Comments on: Routes d’Arabie, Rami Khouri, Reverse culture shock

By: Top Ten Twitter users in Saudi Arabia « Saudi Jeans

Top Ten Twitter users in Saudi Arabia « Saudi Jeans — Sun, 28 Nov 2010 06:49:26 +0000

[...] questions about the influence of social media on public discourse in the Middle East, with many dismissing these new tools as factors for stimulating change. However, I think that the past few months have [...]

By: Free Samar! « Save the Women!

Free Samar! « Save the Women! — Tue, 19 Oct 2010 15:13:48 +0000

[...] many people still like to question the power of web and social media to make a difference to our society, this case offers a good evidence that the influence of online tools can be effective. Remember, [...]

By: Samar « Saudi Jeans

Samar « Saudi Jeans — Mon, 18 Oct 2010 01:37:42 +0000

By: Robbery in skies, Routes of Arabia, Weddady’s response to Khouri « Saudi Jeans

Tue, 27 Jul 2010 10:15:19 +0000

[...] Weddady offers another fine rebuttal to Rami Khouri’s op-ed in NYT. At the end of his blogpost, Weddady comments on a part of Khour’s article that I chose to [...]

By: Chiara

Chiara — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 14:15:05 +0000

Ahmed--thanks for sharing that review. I hadn't seen it before. I did do a double French/ English post with extensive pictures on the exhibit: Routes d'Arabie: Archéologie et histoire du royaume d'Arabie saoudite au Musée du Louvre du 14-07-2010 au 27-09-2010 / Roads of Arabia - Archaeology and History of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia at the Louvre from 07-14-2010 to 09-27-2010 It seems by the way the US handled the case of Shirley Sherood that the blogosphere has a major impact. Ben's post is hilarious, and brought back memories of my own reverse culture shock! My best cure was a visit to my real home after almost a year in the new-old one! :)

By: Marahm

Marahm — Sun, 25 Jul 2010 13:28:34 +0000

Promoting museums and artifacts of Arabia is a good, “safe” way to enter the mainstream culture of the world on a level other than economic or political.

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No need to become miffed at people who downplay the effect of blogging or the internet. I like to think these people know the score, and are simply playing dumb for reasons of their own.

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As for reverse culture shock, I always smile when I hear of it. I remember an incident that occurred when I repatriated. I went into a convenience store to buy a can of soda. The clerk charged me seventy-five cents, and I scolded him for overcharging me. The wide eyed surprise on his face clued me in— a can of soda hadn’t cost twenty-five cents since I’d first gone to Riyadh twelve years previously!

By: Ben

Ben — Sat, 24 Jul 2010 19:30:53 +0000

Thanks for the shout-out, Ahmed! :)