Such binaries risk positioning Western conceptions of modernity,progress,& individualism as normative benchmarks against which Arab societies are evaluated,while obscuring the historical, cultural,& ideological frameworks through which Khaleeji societies understandsocial change.
I find the whole concept of labeling Arabs, specifically Khaleejis, as either โliberalโ or โconservativeโ to be a colonial construct because it imposes Western political and social categories onto societies with their own histories, values, and ways of understanding themselves.
clip from my interview with @FRANCE24 where i go into depth about the supply line distributions the world can expect.
three words:
food, energy, semiconductors.
we are in a moment of great peril.