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John B posted a blog entry
Saudi Media Lauded for Flood Coverage
Saudi media give themselves a bit of a pat on the back—and a deserved one!—for their coverage of the Jeddah...
Saudi media give themselves a bit of a pat on the back—and a deserved one!—for their coverage of the Jeddah...
John B posted a blog entry
Saudis Progress on Law Make-Over
Saudi Gazette/Okaz report on the latest development in Saudi Arabia’s efforts to codify its legal system. Here, the...
Saudi Gazette/Okaz report on the latest development in Saudi Arabia’s efforts to codify its legal system. Here, the...
John B posted a blog entry
Willful Blindness
Getting people to report domestic abuse in Saudi Arabia is the greatest hurdle in trying to deal with it, this Arab News...
Getting people to report domestic abuse in Saudi Arabia is the greatest hurdle in trying to deal with it, this Arab News...
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“Not with a Bang, but…”
Arab News editorializes on the recently concluded Copenhagen Climate talks finding that all that was accomplished was to kick...
Arab News editorializes on the recently concluded Copenhagen Climate talks finding that all that was accomplished was to kick...
John B posted a blog entry
Saudi Woman’s Heroic Driving
This Arab News article pushes a rather sharp stick into the eye of those who think Saudi women incapable. It also shows how...
This Arab News article pushes a rather sharp stick into the eye of those who think Saudi women incapable. It also shows how...
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Keeping Warm in Baha
It was only a couple of days ago that Carol, at American Bedu blog, was writing about farwa, fleecy garments worn by many...
It was only a couple of days ago that Carol, at American Bedu blog, was writing about farwa, fleecy garments worn by many...
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Perplexity of Pardons
This Saudi Gazette/Okaz article raises a point that I’d certainly missed… Royal pardons of criminals, usually...
This Saudi Gazette/Okaz article raises a point that I’d certainly missed… Royal pardons of criminals, usually...
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Al-Ghamdi Not Fired
Saudi Gazette catches up with a Crossroads Arabia commenter [Way to go Sandy!] and reports that the Mecca head of the...
Saudi Gazette catches up with a Crossroads Arabia commenter [Way to go Sandy!] and reports that the Mecca head of the...
John B posted a blog entry
Pull Politics from the Pulpit, Saudi Ministry Warns
Criticism of the political administration of Jeddah doesn’t belong in the pulpit, Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of...
Criticism of the political administration of Jeddah doesn’t belong in the pulpit, Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of...
John B posted a blog entry
Forward? Backward? Sideways? Spinning in Place?
So… Saudi Arabia’s Commission for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice is about to establish ...
So… Saudi Arabia’s Commission for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice is about to establish ...
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‘Mixing’ Nixed?
OK, it’s back to confusion time in Saudi Arabia…The head of the Mecca branch of the Commission for the Promotion...
OK, it’s back to confusion time in Saudi Arabia…The head of the Mecca branch of the Commission for the Promotion...
John B posted a blog entry
Coming to Terms with Misk Lake
Misk Lake, the sarcastically named sewage retention pond to the east of Saudi Arabia’s second city, is the subject of...
Misk Lake, the sarcastically named sewage retention pond to the east of Saudi Arabia’s second city, is the subject of...
John B posted a blog entry
Kicking down the Barriers
Saudi Gazette runs a piece on ‘mixing’ of the sexes in public places that really kicks down the door of...
Saudi Gazette runs a piece on ‘mixing’ of the sexes in public places that really kicks down the door of...
John B posted a blog entry
Blood Thicker than Money
As readers will have noted, economics is not the primary focus of this blog. Occasionally an economic story involving Saudi...
As readers will have noted, economics is not the primary focus of this blog. Occasionally an economic story involving Saudi...
John B posted a blog entry
Crown Prince Returns to Saudi Arabia
The big news, anticipated in the media for over a year, is that Prince Sultan, the Crown Prince, is finally returning to the...
The big news, anticipated in the media for over a year, is that Prince Sultan, the Crown Prince, is finally returning to the...
John B posted a blog entry
About That ‘Naming and Shaming’
As I’ve noted before (see yesterday’s post), Saudis and the Saudi media are reticent about publicizing the names...
As I’ve noted before (see yesterday’s post), Saudis and the Saudi media are reticent about publicizing the names...
John B posted a blog entry
Looking behind the Curtain
In this Asharq Alawsat column, Saudi journalist Hussein Shobokshi sees King Abdullah’s ordered investigation into the...
In this Asharq Alawsat column, Saudi journalist Hussein Shobokshi sees King Abdullah’s ordered investigation into the...
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
Soggy KAUST
I find it interesting how this Arab News piece, highlighting the flooding problems at KAUST, reference only foreign bloggers...
I find it interesting how this Arab News piece, highlighting the flooding problems at KAUST, reference only foreign bloggers...
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
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
‘Thou Shalt Not Suffer…’
Witchcraft, magic, and sorcery have been concerns of mankind around the world and, apparently, for most of human history. In...
Witchcraft, magic, and sorcery have been concerns of mankind around the world and, apparently, for most of human history. In...
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
Floods Kill 77 in Saudi Arabia
Heavy rains—now apparently ended—have cause mayhem and deaths in Jedda and Mecca according to breaking news...
Heavy rains—now apparently ended—have cause mayhem and deaths in Jedda and Mecca according to breaking news...
John B posted a blog entry
Rains and Floods Greet the Haj
Winter rains aren’t terribly strange in the northern hemisphere, but any substantial rain is strange enough in Saudi...
Winter rains aren’t terribly strange in the northern hemisphere, but any substantial rain is strange enough in Saudi...
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
‘I Did Not Learn to Love Life’
MEMRI translates a piece from e-zine Aafaq by a reformist Saudi writer in which he tells of his upbringing in the Kingdom and...
MEMRI translates a piece from e-zine Aafaq by a reformist Saudi writer in which he tells of his upbringing in the Kingdom and...
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
Sterilizing the Stones
Now here’s an anti-swine flu measure unique to Saudi Arabia: the provision of sterilized stones to be used in the ritual...
Now here’s an anti-swine flu measure unique to Saudi Arabia: the provision of sterilized stones to be used in the ritual...
John B posted a blog entry
Seeking to End Blackmail in Saudi Arabia
Here’s an interesting piece from Saudi Gazette on the recent rash (or reported rash) of the blackmailing of women in...
Here’s an interesting piece from Saudi Gazette on the recent rash (or reported rash) of the blackmailing of women in...
John B posted a blog entry
Beginning Haj
Arab News wraps up its coverage of Haj preparations with this piece. The article gives the schedule for the different phases...
Arab News wraps up its coverage of Haj preparations with this piece. The article gives the schedule for the different phases...
John B posted a blog entry
Looking inside KAUST
The New York Times takes a look at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) through the eyes of an American...
The New York Times takes a look at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) through the eyes of an American...
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