It’s been a rollercoaster year.

2018 was the year VAT was introduced, Paris Hilton tweeted at Dubai leaders, the Ellie Holman case grabbed worldwide attention, THAT pool incident, Fazza revealed love lakes and rescued a baby deer – so highs and lows all round.

But through it all residents have the last laugh. When taking to the internet to share happiness, angst or thoughts is more normal than calling a friend for a chat, here are the funniest tweets the year from the region:

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1. ‘How Arab are you?’ was trending and the answers were the best

The response was huge

How Arab are you?

— Hella Arab (@CulturalArab) March 18, 2018

pic.twitter.com/nm98FLsjW9

— Red???? (@najsixowfow) March 20, 2018

Yup.

my house has that living room that nobody is allowed to sit in

— bayan (@bayanzoub) March 19, 2018

But WHY mama?

We got a useless cupboard with expensive plates and cups that we can’t even use and are only for “guests” ????

— H???? (@officialhadil) March 19, 2018

I break out into Dabke in supermarkets

— Safiya من خيبر (@khaybar628) March 19, 2018

‘Eery day

i answer the phone “aaloh”

— esmé ???????? (@urdunniah) March 19, 2018

Arab mums

I told my mom I’m putting my self on a diet…. she laughed and fed me a plate enough for 3

— Yaqeen ☪️| يقين (@yaqeenrazick111) March 19, 2018

Eye shade is more powerful than words

2. ‘What’s better than a relationship’ – so many answers were on point

Dream.

pic.twitter.com/f4HkhCVAlO

— Noestadamus (@NoeSauce) June 15, 2018

True that

a Peace of mind.

— ????TeyWise???? (@bella_meek) June 15, 2018

YYYAAASSSSSSSSSSS

a Peace of mind.

— ????TeyWise???? (@bella_meek) June 15, 2018

Basic, but true

3. Ok when did women start wearing these?

For men’s it’s a shoe
For women’s it’s a weapon

— AJ’???????? (@AzizJalmudawi) September 26, 2018

4. ‘What’s worse than heartbreak?’

It’s either your phone provider… or the bank

When you think you have a cute morning text but it’s actually @EE saying you’ve used up all your data

— Amy (@AmyySarah) July 25, 2017

when my phones on 1% battery n dies as I plug in my charger

— idoitforthememes (@lamekeno) December 9, 2017

Real pain

These are no joke. pic.twitter.com/AxdCCUNgYb

— Michael Carpentier® (@michaelcarps_5) July 30, 2017

5. When it rains in Dubai and the school authority pipes up with so much sass

6. And in response to THAT POOL INCIDENT

Had to be done… https://t.co/hqor2M3B9f pic.twitter.com/EdOIrXWp4q

— Lovin Dubai (@lovindubai) December 17, 2018