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Ahmed Al Omran
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Saudi correspondent @FT 📰 Previously seen in @nytimes, @WSJ and @NPR 📩 Email: [email protected] 📝 Subscribe to my newsletter: riyadhbureau.com
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    Ahmed Al Omran
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    Oct 28, 2022
    Saudi billionaire Prince Alwaleed becomes Twitter’s second-largest investor after Elon Musk
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    Oct 28, 2022
    Dear friend "Chief Twit" @elonmusk Together all the way 🤝🏻 @Twitter
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    Ahmed Al Omran
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    Oct 25, 2022
    Jared Kushner seen in the first row at the Saudi investment forum that just started in Riyadh this morning
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    Ahmed Al Omran
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    Dec 18, 2022
    Replying to @ahmed
    Elon Musk attending the World Cup final in Lusail Stadium, Qatar
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    Ahmed Al Omran
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    Mar 31, 2024
    New by me @FT — Saudi officials fear brutal images emerging from the shattered Gaza Strip will radicalise their young population, disrupt economic and social reform plans
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    Saudi Arabia’s Israel strategy upended by anger over Gaza war
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    Ahmed Al Omran
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    Dec 1, 2024
    Ten years after construction began, Riyadh Metro officially opens to the public today 🚇 Big moment for the Saudi capital
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    Ahmed Al Omran
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    Oct 29, 2024
    🚨 Saudi PIF to cut to cut international investment from 30% to 18-20% as the fund shifts focus to domestic projects, governor Yasir Al Rumayyan says at FII
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    Ahmed Al Omran
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    Aug 16, 2024
    Food supplies into Gaza dwindling as UN warns of looming famine
    Chart of aid delivers to Gaza
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    Ahmed Al Omran
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    Aug 7, 2024
    🚨 Saudi athlete Dunya Abutaleb beats Israel’s Abishag Semberg, a bronze-medalist in Tokyo, to qualify to the quarterfinals in W -49km taekwondo #Olympics #Paris2024
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    Ahmed Al Omran
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    Feb 13, 2024
    📢 Some personal news: Excited to re-join @FT as Saudi correspondent to cover the kingdom and the Gulf during these ~ interesting times ~ Please send tips, story ideas and more 📩 [email protected]
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    Ahmed Al Omran
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    May 7, 2024
    Americana, which operates KFC and Kirspy Kreme in the Middle East, reports 51.8% decline in Q1 profit as boycott over Gaza war and Ramadan slump hit sales 📉
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    Ahmed Al Omran
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    Aug 24, 2023
    KSA has NOT officially accepted invitation to join BRICS yet. Saudi FM Prince Faisal says they “appreciate” invite but wait for details on nature of membership, would make decision after “internal deliberations.”
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    Ahmed Al Omran
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    Aug 24, 2023
    🚨 Saudi Arabia, UAE, Egypt and Iran invited to join BRICS
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    Ahmed Al Omran
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    Oct 25, 2022
    Replying to @ahmed
    Kushner now on stage with former Italian PM Matteo Renzi after a sudden change of schedule. Their session was originally supposed to take place in 1h 40m
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    Ahmed Al Omran
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    Sep 13, 2023
    Kuwait orders all restaurants and cafés in the country to offer customers free filtered tap water and not force them to buy bottled water 🚰 Rest of GCC should do this or at least give customers a choice between local and imported bottled water brands.
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    Ahmed Al Omran
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    May 15, 2024
    Saudi Arabia rejects US request to deploy troops in Gaza. Egypt, UAE and Morocco are considering the idea
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    US encouraging Arab states to join multinational postwar force in Gaza
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