UAE minister’s social media page only has a single tweet with a dot; here’s why

UAE minister’s social media page only has a single tweet with a dot; here’s why

Mohammed Al Gergawi speaks at 1 Billion Followers Summit in Dubai.

Published: Thu 11 Jan 2024, 7:59 PM

Last updated: Thu 11 Jan 2024, 8:19 PM

UAE Minister of Cabinet Affairs Mohammed Al Gergawi has only a single post on social media platform X. The post on his verified profile is from 2019 and that is just a dot.

On Thursday, the minister shared the story behind it at the 1 Billion Followers Summit in Dubai. “I can be philosophical and say that it is symbolic because words are made up of a million dots,” he said, in response to a question by host Ammar Taqi. “However, the real story is completely different.”

Gergawi then went on to explain how Twitter founder Jack Dorsey flew to Dubai to meet him. “At the time, my team said it would not be nice to meet him without a Twitter account of my own,” he said. “I tried to argue but they wouldn’t listen to me. So, I started the account and put out one tweet. Based on that, they verified my profile.”

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Once the meeting was done, Gergawi wanted to delete his profile. “I am not