Friday, January 6, 2012 – 1:11
For some reason, the government here finds itself compelled to get involved in organizing cultural events even when they suck at it. Why? Maybe because they don’t allow non-governmental organizations that usually play such roles in other countries. Or maybe because they want to keep the matters of arts and culture under control. Anyway, they [...]
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Tagged abdo khal, abdul aziz khoja, al-watan, hair, intellectual forum, marriott lobby, saleh al-shehi, saudi intellectual forum
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Tuesday, October 18, 2011 – 12:13
Two Saudi men were detained Sunday in relation to a YouTube video they produced about poverty in Riyadh, colleagues said. Feras Bughnah and Hosam al-Deraiwish were called by the police for questioning Sunday afternoon, and they are still in authorities custody in the police station in Sahafa district in northern Riyadh. “We asked the guard [...]
Thursday, October 7, 2010 – 23:43
YouTube video mashups of Saudi folk dancing with Western music have been a popular item on this blog. Here is the latest in this series, courtesy of Mctoom. Ahmed Ba-Aboud: “When would reforms in Saudi Arabia be real reforms and not the gift of the King? It is when those reforms focus on finding solutions [...]
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Tagged alternative saudi voices, apple, bagadood, Dancing, folk, hrw, human right watch, humeid, iPad, iphone, mashup, mctoom
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Friday, July 16, 2010 – 0:06
If you enjoyed reading about Abdulmohsen al Mutairi and young Saudi filmmakers, you probably want to read this interview with director Abdullah Al-Eyaf. His latest film, “Ayesh,” has been well received and won the first award of the Gulf Film Festival that was recently held in Dubai. In the second part of a series on [...]
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Tagged abdullah aleyaf, ahmed bin baz, ayesh, Caryle Murphy, cinema, gulf film festival, mohammed alhodaif, movies
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Wednesday, June 30, 2010 – 2:02
After reading his name on this blog, Caryle Murphy decided to meet Malik Nejer and then she wrote this nice profile of him for The National daily, which is based in Abu Dhabi. “Sometimes it’s scary when you’re alone and you feel like you’re rebellious against a culture and an entire society,” he said. But [...]
Saturday, June 19, 2010 – 22:17
Saudi media was full of reports on the progress of construction in the Makkah Clock Tower last week, but today I came across this interesting infographic courtesy of Menainfra.com. The clock sits at the top of the Makkah Clock Tower Royal Hotel, which is the centerpiece of the 7-tower Abraj Al Bait Complex project. Once [...]
Friday, June 11, 2010 – 15:21
The Saudi pavilion at Shanghai’s World Expo has proven very popular, some people who want get in started faking disabilities in order to avoid waiting time that could reach up to nine hours. “While the opening weeks at Expo saw surprisingly low attendance, Saudi Arabia’s pavilion has emerged as among the most popular,” WSJ’s China [...]
Tuesday, May 18, 2010 – 19:34
According to WHO, Saudi Arabia has the highest road accident death toll in the world. It is very rare that you will meet anyone here who has never lost a friend or a relative in a car accident. Inspired by the death of his cousin, Ala’a al-Maktoum aka McToom made this impressive video illustrating the [...]
Sunday, April 4, 2010 – 22:49
Moleculo has made these awesome fake posters: You are invited to Riyadh International Cinema Festival. Live the real experience inside the theater. Jeddah Metro: Commuting has become smarter. Dear female citizen: It’s time for you to drive. You can do it. Your duty as a citizen is to tell us about any unemployed person. Unemployment [...]
Sunday, February 28, 2010 – 21:15
CITC has blocked islamlight.net, the website which hosted the infamous fatwa by Shaikh Abdul-Rahman al-Barrak. Although the fatwa can be considered hate speech and a call to violence, I’m generally against such censorship. CITC should stop this practice of making decisions on our behalf on what we should, or rather should not, read on the [...]
