The historical Gaisria Market of Hassa will be rebuilt.

Hamza al-Mezeini have a great column on the “culture of death” that some Islamists are trying to spread at our schools.

I was expecting this. The usually-boring newspaper of the university was out this morning carrying several letters written by students about the reality show Star Academy. It is the same old story, but the funny thing this time is that none of the letters mentions the name of the Saudi winner, while one of them calls the show “Shame Academy.” Another student was objecting about the “naked” girls in the audience who covered themselves with the Saudi flag. Yeah, for someone who used to see women covered from head to toe, these girls, wearing blue jeans and T-shirts, were practically naked.

Farah, have you read the newspaper? What do you think?

I think the decision of Amazon to publish books was much influenced by the large number of users on 43Things who said they want to write a book. Amazon’s investment in 43Things was a smart move, because this way, they can keep an eye on trends taking on the web, and use these information to introduce more services, and therefore, gain more revenue.

Badria al-Bisher tells a nice story. It turns out that boys are not the only ones to use cameraphones to take photos of girls. Girls will look at boys, make fun of them, and when it’s too funny, they are likely to take some photos.

Indonesian maid Nour Miyati who accused her Saudi employers of torture has been charged with making false allegations. The maid alleged the wife beat her “when she saw her walking in the house without underwear.”

More terrifying stories from the Holy Mosque in Makkah. I don’t know about you guys, but I think those Wahabbis are really hijacking Islam.