> Can anyone at all become a citizen of the persian countries? They are not Persian countries. They are Arab countries that lie on the southwest shore of the

> Can anyone at all become a citizen of the persian countries? They are not Persian countries. They are Arab countries that lie on the southwest shore of the Persian Gulf. There are huge cultural and linguistic differences between the two, to say nothing of the political differences, both historically and down to current moment. Furthermore, those Arab countries have been trying to change the international standard name of the body of water to "Arabian Gulf" to counter their adversary Iran. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persian_Gulf_naming_dispute#:~:text=The%20National%20Geographic%20Society%20uses,to%20this%20body%20of%20water.&text=%22Some%20Arab%20nations%20call%20it,known%20as%20the%20Persian%20Gulf.%22 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persian_Gulf_naming_dispute#:~... > Can anyone at all become a citizen No, unless you are ancestrally connected to the country or it's co-ethnic neighbors, or are a foreign woman who marries an Arab UAE citizen. Some selected naturalization requirements from the UAE's website (https://u.ae/en/information-and-services/passports-and-traveling/uae-nationality https://u.ae/en/information-and-services/passports-and-trave...): - An Arab individual from Omani, Qatari or Bahraini origin - Arab individual who enjoys full legal capacity, has continuously and lawfully resided in the member emirates for at least seven years - Any person, other than those mentioned above, who enjoys full legal capacity if he has continuously and legally resided in the member emirates for a period of no less than 30 years - A foreign woman married to a UAE National may be granted nationality by citizenship after the lapse of seven years As out of touch as this might seem with modernity, remember that the United States had anti-miscegenation laws on the books until 1967, and only opened immigration from non-white countries in 1965. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-miscegenation_laws_in_the_United_States https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-miscegenation_laws_in_the... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immigration_and_Nationality_Act_of_1965 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immigration_and_Nationality_Ac...