To all Americans,

Next week, you are not voting only to choose between Bush and Kerry, but also to choose between Saudi Arabia and France! What’s your choice?!

(via Kuwait Unplugged)

While all rumors were talking about a GBrowser, Google rolled out a preliminary version of its new desktop search tool. Microsoft should be afraid, they should be really afraid.

In other anti-Microsoft news, my very favourite Firefox will be taken to major U.S. newspapers by its fans. Firefox fans will be buying a full page advert in the New York Times for the launch of Firefox 1.0 in November.

Saudis would like to do everything their own way. Even when they practice a universal religion such as Islam, they want to do it the Saudi Way.

It seems that jeans have enemies also in Europe. An Italian headmaster tried to ban clothes that reveal “navels, bare bottoms, thongs and underpants”.

Mr Bernardini, 61, said he had lost patience with the fashion for baggy, low-hanging jeans for boys, and trousers that revealed girls’ midriffs.

I don’t care! I still love my good jeans and every other kind of jeans!

So you missed the chance to buy the home of your dreams at The Palm near Dubai coast. Now, you have the chance to by your own island not too far from The Palm.

The same company behind The Palm is offering 300 islands resemble the world map under the name The World. For you who have much, much more money than they need, this is beautiful, isn’t it? An island of your own where you can get rid of the disturbance of this whole crazy world, and do whatever you want. It is a real fantasy.

I would be happy to share an island with anyone. You know, I’ve been saving $100 in a separate account for such times! Ooh, who am I kidding?!

Prince Naif Bin Abdul-Aziz, the minister of interiors, said women would not be allowed to participate in the coming municipal elections. “This is unthinkable,” he added. I expected that, but why didn’t he tell us why?

In addition to that, the same ministry made an announcement to warn all non-Muslim expatriates in the country from eating, drinking or smoking in public during the day in the holy month of Ramadhan. The ministry said anyone who does not obey this order would be kicked out of the country.

It’s ironic how the ministry is calling the foreigners to respect the feelings of Muslims, while the regime here is not showing any respect to people with other religions or beliefs.

I can’t believe it’s Ramadan already! I’m not saying last year was very short; it is just I wasn’t expecting the R month to come back this fast. Ramadan used to be fun. We fast from sunrise to sunset; enjoy the best kinds of food and enjoy the best TV shows all around the year. However, since I’m studying for three weeks of Ramadan this year, I’m not gonna enjoy it at all.

I think I knew from the first day I moved to study in Riyadh that Ramadan would never be as good as it used to be. The last time I spent this month at home with the family was two years ago. In the third week of Ramadan that year, I had an open-heart surgery, and I could not fast the last ten days. I spent most of my time in bed, reading, watching TV and eating good food all day, while everybody else was looking at me with envy!

Oh my God! I miss those good days.