It’s interesting to determine the implications of this investment on influencers (however defined) in UAE and MENA.
UAE influencer development
— Gary R. Bunt (@garyrbunt.bsky.social) 14 September 2025 at 22:00
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UAE ‘disinformation’ issues
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UAE AI Infrastructure
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‘Digital Silk Road’
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UAE Ransomware
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UAE and Bahrain Cloud Data Issues
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Embedding Digital Literacy
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UAE AI Design Guide
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UAE AI Investment
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UAE AI Chips
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AI UAE G42
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Dubai Online Concerns
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UAE Social Media Ban
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Defence Procurement Concerns
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UAE Arabic Usage Issues
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Hajj Influencers
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UAE India AI Deal
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Sky News Arabia
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Social Media Arrests
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‘Manosphere Messiahs‘
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UAE Cyber Factory
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Big Data Hit
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UAE Digital Regulations
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UAE Cyber
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Influencers Dubai
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Tech Sovereignty
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Ramadan UAE
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Epstein
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AI UAE
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Abu Dhabi AI
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Crypto Abu Dhabi
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KSA-UAE ‘Digital War‘
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UAE AI Jobs
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UAE Gaming
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Starlink UAE
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UAE-KSA Issues
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MENA AI
Tue 24 Rajab 1447AH 13-1-2026AD -
UAE Licensed to Influence
Tue 24 Rajab 1447AH 13-1-2026AD -
Pax Silica
Mon 23 Rajab 1447AH 12-1-2026AD -
‘Emirati Influencers‘
Mon 2 Rajab 1447AH 22-12-2025AD -
UAE-aligned Bot Analysis
Sun 1 Rajab 1447AH 21-12-2025AD -
UAE GPT
Thu 27 Jumada Al Akhira 1447AH 18-12-2025AD -
UAE ‘Digital Gambling‘
Thu 27 Jumada Al Akhira 1447AH 18-12-2025AD -
UAE ‘Factory of Intelligence‘
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UAE AI Silicon Valley
Thu 6 Jumada Al Akhira 1447AH 27-11-2025AD -
AI Gulf
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UAE Digital Currency
Thu 29 Jumada Al Oula 1447AH 20-11-2025AD -
Spotify UAE KSA
Mon 26 Jumada Al Oula 1447AH 17-11-2025AD -
UAE Deepfake Warning
Sat 17 Jumada Al Oula 1447AH 8-11-2025AD -
UAE NVidia Deal
Tue 13 Jumada Al Oula 1447AH 4-11-2025AD -
‘The Muslim Metaverse‘
Wed 7 Jumada Al Oula 1447AH 29-10-2025AD -
UAE AI
Sat 3 Jumada Al Oula 1447AH 25-10-2025AD -
HP KSA PC
Sat 3 Jumada Al Oula 1447AH 25-10-2025AD -
Licensed to Influence
Fri 2 Jumada Al Oula 1447AH 24-10-2025AD -
Marriage by App
Tue 22 Rabi Al Thani 1447AH 14-10-2025AD -
AI UAE
Tue 22 Rabi Al Thani 1447AH 14-10-2025AD -
‘Finfluencers‘ face trial
Thu 17 Rabi Al Thani 1447AH 9-10-2025AD -
AI Propaganda Sudan
Mon 14 Rabi Al Thani 1447AH 6-10-2025AD -
‘PR Strategies‘ and Gaza
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UAE AI Uni
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UAE AI
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UAE ‘crypto-obsession‘
Mon 7 Rabi Al Thani 1447AH 29-9-2025AD -
UAE AI Officers on tour
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Nvidia/UAE Collaboration
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UAE AI
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AI UAE
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UAE AI K2
Tue 17 Rabi Al Awwal 1447AH 9-9-2025AD -
Azure Cloud Hit
Sun 15 Rabi Al Awwal 1447AH 7-9-2025AD -
Islamic Lifestyle Brands
Mon 19 Muharram 1447AH 14-7-2025AD -
KSA eSports Hub
Mon 13 Dhul Hijjah 1446AH 9-6-2025AD -
UAE Screen Burn
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UAE AI Hub
Sat 11 Dhul Hijjah 1446AH 7-6-2025AD -
KSA+UAE Tech Hub Developments(?)
Thu 9 Dhul Hijjah 1446AH 5-6-2025AD -
KSA-Israel Technology ‘Ties‘
Thu 9 Dhul Hijjah 1446AH 5-6-2025AD -
‘Stargate UAE‘
Thu 24 Dhul Qidah 1446AH 22-5-2025AD -
UAE AI Arabic model launched
Wed 23 Dhul Qidah 1446AH 21-5-2025AD -
Digital Research Methodology Issues
Wed 16 Dhul Qidah 1446AH 14-5-2025AD -
AI Middle East (Report)
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Cola goes Pop
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Intrigue, UAE and AI
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Post-Web MENA
Thu 9 Rajab 1446AH 9-1-2025AD -
KSA China Tech ‘boost‘
Wed 25 Jumada Al Oula 1446AH 27-11-2024AD -
AI Chips
Mon 23 Jumada Al Oula 1446AH 25-11-2024AD -
AI MENA Security
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UAE AI
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African AI Issues
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UAE AI
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UAE Bitcoin Farming No-Go
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LLMs Huawei MENA
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LLMs in Swahili
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UAE AI
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AI Arabic
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‘Million‘ UAE startup
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Archiving the UAE
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AI UAE
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Telegram – Dubai
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Chip Strategies
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Ramadan ‘Influencers‘
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Egypt’s “Digital Nomads”
Fri 6 Shaban 1445AH 16-2-2024AD -
Deep Fake Hack in UAE
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KSA AI
Fri 7 Rajab 1445AH 19-1-2024AD -
Dubai Content Creators‘ Fund
Thu 29 Jumada Al Akhira 1445AH 11-1-2024AD -
UAE Comics
Fri 24 Jumada Al Oula 1445AH 8-12-2023AD -
Crypto Majlis
Fri 24 Jumada Al Oula 1445AH 8-12-2023AD -
Putin in UAE
Wed 22 Jumada Al Oula 1445AH 6-12-2023AD -
UAE Coding Day
Sat 27 Rabi Al Thani 1445AH 11-11-2023AD -
AI and Fatwas
Mon 8 Rabi Al Thani 1445AH 23-10-2023AD -
Arabic AI
Wed 19 Rabi Al Awwal 1445AH 4-10-2023AD -
UAE Crypto
Tue 11 Rabi Al Awwal 1445AH 26-9-2023AD -
Captagon Crisis
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Turkey Gaming
Sat 1 Rabi Al Awwal 1445AH 16-9-2023AD -
MENA AI Biometric Concerns
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Phishing UAE
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Chip Race
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New & Noted: “Gender Beliefs of Muslim Facebook…
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COP28 @UAE
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KSA Gaming
Thu 26 Dhul Qidah 1444AH 15-6-2023AD -
African Arabic
Mon 23 Dhul Qidah 1444AH 12-6-2023AD -
MENA Podcasts
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Zakat Online
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UAE Net Spend Projected
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Middle East Digital Archive
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Iraq: 20 Years On
Mon 28 Shaban 1444AH 20-3-2023AD -
‘Digital Islam and Muslim Millennials’
Mon 28 Shaban 1444AH 20-3-2023AD -
Islamic Coin
Tue 9 Rajab 1444AH 31-1-2023AD -
Digital Middle East
Tue 17 Jumada Al Akhira 1444AH 10-1-2023AD -
Tate Profile
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MENA FinTech
Tue 1 Dhul Qidah 1443AH 31-5-2022AD -
Jeddah’s Digital Art Museum
Mon 29 Shawwal 1443AH 30-5-2022AD -
Blockchain UAE
Wed 24 Shawwal 1443AH 25-5-2022AD