Gulf Arabs
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The Ambition of the Emirates
The Emissary frames the rise of the Emirates through the old Arab pattern of settled and nomadic peoples, tracing the Gulf Arabs’ roots to Nabatean, South Arabian and Bedouin streams…
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The Ummah for we, but not for thee
The author argues that Pakistanis and other South Asian Muslims feel closer to Arabs and Iranians than those ‘fellow Muslims’ feel to them, and that Saudi Arabia cannot ignore India’s…
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Saudis execute (1977) innocents
A comment, with a news extract, on a report that a Saudi prince hunted over 2,100 protected houbara bustards during a 21-day safari in Chagai, Balochistan; the poster mocks the…
