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 Saudis and the rest of the Middle East are about to be exposed to #bitcoin through one of the biggest podcasts in #SaudiArabia and the #MiddleEast 

4 million subscribers to the #Thmanyah podcast on
YouTube is about to hear from the best person who charted the path of the #Bitcoin standard, Dr. Saifeddine Ammous Author of the book The Bitcoin Standard. https://m.primal.net/MYtt.jpg 

COMING SOON...  
 When? I would like to watch this. Hopefully will have English translation 
 I think it's translated and it is supposed to be today. 
 Will you post a link here? I looked up the channel but I can't read Arabic, so I'm not certain I'll be able to find it again.

Very happy Saif is getting attention in the middle east. Bitcoin strongly disincentivizes usury, so I think it's the piece that Islamic finance needs to really work.  
 #bitcoin is totally #halal

it would be amazing if that region were to adopt

they also have the most energy, and that would give them a massive edge for subverting the OPEC cartel and making money on their actual resources, and that would also help them squash that virus infecting from the western edge of the agean 
 I’ll be glad to 
 They do translation I had to check.