Someone's taught Tony Blair how to pronounce 'shukran' correctly now?

Tony Blair claims to have "a hugely advanced understanding" of the Middle East, "a unique perspective on the issues due to the amount of time he was able to dedicate to it" and that "I'm probably the only person at a certain level who spends time in Israeli and in Palestinian politics." So how many words of Arabic have you memorised now oh Great Expert Tony? 5?