Because why not:
Iraqi-British playwright Hassan Abdulrazzak on the sad day for Iraq:
#Brexit #EUref #iVoted #EUreferendum #Iraq #UK #London #TakeControl pic.twitter.com/IFDJsGqPGR
— Hassan Abdulrazzak (@abdulrazzak) June 24, 2016
Iraqi-Lebanese-British satirist and architect Karl Sharro:
Overnight, thousands of Arabs have woken up as WENA* experts. This can only be a coordinated ironic campaign exploring the theme of karma.
— Karl Sharro (@KarlreMarks) June 24, 2016
Egyptian novelist Ibrahim Abdelmeguid, perhaps one of those insta-commentators, on how the E.U. only matters for small countries:
بريطانيا مش مستفيدة من الاتحاد الاوربي . المستفيد الدول الصغيرة زي كرواتيا واليونان وغيرها .
— Ibrahim Abdel Meguid (@ibme_guid) June 24, 2016
Writer-translator Karim Trablousi:
Libyan-British novelist Hisham Matar:
I have accepted it; I think I've accepted it but then catch myself wondering if it's not all a bad dream. #Brexit
— Hisham Matar (@hishamjmatar) June 24, 2016
Moroccan novelist Laila Lalami;
https://twitter.com/LailaLalami/status/746207250448941056
Egyptian-British novelist Ahdaf Soueif:
One more massive lurch towards the dark. #Brexit
— Ahdaf Soueif (@asoueif) June 24, 2016
The great Jordanian poet and travel writer Amjad Nasser on the exit of Ireland and Scotland and the end of Great Britain:
الاستفتاء : ليس بريطانياً إلا بالاسم. المغادرون انكليز ببعض التشجيع الويلزي. الاسكتلنديون والايرلنديون سيخرجون. إنها نهاية بريطانيا العظمى.
— Amjad Nasser (@AmjadNasser) June 24, 2016
And the popular blogger known as “Zeinobia”:
Do people work in #UK today or they just like us follow the news of #Brexit like the rest of the world !!!?
— Zeinobia is fully vaccinated 🎙️📷📓 (@Zeinobia) June 24, 2016