Summer Said
@summer_said
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Senior Middle East Correspondent, The Wall Street Journal @wsj. Formerly @Reuters and several other news outlets. Proudly Egyptian.
Dubai
Joined August 2011
My parents in law seeing their 3-day old granddaughter for the very first time through glass door. #Belgium #coronavirus
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"You've let down those who gave their future for you"—- Cairo
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This says Egypt pres Sisi sends his Eid greetings to the Muslim nation except Qatar . Lol
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Worth revisiting this piece to understand Mexico’s position. Mexico: López Obrador makes a big bet on oil
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Never in a million years did I; a girl from a humble neighborhood in Cairo, think that I would one day have friends across the universe or even work for a paper like the @WSJ. I remind myself of this every day & in so many ways;I’m still that little girl with all her insecurities.
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For those claiming foreign media mistranslated the official statement from the Saudi government about the fist fight . I would highly recommend reading the below, which is the official statement emailed to us, foreign reporters .
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EXCLUSIVE: #Egypt has been asked to devalue its currency, appoint new officials to run its finances via @WSJ with @Chao_Deng.
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One drastic option on the table: Saudi officials have said privately that the kingdom could sell the U.S. Treasury bonds it holds if Congress were to pass anti-OPEC legislation, according to people familiar with the matter.
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One day, when I’m no longer a reporter I will write a book about what journalists, especially women, really encounter while doing their job in the Middle East , especially when they are not writing the stuff that governments and state owned firms try to spoon feed them.
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I said it before and I will say it again. Most of my close friends are Saudis, always considered the country a second home; and there I met some of the brightest people in my life. So those going crazy on my Wall please cut down on your racism towards a whole nation.
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My name is Summer. Simply an Egyptian reporter, nothing more . But if you think I get easily intimated or scared, you really got the wrong person. And while we are at it I’m not here to please anyone. I’m here to do my job : it is called journalism .
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Clearly I have been talking about Saudi oil tankers too much in front of my kids. This is my son’s version of one.
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Someone took journalism and interviews to a whole new level.
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Interesting read by @MA1KSA here. Saudi Arabia’s clear response to the coronavirus outbreak is in stark contrast to the West ǀ View
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UPDATE: The Saudi national oil company, known as #Aramco, has assessed that its facilities were hit by missiles, people familiar with the matter said. #OOTT.
US looking to declassify satellite imagery to bolster contentions that Iran was origin of weekend attack on Saudi oil industry as mounting evidence points to cruise missiles fired from Iran or Iraq, not Houthi drones launched from Yemen: w/@summer_said.
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*Lebanon’s Capital Hit By Massive Explosion.*Explosion At Beirut Port - Social Media .*Beirut Explosion Causes Widespread Damage in Nearby Neighbourhoods .*Not Immediately Clear What Caused The Explosion.*Lebanese Government Officials Couldn’t Be Immediately Reached.
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Looks like we have dishwashing liquids in Egypt that kill Coronavirus and H1N1. And on top of that they are lemon scented.
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#Saudi leader #MBS has clashed with the #UAE leader #MBZ —his former mentor—saying the ally had “stabbed us in the back.” That’s a problem for the U.S. with @DionNissenbaum @stephenkalin and @SalehAlBatati1
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My mother, who lived the first two decades of her life below poverty line, used to tell me we were very rich because we were healthy. I think we all now understand what she really meant.
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Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, the kingdom’s 37-year-old day-to-day ruler, mocks President Biden in private, making fun of the 79-year-old’s gaffes and questioning his mental acuity, according to people inside the Saudi government.
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On August 24, I looked at myself in the mirror and decided I’m taking some sort of a break from all social media platforms to take control of my health, weight and my family. I’m now 24 pound lighter, more active than I had ever been and happily far from whatever happens here.
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A few of you have been messaging me asking why I’ve been recently quiet or not responding to DMs. Two days ago I’ve lost my dear cousin to Covid-19. He was the 9th close relative in Egypt to test positive and died only 3 days after showing symptoms.Stay safe and healthy everyone.
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A quick look at my twitter wall would indicate that EVERYONE is now an expert on drones, missiles, maps, boarders, oil production, oil futures, processing facilities, you name it. I’m overwhelmed to say the least.
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Saudi issues a royal decree allowing women to drive . Congrats to all Saudi women
صدور أمر سام باعتماد تطبيق أحكام نظام المرور ولائحته التنفيذية - بما فيها إصدار رخص القيادة - على الذكور والإناث على حد سواء. #واس #عاجل_واس
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Happy birthday to the woman who sacrificed everything so that my brothers and I would have the life and opportunities she never had. All that we are or hope to be, we owe it to you.
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#Saudis, Allies Open Door to Oil-Output Cut to Keep Prices High with @benoitfaucon and @stephenkalin #OPEC #OOTT #Biden #US
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Meanwhile, one of Egypt’s measures to combat Coronavirus is having Health Ministry launching campaigns to check Chinese restaurants in the country.
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On multiple Egyptian TV shows ; broadcasters claim Turkey’s Erdogan is behind the Christchurch shootings cause the gunman visited the country , while one experts says the Muslim Brotherhood traveled to New Zealand to provoke right wing parties to carry out the attacks.
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A U.S. government assessment has determined that up to 15 structures at Abqaiq suffered damage from the strike on their west-northwest-facing sides. One person familiar with the damage at Abqaiq said it was “a wreck.” The person said production capacity was “heavily impacted.”.
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Deep inside I’m glad my two little children are totally unaware of the miseries all around them in this region or what it really means to be a Middle Eastern.
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7 years ago I signed the most important contract of my entire life, my marriage contract. On this occasion I would like to say: “."A wedding band is the smallest handcuff ever made, I’m glad I chose my cellmate wisely.".
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A pair of glasses were left on the floor at a museum and everyone mistook it for art
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The above was published in the July 24, 2020 edition of the Ledger Dispatch. The outlet later said it was discovered after publication that the text of the letter was copied from a social media post made by Libby Jones @libbyjones715 in June of 2020.
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Six years ago, at 6pm Dubai local time, this little guy decided to come to my world and change it for the better. Happy 6th birthday my life.
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I would like to take back my earlier apologies to passengers on my flight.
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My 4-year-old daughter is convinced I’m losing weight to fit in her clothes and has been actively trying to hide her favorites items under her bed.
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I've lost count of how many times in my career i either had officials i'm interviewing disappointed i'm not a white westerner or received requests asking for a western colleague to show up to an event, or had companies & officials trying to bypass me to reach a western colleague.
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Following the sudden death of the ousted Egyptian president, saudi foreign ministry publishes a detailed infographic explaining how the Muslim Brotherhood is a terrorist organization that is seeking to hurt Islam and undermine stability. #Morsi.
#إنفوجرافيك_الخارجية | #الإخوان_المسلمين تنظيم إرهابي يعمل للإضرار بالإسلام وتقويض الاستقرار
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RESPECT: BBC News - Coronavirus: 150 Tunisians self-isolate in factory to make masks
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If I have to describe my 17 year experience in covering the Middle East in one word, it would be “heartbreaking”.
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Exclusive: #Iran Helped Plot Attack on #Israel Over Several Weeks with @benoitfaucon and @stephenkalin.
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Which is more chaotic, the oil market or my living room in its current state.
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Me to my husband: “what is the biggest misconception you had about the Arab world?”. Husband: “This rubbish about Arab women being submissive and weak. You guys are in control of everything.” Lol.
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One of the saddest messages I read today was from a friend, an Egyptian doctor, who said: “if people realize how many ventilators we have globally, not just Egypt, they would not even dare to step a foot outside their homes.”.
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Me to my Belgian husband: “I have been talking to you for like 15 mins and you said nothing but ok ok.” Husband: “I thought at one point you would realize you have been speaking to me in Arabic from the moment you came home.” Lol.
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*OPEC+ Likely to Freeze Output at Monday Meeting -- Sources .Russia Signals Opposition to OPEC+ Production Cut -- Sources Russia Concerned Production Cut Tells Buyers Market Is Oversupplied .Russia Worries It Loses Leverage With Buyers in Oversupplied Market -- Source.
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I honestly don't get it. Facebook and Twitter are removing posts from activists i know in the Middle East and suspending their accounts, while serious offensive, threatening posts are thriving and remain untouched by both companies. .
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I’ve been staring at this picture for about an hour trying to understand the logic here. #Egypt #coronavirus
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The great Mohammed Al-Sharekh, who introduced the Arabic language into computers and technology .
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Happy birthday to the little man who gave me the best 7 years of my life.
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SCOOP: A top Saudi think tank is studying the possible effects of a breakup of OPEC as the kingdom faces pressure from oil consumers and investors via @WSJ with @benoitfaucon #OPEC #OOTT.
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Can this relationship be saved? President #Biden and #Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman really don’t like each other, and that’s hurting Saudi-U.S. ties. With @stephenkalin and @DionNissenbaum #OPEC #OOTT #Russia #US
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The extent of the damage means a return to normal operations at Abqaiq could take up to eight months, said some Saudi officials. Most technical experts who have seen the destruction firsthand said they share that view. #OOTT #Saudi #Aramco.
Saudi officials say there is little sense of calm at the highest levels of the company and the Saudi government, however. It could take some contractors up to a year to manufacture, deliver and install made-to-measure parts and equipment, the Saudi officials said. #OOTT.
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Happy Father’s Day to the man that never belittled any of my dreams. You are my permanent armour for the rest of my life.
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