# How Would a Gulf War Affect the UAE

- Original post: https://www.twitter.com/i/status/2117389781424304240
- Source account: [@Fitnisalam\_](https://x.com/Fitnisalam_)
- Source language: Arabic
- Target language: English
- Duration: 0:59
- Published: 2026-11-03
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## Transcript

[0:01](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/qGMUJe2yB8sN/en/how-would-a-gulf-war-affect-the-uae?t=1) If war breaks out in the Gulf, this country— what would happen to the UAE? Where would it be?

[0:07](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/qGMUJe2yB8sN/en/how-would-a-gulf-war-affect-the-uae?t=7) Where would the rulers be? Where would the people be?

[0:11](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/qGMUJe2yB8sN/en/how-would-a-gulf-war-affect-the-uae?t=11) The cities that some literature describes as cities of glass.

[0:14](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/qGMUJe2yB8sN/en/how-would-a-gulf-war-affect-the-uae?t=14) Of glass. Cities of glass. Where would this be? Where would the markets be?

[0:20](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/qGMUJe2yB8sN/en/how-would-a-gulf-war-affect-the-uae?t=20) Where would the UAE's commercial, service, and economic hub be?

[0:24](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/qGMUJe2yB8sN/en/how-would-a-gulf-war-affect-the-uae?t=24) And it's right on the edge of the Gulf, I mean.

[0:27](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/qGMUJe2yB8sN/en/how-would-a-gulf-war-affect-the-uae?t=27) Is it in the UAE's interest if Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed puts his grudges aside and sets aside his misguided calculations, and answers this question for the Emirati people, not for me? Is it in the UAE's interest for a war to break out in the Gulf region? A devastating war.

[0:46](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/qGMUJe2yB8sN/en/how-would-a-gulf-war-affect-the-uae?t=46) They won't be safe in that war. They certainly won't be safe. Neither Emiratis nor Saudis will be safe nor will anyone who takes part in the war against Iran.