Women with No Shadow

The Saudi director Haifa al-Mansur has premiered her new documentary at the French consolate in Jeddah. This time, al-Mansur takes on the issue of women’s rights. The documentary, called “Women with No shadow,” includes interviews with Saudi women of different ages, backgrounds and ideologies. Would viewers in the country be allowed to watch it? I hope so. I will ask my geek friends at KFUPM to search their LAN, and hopefully they will find it.

Congratulations!

Hisham Abdul-Rahman, the Saudi contestant at Star Academy, the Arabic version of the talents show Fame Academy, has won the competition against Amani Swaisi from Tunisia, and become the winner of the second season of the show. The race was close and the competition was tough, but Hisham won at last. Many Saudis said they could not access the voting numbers last night, due to the overwhelming number of calls. Congarats to Hisham. Congrats to Saudi Arabia.