Category Archives: Politics
Top Five Fallacies about Women Driving in Saudi
Here are the common five fallacies about not allowing Saudi women driving with my respond to each one of them: Women driving will increase the traffic: Many saudi fear that streets and highways would be extremely crowded when women are … Continue reading
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The Inevitable Change in Saudi
Tomorrow is Friday and unlike all other days, the Saudi government is having a hard time sleeping tonight. Will people really protest tomorrow despite all the warning and fatwa of banning it? and will Saudi government uses the voilience against … Continue reading
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Revolution 101
In 1991 when a massive number of Kurdish and Iraqi people started to rebel and uprise against the dictatorship of Sadam Hussain, the government responded with a military force and chemical weapons. Thousands of people and children were killed in … Continue reading
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A Lesson From Tunisia
Tunisian revolution has left everyone stunned and surprised. No one in the world has ever thought that a dictatorship like Zine El-Abidine Ben Ali, who ruled the country by force and torture for decades, would ran like a cat begging a … Continue reading
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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
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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Discrimination Against 14 Countries
This week, U.S. announced an intense air screening on the fliers from 14 nations. I am not upset about the law itself at all, I really think that America has every right to protect its country but what I am upset … Continue reading
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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
Edward Said’s View on the Media
“Despite the variety and the differences, and however much we proclaim the contrary, what the media produce is neither spontaneous nor completely “free:” “news” does not just happen, pictures and ideas do not merely spring from reality into our eyes … Continue reading
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