#jobs in gulf countries

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The Gulf region continues to be a beacon of opportunity for professionals looking for high-paying jobs and career growth. Whether you’re an engineer, healthcare worker, IT professional, or hospitality expert, there is no shortage of jobs in Gulf countries across a wide range of industries.

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Nursing Jobs Overseas: A Guide for Aspiring Healthcare Professionals

When considering nursing positions overseas, it's crucial to familiarize yourself with the country's specific regulations and requirements for working in the healthcare sector.

Think Europe Services understands the allure of nursing jobs overseas, particularly in sought-after destinations like Saudi Arabia. With a reputation for excellence in international recruitment, we specialize in connecting Indian nursing professionals with rewarding opportunities abroad.

In Gulf countries like Saudi Arabia, the demand for skilled nursing professionals remains consistently high. However, navigating the complex application procedures and regulations can be daunting for aspiring candidates. That's where Think Europe Services comes in. As a trusted nursing jobs overseas agency, we provide comprehensive support and guidance to help you secure your dream job in Saudi Arabia.

The demand for highly skilled nursing staff has seen a significant rise in recent years. Indian nursing professionals, in particular, are highly regarded in countries like Saudi Arabia. However, while there is a growing need for healthcare professionals overseas, navigating the landscape of available opportunities and securing a position can be challenging. Aspiring healthcare workers often require the support of experienced recruiters who can adeptly guide both novices and seasoned professionals toward exciting job prospects abroad.

Our team of experienced recruiters is well-versed in the intricacies of overseas nursing placements. We understand the specific requirements of healthcare sectors in Gulf countries and can effectively match candidates with suitable positions. Whether you're a novice or an experienced nurse, we'll work closely with you to ensure a smooth and successful transition to your new role abroad.

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In Conclusion,

If you're in pursuit of nursing opportunities in Saudi Arabia, your initial step should involve finding a reputable recruitment firm with expertise in overseas placements within Saudi Arabia. Trustworthy recruitment firms, known for their unwavering professionalism, can provide you with the assurance of securing employment in foreign lands. It's prudent to gather comprehensive information about any recruitment firm before initiating contact, ensuring you're well-informed and confident in your choice when pursuing your overseas nursing career.

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Exploring the Benefits of Working in Gulf Countries

Are you considering a career move or exploring job opportunities abroad? Look no further than the Gulf countries, where a plethora of benefits await professionals from around the world. From lucrative salaries to enriching cultural experiences, working in the Gulf offers a host of advantages that can elevate both your career and personal life. Let's delve into some of the compelling reasons why thousands of individuals choose to pursue employment opportunities in this dynamic region.

Lucrative Compensation Packages:

Gulf countries are renowned for offering competitive salaries and generous benefits to attract top talent from across the globe. With tax-free income and additional allowances for housing, transportation, healthcare, and education, employees can enjoy a higher standard of living and financial stability. Whether you're in the oil and gas industry, finance sector, healthcare, or information technology, the Gulf provides ample opportunities to maximize your earning potential.

Career Growth and Development:

The Gulf's thriving economy and rapid infrastructure development create a conducive environment for professional growth and advancement. Whether you're a recent graduate or an experienced professional, the region offers a plethora of opportunities to enhance your skills, gain valuable experience, and climb the career ladder. Many companies prioritize talent development through training programs, mentorship initiatives, and opportunities for leadership roles, empowering employees to reach their full potential.

World-Class Working Conditions:

Gulf countries boast modern infrastructure, state-of-the-art facilities, and adherence to international labor standards, ensuring a safe and comfortable working environment for employees. From regulated work hours and comprehensive healthcare coverage to advanced technology and modern amenities, workers in the Gulf enjoy access to top-notch facilities that enhance productivity and well-being. Whether you're working in an office, construction site, hospital, or hotel, you can expect high standards of safety, hygiene, and professionalism.

Cultural Diversity and Global Exposure:

Working in the Gulf offers a unique opportunity to immerse yourself in a culturally diverse and cosmopolitan environment. With expatriates from around the world coexisting harmoniously, you'll have the chance to interact with people from different backgrounds, languages, and traditions. This multicultural setting fosters cross-cultural understanding, tolerance, and appreciation, enriching your personal and professional experiences. Whether you're attending international events, sampling diverse cuisines, or celebrating festivals from around the world, the Gulf offers a vibrant tapestry of cultures to explore.

Strategic Location and Travel Opportunities:

Situated at the crossroads of Asia, Europe, and Africa, Gulf countries serve as strategic hubs for travel, trade, and commerce. With world-class airports, seaports, and transportation infrastructure, you'll have easy access to global destinations for business or leisure. Whether you're exploring the historic sights of Dubai, conducting business meetings in Riyadh, or relaxing on the pristine beaches of Oman, the Gulf's strategic location opens up a world of travel opportunities for adventurous souls.

Conclusion

In conclusion, working in Gulf countries offers a multitude of benefits that cater to both professional and personal aspirations. From attractive compensation packages and career growth opportunities to world-class working conditions and cultural diversity, the Gulf provides an enriching and rewarding experience for individuals seeking to broaden their horizons and elevate their careers. Whether you're drawn to the allure of tax-free income or the prospect of global exposure, the Gulf awaits with open arms, ready to welcome you to its dynamic and vibrant community.

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This article about Hamas's strategic planning in the lead up to the October assault was at least a partial mind-changer for me. So far I had been viewing Hamas as executing a "bait" attack on Israel for international & domestic political reasons. Kill enough Israelis, and in particular take some hostages, to force Israel to invade Gaza; which you want because that will re-inflame radicalism, tank Israel's growing coziness with Arab states like the Gulf Monarchies, and keep the Palestine Question front-and-center on people's agendas.

What it was not about was achieving any sense of a military victory; Hamas did not think they would be able to defeat the IDF on the field, or even truly hold them back. They thought they would do better than they have in defending Gaza, to be honest, but the goal wasn't to "win" in that way or anything. The actions of Israel, in their inflamed bloodlust, would be the fulcrum of progress for Hamas. It was the most logical interpretation of their strategy, because tbh its working, Israel's strategy void has bungled this war at every level. Of course if it is "worth it" is a completely separate question - Hamas is playing a game from deep, deep in the red, if you aren't going to fold and pack it up from that position these are the hail mary plays you make.

This article, a long (and sometimes overly windy) interview with two career members of the Palestinian governing orgs (primarily Fatah), shines a very different light on that. They outline that over the past ~decade, Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar coalesced power around his own faction of highly fundamentalist adherents that convinced itself that divine favor was shining on them and they would be able to actually defeat Israel in the field. The most compelling evidence for this is a conference they held planning the post-conquest occupation of Israel:

So detailed were the plans that participants in the conference began to draw up list of all the properties in Israel and appointed representatives to deal with the assets that would be seized by Hamas. "We have a registry of the numbers of Israeli apartments and institutions, educational institutions and schools, gas stations, power stations and sewage systems, and we have no choice but to get ready to manage them," Obeid told the conference.

They even called people up to ask if they would take the job of governor of this-of-that province! This was not a bored-Friday white paper by any means. They discussed defensive plans and counter-offensives like that was on the table. Sinwar outlined conquest as the goal.

If we accept this premise, it naturally lends itself to the question "okay how did they get the rest of Hamas to go along with this?" Because Hamas is not all These Kinds of People, its a governing state that does politics on the international stage after all. One of the reasons I leaned towards my interpretation was that, for the past ~decade, Hamas has actually been doing a glam-up rebranding of the org to make it more moderate & respectable in international eyes. The 2017 Charter Revision is the biggest example, which included say disavowing the idea that this was a religious war (distinguishing between zionism & judaism), and loosely admitting to the idea that they could recognize Israel as a country if terms were met. Actions like these show actors who are pretty level-headed. Were they inauthentic? Did they change their mind?

Maybe a bit, but its more than they aren't the same people. Right alongside the build-up to the October attack was a purging & sidelining of whole swaths of Hamas leadership. Many were not even informed of the attack - though they knew something was coming. Apparently it leaked on October 2nd, and a bunch of leaders just immediately fled the Strip for safety. This one is the most amusing:

Haniyeh's eldest son took a similar course of action. Around midday on October 2, Abed Haniyeh chaired a meeting of the Palestinian sports committee, which is headed by the minister of sports, Jibril Rajoub. Suddenly he received a phone call, left the room for a few minutes and then returned, pale and confused. He immediately informed the committee – whose members were in a Zoom conference with counterparts in the West Bank – that he had to leave for the Rafah crossing straightaway, as he had just learned that his wife had to undergo fertility treatment in the United Arab Emirates. (He was lying.) He granted full power of attorney to his deputy and left the Gaza Strip hurriedly.

That is one way to duck out of a pointless meeting, take notes people!

So instead of my hail mary politics play, what you have is a story of an institutional coup by a radical faction - which for extremist resistance groups is an ever-present threat. None of this means the "bait" strategy part is wrong of course, that was definitely still the point - but this argument here claims that goal of the bait was to bring the IDF into Gaza where it could be defeated in the field with their extensive fortifications, and then presumably inspire others like Hezbollah to jump on the moment of weakness and besiege Israel proper.

So....is this true? There are two gigantic caveats on this article: the first is that the people being interviewed do not primarily work for Hamas - they are members of Fatah, the leading faction of the PLO. They hate Hamas, they are not Hamas leaders themselves, they have every incentive to paint Hamas as irredeemable. You really can't take this story simply at their word. But they aren't outsiders - they hate Hamas but they work with them constantly, that is how it works, people rotate around in the Palestine orgs. They have met personally and worked with dozens of Hamas leaders; one of them was even called to be offered one of those post-war occupation governorships! (He said no lol) So its a big red flag but not a damning one. And things like the fleeing leaders, the conference on the occupation, those all 100% happened. They released press on it, they weren't hiding it.

The second caveat is that its just really not uncommon for large organizations, particularly extremist ones, to engage in mainly performative actions at scale. The South Korean government still maintains a department that plans for the administration of North Korea for example! Not totally useless ofc, but it writes exactly the reports you think it does that get put in a bin and never touched. Sometimes its appeasing internal factions, sometimes its PR, sometimes its just institutional inertia. Its absolutely believable that Hamas would make a big plan for how they would conquer Israel because otherwise...what do you tell the commanders, exactly? Why are they fighting again? A significant percentage of the lower-level fighters need that belief, so you give it to them. While certainly there is a fundamentalist faction in Hamas, are they ones winning? Or are they just another faction being played against?

I don't see enough evidence to say, but there is enough to make me pause. I'm not sold on it in the end, that is my final conclusion. I think more brains than Sinwar were involved in this and they had more realistic aspirations. And yet the level of commitment and disorganization does suggest that at least some of what was pushing events forward was a group immune to doubts being at the wheel. Certainly interested in researching more.

[theconstitutionisgayculture]

I first caught wind of this piece on Monday, and I'm still in awe of that last paragraph. Actual real-life human beings are trying to give Jimmy Carter more credit for the fall of the Soviet Union than President Ronald Wilson Reagan. What do you even do with that? Do you bother to offer a critique or just laugh hysterically?  I suppose my job is to do the former so it should be noted that Carter was most responsible for the rise of the Mullahs in Iran, having completely undercut the Shah. He also spent his presidency establishing a Palestinian status quo that has led to numerous wars and countless deaths. To suggest he "brought more positive change to the Middle East than any president in the decades before or since" is one of the most insane things I've ever seen a news outlet write. Further, his coddling of Islamist dictators while continually knee-capping Israel (many suggest he was outright antisemitic) laid the groundwork for the chaos in the region that persists to this day. As to the Soviet Union, it was ascendant when Carter left office, running roughshod in multiple parts of the world. The SALT II treaty was also signed under Carter, which served as nothing more than unilateral disarmament by the United States while the Soviets didn't comply. It took Reagan's peace-through-strength strategy to bring the Soviets to their knees because, if anything, Carter was helping preserve the Soviet Union's power with his naive half-measures and deal-making.  Keep in mind that we are only talking about Carter's foreign policy record at this point. His domestic record was arguably worse, though I won't dive into that here.  With that out of the way, let's get to Scott Jennings, who was faced with pro-Jimmy Carter talking points multiple times on CNN following the former president's passing. Instead of shying away from controversy, which would have been easy to do given the circumstances, he struck hard and set the record straight. 

JENNINGS: In the run-up to the Persian Gulf War, he wrote letters to all of our allies and to Arab states, asking them to abandon their cooperation and coalition with the United States of America. If it's not treasonous, it's borderline treasonous, and so I hear what you're saying about the humanitarianism, but when you're an ex-president, and you have served in that office, I think you have a duty to the United States and only to the United States, and when he did that and other instances, to me, it showed that he cared more about his own legacy than he did about the country, and I think that is wrong.

Jimmy Carter was a terrible president and not that great of a person either. Don't let the evil media rewrite history because you want to be respectful and not speak ill of the recently dead.

[rjzimmerman]

Insurers Are Deserting Homeowners as Climate Shocks Worsen. (New York Times)

Excerpt from this New York Times story:

Since 2018, more than 1.9 million home insurance contracts nationwide have been dropped — “nonrenewed,” in the parlance of the industry. In more than 200 counties, the nonrenewal rate has tripled or more, according to the findings of a congressional investigation released Wednesday.

As a warming planet delivers more wildfires, hurricanes and other threats, America’s once reliably boring home insurance market has become the place where climate shocks collide with everyday life.

The consequences could be profound. Without insurance, you can’t get a mortgage; without a mortgage, most Americans can’t buy a home. Communities that are deemed too dangerous to insure face the risk of falling property values, which means less tax revenue for schools, police and other basic services. As insurers pull back, they can destabilize the communities left behind, making their decisions a predictor of the disruption to come.

Now, for the first time, the scale of that pullback is becoming public. Last fall, the Senate Budget Committee demanded the country’s largest insurance companies provide the number of nonrenewals by county and year. The result is a map that tracks the climate crisis in a new way.

The American Property Casualty Insurance Association, a trade group, said information about nonrenewals was “unsuitable for providing meaningful information about climate change impacts,” because the data doesn’t show why individual insurers made decisions. The group added that efforts to gather data from insurers “could have an anticompetitive effect on the market.”

Senator Sheldon Whitehouse, Democrat of Rhode Island and the committee’s chairman, said the new information was crucial. In an interview, he called the new data as good an indicator as any “for predicting the likelihood and timing of a significant, systemic economic crash,” as disruption in the insurance market spreads to property values.

“The climate crisis that is coming our way is not just about polar bears, and it’s not just about green jobs,” Mr. Whitehouse said Wednesday during a hearing on the investigation’s findings. “It actually is coming through your mail slot, in the form of insurance cancellations, insurance nonrenewals and dramatic increases in insurance costs.”

The map of dropped policies shows how the crisis in the American home insurance market has spread beyond well-known problems in Florida and California. The jump in nonrenewals now extends along the Gulf Coast, through Alabama and Mississippi; up the Atlantic seaboard, through the Carolinas, Virginia and into southern New England; inland, to parts of the plains and Intermountain West; and even as far as Hawaii.

[sevencbiz]

The Gulf region offers a wealth of opportunities for skilled professionals across various industries. The tax-free income, lucrative salaries, and career growth potential make Jobs in Gulf Countries a highly attractive proposition for job seekers worldwide.

[lambourngb]

Prompt : Past and Future Married Selves From Future Try to Matchmake Present Selves

Timetravel, established IceMav-

****

“What the hell are you doing?”

Mav froze where he was carefully hanging up his bomber jacket on a coat hook and turned to face his husband, clearly recognizing the look on his face. Annoyed but fond, so not truly an Admiral-level of annoyance. “Do I really need to explain it?” He glanced at his jacket on the rung and then toward the desk in the middle of the room with a shiny placard for Lt. Commander Tom Kazansky.

Ice raised his eyebrow, sporting four stars on his shoulders as he took in his past self’s desk. “Seriously? You stole your own jacket and put it in my office?”

“It’s called ‘providing a pretext',” Mav said primly. “I love this jacket. Trust me, I’ll search the whole base, and when I find it in your office, I’ll be relieved and thankful it’s safe.”

“You would be relieved now, but back then?” Ice looked skeptical, walking deeper into his past self’s office. Everything was neat, filed away, no sense of personality, but he knew if he opened up the bottom desk drawer, there would be a framed picture of the Enterprise and their famous handshake. It would take years, and of course finally having Mav as his partner before Ice would have the courage to display it openly.

Then once that happened, he couldn’t help but display it everywhere. Admirals had that type of power.

“Back then, I was definitely looking for a reason to linger in your office,” Mav replied confidently.

“You were still involved with Charlie; you were talking about moving to DC and taking a job at Pax River.”

“Only because I thought I needed to put a whole country between us to keep from getting discharged dishonorably.”

Ice rolled his eyes, not exactly remembering it that way. This time point was painful and sore for him, and when they had both found themselves suddenly back in 1987, he had wanted to hide out in a beach motel until the time-travel spell that hit them both had passed. And it would pass the night after the lunar eclipse; there was enough documentation to guarantee that. Still, in 1987, and since he had been following Mav for almost thirty years at this point, he had followed him again to their old offices at Top Gun reluctantly.

This was a bittersweet point in their history. They had built a friendship in Miramar, but Ice knew he had done it under false pretenses, believing he could only have a friendship with his hopelessly straight wingman. It took serving in a war together and a bail-out over the Gulf to change that.

Suddenly Mav’s eyes lit up, and Ice’s stomach sank in recognition. “Oh, you still shave with that coconut cream during this time! If we rub that on the collar, so I think you were wearing this, I promise you, I’ll be at your door the very next night-“

Sighing, Ice slipped behind his old desk and opened up the top drawer, knowing unerringly that he had stopped keeping that shaving cream in his locker after getting teased about it at Top Gun. “You mean this?”

“Yes!” Mav grabbed it, dispensing a small dab into his palms to rub together. He inhaled the tropical scent with a sigh and then rubbed the lingering scent into the collar of his past self’s jacket. Something about the scent seemed to ignite a fire in his eyes as he took in the old office and flickered to the beat-up couch against the office wall. “Say, Ice-“

“No.”

“Oh come on, we never had a chance to defile this couch, and trust me, I wanted to do it back then-“

That was true enough; teaching at Top Gun provided the foundation for their friendship, and by the time it had turned sexual, they had faced different deployments and long distances. Miramar was in the hands of the Marines now. It was tempting.

1987 Ice wouldn’t have said no to Mav, even though he knew the other man was in a relationship. 2022 Ice, married to the menace, was not any stronger. “Fine- but don’t, and I mean this, don’t come on the cushions, my past self still has to work in here.”

[labutansa]

Is Saudi Arabia Appropriating Ethiopia’s Land?

via african_stream

“A Saudi company is growing rice on thousands of hectares of fertile land in Ethiopia in order to feed the Gulf state. The firm's signed a 50-year lease with the government and claims it creating jobs and wealth. However, Bwakali argues there are few trickle-down benefits for locals.

The leases are often lopsided in favour of foreign entities, who pay as little as $3 per hectare and enjoy tax breaks. They also undermine the food security of a country that's suffered terrible famines.

of thousands of localBwakali describes it as a modern-day Scramble for Africa. If you factor in the news of Emirati sheikhs buying huge tracts of African land in carbon-offsetting deals, it's hard to miss his point. Blue Carbon, chaired by Sheikh Ahmed Dalmook al-Maktoum, has signed deals that involve a fifth of Zimbabwe, 10% of Liberia, 10% of Zambia, 8% of Tanzania and millions of hectares of Kenyan forests, according to The Guardian.”

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Uncle story?

Oh boy!

So the first thing i need to say about my uncle is that he is an idiot. Terminally stupid and also the most self-righteous bastard I've ever met. Truly deadly combo.

I must also start by clarifying that this is not the same openly gay uncle who is a Scottish lord and ran for mayor of a small Saskatchewan town because he was bored and won and then showed up to all the official things in a top hat. That is technically my great uncle and on my dad's side. We must not smear that uncle's name due to confusing him with my mom's brother who is too stupid to realize how stupid he is and thinks the fact that no one can understand what the fuck he's ever talking about is a sign of intelligence.

So my uncle is openly gay. And he lives in the UK as a dual dutch-canadian citizen. He is engaged to an Israeli man (do not discourse on this post. I mention his nationality to highlight something else I will mention. Just some guy who doesn't even live there is not responsible for a certain conflict going on). He also grew up in Dubai but family went back to Canada for a spell around when he entered high school. He works as a travel agent last time I checked, but he can never hold down a job for more than a few months without getting fired so who knows at this point.

You're with me, yes? Gay, immigrant, fiance from another country, grew up in the gulf?

This motherfucker. Said he would vote for Trump if he were american and that brexit was a good idea. And is anti-immigration. And thinks feminism is cancer. And once tried to convince my mom that men across the UK were being arrested for "stare-rape" which is apparently when you just look at a woman in public and she can then claim you raped her with your eyes. And thinks pride is pedophilic. And thinks bisexuality is just people who want to be special and can't pick a side. And the only person he's still on speaking terms with in my immediate family is my grandma who is just as toxic as he is stupid.

My dad once said, word for word, while a few drags into a blunt: "if I ever see [uncle] again, I'm going to beat the shit out of him for what he said about my son." I don't know what exactly happened to get him kicked out of my parents apartment when they cut ties with him during a visit, but I know it was a screaming match over something to do with me. I had long moved out at that point so I wasn't there to see it. And this is coming from the mouth of the same guy from my red bull and snickers post, my dad is not a violent or scary guy and I've never seen him lay a hand on anybody.

My uncle and I used to be really close when I was a kid because he's a very artistic person, and I was too. We were the two creatives in the family. Also as a queer kid who didn't know he was trans yet I was naturally drawn to queer masculine influences. This fell apart pretty quickly when I started like, growing into my own person instead of a carbon copy of the people around me. He was steadily becoming dumber and dumber to me but it really came to a head in 2016

So trump wins the US election. I am still living in Abu Dhabi at this point and I had just graduated high school in June of that year. My boss is American. She is devastated and says she's going home early that day because she needs a few hours to process what's gonna happen now. At my desk I make a Facebook post saying that if any of the americans I knew refused to vote over your own self-righteous bs that I don't want to talk to you again because you clearly cared more about having the moral high ground than sucking it up for the people who trump will go on to hurt. This post is a big hit among my Arab majority peers.

This goes on without incident. 3 months later my uncle comments a big essay on it sucking trumps dick and saying some pseudo-qanon shit about Hillary Clinton. I respond citing actual sources and hit him where it hurts: Mike pence's then-plan to divert AIDS research funding into conversion therapy.

I go back to work (I am at work when the response happens too). About an hour later my phone buzzes on my desk. I open it to an essay twice the size in my messenger DMs from him crytyping about how I've changed and turned into such a whiny SJW, how I'm no longer the same person i was when I was 11 (damn I hope so), how I'm such a bully now (YOU CAME ONTO *MY* POST 3 MONTHS LATER???), and uh, no word of a lie, that he can't be racist because he dated a black man in high school. I. I never mentioned race in the post or my response to him. He brought that up on his own.

I ended up calling him out on it by replying to his public comment with "hey if you're gonna cry about how you're not racist in my inbox for pages and pages on end like that because someone said you were being stupid at least do it in the same place you were flaunting your idiocy, damn."

We didn't talk for a good couple years after that. And then something came up and we talked again for a bit, I don't remember exactly what anymore but we had to interact in person for it. I was willing to be civil, he started by doing the equivalent of crossing his arms and pouting until I said sorry for how mean I was to such a sensitive little muffin on the internet. Very mature guy I'm related to here isn't he. Insane how he's the uncle and I'm the nephew huh

This lasted for a good 2 weeks. Because the pokemon sun and moon leaks happened and I showed him the character models for red and blue and joked that they looked like a newlywed couple on their honeymoon in Hawaii. Pokemon was one of the few things we could still agree on at this point, so i was trying to bridge a gap with a family member with it. Thinking that he would appreciate the joke as a gay man.

He exploded at me. Like full on screaming exploded at me over that. He yelled about how homophobic I was, that i had no right to call myself queer because I hadn't been sexually assaulted or threatened to be murdered (HE HASNT EITHER??? LIKE HE VERY MUCH HASNT 😭😭😭 also you are making a LOT of assumptions about the life of someone you made NO effort to be a part of despite him giving you every olive branch you could possibly grab), that it was insulting to every gay person in the world to say that the best representation we deserved was pokemon (THATS NOT WHAT I SAID??? Also what's wrong with a gay pokemon character 😭 how is that insulting 😭😭) and that I had no idea what it was like to suffer for my identity. He said this while I was living in a place where queer people got executed for being moral degenerates btw.

Something in me snapped that day and I responded with "oh tell me more about how hard your life was in your dubai villa with an in-ground pool and a hired nanny. I'll truly never suffer as much as you have. Tell me more about how you threw the first brick at stonewall."

My parents had to stop themselves from laughing at that response and steered me out before my uncle could explode even more, and I never talked to him again.