Khaled Batarfi has written an interesting column in today’s Arab News. The subject is women’s rights and our image. He takes the chance to view the opinions of different Saudis, as well as some non-Saudis. He concludes: “We should work on our problems without worrying about who thinks what of us. The fair and wise will know we are doing the right thing. The unfair and unwise will criticize us anyway. Meanwhile, half the population starves for justice.”

Coffee shops in Jeddah: “Everyone who is hip and cool has to go to these places.” I know of someone who I would like to take to these places.

NY Times: Ringtone composers get serious.

Can’t Find On Google: “Because the things Google can’t find is more interesting than the stuff Google can find.”

According to STC, 600-800 new DSL’s are installed in Riyadh every week.

Amina Khairy reports on Egyptian bloggers. She says that, due to the coming presidential elections, politics are dominating the Egyptian blogosphere.

Abdul Rahman al-Rashed says that he and other Arab writers have “warned against the dangers of recklessly handling the issue of extremism that is now spreading like the plague within British community.” However, the British authorities, and due to what he calls “blind generosity,” never listened to them.