Dubai's ruler Sheikh Mohammed is now on TikTok

"We want to be where people are, create positive Arabic content, listen to young people and share our stories," he tweeted.

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20 Dec, 2020

Popular for its dubbing, remakes and minimal acting clips, video-sharing platform TikTok has become a household name all around the globe. And it's not just the youngsters using it.

One of the most recent and well-known users are Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid, the ruler of Dubai and vice president of the United Arab Emirates, who has announced officially joining the platform.

"I officially joined TikTok, the fastest growing platform with more than 800 million users. We want to be where people are. We want to create positive Arabic content and we want to listen to young people and share our stories with them," Sheikh Mohammed wrote on Twitter, announcing the news to his fans and followers.

According to The National, the ruler plans to use the video-sharing app to connect with his millions of followers around the world. He will share short clips of his 50-year journey in public service, "providing insights in leadership and management to inspire youth to create positive change in society", the news agency added.

Despite being uploaded only a day ago, the ruler's first video, shared from the handle @hhshkmohd, already has more than 93,000 likes, with the numbers increasing by the hour.

Comments

Fastrack Dec 20, 2020 05:00pm

Indians be like, "you got to be kidding me.."

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MONIER Dec 20, 2020 05:16pm

Good for his image if he can provide some examples of progressive leadership

BrownFlower Dec 20, 2020 06:05pm

Pakistanis should ask him to unban the visas on TikTok.

Sameer Dec 20, 2020 06:49pm

The only positive content on tiktok so far, is cat videos. The rest is, dancing your bottom to kingdom come!

Dr. Salaria, Aamir Ahmad Dec 20, 2020 07:25pm

Let's go to Tik Tak to see this intellectual.

Drone Dec 20, 2020 08:04pm

Now IK will follow.

Dr. Salaria, Aamir Ahmad Dec 20, 2020 08:39pm

Welcome to the distinguished club and the unique clubhouse. As always, keep it up and hang on tough.

saksci Dec 21, 2020 01:14am

He is pleasing Trump since it became a USA company not Chinese.

Jonathan Dec 21, 2020 07:13am

He got nothing else to do!

parminder Dec 21, 2020 07:27am

@Fastrack you have visa ban in UAE .

Riaz Dec 21, 2020 11:44am

What a comedian these Arabs are beyond comprehension.

Laila Dec 21, 2020 01:41pm

I am amazed he finds time for tik tok when he keeping his daughters (princess Shamsa and Princess Latifa), both adult women, caged/incarcerated/imprisonened against their will in the UAE. Thats after he had them kidnapped and forcibly brought back to UAE. But why let something like basic human rights spoil your day.

Laila Dec 21, 2020 06:52pm

I am amazed he finds time for tik tok when he keeping his daughters (princess Shamsa and Princess Latifa), adult women, caged/incarcerated/imprisonened against their will in the UAE. Thats after he had them kidnapped and brought back to UAE. But why let something like basic human rights spoil your day.

Laila Dec 21, 2020 08:10pm

Navraj sah Dec 22, 2020 01:44am

Best of luck

Silent Observer Dec 22, 2020 10:00am

@MONIER .... you are so out-dated man. He is the gem of middle-east and a true leader who transformed Dubai and raised its status to one of the best cities of the world despite being a desert city.

Laila Dec 22, 2020 01:12pm

@Silent Observer yes what a gem, who is keeps his adult daughters imprisonened against their will and when they managed to escape, had them kidnapped right back. What a leader.

Vivek Dec 22, 2020 02:33pm

@Fastrack - Indians have developed many Video sharing apps similar to or better than TikTok without sacrificing security.

Vivek Dec 22, 2020 02:34pm

@Dr. Salaria, Aamir Ahmad - Can you understand what you have written with the Subject content?