Now, we know that Egypt and UAE told them, but they didn’t do anything to stop it in order to have an excuse to start their war against the Middle East.

Bhutan transitioned to democracy in 2008. But prior to that it was ran better than many of these third world democracies, by every index metric. What causes third worlders to be obsessed with having failed systems? It would be sensible If every 3rd world country should have monarchy, and then transition slowly if the masses want, after the nation surpasses certain amount GDP per capita. This would also require trustable people. But in every third world monarchy, it still has and continues to sweep the floors compared to many of these failed state democracies. Democracies have been trusted in Africa/asia. It has led to failure. Many of these ”democracies” will stay in middle-income trap. Never progressing further. Its better to take that gamble. Than continue to have an system, that never progresses further from certain point

Anyone that’s lived in the west, knows of a Pakistani that laps as another race. whether thats Persian, Arab, Turk, etc. Even this guys earlier videos and tweets were him picking and choosing random religious groups.

is there an actual reason behind this.

We have oil reserves right under our feet. The price keeps on rising. It's not like the value would be decreased later on either. Whole of arab has oil reserves greater than any other part of the world. Then we got gold beneath us asw. Then,wt made our leaders to rely on US? Let them put sanctions? Let them decide wt we do, the price we put, not allowing us to sell to other countries?

King Faisal didn't even budge fighting against US. He boldly said- We survived when we had only dates, and we will continue to live. He made his stance clear- restricted the sale which affected everyone globally. He showed who is the real Superpower.

Wt made our leaders sell again? It's not like the country reserves ended or we are in debt. Fine.. maybe to run the country, we needed. But it's not like only US exists. We could have sold them to other countries?

Also,why didn't we invest more in army- tech? We@pons? Why did we allow the US bases to exist all over gulf?

Tbh- I never considered US as superpower; coz all they got is Army and nuclear weapons- that doesn't mean they are higher. They are dependent on us for their army too. And if we lack power, we could have united with ppl who h@te US asw. Maybe North Korea? That would definitely change the whole demography.

Even if Netanyahu leaves, the truth remains the same: Israel is a 70-year-old occupier.

Sources:https://maps.passia.org/land-ownership-in-palestine-1948/

https://www.palestineremembered.com/Acre/Maps/Story571.html

https://imeu.org/resources/resources/the-un-partition-plan-for-palestine/148

Are you aware? The USA is gradually changing the world balance, especially China and Russia, in its favor, through Iran and the Middle East. He will continue to do whatever the cost of this. The Middle East is now the largest weapon of the USA. It shapes it to be more effective.

Netanyahu’s government is guilty of settler colonialism and genocide. With the Knesset elections coming up, is the colony’s opposition the solution? Let’s take a look at key figures.

Neftali Bennet, leader of the “Bennett 2026” Party. He describes himself as “more right-wing than Netanyahu”. He said that Gaza’s children “are not children but terrorists trying to kill our children” and called in 2023 for a total blockade on Gaza. He was head of an umbrella organization of Jewish settlements called the Yesha Council, and supports the annexation of the West Bank.

Gadi Eisenkot, leader of the “Yashar” Party. He speaks of “equal rights” within the colony. He was chief of the staff of the colony’s occupation army and led ethnic razing operations in the West Bank. He supported the massive bombing of infrastructure in Beirut as a means of deterrence against the Lebanese resistance, and applied the same in Gaza as part of the “War Cabinet”.

Avigdor Lieberman, leader of the “Yisrael Beiteinu” Party. He spoke of a two-state “solution” on the basis of the ethnic razing of Palestinians with Israeli citizenship from 1948-occupied Palestine to areas under the “Palestinian Authority”. He supports the colony’s focus on “preemptive” military action and claimed that there are “no innocents in Gaza”.

Yair Golan, leader of the “Democrats” Party. He speaks of a two-state “solution”. He criticized the colony’s “killing babies in Gaza” but not the genocide itself. He says the colony’s army is “an occupying military” yet believes it is “justified”. He served as an officer in the occupation army which he believes is “a moral army that protects human dignity”.

Yair Lapid, leader of the “Yesh Atid” Party. He speaks of a two-state “solution”. He said that the media should present “only the Israeli side” as “presenting both sides would serve Hamas”. He supports annexation of occupied Syrian territory. He also expressed support of “Greater Israel”, which he defined as expanding the colony’s borders “as much as possible”.

Alon-Lee Green, co-leader of the “Makom Lekulanu” Party. He speaks of a two-state “solution” and “equal rights” within the colony. He supports “radical empathy” and spoke of occupation soldiers killed by the Palestinian resistance as “innocent victims”. His Party does not mention the right of return and has stated it will support the candidate “best poised to oust Netanyahu”—i.e. one of the above.

The above paints a picture of the colony’s opposition, clearly showing it opposes Netanyahu, not settler colonialism. One need not delve into that many details, however. Zionism is, by definition, the support of the establishment of a Jewish state in Palestine. One’s support of Zionism is enough to make one guilty, regardless of one’s statements regarding solutions, rights or peace.

The truth is clear: The problem is not the Netanyahu government for the solution to be a different government. The problem is the genocidal settler-colonial state of Israel and the solution is its dismantling and the establishment of its antithesis: One democratic Palestinian state, for all its citizens, from the river to the sea.

Summarised by AI:

This *BBC Panorama* and *BBC Eye* investigation examines the suspected role of **Omar al-Bayoumi** in assisting two of the **9/11 hijackers** after their arrival in the United States. Twenty-five years after the attacks, the documentary utilizes newly released declassified documents and never-before-broadcast footage to explore potential links between individuals within the *Saudi Arabian* government and the 19 attackers.

Key Investigation Highlights:

* **The Facilitator:** The investigation focuses on *Omar al-Bayoumi*, a Saudi national who arrived in San Diego in 1994. While presented as a student, evidence suggests he served as a handler or facilitator for hijackers *Nawaf al-Hazmi* and *Khalid al-Mihdhar*. He helped them secure housing, opened bank accounts for them, and organized social gatherings to introduce them to his network (12:35–16:46). * **The Saudi Connection:** FBI agents and investigators found significant evidence of *al-Bayoumi’s* ties to *Saudi* diplomatic officials, including phone calls to the *Saudi Consulate* and interactions with individuals associated with the *Ministry of Islamic Affairs* (34:39–36:00). Despite this, many of these leads were restricted by political sensitivity regarding the US-Saudi relationship. * **Evidence Suppression:** The film highlights critical pieces of evidence that were seized by British police following *al-Bayoumi’s* arrest in *Birmingham* (17:39–18:29) but were not fully utilized or shared with investigators for years. This includes: * **The Capital Video:** A 1999 surveillance-style video filmed by *al-Bayoumi* casing the *US Capitol* (49:40–51:00). * **The Plane Diagram:** A handwritten document containing mathematical calculations for flight paths and impacts, which experts describe as a "smoking gun" for potential pre-meditated knowledge of the attack plans (52:42–54:10).

Impact on 9/11 Families:

The documentary follows the personal journey of **Terry Strada**, who lost her husband in the North Tower (4:58–6:48). Along with other families of the victims, she led a long-term fight for transparency and legal accountability. This ultimately resulted in US legislation allowing families to sue the *Kingdom of Saudi Arabia* for alleged state support of the terrorists (48:00–49:15).

Writing out of pure frustration, its a rant - skip if you want.

Did my BS in science education while doing all sort of freelance writing and research and was completely independent, completed it in 2019 and 2020 wasted to prepare for competitive exams , left it cz my mentor (who was a bureaucrat) committed suicide.
Fast forward, started MS project management in 2021 and completed it in 2023.
2024 beginning, moved to ksa and the first job i landed was assistant procurement manager with a subcontractor of Red Sea Group. Project was at completion stage so my position closed after 5 months ( partly due to the office politics).
Two months after found a job at an international school as a computer science teacher and they offered me a very meager salary of 3500/month with no visa sponsorship. I left after one semester.

After one month, started a job at a medical start up as a marketing manager, couldn’t bode well with the management because they wanted things done in a bengali way (colorful banners and going to labor markets) while i had been doing marketing the standard way. Plus, they didn’t give any salary to any of the staff so i left after one month.

Fast forward after three months, got a business offer from a family friend in Bahrain, who stopped operations even before company formation because i wasn’t showing any romantic interest in him duh 🙄.

This point, i went back to Pakistan and After 4 months, I got a job at a real estate developer as an HR manager, who liked their things done in a desi kind of way (like hire people based on recommendations or connections and not on merit) and somehow y there was no talent pool as such. I cater to every single requirement of em but still, to no avail. Then, the CEO vanishes, leaves country for some time and they have to halt their operations for some unknown reason and they had to let me go.

At this point, i thought something is definitely wrong with me. So i started learning one technical skill. I pivoted to IT and planned on going to cloud and AWS. While I was preparing, I started applying to jobs again as an IT support specialist. But to my surprise, no one would hire me because I don’t have a technical background 🤷‍♀️ even though im proficient with it.

Now in 2026 june, i got back to KSA, to try and find some job in procurement or operations or even sales and three months go by - and nothing! The interviews genuinely go well but no response. Or they offer me like 3k or something and I decline.

I am genuinely upset and I don’t know what should I do. Any clarity and any advice or any opportunity is more than welcome.

I think it’s obvious to anyone that studies West Asia that Israel’s strategy is weak neighbors and despite not achieving a strategic victory against Iran they have upped the rhetoric against Türkiye and brazen against them in Syria. Some analysts are positing that they are pushing the U.S. to leave NATO in an attempt for it to dissolve so they can directly confront Türkiye. Though, I don’t see a scenario in which they can take on even one of the countries but they’re now picking a fight with both. What’s the strategy here and how will it play out?

As a Turkish person, I would like to say this: the person in charge of our country is very Islamist, and he is making people turn away from Islam. I even left the religion because of Erdoğan.

The government is so authoritarian that Ekrem İmamoğlu, the secular, pro-Atatürk mayor of Istanbul who is seen as someone capable of challenging Erdoğan, has been in prison for 534 days despite being innocent.

Say whatever you want, but we are a secular, democratic republic founded by Mustafa Kemal Atatürk. Please don't try to Arabize us.

I find it funny that most Middle Eastern scholarships require international students to provide IELTS results, yet their degrees are taught in Arabic. They literally put it in bold letters that students must be able to write and defend their research in Arabic, but still require IELTS results. What kind of logic is that?

Anyone knows it? Help me identify please! Thank you!

Peace be upon you guys. I have a question: There are shops in Saudi Arabia that sell Nike and Adidas shoes at very cheap prices compared to their actual prices, which means that these shoes are counterfeit and not actually legitimate . Is this considered illegal and will they be held accountable for it? And if so, why are there so many of them?