Firefoxed 1.0

Remember that Mac-over thing?

To celebrate the release of Mozilla Firefox 1.0 today, I’ve decided to give my desktop a new look. I know the IE icon is annoying, but the facts that there are some websites that work only in IE, and that I need it for Google Desktop Search, give me no choice but leaving it out there. The truth is, Firefox is million times better than MS Internet Explorer. Get Firefox now!

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saudijeans.tk

I think Chan’ad has made a good point about the long URLs of the blogs hosted on Blog*Spot. So, just like him, I registered the domain saudijeans.tk. Well, I tried to register the shorter domain saudi.tk, but it was already taken. And regarding Chan’ad, it’s not just annoying to tell someone his URL; I find it really hard to remember it!

I don’t have the same problem that Chan’ad is facing, because I don’t need to tell anyone the URL of my blog. I don’t dare to give it to my classmates at the college because it’s not so pro-Saudi, and I don’t know many people around me who read in English. Anyway, just in case YOU needed to tell someone about my blog, you can use the short form saudijeans.tk.

This is Not Jihad

Twenty-one prominent Saudi religious scholars have signed an open statement to the Iraqi people legitimizing their resistance and forbidding any cooperation or dealings with the occupying American forces. In other words, these guys say resistance in Iraq is jihad.

I was going to comment on that, but I found this column by Ahmed Al-Rubiy, in which he almost speaks for me. Mr. Al-Rubiy says this statement is an open invitation to push people to kill themselves.

He thinks that some of those who signed the statement are healthy and rich enough to go to Fallujah and help the Iraqi people in their useless fight against the Americans, instead of just sitting and telling people to go and kill themselves.

Ad Rants

Ramadan is the favourite season for TV channels around Arab World. People tend to watch more TV than anytime, and therefore, they are watching more ads than anytime. A large number of companies usually try to launch a special ad campaign for Ramadan only.

I love ads. I used to collect the ads I like from papers and magazines in a special file. I don’t do this anymore; however, I still love good ads.

As I’ve been watching some TV lately, I watched plenty of new ads. I watched that weird ad for Viagra, where some men start to jump in the streets with no obvious reason!

I liked MTC Vodafone ads. The music and colors in both ads are great. In contrast, there’s this stupid ad for the Saudi-based Najran mineral waters. It looks like it was made in the 80’s, and they forgot all about it till this year!

What Type of Muslim?

Mahmood received an email from some Canadian guy who has just converted to Islam, accusing Mahmood of being “un-Muslim” and trying to tell him how to raise his children!

I thought that this kind of people who consider themselves Muslims and that the rest of the world will go to hell exist only here. Oh God, I was wrong. I was so wrong.

Frustrations

It seems to me that Saudi female writers have been on fire recently. After Reem Al-Saleh and Mody Al-Khalaf, Iman Al-Qahtani is expressing her frustrations about almost everything here in a great article on Elaph. From the “missing freedom” to Islamist psychopaths, Al-Qahtani is taking the advantage of writing for the internet-only newspaper.

This kind of articles will never appear in our local newspapers. I’m just wondering what kind of reaction she would receive if she tried to publish it in a local newspaper. She works for a local newspaper, and I think an article like that could cost her the job.