Qatar’s Fake News Fiasco Has Finally Ended
From hack to harmony in the Persian Gulf
10 min readMay 3, 2023
A lie can travel halfway around the world while the truth is still putting on its shoes.
This proved to be true when the diplomatic order broke down in the Persian Gulf, back in 2017. Out of the blue, the tiny emirate of Qatar was embroiled in a bitter feud with Egypt, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab…