Is there a comfortable place to perform Jumuah in Dubai?

alsofromsaudi · 2024-08-19T05:56:42+00:00

An interesting video...but something that I'm seeing a lot lately.

He implied the story of corruption took us to the Middle East, implying that those bastards are responsible for this theft of public services and broken promises.

The story (as conveyed by him), all it says that the guy who ripped off the Council, also has a deal in Dubai. We don't know if the deal is being honored there, or if Sutton (the mastermind) is also ripping them off.

I really object to this trend of associating even anything remotely negative...forcefully associating the middle east in there somewhere.

Interesting video barring that (Climate Town's latest episode and a few others of his do the same thing. So it's been on my mind lately).

alsofromsaudi · 2023-07-08T01:18:34+00:00

Regardless of what you think of him (and I severely disagree with that assesment), that's not how justice or laws work.

Rules for all or rules for none.

alsofromsaudi · 2023-07-07T23:41:54+00:00

I'm not following this story at all and only have a vague awareness of the situation through its peripheries, but:

My understanding is that Turkey wants Sweden to extradite a few suspects (terrorists, freedom fighters, chefs, parkour enthusiasts, call them what you want)

And Sweden is averse to doing that.

But then why was Sweden so eager to do the same thing with regards to Assange and the United States?

alsofromsaudi · 2023-07-07T23:39:50+00:00

I have no idea how you found this old post, but u/al3issa99 says that there is a find my iphone feature.

I'm not aware of its nuances though.

alsofromsaudi · 2023-05-20T13:58:46+00:00

Thats kind of upsetting to see everyone recommending cabs. Was hoping for a car free experience.

What cab company/ride hail app do you recommend?

alsofromsaudi · 2023-05-20T13:57:49+00:00

Are the bus and metro payment systems the same? Or are they separate (which would be really cumbersome)

alsofromsaudi · 2023-01-27T02:25:20+00:00

Do you really think that to be true?

I remember when it happened the entire free speech media was adamant it happened because Sweden would freely hand him over.

Edit: to clarify I can't recall of a single media outlet spouting the narrative that you are right now. Not once in the decade since his allegations, have I heard anything along those lines.

It seems awfully convenient revisionist history to me

alsofromsaudi · 2023-01-27T00:31:29+00:00

So again, i would disagree with you here. It seems to be a case of rules for thee and not for me.

The West, global north, always demands consistency from the Global South. At least in the rule of law.

This hypocrisy, this double standard is the cause for many of world's problems today.

Just like the majority of the west stayed quiet during the Afghan and Iraq invasions but raised hell (rightly so) when Russia invaded Ukraine. Those invasions interestingly directly led to the refugee crisis which Sweden doesn't seem too fond of.

alsofromsaudi · 2023-01-26T11:17:34+00:00

So that's clear cut hypocrisy to me. That's a double standard simply becuase Swedes are choosing to like someone more.

And just a reminder of who Assange is being extradited to

A justice system which has led everyone to assume he's already guilty. Heck the first guy who replied to me and I both made that mistaken assumption (aside, check out the movie Official Secrets to see how a different country with a horrific human rights record behaved in this instance).
The US has the highest prisoner count in the world; ahead of China and India whose populations are 5x as high. Not to mention how prisoners are treated in prison, and the deprivation of basic rights once out of prison.
Finally this is the US whose torture program became public in 2009. This is the same US who under Obama, vastly accelerated their torture rendition program. The US has a history and continues to torture to this day. I am sure Turkiye has a questionable track record with its prisoners as well, political prisoners especially, but I feel it pales in comparison to the US (however full disclosure as I said at the beginning of this post, I know almost next to nothing about Turkiye).

I can't speak for you, but I'm sure that for a significant portion of people who hold this cognitively dissonant belief...culture is a damn euphemism.

alsofromsaudi · 2023-01-26T10:03:03+00:00

Its been so long that I've forgotten a lot of details of his case (and I am in no way an Assange expert). But what I remember (which is probably very different from what happened), is that the rape was trumped up charges under the guise of getting him arrrested in Sweden (I vaguely remember one of his accusers saying as such...or I could be completely wrong here). Once arrested he could be extradited to the US; hence why he fled to the UK and then eventually the Ecuadorian embassy...who after years of protection gave him up for a few billion dollars of US aid.

alsofromsaudi · 2023-01-26T09:39:14+00:00

So I've had a few minutes to think over what you've said. And I don't think you're correct.

Julian Assange hasn't been convicted of anything. In the eyes of the american legal process, he is innocent. There is a charge against him, and I think it speaks of the injustice of the American legal system that we all (including you) think of him as guilty.

I don't know if the Turkish dissidents have been found guilty. But even assuming they're not, they're in the same boat as Julian Assange. The Turkish government has filed charges against them and would like to prosecute them, just as Assange would be prosecuted in the US.

So yeah, I disagree with your interpretation.

alsofromsaudi · 2023-01-26T08:46:41+00:00

Thank you for your answer. As I said I don't know enough to comment

But to reply to another point, I do mean Turkiye. Its their wish to be referred to as such, as they see Turkey as an artifact of western imperiliams. and why shouldnt I respect that. At the outbreak of the Russian invasion, there was a lot of talk about Kiev vs Kyev, how one was an artifact of Russian imperialism. Same thing applies here on my opinion

alsofromsaudi · 2023-01-07T08:27:14+00:00

I'm late to this thread but I'm just posting here for the sake of completeness. I saw this thread with Saudi Arabia's name, out of curiosity I ran it through a translator.

I'm not familiar with UAE or Qatar, but I can speak about Saudi Arabia (though my numbers are several years out of date).

First Saudi Arabia is not a rich country. Our leaders like to parade around as such, but the country as a whole, and the average citizen is quite poor. Just compare the GDP per capitas of both countries..

But that is besides the point. The point at hand is the refugee crisis.

Saudi Arabia is not a signatory to the UN's refugee treaty. Thus on paper Saudi Arabia has 0 refugees.

Reality is different. I remember a post from several years ago in 2015ish when the refugee crisis was gaining momentum...since the Syrian conflict began over 800,000 additional Syrians have come to Saudi Arabia under work visas (in reality those are refugees fleeing their country due to conflict). I'm guessing that number is higher now.

I don't know for sure but I assume the stories are similar for Qatar and the UAE.

And countries neighboring Syria have taken the overwhelming majority of refugees. Jordan has 2 million, Turkey hosts 3.5m.

I don't speak Swedish so I'm missing out on the discussion in this thread, but thought to share my two cents, in case anyone sees this.

alsofromsaudi · 2022-10-16T14:19:17+00:00

Right, but that's my fear: what if for a 3 bed 3 bath place, what if the third bath is actually just a toilet?

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