Elham Fakhro

Dozens Wounded in Bahrain as Arab States Condemn Iranian Strikes

Over 30 people were injured after an Iranian drone struck Bahrain’s oil facility last night. In response, Bapco declared force majeure, joining Kuwait and Qatar

www.nytimes.com/2026/03/09/w...

Smearing an entire group of people "even the educated ones" as irredeemably racist, chauvinist (presumably also lazy, ignorant, and any other trope) is in itself a vile and racist statement. Hope that clear up any confusion!

לראשונה: איחוד האמירויות תקפה באיראן פרסום ראשון: האמירתים תקפו מתקן התפלה איראני בתגובה לירי המתמשך לעברם. בישראל מעריכים כי מדובר באיתות בלבד - והצטרפות של האמירויות למערכה תתרחש רק אם התקיפות האיראניות יסלימו

Israeli media is framing the UAE as the perpetrator of the attack against the desalination plant in Iran. I don't think the UAE is suicidal. This is an attempt to draw the UAE into war.

Iran struck a desalination plant in Bahrain. If the attack had come from the UAE, they'd have been the target.

How many expats with Western passport come to the Gulf, land opportunities they never would back home (or at least kick-start their careers with massive salaries), benefit from all the hierarchies of course, then suddenly act holier than thou once they've moved on.

This is what ecocide looks like.

Tête à tête - There's been a 'seismic' shift in US public opinion on Palestine: Historian Rashid Khalidi In an interview with FRANCE 24, renowned historian Rashid Khalidi described a "seismic, fundamental shift" in American public opinion on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. He also argued that Israel re...

There's been a 'seismic' shift in US public opinion on Palestine: Historian Rashid Khalidi flip.it/dnnV8p

Scientists Teach Lab-Grown Brain Cells to Play Video Games Lab-grown mini-brains learned to play video games using electrical signals, improving from 4.5% to 46% success in AI balance tests.

😩😩
www.gadgetreview.com/scientists-t...

Not to worry I've been repeatedly assured that the former volunteer army guard for an IDF torture prison in the First Intifada is actually very liberal and also that the magazine he runs is very liberal

Fresh and unprecedented levels of terrible

Iranian drone damages desalination plant in Bahrain Bahrain says an Iranian drone attack has caused “material damage” to a desalination plant. It's the first time an Arab country has reported Iran targeting a desalination plant during the nine-day war.

Source apnews.com/article/iran...

Fire flows through gutters meant to carry water to trees in Tehran.

Death flows where life once did.

May God forgive us.

(Video has been geoconfirmed.)

An Iranian drone attack has damaged a water desalination plant in Bahrain. This is after the US attacked a water desalination plant in Qeshm Island (Iran) yesterday, which Iran's foreign minister says set a “precedent”. Gulf states and Iran both rely heavily on desalinated water.

I get yelled at for saying this but for many hundreds of years people went to university not to get diplomas or be employable but because immersion in the humanities was considered foundational to a good life, and school must return to its original purpose: the joy of learning.

Color me shocked

Very dystopian timing. I’ve been working on this since November.

Thanks @thedialmag.bsky.social

Saudi Arabia said to intensify talks with Iran to defuse Mideast war Reported outreach comes as Islamic Republicn continues to attack its neighbors; officials from several Gulf states complain they weren't given earlier notice about initial US-Israeli strikes

There's much doom and gloom about the future of Gulf-Iranian relations. I think the opposite may be true. Never has there been a clearer imperative for the Gulf states to strengthen relations with Iran, if only out of their own vulnerability. For example:

www.timesofisrael.com/saudi-arabia...

The United States Could Lose the Gulf Iran’s attacks on its neighbors are a reminder that the United States cannot protect them.

Arab regimes that fear Israel...will not be reassured watching its destruction of Iran.They will worry that they could be next, understanding that the US cant be relied on to protect them. That could be the harbinger of the rapid unraveling of America's Middle East
foreignpolicy.com/2026/03/05/i...

That was quick! 😄

It takes real galaxy brains to mass cancel solar and wind projects and then start a pointless unpopular war that sends oil prices soaring.

Americans can't have cool stuff like free education, decent wages or basic healthcare because their leaders prefer to spend the money bombing the Middle East and sometimes Latin America and of course Asia... The sooner the mutiny against this, the better for the entire world

It's fine, he can always say the opposite thing tomorrow and change his mind the day after

RUSSIA GETS:
-Higher oil prices
-Reduced US economic pressure
-Bogged down US military
-Air defense assets not sent to Ukraine

US GETS:
-Indefinite war in pursuit of undefined outcome
-Weaker economy
-Frayed international partnerships
-Combat deaths

Russia is providing Iran intelligence to target U.S. forces, officials say The targeting information has included the locations of American warships and aircraft in the Middle East, the officials said.

Another US adversary is participating in this war - albeit indirectly
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

Qatar warns war will force Gulf to stop energy exports ‘within days’ Gas producer says it will take ‘weeks to months’ to restore deliveries after Iranian drone strike

Meanwhile Qatar is also warning that the war can force the Gulf to stop energy exports within days. Are any of these economic pressures enough to convince Trump to try to rollback this disastrous war? Can it even be rolled back now?
www.ft.com/content/be12...

Gulf states could review investments due to financial strains caused by Iran war, FT reports Gulf states could start ​to review their overseas investments and future ‌commitments as they consider options to ease the pressure on their budgets following the U.S.-Israeli attacks on Iran, the Fin...

Gulf states could start ​to review their overseas investments and future ‌commitments (ie: the billions they pledged to Trump and the US) as they consider options to ease the pressure on their budgets following the U.S.-Israeli attacks on Iran www.reuters.com/world/middle...

The United States Could Lose the Gulf Iran’s attacks on its neighbors are a reminder that the United States cannot protect them.

“Gulf states can no longer believe the United States can or will protect them from existential threats. And even as they are forced to openly cooperate with Israel in its war, they increasingly view it as a threat.” My new piece on the Gulf and the Iran war.

foreignpolicy.com/2026/03/05/i...

Thank you 💛

Confirmed by @alarabiyanet.bsky.social

Massive explosions in Bahrain, where I am. Media reporting that the oil refinery has been hit

Trump Has LOST CONTROL Of The Iran War – Trita Parsi YouTube video by Owen Jones

"You are going to see a completely new level of anti-Americanism after this. Theres going to be a huge rift between Iranians in Iran and the diaspora who have been singing and dancing to these bombs"

youtube.com/watch?v=18m6...