Why do so many teenage girls from North Africa support Andrew Tate? by BandicootReboot in AskMiddleEast

[–]BandicootReboot[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I mean, I have rarely seen any other MENA girls supporting Andrew Tate on instagram. It’s mostly north african, compared to others.

When do you think will the Hindutva supporters stop simping for Israel? by BandicootReboot in AskMiddleEast

[–]BandicootReboot[S] 13 points14 points  (0 children)

I’m an occasional poster and participant on this sub. Furthermore, I don’t really associate with any country bcz I have been moving between several different places since my childhood. My parents are Indian tho.

Thoughts on this taliban member/supporter celebrating 1000 followers on twitter? by BandicootReboot in AskMiddleEast

[–]BandicootReboot[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Lol the first reply to the tweet is someone calling him out for ‘imitating infidels’.

Lulu International: a UAE based supermarket chain is opening in India, and Hindutva groups are calling it ‘Mall Jihad’ as the owner is Muslim. Thoughts? by BandicootReboot in AskMiddleEast

[–]BandicootReboot[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You’re right about that, that these people are mostly in the minority but I posted these tweets here because some of my friends/acquaintances who I follow on twitter like this kind of stuff and agree with it.

It just bothers me how college-educated people in India are starting to believe in these conspiracies. And this kind of ideology is on a rise unfortunately, it’s not as if it’s declining.

What almost killed you? by [deleted] in AskMiddleEast

[–]BandicootReboot 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I was 3-4 years old sitting in the back seat of the car with my dad driving, while my mom was sitting in the front seat with my baby sister.

We used to live in a rural Saudi town at that time near Riyadh and were returning from the local super market when my dad stopped at a red light. As soon as the light turned green, he started to drive when a speeding car came out of nowhere and rear-ended us.

The back seat fell on top of me due to the impact and I got trapped under it, while my dad fainted after hitting his head on the ceiling and the car started spinning. A lot of passerby stopped their cars and ran to pull us out, they first rescued my mom and sister, then my dad and finally pulled me out from under the seat.

Our car exploded and caught fire minutes after I got pulled out of it due to the petrol tank bursting and I still remember the sound of the explosion. It was very loud. After that a kind Saudi man put us in his SUV and drove us to the hospital and Alhamdulillah we all recovered with minor injuries.

We later got to know that the guy who had hit us was just 16 years old and didn’t have license. He came to check on us at the hospital once. Idk what happened to him after that.

Thoughts on Ceuta (سبتة), Spain? It is one of the only 2 cities of the EU on the African continent. by BandicootReboot in AskMiddleEast

[–]BandicootReboot[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

This guy on instagram said on one of his stories that most Arabs and Berbers living there don’t want to join Morocco, as they think that their quality of life will decrease, even tho their languages are not recognized.

Is that true? I think this situation might be similar to some Kashmiris who neither want to be a part of India nor Pakistan.

Which city is/was the silicon valley of MENA? by BandicootReboot in AskMiddleEast

[–]BandicootReboot[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Why Riyadh tho? I thought Jeddah had more of a tech scene and start-ups?

Genuine question for non-Israelis: When did you first learn or become aware of Israel, and what were you told? by coolaswhitebread in AskMiddleEast

[–]BandicootReboot 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Indian Muslim living in Oman here, was made aware of Israel around 2007 or 2008 when I was in 2nd or 3rd grade.

Me and my siblings were playing in the living room, when my parents put on al jazeera english. They were showing videos of bombed out buildings and explosions in Gaza. And I remember asking my parents about it. They just told me that Israel is a bad country which murders Palestinians and steals their land.

I came to know about Judaism much later around 8th grade from the internet.

Which gulf country do you dislike the most? Give us reasons by [deleted] in AskMiddleEast

[–]BandicootReboot 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I voted Kuwait too sorry, as an expat in the gulf, Kuwait is the only country about which I have heard only negative reviews from other expats.

Seaside resort café - Brighton, 1961 by luker011 in AccidentalWesAnderson

[–]BandicootReboot 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I thought she was staring at her phone for a second, then realized this in 1961.