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May 2024
30m 47s

Pickl, Boycotts, Saif Al Rubie, Naguib S...

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Social media users are calling for the boycott of PureGym UAE, UAE is second globally for longest working hours, 12 passengers have been injured aboard a Qatar Airways flight, Egyptian billionaire Naguib Sawiris has offered to pay for wounded Palestinians, Dubai’s homegrown burger joint Pickl is opening 30 branches in a franchise deal, and our guest, sports agent Saif Al Rubie, talks fame, fortune, and frenemies

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