Friends become foes as Gulf rift bursts into pop culture


  • World
  • Tuesday, 12 Sep 2017

FILE PHOTO: A painting depicting Qatar’s Emir Sheikh Tamim Bin Hamad Al-Thani is seen on a bus during a demonstration in support of him in Doha, Qatar June 11, 2017. REUTERS/Naseem Zeitoon/File Photo

DUBAI (Reuters) - The latest hit Saudi song has the swaying rhythms and sparse vocals typical of the Gulf Arab pop music, but its message is an unusually forceful attack on former ally Qatar - and the gloves are off.

"We stab in the face, not in the back ... twenty years of rumours, treachery and conspiracies - we know what they're all about," Saudi singer Abdulmajeed Abdullah croons on the track, called "Teach Qatar (a lesson)."

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