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The Saudi Blog: Hypocracy!
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A blog commenting on events in Saudi Arabia which have either been personally experienced by the author or published in the Saudi press. Basically, anything to do with Saudi Arabia is fair game! Thursday, October 05, 2006. There are some things that you come across in Saudi Arabia that strike the average westerner as being more than a bit hypocritical. Here is an excerpt from an article in yesterday's Arab News:-. The article is not talking about marriage brokers but misyar. Marriage brokers. Misyar ...
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The Saudi Blog: January 2008
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A blog commenting on events in Saudi Arabia which have either been personally experienced by the author or published in the Saudi press. Basically, anything to do with Saudi Arabia is fair game! Monday, January 14, 2008. The Saudi Ministry of the Interior has detained a well known Saudi blogger, called Fouad al-Farhan. He was arrested on December 10th, but news about it was only released on January 1st. Related Arab News articles can found here. The reason Fouad's detention can be found in this. Fouad bl...
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The Saudi Blog: November 2007
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A blog commenting on events in Saudi Arabia which have either been personally experienced by the author or published in the Saudi press. Basically, anything to do with Saudi Arabia is fair game! Thursday, November 29, 2007. Muttawa Cleared of Murder. On the "Qatif Girl" case I mentioned the case of two members of the Commission for Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice (i.e. the Muttawa) who were accused of causing the death of a man who died in their custody. The case against them has been dropped:-.
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The Saudi Blog: December 2007
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A blog commenting on events in Saudi Arabia which have either been personally experienced by the author or published in the Saudi press. Basically, anything to do with Saudi Arabia is fair game! Sunday, December 16, 2007. File under "What a Country! Light bulbs is the subject which is currently exercising my indignation. Not a big problem, you might think, after all light bulbs are not very expensive and can be easily obtained at the nearest hardware store (yes, we do have hardware stores here). When I p...
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The Saudi Blog: Christmas Trees
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A blog commenting on events in Saudi Arabia which have either been personally experienced by the author or published in the Saudi press. Basically, anything to do with Saudi Arabia is fair game! Tuesday, January 01, 2008. Image for illustration only - this is not our Christmas tree.). My friend over in the Eastern Province told me a story recently which implies that Saudi customs guards are still confiscating Christmas trees. We were aware that the customs guards on the Bahrain causeway used to confiscat...
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The Saudi Blog: November 2006
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A blog commenting on events in Saudi Arabia which have either been personally experienced by the author or published in the Saudi press. Basically, anything to do with Saudi Arabia is fair game! Monday, November 06, 2006. I found the following article in a recent edition of the Saudi Gazette:-. TWO foreign nationals were executed Sunday for. Smuggling drugs, taking to 14 the number of reported executions in 2006. The Saudi news agency said Adam bin Mohamed Ali Hassan from Nigeria and. On the Red Sea coast.
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The Saudi Blog: Saudi Blogger Arrested
http://the-saudi-blog.blogspot.com/2008/01/saudi-blogger-arrested.html
A blog commenting on events in Saudi Arabia which have either been personally experienced by the author or published in the Saudi press. Basically, anything to do with Saudi Arabia is fair game! Monday, January 14, 2008. The Saudi Ministry of the Interior has detained a well known Saudi blogger, called Fouad al-Farhan. He was arrested on December 10th, but news about it was only released on January 1st. Related Arab News articles can found here. The reason Fouad's detention can be found in this. Fouad bl...
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The Saudi Blog: October 2006
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A blog commenting on events in Saudi Arabia which have either been personally experienced by the author or published in the Saudi press. Basically, anything to do with Saudi Arabia is fair game! Tuesday, October 31, 2006. I recently wrote about water shortages in Jeddah and how scuffles broke out between people queing to buy tanker-loads of water. Jeddah is now suffering from another problem - flooding! After two years without any rain, heavy overnight rain last Sunday caused extensive flooding in Jeddah.
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The Saudi Blog: Lightbulbs!
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A blog commenting on events in Saudi Arabia which have either been personally experienced by the author or published in the Saudi press. Basically, anything to do with Saudi Arabia is fair game! Sunday, December 16, 2007. File under "What a Country! Light bulbs is the subject which is currently exercising my indignation. Not a big problem, you might think, after all light bulbs are not very expensive and can be easily obtained at the nearest hardware store (yes, we do have hardware stores here). When I p...
