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John B posted a blog entry
Avoiding Future Disasters
In a clear—and bitter—signed editorial, Arab News‘’s Editor in Chief Khaled Al-Maeena writes about the...
In a clear—and bitter—signed editorial, Arab News‘’s Editor in Chief Khaled Al-Maeena writes about the...
John B posted a blog entry
Jeddah Bites the Bullet on Flood Control
According to this Asharq Alawsat article, the Jeddah Municipality will be taking the hard, expensive, and not-totally-popular...
According to this Asharq Alawsat article, the Jeddah Municipality will be taking the hard, expensive, and not-totally-popular...
John B posted a blog entry
Saudis Wary of Copenhagen
As an oil-producing state, Saudi Arabia certainly has an interest in the debate about global warming. Moves to get away from...
As an oil-producing state, Saudi Arabia certainly has an interest in the debate about global warming. Moves to get away from...
John B posted a blog entry
Jeddah Flood Investigation Begins
Not surprisingly, the flood disaster in Jeddah continues to dominate Saudi news. The official investigation was launched on...
Not surprisingly, the flood disaster in Jeddah continues to dominate Saudi news. The official investigation was launched on...
John B posted a blog entry
Jeddah Floods: Counting Up the Losses
The full extent of the disastrous Jeddah floods is still being determined, Saudi media report. Arab News gives the latest...
The full extent of the disastrous Jeddah floods is still being determined, Saudi media report. Arab News gives the latest...
John B posted a blog entry
Jeddah Floods Pull Back the Curtain
In his weekly column for Asharq Alawsat, Mshari Al-Zaydi talks about how new media—Facebook, the Internet, camera cell...
In his weekly column for Asharq Alawsat, Mshari Al-Zaydi talks about how new media—Facebook, the Internet, camera cell...
John B posted a blog entry
Saudi Flood Relief No Cover for Terror Financing
Raising funds to repair mosques damaged or ruined by the Jeddah floods isn’t going to be permitted without express...
Raising funds to repair mosques damaged or ruined by the Jeddah floods isn’t going to be permitted without express...
John B posted a blog entry
Pointing Fingers for Flood Failures
Saudi Gazette/Okaz report that people are now seeking to assess blame (or excuse themselves from it) over the Jeddah flood...
Saudi Gazette/Okaz report that people are now seeking to assess blame (or excuse themselves from it) over the Jeddah flood...
John B posted a blog entry
Flood Response Angers Saudis
Both individuals affected by the Nov. 25 flood that swept threw Jeddah and the charitable organizations trying to assist them...
Both individuals affected by the Nov. 25 flood that swept threw Jeddah and the charitable organizations trying to assist them...
John B posted a blog entry
Dealing with ‘Misk Lake’
‘Misk Lake,’ the 2+ square kilometer sewage retention pond outside of Jeddah is high on the list of worries for...
‘Misk Lake,’ the 2+ square kilometer sewage retention pond outside of Jeddah is high on the list of worries for...
John B posted a blog entry
Digging into the Jeddah Floods
Investigations into the causes of the floods that wracked Jeddah last week are due to begin. In what is turning into the most...
Investigations into the causes of the floods that wracked Jeddah last week are due to begin. In what is turning into the most...
John B posted a blog entry
‘Hard Law’ v. ‘Soft Law’
I came across this interesting essay at Concurring Opinions law blawg. It concerns how formal law—laws written in books,...
I came across this interesting essay at Concurring Opinions law blawg. It concerns how formal law—laws written in books,...
John B posted a blog entry
Saudi Press Agency Boots Flood Coverage
Pollyanna-ish or simply clueless? Saudi Press Agency, in its coverage of the Jeddah floods, has managed to anger residents who...
Pollyanna-ish or simply clueless? Saudi Press Agency, in its coverage of the Jeddah floods, has managed to anger residents who...
John B posted a blog entry
Misk Lake Safe… for Now
‘Misk Lake’ is a massive cess pool into which is dumped sewage and waste waters from the city of Jeddah. Much of...
‘Misk Lake’ is a massive cess pool into which is dumped sewage and waste waters from the city of Jeddah. Much of...
John B posted a blog entry
King Orders Investigation into Jeddah Floods
It is unfortunately the case in Saudi Arabia that those responsible for serious problems frequently escape culpability because...
It is unfortunately the case in Saudi Arabia that those responsible for serious problems frequently escape culpability because...
John B posted a blog entry
Fading Obama Rose
The bloom is off the Obama rose in the Arab world, writes Fouad Ajami on the pages of The Wall St. Journal. By not picking...
The bloom is off the Obama rose in the Arab world, writes Fouad Ajami on the pages of The Wall St. Journal. By not picking...
John B posted a blog entry
US-Bound Saudi Tanker Hijacked
‘Crime doesn’t pay,’ goes an old adage. For Somali pirates, though, it seems that crimes does pay. After...
‘Crime doesn’t pay,’ goes an old adage. For Somali pirates, though, it seems that crimes does pay. After...
John B posted a blog entry
Keeping Jeddah Dry
More tough questioning of Jeddah city officials about the causes of the disastrous flooding. The Deputy Mayor, Ibrahim...
More tough questioning of Jeddah city officials about the causes of the disastrous flooding. The Deputy Mayor, Ibrahim...
John B posted a blog entry
Haj: A Testbed for Flu Science
The Washington Post runs an Associated Press story about how the Haj is providing science certain tools to monitor swine flu...
The Washington Post runs an Associated Press story about how the Haj is providing science certain tools to monitor swine flu...
John B posted a blog entry
Who Is Responsible for Jeddah’s Floods?
Not surprisingly, there’s a quantum of anger at the Jeddah Municipality—rationalized in the person of the...
Not surprisingly, there’s a quantum of anger at the Jeddah Municipality—rationalized in the person of the...
John B posted a blog entry
The Jeddah Floods
The death toll resulting from the floods that wracked Jeddah earlier this week continues to rise. Reuters runs this report,...
The death toll resulting from the floods that wracked Jeddah earlier this week continues to rise. Reuters runs this report,...
John B posted a blog entry
Reporting the Jeddah Floods
Three inches of rain fell on Jeddah and surrounding areas yesterday, resulting in the deaths of 77 people. There are still...
Three inches of rain fell on Jeddah and surrounding areas yesterday, resulting in the deaths of 77 people. There are still...
John B posted a blog entry
‘2009 Is Not 2001′
The National Council of US-Arab Relations (NCUSAR) recently concluded its annual conference in Washington, DC. Videos, audio...
The National Council of US-Arab Relations (NCUSAR) recently concluded its annual conference in Washington, DC. Videos, audio...
John B posted a blog entry
Saudi King: ‘Confront Deviant Ideology’
Saudi King Abdullah is perfectly clear when he warns of the danger of extremist Islam. I might argue that ‘devious...
Saudi King Abdullah is perfectly clear when he warns of the danger of extremist Islam. I might argue that ‘devious...
John B posted a blog entry
Agro-Imperialism?
The questions about agriculture—food, really—in the coming years is the subject of this piece appearing in...
The questions about agriculture—food, really—in the coming years is the subject of this piece appearing in...
John B posted a blog entry
On-Line Jihadists Switching Languages
The tragedy at Ft. Hood, in which Maj. Nidal Hasan is accused of killing and wounding dozens of his fellow soldiers, is...
The tragedy at Ft. Hood, in which Maj. Nidal Hasan is accused of killing and wounding dozens of his fellow soldiers, is...
John B posted a blog entry
Saudi News Brief
There’s not much of interest in Saudi news today. The Kingdom is gearing up for Haj, which starts on Nov. 18, today, and...
There’s not much of interest in Saudi news today. The Kingdom is gearing up for Haj, which starts on Nov. 18, today, and...
John B posted a blog entry
More from the Yemen-Saudi Border
While the Saudi Cabinet assures all that the border with Yemen is now secure, Saudi media write about the presence of...
While the Saudi Cabinet assures all that the border with Yemen is now secure, Saudi media write about the presence of...
John B posted a blog entry
Parsing the Problems of the Houthi
Mshari Al-Zaydi raises an interesting point in his column today. He notes that while the Houthis are members of the...
Mshari Al-Zaydi raises an interesting point in his column today. He notes that while the Houthis are members of the...
John B posted a blog entry
Small Wars, Big Purposes
What’s going on on the Saudi-Yemen border, and what it might mean for the US are the major topics of this article from...
What’s going on on the Saudi-Yemen border, and what it might mean for the US are the major topics of this article from...
John B posted a blog entry
Two More Approaches to Maj. Hasan
Here are two opinion pieces that fall on decidedly different sides of the arguments about Maj. Nidal Hasan, alleged to have...
Here are two opinion pieces that fall on decidedly different sides of the arguments about Maj. Nidal Hasan, alleged to have...
John B posted a blog entry
Getting to Peace in the Middle East
This opinion piece in the Israeli daily Haaretz is substantially similar to an op-ed I co-wrote (with David Perlmutter) that...
This opinion piece in the Israeli daily Haaretz is substantially similar to an op-ed I co-wrote (with David Perlmutter) that...
John B posted a blog entry
Saudis Speak Softly, Big Stick at Hand
I think this opinion piece in Al-Hayat is worth pointing out. It discusses the way Saudi Arabia traditionally takes a...
I think this opinion piece in Al-Hayat is worth pointing out. It discusses the way Saudi Arabia traditionally takes a...
John B posted a blog entry
Saudi Women Lawyers, ‘Eventually’
Change, unfortunately, comes slowly in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. It’s been at least 10 years since women have been...
Change, unfortunately, comes slowly in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. It’s been at least 10 years since women have been...
John B posted a blog entry
Saudis to Bar Some from Issuing Fatawa
Here’s a puzzle… Back in October, the Saudi media reported that the Ministry of Islamic Affairs had banned the...
Here’s a puzzle… Back in October, the Saudi media reported that the Ministry of Islamic Affairs had banned the...
John B posted a blog entry
Blasphemy Laws v. Human Rights
Here’s an interesting policy paper from the US Commission on International Religious Freedom taking to task the...
Here’s an interesting policy paper from the US Commission on International Religious Freedom taking to task the...
John B posted a blog entry
Saudi Media Look at Iran, Houthis
Asharq Alawsat runs two opinion pieces today that point to Iran as the force behind the recent (and perhaps on-going) clashes...
Asharq Alawsat runs two opinion pieces today that point to Iran as the force behind the recent (and perhaps on-going) clashes...
John B posted a blog entry
Reforming Saudi Law
Saudi Gazette/Okaz run a piece on the continuing reform of the Saudi legal system. The Saudi Minister of Justice said that...
Saudi Gazette/Okaz run a piece on the continuing reform of the Saudi legal system. The Saudi Minister of Justice said that...
John B posted a blog entry
Belated Birthday Wishes for Petroleum
The anniversary slipped by largely unnoticed, but the commercial exploitation of petroleum began 150 years ago last August....
The anniversary slipped by largely unnoticed, but the commercial exploitation of petroleum began 150 years ago last August....
John B posted a blog entry
Saudis Blockade Yemen’s Red Sea Ports
The Washington Post runs this Associated Press story about a Saudi naval blockade of Yemen’s Red Sea coast, part of the...
The Washington Post runs this Associated Press story about a Saudi naval blockade of Yemen’s Red Sea coast, part of the...
John B posted a blog entry
The UN and the Yemen-Saudi Border
The Italian news agency AKI reports on the UN High Commission for Refugees is concerned about the state of refugees in Yemen....
The Italian news agency AKI reports on the UN High Commission for Refugees is concerned about the state of refugees in Yemen....
John B posted a blog entry
Muslims in the US Military
Directly related to the case of Maj. Hasan, The Washington Post runs this piece in its ‘On Religion’ online...
Directly related to the case of Maj. Hasan, The Washington Post runs this piece in its ‘On Religion’ online...
John B posted a blog entry
Saudi-Yemen Conflict Proxy for Iran-Saudi Conflict
This report from Asian Times is pretty blunt in declaring the conflict on the border between Yemen and Saudi Arabia to be the...
This report from Asian Times is pretty blunt in declaring the conflict on the border between Yemen and Saudi Arabia to be the...
John B posted a blog entry
Saudi-Yemen Border Conflict Continues
Well, the Yemen-Saudi border conflict isn’t quite wrapped up. This Saudi Gazette piece, relaying a story from the Arabic...
Well, the Yemen-Saudi border conflict isn’t quite wrapped up. This Saudi Gazette piece, relaying a story from the Arabic...
John B posted a blog entry
More on Maj. Hasan
The Washington Post reports on a new line of investigation into US Army Major Nidal Hasan, accused of killing 13 and wounding...
The Washington Post reports on a new line of investigation into US Army Major Nidal Hasan, accused of killing 13 and wounding...
John B posted a blog entry
Saudi-Yemen Border Incidents Wraps-Up
The conflict on the Saudi-Yemen border seems to be finished. Saudi Gazette runs a release from the Saudi Press Agency, quoting...
The conflict on the Saudi-Yemen border seems to be finished. Saudi Gazette runs a release from the Saudi Press Agency, quoting...
John B posted a blog entry
Saudis Have $421 Billion Invested in US
Arab News reports on the scale of American-Saudi business, citing the Jeddah Chamber of Commerce & Industry’s...
Arab News reports on the scale of American-Saudi business, citing the Jeddah Chamber of Commerce & Industry’s...
John B posted a blog entry
Saudi-Iranian Friction over Houthis, Haj
Saudi Arabia and Iran have never been best of friends, each viewing the other with suspicion and, I’d suggest, some...
Saudi Arabia and Iran have never been best of friends, each viewing the other with suspicion and, I’d suggest, some...
John B posted a blog entry
Al-Watan Website Hacked
Not everyone was supportive of the government’s move in removing Sheikh Saad al-Shithri from his positions for his...
Not everyone was supportive of the government’s move in removing Sheikh Saad al-Shithri from his positions for his...
John B posted a blog entry
At the Saudi-Yemen Border
Naturally enough, the Saudi media is front-paging its coverage of the conflict on the Saudi-Yemen border. All stories are...
Naturally enough, the Saudi media is front-paging its coverage of the conflict on the Saudi-Yemen border. All stories are...
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