Asma Ali

Caribbean Creative Director I Caffeinated Optimist | Global Citizen I Plantparent I Self made Barista 🇹🇹

[Asma Ali @auzzysworld]

@rhopico Hi Narissa Trini National based in the UAE 🙋🏽‍♀️

[Shanaka Anslem Perera ⚡ @shanaka86]

Dubai just shut down. The busiest international airport on earth. Closed. Indefinitely.

Dubai International and Al Maktoum International both suspended all operations on February 28 per official Dubai Airports statement. Over 280 flights canceled. 250 more delayed. The airspace that handles more international passengers than any hub on the planet went dark this morning because Iranian ballistic missiles were flying through it.

Now read the airline list and understand the scale of what just broke.

Emirates. Grounded. Etihad. Grounded. Qatar Airways. Suspended all flights to and from Doha after Qatari airspace closed. Air India. Every single flight to every destination in the entire Middle East. Suspended indefinitely. Turkish Airlines. Suspended flights to Bahrain, Iraq, Iran, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman, Syria, Qatar, and the UAE until at least March 2. Lufthansa. Dubai suspended. Air France. Tel Aviv and Beirut suspended. Wizz Air. Israel, Dubai, Abu Dhabi, and Amman suspended until March 7. British Airways. Affected. Virgin Atlantic. Affected. Japan Airlines. Affected. Norwegian Air, LOT Polish, Scandinavian Airlines, Aegean, Iberia, Air Arabia, PIA, Saudia, Air Algerie. All affected. All grounded or rerouting.

This is not a regional disruption. This is the global aviation network breaking at one of its most critical nodes.

Dubai is not just an airport. It is the single largest connecting hub between Asia, Europe, Africa, and the Middle East. Every flight from Mumbai to London, from Singapore to Frankfurt, from Nairobi to New York that routes through the Gulf is now either canceled, delayed, or burning extra fuel on thousand-mile detours around closed airspace. IndiGo just suspended flights to Almaty, Baku, Tashkent, and Tbilisi until March 28. Not March 2. March 28. A month of Central Asian connectivity erased because Iranian missiles crossed the flight paths.

The cost is compounding by the hour. Rerouted flights burn more fuel when oil is spiking past 100 dollars a barrel because the same conflict that closed the airspace is threatening the strait that moves 21 million barrels a day. Airlines are paying surge prices for fuel to fly longer routes around a war zone that did not exist yesterday morning. Every hour the airspace stays closed, the losses multiply across carriers already operating on thin margins.

And here is what nobody is calculating yet. Dubai’s economy runs on connectivity. Tourism. Trade. Finance. Logistics. All of it depends on DXB being open. The UAE just absorbed an act of war on its sovereign territory with a civilian killed in Abu Dhabi from missile debris. The country that built its entire economic model on being the safe, neutral, connected hub of the Middle East is now closed for business because the country it had no quarrel with fired missiles through its airspace.

Iran did not just attack military bases this morning. Iran shut down the economic engine of the Gulf.

That is a cost Tehran cannot afford to repay and the UAE will not forget.

[Asma Ali @auzzysworld]

@sealy_s 😍

[Asma Ali @auzzysworld]

@buhdahwee This is an apt description - my imagination is tasting it now 😂

[Asma Ali @auzzysworld]

@brentito86 For years I’ve been curious about Oaxaca - the often overlooked cultural and colourful heart of Mexico. It’s a proper runaway that I’m sure would cost more than $350 but throwing my sombrero in this ring of opportunity.

[Asma Ali @auzzysworld]

@ahbaijabbabai @nadyakshah Nads 💀🥹🙈

[Asma Ali @auzzysworld]

That moment when @elonmusk showcases @kfctnt St James to his ‘small’ following 🇹🇹

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

Peace was never an option

[Colin Landforce 🛠 @landforce]

I was wondering why bitters bottles always have these jacked up old fashioned labels on em.

Turns out the brothers behind this brand were entering their recipe in a contest like a hundred years ago. One brother worked on the bottle and the other the label.

At game time they realized they were different sizes. They slapped the label on and entered it anyway.

They lost the contest but a judge pulled em aside and told em the wonky label made their product stand out. They kept doing it and not only is Angostura one of the biggest brands in the space, their aesthetic dominates the category.

[Asma Ali @auzzysworld]

When action exceeds talk. THIS is what we talkin about. @SHENYENG “Sauce” doubles on the avenue has issued your official invitation 🇹🇹🇯🇲#TrinidadCarnival2023 #visittrinidad

[Asma Ali @auzzysworld]

@rambally_ria @rambally_ria fully https://t.co/IsrOrcyJI5 a fellow VIP patron & annual supporter of this event @Kestheband #izwe i was very disappointed by the poor planning -both parking & logistics,poor view of stage and no big screens.Traffic was so bad we did not arrive until 11 from POS

[Lauren Chen @TheLaurenChen]

Twitter before Elon vs Twitter after Elon

[Asma Ali @auzzysworld]

Straight outta #TrinidadandTobago (the land of oil and gas)

[Asma Ali @auzzysworld]

@nadyakshah Javed said to name him curry 😂

[Asma Ali @auzzysworld]

I couldnt stop watching this video. Still trying to figure out the science behind it 💫

[Asma Ali @auzzysworld]

@Nespresso Always 🫶🏼

[Asma Ali @auzzysworld]

@sealy_s 🤣🤣🤣

[Asma Ali @auzzysworld]

Home Office Goals

[Scott Galloway @profgalloway]

New office

[Asma Ali @auzzysworld]

You know good #digitalmarketing when every single @Starbucks app user in the US gets invited to purchase coffee in exchange for this keepsake cup offer. Sales are going to spike tomorrow ☕️ #freebies #christmas2022

[Asma Ali @auzzysworld]

@nadyakshah That’s some proper multitasking