Fatima al-Shawarbi, who is from Al-Ahsa province and believed to be under 30, reported to have used her anonymous Twitter account to highlight the plight of the Howeitat – a tribe whose members have been forcibly displaced for the Neom megaproject – women’s rights, and calling for a constitutional monarchy.
Dude they see the light, the oil industry isn’t going to be a crutch the Saudi’s can use forever, and they know. What with the mega spending sprees for property abroad and such, it’s the usual “fuck the people, how can I escape with my cash?”
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Dude they see the light, the oil industry isn’t going to be a crutch the Saudi’s can use forever, and they know. What with the mega spending sprees for property abroad and such, it’s the usual “fuck the people, how can I escape with my cash?”
Yeah, they’ve diversiving for a while now. Got a lot of fingers in many pots.