I wanted to send this message to a friend, but then decided not to do. You think I did the right thing?

Dr. Hatoon Al-Fassi, who teaches history at my university, wrote this article for the Lebanon-based The Daily Star.

They did something huge!

They asked for some “reform” stuff, so put them in jail!

I first found the news in Arabic, and I couldn’t help it. Now, it is available in English.

Khalid Al-Kishtaini qouted this on his column in Asharq Al-Awsat [Arabic]:

When it comes to Arab affairs, the difference between Bush and Kerry is the same as the difference between Coca-Cola and Pepsi Cola.



An Arab-American man

Also in July’s issue of Wired, you can read about what they call “The Linux Killer.” I do not think that guy can kill Linux nor anybody else. Linux is here to stay, and the whole open source movement is only the first step on the right direction.

I was surprised to read that Microsoft helped SCO. This makes sense because Linux is competing with Windows and it is winning, but for a giant like Microsoft, this is so immoral to do.

Like Saudis were waiting to a geeky magazine like Wired to realize that Dubai is working much better than they do. It’s not only about oil, it’s about the way people think here. In fcat not only Dubai, the rest five countries of the GCC are better than us.

I was planning to write some special reports during the last Asian Cup, but now I’m glad I didn’t. At least I didn’t have to write about the humiliation we faced from football start-ups like Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan.

But I wasn’t so mad to see our national team leaving the competition from the first round. You know, it is football… shit happens! I was mad because of the irrational decisions I heard after we lost to Iraq.

As usual, a man setting in Riyadh [or maybe having his summer vacation in Europe] decided to sack the Dutch coach Gerard Van Der Leem. This doesn’t happen anywhere else in the world. Being the president of the SAAF gives you the right to do whatever you want with our National Team. Yes, you can do it all by yourself.

Sound like a good job but wait, this job is especially made to suit one guy who will enjoy it forever; just because he owns a title called “Prince.” No matter how many times we change coaches, players, supporters… one man is still here, and he will be here until you decide to kill yourself affected by the low performances of your national team.

Tow numbers are enough to detect the problem:

Germany 8 – 0 Saudi Arabia

Since the German FA was founded, only 13 coaches trained the national German team. While here, we had more than 13 coaches in the last ten years! Keep counting people, we are breaking the records!