Category Archives: culture
Saudi Arabia With No Makeup
I watched recently the MTV episode “Resist the Power! Saudi Arabia.” The episode represents an inside story of young Saudi: Fatima who fights to change the traditional clothing of Saudi women, Ahmed who fights for women rights, Aziz who wants … Continue reading
Filed under culture, discussion, Gender, Observation From Inside, Politics, reflection
Two Open Letters
Dear American and foreign countries, I want you to discriminate against Saudi, Kuwaiti, Omani, and Emiratis so badly. I want you to treat them exactly the same way they treat Indian, Bangladeshi and Filipino workers. I want you for example to … Continue reading
Filed under culture, discussion, Make a difference
Saudi Women and The World
“(Saudi) Young women bloggers are fabulous” said Kirsten Powers in talking about her trip to Saudi Arabia. I have to say that I am so proud of Saudi women who blog, who speak up, who expose their identity, who show … Continue reading
A Trip to Saudi Arabia
If I had a million dollar, I would buy a ticket for each one of you to travel outside of your horizon There are many facts that can’t be explained in words or in movies, you just have to see … Continue reading
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The Story of Buraidah Girl
I have been asked by one of my friends to comment on the marriage of 12 years old girl to 80 years old man in Buraidah of Saudi Arabia. The truth is that I can’t write about this story. I really can’t. … Continue reading
Saudi Dreams
“I say to you today, my friends, so even though we face the difficulties of today and tomorrow, I still have a dream.“ I have a dream that one day this country will rise up and live out the true … Continue reading
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Another Victim of Sexual Harassment
The following post is from masstz_blog. She works as a lab specialist in one of the hospitals in Saudi Arabia. The post was written in Arabic and I translated it to English so I can share it with my readers … Continue reading
Filed under culture, discussion, Gender, psychology
Is Jeddah Really Different?
“Jeddah is different” is commonly used phrase among Saudi, referring to how different Jeddah is from the rest of the cities. The mater of fact is that Jeddah is unique and different when it comes to its people, culture and … Continue reading
Two Open Letters
Dear Muslims, I don’t understand why Muslims’ communities in US and around the world don’t speak up publicly in the mosques against terroristic acts like Fort Hood shooting incident and other terrorist incidents. I honestly believe that terrorists who kill innocent … Continue reading
July 09 Panorama
” When you have a sister, you have someone who cares about you, thinks of you, and never forgets you” said Dhiya AlSuliman when we had a conversation about the advantage of having a sister “The movie contained pornography content, you … Continue reading
