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Dubai has only ten days of fresh food left after the closure of the Straits of Hormuz has cut the United Arab Emirates (UAE) off from all its imports, including food. In Abu Dhabi, with the prospect of the region becoming unliveable, real estate prices are also collapsing.

As bne IntelliNews reported, the Hormuz chokepoint could kill Dubai, a hub of investment and business in the region. The Gulf countries don’t have any water and don’t produce much food for their combined population of around 60mn people. Fresh products in particular like vegetables and fruit are almost all imported. The Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) closed the Straits of Hormuz to oil exports on March 2, but the embargo also effectively blocked all food imports at the same time.

The Emirates imports between 80% and 90% of its food, with roughly 70% of food shipments to Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries normally passing through the Strait of Hormuz on the 100- odd ships that traversed the Straits until a week ago.

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[–] nutsack@lemmy.dbzer0.com 98 points 1 day ago (2 children)

i hope nobody starves but fuck Dubai

[–] VitoRobles@lemmy.today 89 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Oh don't worry. The modern day slaves - the Indian, Pakistani, Bangladeshi, Nepali, Sri Lankan, Indonesian, and Filipino workers will absolutely suffer.

[–] Agent641@lemmy.world 49 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Now would be a great time for these overworked and underpaid masses to do the funny thing to the besieged city of millionaires.

[–] elucubra@sopuli.xyz 22 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Except that they wouldn't be obtaining the land they toil on to feed their children because the land there is a fucking desert, and their land and families are an Emirates' long haul flight away.

[–] Agent641@lemmy.world 6 points 22 hours ago

Pile of rolexes (blood rinsed off) would fund a plane ticket home and some home improvements back in Bangladesh.

[–] Lumisal@lemmy.world 4 points 23 hours ago* (last edited 23 hours ago)

I was thinking more they'd do it to get what food remains or they'd starve.

The starving have nothing to lose, slave or not.

[–] Patrikvo@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 day ago

Oh, that great, I almost worried anyone important might have to skip their favorite breakfast. /s

[–] kittykillinit@lemy.lol 11 points 1 day ago

The families responsible for why everything is unaffordable will be fine.