British expat Margrave is starting a series of posts called Riyadh Favourites (RF). The aim is to help you find places to go and things to do in the capital. I think this is a very nice idea. If we started to post reviews like that and tag them with tags like Riyadh Favourites, Jeddah Favourites, etc. we might end up with a good collective Saudi tourism directory. I have already tagged some of my old posts about restaurants and other stuff in Riyadh which you can find here. On a related note, check out the Jeddah Food blog.
Monthly Archives: September 2007
More Women Demonstrate in Qassim
Blogger Khalid al-Nassir has been following the news since today’s afternoon regarding a second women’s demonstration in Qassim. The women were shortly moved to the governate headquarters for negotiation, which ended by detaining the mother of one the detainees. Reuters ran this story about the demonstration and reports that participants in the protest said the women carried placards bearing the image of King Abdullah and others saying “Ministry of Interior, try the detainees legally and openly”.
This is getting more and more intense. In a country where public demonstrations are illegal, two demonstrations during a short period like this should indicate that a significant change is probably taking place. Moreover, both demonstrations occurred in the most ultra-conservative part of the Kingdom. Some argue that these detainees deserve to be where they are, but I think that whether they were innocent or not, they have the right to a public fair trial immediately.
Saudi Laptop Sleeves from iNouf
Fellow Saudi blogger Nouf has collaborated with her sister to offer this neat collection of hand-made laptop sleeves. The price is SR 150 per piece and you can order from here. I like the shmagh one :-)
I already have a sleeve for my MacBook that is also hand-made, although it’s not as fancy and cool as the creations of Nouf and her sister. Last year I found this DYI on Lifehacker, so I gave an old T-shirt to my mother and she sewed the thing to fit my laptop. I was going to put a picture of my sleeve but it looks exactly like the picture below because somehow I ended up not just following the instructions but also using a very similar color.
Saudi Jeans 