PROtests all around 🪧

The ICJ has ruled that Israel’s onslaught and occupation of Palestine amounts to war crimes, but they’re still allowed to participate in the Olympics 🏟️🏊🏾 Ppl have been piping up about how other countries were barred from events (Russia, apartheid era South Africa), but somehow that’s not the case for Israel - thoughts??

Akhbaar Team
July 25, 2024

The ICJ has ruled that Israel’s onslaught and occupation of Palestine amounts to war crimes, but they’re still allowed to participate in the Olympics 🏟️🏊🏾 Ppl have been piping up about how other countries were barred from events (Russia, apartheid era South Africa), but somehow that’s not the case for Israel - thoughts?? 🙅🏾‍♀️
Curfew. Shoot-on-sight order. This is what Bangladesh has come to after clashes between students and police has resulted in almost 200 people dead and countless more injured. P.S. it’s all about the government saving 30% of jobs for Pakistan war vets’ kids, which the new generation believe is a political move NOT in their favor 🪧🪧🪧
Biden has pulled out of the US presidential race— is the only hope Trump? Kamala Harris has been backed as the democratic nominee, and polls giving Harris 44% and Trump 42%, or could we expect an impeached president back on the seat? Stay tuned #dramadrama 🗳️

In a list of the world’s biggest oil companies, there really stands one company as supreme King, Commander and all the other adjectives you can think of: ARAMCO 🛢️ Aramco’s market cap is a whopping $1.8 trillion USD 🤑. It’s roughly 4x the size of the closest competitor, ExxonMobil, at $497 billion USD!

Morocco Throne Day is coming…(in our best Jon Snow voice). Except it’s not in a winter tundra, it’s in Morocco. Turns out Throne Day falls on July 30 and will be hosted in Tetouan to celebrate King Mohammed VI 👑
UAE We love a neon party this summer! Imagine breakdancers, sea creature-themed costumes, and a live DJ— all at Sea World Abu Dhabi 🌊 Catch the Electric Ocean Festival until August 25th 🥳
KSA In case you haven’t noticed in the last month, Taif Racing Season is a GO in Saudi! Horse races, music, and family entertainment will keep going on every Thurs/Fri/Sat until September 28th 🏇🏾

MDLBEAST Soundstorm has made its mark as one of the biggest music festivals in the world (we’re talking 100s of world-class DJs and more). This year is no different, friends! Don’t you cry, because Eminem will be headlining the 2025 festival in Riyadh, Dec 12-14!! Who’s going?? 🎤🎶
Wanna know a restaurant that’s ace in Dubai 🎾? Try Tatel, a fine dining spot backed by Nadal and Ronaldo. Charming Spanish bites in an awesome location— what more do you want? (we would rather sit at the table with Ronaldo and Nadal, but hey, for now, we’ll just eat the food they like) 🥘
Bella Hadid was dropped from her Adidas campaign after the Jewish community got upset about the 1972 Munich Olympics shoe being modeled by a Palestinian (p.s. Israeli athletes were murdered at those Olympics by Palestinian faction Black September after Palestine was refused a place in the Olympics by authorities and prisoners in Israel were not being freed). Mehdi Hasan argues this could be a case of racism and bigotry, and maybe Hadid got a whiff of that, because rumor has it she’s gonna file a lawsuit. Adidas best be shaking in their boots sneakers! 👟👟

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