderson, Houda Barroug, Jonathan Fulton, and others.
April 21, 2025 at 8:51 PM
This week’s picks feature a book on Order and Region Making in the Middle East Edited by @abuaardvark.bsky.social & Simon Mabon.
Analyses by Simon Henderson, Houda Barroug, Jonathan Fulton, and others.
Analyses by Simon Henderson, Houda Barroug, Jonathan Fulton, and others.
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This week's Digest is out!
- Emiratis discuss ICJ genocide case on Sudan
- Saudi defense minister meets Khamenei
- Qatar to invest in Egypt
- New book explores Middle East power plays.
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- Emiratis discuss ICJ genocide case on Sudan
- Saudi defense minister meets Khamenei
- Qatar to invest in Egypt
- New book explores Middle East power plays.
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Emiratis Discuss ICJ Genocide Case on Sudan; Saudi Defense Minister Meets Khamenei; Qatar to Invest in Egypt; New Book Explores Middle East Power Plays.
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April 21, 2025 at 8:47 PM
This week's Digest is out!
- Emiratis discuss ICJ genocide case on Sudan
- Saudi defense minister meets Khamenei
- Qatar to invest in Egypt
- New book explores Middle East power plays.
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- Emiratis discuss ICJ genocide case on Sudan
- Saudi defense minister meets Khamenei
- Qatar to invest in Egypt
- New book explores Middle East power plays.
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This week’s Digest covers how Gulf authors discuss the global trade war, old climate record discovered in Saudi Arabia, World Court hears Sudan’s complaint against UAE, and new book explores Gulf religious soft power.
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Gulf Authors Discuss The Global Trade War; An Old Climate Record Discovered in Saudi Arabia; World Court Hears Sudan's Complaint Against UAE; And A New Book On Gulf Religious Soft Power.
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April 12, 2025 at 3:40 PM
This week’s Digest covers how Gulf authors discuss the global trade war, old climate record discovered in Saudi Arabia, World Court hears Sudan’s complaint against UAE, and new book explores Gulf religious soft power.
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In this week’s Digest:
• Gulf authors debate their region’s relations with the U.S.
• Qatar has the Gulf’s highest GDP per capita.
• Bahrain cancels direct cash payments to low-income families.
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• Gulf authors debate their region’s relations with the U.S.
• Qatar has the Gulf’s highest GDP per capita.
• Bahrain cancels direct cash payments to low-income families.
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Gulf Authors Debate Their Region's Relations with the U.S.; Qatar Has the Gulf's Highest GDP Per Capita; and Bahrain Cancels Direct Cash Payments to Low-Income Families.
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March 31, 2025 at 8:07 PM
In this week’s Digest:
• Gulf authors debate their region’s relations with the U.S.
• Qatar has the Gulf’s highest GDP per capita.
• Bahrain cancels direct cash payments to low-income families.
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• Gulf authors debate their region’s relations with the U.S.
• Qatar has the Gulf’s highest GDP per capita.
• Bahrain cancels direct cash payments to low-income families.
Do not forget to subscribe!
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This week’s Digest covers the Saudi-UAE clash in social media, along with news about an Israeli businessman admiting transferring Qatari money to Netanyahu's aides and a UK corruption lawsuit involving Kuwait.
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Saudis and Emiratis Clash on Social Media; Israeli Businessman Admits Transferring Qatari Money to Netanyahu's Aides; and a UK Corruption Lawsuit Involving Kuwait.
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March 24, 2025 at 7:13 PM
This week’s Digest covers the Saudi-UAE clash in social media, along with news about an Israeli businessman admiting transferring Qatari money to Netanyahu's aides and a UK corruption lawsuit involving Kuwait.
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Interesting analysis on Gulf, Trump, and Gaza
Despite the facade of a united front, Saudi Arabia, the UAE, and Qatar are pursuing separate paths in dealing with Trump II on the Israeli-Palestinian issue.
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Undercurrents – GCC Monarchies Contend with Gaza & Trump II
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Undercurrents – GCC Monarchies Contend with Gaza & Trump II
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Insight: Undercurrents – GCC Monarchies Contend with Gaza & Trump II
Despite the facade of a united front, Saudi Arabia, the UAE, and Qatar are pursuing separate paths in dealing with Trump on the Israeli-Palestinian issue.
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March 19, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Interesting analysis on Gulf, Trump, and Gaza
“Typically, the framing of such announcements would be around security rather than human rights,” said Sultan Alamer, a senior resident fellow at the Washington-based New Lines Institute.
March 16, 2025 at 4:57 PM
“Typically, the framing of such announcements would be around security rather than human rights,” said Sultan Alamer, a senior resident fellow at the Washington-based New Lines Institute.
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This week’s picks feature a book by Thierry Pastor and Frederic Teboul.
Podcast interviews by Khalid Oun, and Layal Alekhtiar.
Analyses & essays by @alamer.bsky.social, @andrewleber.bsky.social, @tparsi.bsky.social, @alomran.me, and others.
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Podcast interviews by Khalid Oun, and Layal Alekhtiar.
Analyses & essays by @alamer.bsky.social, @andrewleber.bsky.social, @tparsi.bsky.social, @alomran.me, and others.
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March 16, 2025 at 4:54 PM
This week’s picks feature a book by Thierry Pastor and Frederic Teboul.
Podcast interviews by Khalid Oun, and Layal Alekhtiar.
Analyses & essays by @alamer.bsky.social, @andrewleber.bsky.social, @tparsi.bsky.social, @alomran.me, and others.
@newlinesinst.bsky.social
@quincyinst.bsky.social
Podcast interviews by Khalid Oun, and Layal Alekhtiar.
Analyses & essays by @alamer.bsky.social, @andrewleber.bsky.social, @tparsi.bsky.social, @alomran.me, and others.
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@quincyinst.bsky.social
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This week’s Digest is out:
• Gulf authors celebrate International Women’s Day.
• They also debated Zelensky’s Visit to Saudi Arabia.
• Gulf Markets End Mixed.
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• Gulf authors celebrate International Women’s Day.
• They also debated Zelensky’s Visit to Saudi Arabia.
• Gulf Markets End Mixed.
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Gulf Nashra Weekly Digest
Gulf Authors Celebrate International Women’s Day; Zelensky’s Visit to Saudi Arabia; and Gulf Markets End Mixed.
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March 16, 2025 at 4:43 PM
This week’s Digest is out:
• Gulf authors celebrate International Women’s Day.
• They also debated Zelensky’s Visit to Saudi Arabia.
• Gulf Markets End Mixed.
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• Gulf authors celebrate International Women’s Day.
• They also debated Zelensky’s Visit to Saudi Arabia.
• Gulf Markets End Mixed.
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“The Saudi Arabia that Trump currently deals with is significantly different from the Saudi Arabia he knew in his first administration.”
Read my new analysis on the impact of Trump’s Middle East policy on Saudi Arabia.
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Read my new analysis on the impact of Trump’s Middle East policy on Saudi Arabia.
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Trump’s Middle East Policy and Its Impact on Saudi Arabia - New Lines Institute
In his first two months in office, U.S. President Donald Trump’s relationship with Saudi Arabia became increasingly complicated. Trump made sure that his first phone call with a foreign leader after b...
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March 14, 2025 at 3:08 PM
“The Saudi Arabia that Trump currently deals with is significantly different from the Saudi Arabia he knew in his first administration.”
Read my new analysis on the impact of Trump’s Middle East policy on Saudi Arabia.
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Read my new analysis on the impact of Trump’s Middle East policy on Saudi Arabia.
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This week’s Digest
Gulf Authors Debate Trump-Zelensky Clash; Arab Summit for Palestine; Sudan Accuses UAE; and a New Book on the Global Gulf.
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Gulf Authors Debate Trump-Zelensky Clash; Arab Summit for Palestine; Sudan Accuses UAE; and a New Book on the Global Gulf.
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Gulf Nashra Weekly Digest
Gulf Authors Debate Trump-Zelensky Clash; Arab Summit for Palestine; Sudan Accuses UAE; and a New Book on the Global Gulf.
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March 11, 2025 at 5:10 PM
This week’s Digest
Gulf Authors Debate Trump-Zelensky Clash; Arab Summit for Palestine; Sudan Accuses UAE; and a New Book on the Global Gulf.
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Gulf Authors Debate Trump-Zelensky Clash; Arab Summit for Palestine; Sudan Accuses UAE; and a New Book on the Global Gulf.
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Saudi Arabia’s Personal Status Law is evolving—what does it mean for Saudi women's legal autonomy?
I examine the key changes, their legal and social implications, and the balance between tradition and modernization.
🔍 Read the full piece here: blogs.lse.ac.uk/mec/2025/02/...
I examine the key changes, their legal and social implications, and the balance between tradition and modernization.
🔍 Read the full piece here: blogs.lse.ac.uk/mec/2025/02/...
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March 8, 2025 at 2:13 AM
Saudi Arabia’s Personal Status Law is evolving—what does it mean for Saudi women's legal autonomy?
I examine the key changes, their legal and social implications, and the balance between tradition and modernization.
🔍 Read the full piece here: blogs.lse.ac.uk/mec/2025/02/...
I examine the key changes, their legal and social implications, and the balance between tradition and modernization.
🔍 Read the full piece here: blogs.lse.ac.uk/mec/2025/02/...
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🧵How A Saudi Atheist Became A Killer
2 months before German elections, a car drove into a Christmas market in Magdeburg killing 6 people.
When the attacker’s identity was reviled, many struggled to reconcile his atheism with his terrorism.
In this piece, I tell his story.
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2 months before German elections, a car drove into a Christmas market in Magdeburg killing 6 people.
When the attacker’s identity was reviled, many struggled to reconcile his atheism with his terrorism.
In this piece, I tell his story.
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NEW: Taleb Abdulmohsen’s attack on a German Christmas market last December concluded the story of a paranoid personality with a record of inserting himself in just causes — only to adopt unjust means in their pursuit. newlinesmag.com/reportage/th...
How a Saudi Atheist Became a Killer
Taleb Abdulmohsen's warped sense of justice led him from secularism and feminism to an attack on a Christmas market
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February 28, 2025 at 2:43 PM
🧵How A Saudi Atheist Became A Killer
2 months before German elections, a car drove into a Christmas market in Magdeburg killing 6 people.
When the attacker’s identity was reviled, many struggled to reconcile his atheism with his terrorism.
In this piece, I tell his story.
bsky.app/profile/newl...
2 months before German elections, a car drove into a Christmas market in Magdeburg killing 6 people.
When the attacker’s identity was reviled, many struggled to reconcile his atheism with his terrorism.
In this piece, I tell his story.
bsky.app/profile/newl...
This fascinating essay by @doaiji.bsky.social reads like a detective story, full of plot twists, as it explores the life of a Saudi ex-Muslim refugee in Germany who carried out a horrendous attack on a Christmas market two months before the elections.
NEW: Taleb Abdulmohsen’s attack on a German Christmas market last December concluded the story of a paranoid personality with a record of inserting himself in just causes — only to adopt unjust means in their pursuit. newlinesmag.com/reportage/th...
How a Saudi Atheist Became a Killer
Taleb Abdulmohsen's warped sense of justice led him from secularism and feminism to an attack on a Christmas market
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February 27, 2025 at 11:01 PM
This fascinating essay by @doaiji.bsky.social reads like a detective story, full of plot twists, as it explores the life of a Saudi ex-Muslim refugee in Germany who carried out a horrendous attack on a Christmas market two months before the elections.
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This week's Digest is out!
Gulf Authors Debate Arab Summits on Gaza; Kuwait Continues Revoking Citizenship from Thousands; Saudi Hosts US-Russia Negotiation.
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Gulf Authors Debate Arab Summits on Gaza; Kuwait Continues Revoking Citizenship from Thousands; Saudi Hosts US-Russia Negotiation.
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Gulf Authors Debate Arab Summits on Gaza; Kuwait Continues Revoking Citizenship from Thousands; Saudi Hosts US-Russia Negotiation.
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February 22, 2025 at 7:50 PM
This week's Digest is out!
Gulf Authors Debate Arab Summits on Gaza; Kuwait Continues Revoking Citizenship from Thousands; Saudi Hosts US-Russia Negotiation.
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Gulf Authors Debate Arab Summits on Gaza; Kuwait Continues Revoking Citizenship from Thousands; Saudi Hosts US-Russia Negotiation.
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Our first Insight is out! It examines the geopolitical consequences of the Gaza War for the Gulf!
These Insights are in-depth analyses of geopolitical and domestic trends in the region and are written by one of our Gulf experts.
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These Insights are in-depth analyses of geopolitical and domestic trends in the region and are written by one of our Gulf experts.
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Insight: The Geopolitical Consequences of the Gaza War for the Gulf States
The 15-month war impacted the potential for a Saudi-Israeli deal, pushed UAE-Israeli trade further out of the public eye, and disrupted a major global supply chain route through the Red Sea.
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February 21, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Our first Insight is out! It examines the geopolitical consequences of the Gaza War for the Gulf!
These Insights are in-depth analyses of geopolitical and domestic trends in the region and are written by one of our Gulf experts.
www.gulfnashra.com/p/insight-th...
These Insights are in-depth analyses of geopolitical and domestic trends in the region and are written by one of our Gulf experts.
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This week’s picks feature a book by @esoubrier.bsky.social.
Analyses by @andrewleber.bsky.social , Amr Hamzawai, Marwan Muasher, @kristianulrichsen.bsky.social, @luaialla.bsky.social, and others.
Analyses by @andrewleber.bsky.social , Amr Hamzawai, Marwan Muasher, @kristianulrichsen.bsky.social, @luaialla.bsky.social, and others.
February 15, 2025 at 5:09 PM
This week’s picks feature a book by @esoubrier.bsky.social.
Analyses by @andrewleber.bsky.social , Amr Hamzawai, Marwan Muasher, @kristianulrichsen.bsky.social, @luaialla.bsky.social, and others.
Analyses by @andrewleber.bsky.social , Amr Hamzawai, Marwan Muasher, @kristianulrichsen.bsky.social, @luaialla.bsky.social, and others.
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This week’s Digest includes the Saudi media campaign against Netanyahu, the growth in non-oil sectors and revenues in Saudi Arabia and Bahrain; and the concerns over the new omani citizenship law.
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Gulf Nashra Weekly Digest
Saudi Arabia Launches Media Campaign Against Netanyahu; Non-Oil Sectors and Revenues Grow in Saudi Arabia and Bahrain; and Concerns Rise Over the New Omani Citizenship Law.
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February 15, 2025 at 5:04 PM
This week’s Digest includes the Saudi media campaign against Netanyahu, the growth in non-oil sectors and revenues in Saudi Arabia and Bahrain; and the concerns over the new omani citizenship law.
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In this week’s Digest you will read about the backlash in Gulf media against Trump's Gaza plan, Saudi Arabia's Population Growth, and Oman's New Nationality Law.
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Gulf Nashra Weekly Digest
Backlash Against Trump's Gaza Plan; Saudi Arabia's Population Growth; and Oman's New Nationality Law.
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February 8, 2025 at 8:18 PM
In this week’s Digest you will read about the backlash in Gulf media against Trump's Gaza plan, Saudi Arabia's Population Growth, and Oman's New Nationality Law.
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In this week’s Digest, you will read about how Gulf pundits debate Syria's New Transitional President and Trump's forced relocation of Palestinians; The Turkish-Saudi arms deal; New oil reserves discovered in Kuwait.
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Gulf Nashra Weekly Digest
Gulf Pundits Debate Syria's New Transitional President and Trump's Forced Relocation of Palestinians; The Turkish-Saudi Arms Deal; New Oil Reserves Discovered in Kuwait.
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February 1, 2025 at 10:04 PM
In this week’s Digest, you will read about how Gulf pundits debate Syria's New Transitional President and Trump's forced relocation of Palestinians; The Turkish-Saudi arms deal; New oil reserves discovered in Kuwait.
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