The frustrated Nadine al-Bedair writes a column that is filled with sadness and disappointments. “Where do we go tonight?” she asks at the beginning. By the end, we will discover how hard it can be for anyone to entertain himself in this country. She writes specifically about women, but I think many of the things she mentioned can be said about men too.

I liked what she said about the absence of movie theaters from the country. “Unfortunately, a certain group has deprived the rest of people from following what’s new in the world international cinema, and they also prevent them from participating in it,” she said. She thinks this group of people is narrow-minded who could not understand the meaning of arts and acting, so they label them as infidelities.

Parents in Saudi Arabia are complaining that only 30% of students applying to medical colleges are accepted, while the remaining are forced to continue their education abroad or transfer to other colleges that they do not want. I think they have the right to complain. Saudis in the medical staff in the country are only about 15%. We definitely need more doctors that are Saudis. Many Saudi students are studying medicine abroad, and their families are spending huge amounts of money on them. I know of couple of my high school classmates who are studying medicine now in Bahrain because they were not accepted to study here.

One of the solutions suggested is to establish private medical colleges. The problem here is with the businessmen who hesitate in investing in this type of business because all they care about is fast money. This lack of commitment by businesses to the local community is really bad. Many of our problems can be solved by the help of big companies and influential businessmen, but only a minority of those are showing any sense of commitment for the community and people of this country.

More fame for Mahmood. This time from Wired.

Happy birthday MP3: “On July 14th, the name “MP3″ celebrates its tenth anniversary.”

Take a look on the next generation of Hotmail. Not for me though, I’m extremely happy with Gmail.

Faris Bin Hizam thinks that our Minister of Culture and Information was practically kidding when he said that his ministry is not practicing any type of censorship over media. “As much as I like his white smile, and as much as I’m proud of him, I am also shocked by some of his statements,” Bin Hizam wrote. On the same statement, the Minister denied the suspension of Abdul Rahman al-Husein. Maybe Faris Bin Hizam is right. Maybe the Minister was just kidding. (!!)

The Ministry of Education destroys a historical building to build an elementary school for girls! The palace, one of the most important landmarks of Jazan region, is more than 100-year-old. The government always talk about supporting local tourism, but they are doing nothing about it.