Mbs

"And MbS was probably using the term “extremist” conveniently; the Saudis have since designated as terrorist organizations certain religious groups, such as the International Union of Muslim Scholars, broadly perceived as mainstream. […] Elites, secular nationalists, and ordinary people exhausted by or fearful of wars were euphoric following the rise of leaders such as Abdel Fattah el-Sisi in Egypt and MbS."

"The UAE's more assertive role roughly coincides with the ascent of Muhammad bin Salman, or MBS, the Saudi prince who became heir to the throne in 2017. “MBS is young, he's new, and he's busy with socioeconomic changes at home,” says a Western diplomat in the Gulf."

"This new vehicle funded the purchases of these tranches by issuing fixed-income interests to investors who were seeking high returns and who were willing to believe that by repackaging mezzanine tranches in MBS structures, some tranches could be designated as safe enough to obtain a AAA or AA rating."

"Omaha skewing of the junior terms in 1970–1972, for instance mugur to mean a matrilateral cross-cousin MBS as well as MyB, and ngamu to mean MBD as well as M/MyZ. While this was disappearing in the younger generation, new compounds were[…]"