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🔍 Persian Gulf and its Discontents
Khaleeji - خليجية
Khaleeji - خليجية
Abu Dhabi may be committed to the Abraham Accords, mainly due to the political immunity it perceives the deal to provide. Its involvement in the Sudan genocide is increasingly becoming a PR catastrophe that could test the utility of the accords. Domestically, however, the messaging has changed.
November 7, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Abu Dhabi may be committed to the Abraham Accords, mainly due to the political immunity it perceives the deal to provide. Its involvement in the Sudan genocide is increasingly becoming a PR catastrophe that could test the utility of the accords. Domestically, however, the messaging has changed.
Originally shared on X by (/@MohanadElbalal), Somalia’s Professor Abdi Ismail Samatar speaking at the pan-African Summit: “The UAE is comparable to those who supported apartheid … we should deal with them exactly as we dealt with supporters of apartheid.”
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November 6, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Originally shared on X by (/@MohanadElbalal), Somalia’s Professor Abdi Ismail Samatar speaking at the pan-African Summit: “The UAE is comparable to those who supported apartheid … we should deal with them exactly as we dealt with supporters of apartheid.”
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September 9, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Amused by the change in UAE’s domestic propaganda. Nothing tells me enthusiasm for the Abraham Accords have waned like the podcast episodes they keep churning out.
Host: Describe the Jewish character.
Usama al-Shadhili: It is one of perpetual victimhood, and perpetual whining.
Host: Describe the Jewish character.
Usama al-Shadhili: It is one of perpetual victimhood, and perpetual whining.
September 4, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Amused by the change in UAE’s domestic propaganda. Nothing tells me enthusiasm for the Abraham Accords have waned like the podcast episodes they keep churning out.
Host: Describe the Jewish character.
Usama al-Shadhili: It is one of perpetual victimhood, and perpetual whining.
Host: Describe the Jewish character.
Usama al-Shadhili: It is one of perpetual victimhood, and perpetual whining.
Khazal Al Majidi tells Emirati Jamal Al Mulla that Israel wants to take over the entire Middle East and rule over the Arab world; ‘it wants to enslave us.’
August 12, 2025 at 7:27 AM
Khazal Al Majidi tells Emirati Jamal Al Mulla that Israel wants to take over the entire Middle East and rule over the Arab world; ‘it wants to enslave us.’
The UAE is changing its tone on Israel altogether. Popular podcaster hosts an Iraqi historian who disputes that the Jewish homeland is tied to Palestine. He argues that there’s no archeological evidence to Moses and his people having supposedly lived in Egypt either.
That’s where we’re at now.
That’s where we’re at now.
August 12, 2025 at 7:22 AM
The UAE is changing its tone on Israel altogether. Popular podcaster hosts an Iraqi historian who disputes that the Jewish homeland is tied to Palestine. He argues that there’s no archeological evidence to Moses and his people having supposedly lived in Egypt either.
That’s where we’re at now.
That’s where we’re at now.
The UAE's preferred partner in covert apartheid. Regime change in Israel is something the UAE has been calling for and working towards for a while now.
July 4, 2025 at 11:40 AM
The UAE's preferred partner in covert apartheid. Regime change in Israel is something the UAE has been calling for and working towards for a while now.
Gulf states believe they are the rational bloc that can lead the region towards de-escalation and economic prosperity.
They view Europe as an ailing, incoherent old man, who urgently needs a moral successor.
They view Europe as an ailing, incoherent old man, who urgently needs a moral successor.
June 28, 2025 at 9:38 AM
Gulf states believe they are the rational bloc that can lead the region towards de-escalation and economic prosperity.
They view Europe as an ailing, incoherent old man, who urgently needs a moral successor.
They view Europe as an ailing, incoherent old man, who urgently needs a moral successor.
Anwar Gargash today.
June 28, 2025 at 8:18 AM
Anwar Gargash today.
Former Qatari Foreign Minister:
June 23, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Former Qatari Foreign Minister:
But then you get a phone call.
June 23, 2025 at 9:53 AM
But then you get a phone call.
There’s nothing the UAE would love more than regime change in Israel.
June 23, 2025 at 6:49 AM
There’s nothing the UAE would love more than regime change in Israel.
Barak Ravid reposting a terrorist joke is no surprise. The number of Israelis I’ve met who think this is funny is astonishing. The surprising bit is that the wise ones amongst them don’t seem to provide any charitable public relations tips to these wackos.
You’d think Ravid would know better.
You’d think Ravid would know better.
June 21, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Barak Ravid reposting a terrorist joke is no surprise. The number of Israelis I’ve met who think this is funny is astonishing. The surprising bit is that the wise ones amongst them don’t seem to provide any charitable public relations tips to these wackos.
You’d think Ravid would know better.
You’d think Ravid would know better.
UAE’s Former Minister of State for Foreign Affairs (‘former’ doesn’t mean much in this context) Anwar Gargash expresses the deep anxieties gripping the Gulf at the moment.
Any analyst who says the UAE or Gulf states are in on Israel’s war against Iran is not worth their fee.
Any analyst who says the UAE or Gulf states are in on Israel’s war against Iran is not worth their fee.
June 19, 2025 at 8:50 AM
UAE’s Former Minister of State for Foreign Affairs (‘former’ doesn’t mean much in this context) Anwar Gargash expresses the deep anxieties gripping the Gulf at the moment.
Any analyst who says the UAE or Gulf states are in on Israel’s war against Iran is not worth their fee.
Any analyst who says the UAE or Gulf states are in on Israel’s war against Iran is not worth their fee.
I agree, but I find an official handle posting this a little strange.
June 18, 2025 at 1:31 PM
I agree, but I find an official handle posting this a little strange.
From the NYTimes today.
June 18, 2025 at 12:38 PM
From the NYTimes today.
This may or may not be related to the oil tanker ‘collision’ of this morning, but the UAE Foreign Ministry just released a statement saying that regional and international mobilisation is necessary for de-escalation.
I am worried.
I am worried.
June 17, 2025 at 5:37 PM
This may or may not be related to the oil tanker ‘collision’ of this morning, but the UAE Foreign Ministry just released a statement saying that regional and international mobilisation is necessary for de-escalation.
I am worried.
I am worried.
Saudi Foreign Ministry releases a statement on the UN High Level International Conference on the Peaceful Settlement of the Question of #Palestine and the Implementation of the 2-State Solution.
June 17, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Saudi Foreign Ministry releases a statement on the UN High Level International Conference on the Peaceful Settlement of the Question of #Palestine and the Implementation of the 2-State Solution.
This is something I imagine an unelected dictator would say. At least we don’t vote for those who hold us in such contempt.
June 15, 2025 at 5:33 PM
This is something I imagine an unelected dictator would say. At least we don’t vote for those who hold us in such contempt.
Emirati analyst, Mohammed Baharoon, on how Israel’s callousness is perceived:
June 15, 2025 at 10:48 AM
Emirati analyst, Mohammed Baharoon, on how Israel’s callousness is perceived:
“The Shiites are historically willing to suffer.”
I’m not sure our Shia brethren necessarily agree.
I’m not sure our Shia brethren necessarily agree.
June 15, 2025 at 10:37 AM
“The Shiites are historically willing to suffer.”
I’m not sure our Shia brethren necessarily agree.
I’m not sure our Shia brethren necessarily agree.
There’s a trend on TikTok of Khaleejis using a sound of a Persian-speaking lady to post videos of themselves supposedly calling to check in on relatives in Iran.
For the record, UAE’s Anwar Gargash is not only Ajam, his mother and his wife are both Iranian.
For the record, UAE’s Anwar Gargash is not only Ajam, his mother and his wife are both Iranian.
June 15, 2025 at 9:25 AM
There’s a trend on TikTok of Khaleejis using a sound of a Persian-speaking lady to post videos of themselves supposedly calling to check in on relatives in Iran.
For the record, UAE’s Anwar Gargash is not only Ajam, his mother and his wife are both Iranian.
For the record, UAE’s Anwar Gargash is not only Ajam, his mother and his wife are both Iranian.
Oman’s Foreign Minister is the first Gulf official to make a statement on the Israeli attack against Iran. Saudi FM jumped on a call with his Iranian counterpart.
June 13, 2025 at 8:37 AM
Oman’s Foreign Minister is the first Gulf official to make a statement on the Israeli attack against Iran. Saudi FM jumped on a call with his Iranian counterpart.
Kuwait has followed with a standard condemnation. Noteworthy, Kuwait denied yesterday that the US embassy there was evacuating or downgrading its mission.
June 13, 2025 at 7:06 AM
Kuwait has followed with a standard condemnation. Noteworthy, Kuwait denied yesterday that the US embassy there was evacuating or downgrading its mission.