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One of the struggles that many Khalijis have to undertake is the one
against all the stereotypes set against them, especially by the rest of
the Arab world. These stereotypes are caused by three factors: oil,
migrant workers, and tourism. The millions of Arabs, whether Arab
nationalists or not, who negatively stereotype people of the Gulf, look
down at them, and marginalize their political and human struggles, do
blame the Gulf for not using their oil to empower the Arab region. They
see them as spoiled, non-productive creatures and classical allies of
the West. Simply, the Gulf is somehow blamed for most of their
tragedies.
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Ok so I am Lebanese and to many of us Khalijis were supposed to be illiterate bediouns and Yemen should have remained the pearl of civilization in the Arabian Peninsula. After-all, a mountainous overpopulated country like Lebanon with no natural resources, a country that has been the playground of bigger nations for decades, plagued by civil and international war still scores better than a very oil rich Khaliji country like Oman on the UN Human Development Index, still receives immigrants from Yemen.
You say we don't understand what is the real gulf. What is the real gulf? I myself make a distinction between Khaliji countries, Kuwait is not Saudi Arabia neither is Bahrain or the UAE.
But you also have to blame Saudi Arabia for ruining the beautiful diverse and progressive Khaliji picture you are trying to paint. They make the biggest fraction of Khalijis and to many people around the world, both Arabs and none-Arabs, Saudi Arabia is arguably the most backwards nation on earth. With its vast oil wealth it should have already achieved a considerable amount in the fields of science, sports, even space exploration and equality. Instead they spend their petrodollars on exporting their backwards Wahabi version of Islam, fighting our more Sufi moderate version of Islam, and hating on minorities.
Even though Saudi Arabia probably has one of the highest rates of homosexuality in their single gender schools, not that I have anything against homosexuality myself they still brand us as homosexuals. If you only you know how many times I've heard Saudi' and Khalijis branding us as homosexuals, ancestors of the crusades, prostitutes and Nassara. Read their Youtube comments see what THEY think of US.
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