Ahmed Gatnash is an author, activist and co-founder of the Kawaakibi Foundation. In this interview, we discuss how the hope of the Arab Spring has been ruthlessly suppressed, meaning the middle east is further from democracy than ever. It’s a breathtaking story of brave activists fighting Twitter’s exploitation, Jamal Khashoggi’s murder and the blackmailing of Jeff Bezos.

TIMESTAMPS: 00:00:00 Background 00:01:59 Human Rights in Middle East; being Muslim 00:05:57 Causes of Arab Spring; Libya 00:17:12 Middle East root problems; Arab Spring impact 00:22:23 Twitter is unusable in Arabic; MBS 00:33:16 Elon Musk’s Twitter; Propaganda 2.0 00:40:30 Jamal Khashoggi 00:49:35 Pegasus; ‘sportswashing’ 01:03:27 Jeff Bezos & Saudi blackmail 01:19:15 Next actions; psychedelic treatment for PTSD