· April, 2008

Stories about Saudi Arabia from April, 2008

Saudi Blogger in Coma

  29 April 2008

Last week, Saudi Jeans announced that female blogger Hadeel was found in her bed in a coma. Saleh Al Zaid (Ar) updates us about her condition in this post.

Saudi Arabia: Aspects of Life

  15 April 2008

American Bedu, who lives in Saudi Arabia, writes: “You know you have lived in Saudi Arabia when: … Your idea of housework is leaving a list for the housekeeper; You think black is appropriate daytime wear; You wear a jacket inside and take it off when you go out.” Follow...

Saudi Arabia: Restaurant Rating Site

  9 April 2008

“Qaym (Ar) is a website for user-generated restaurant reviews based on social rating. The idea behind it may sound simple, but the execution is excellent and the result is great,” writes Saudi blogger Saudi Jeans.

Saudi Arabia: Regulating Women's Work

  9 April 2008

Saudi Arabia is moving towards introducing more regulations with regards to women's employment, reports Saudi Jeans, who comments on a new ‘vague’ law just introduced in the Kingdom.

Free Speech Roundup: Indonesia, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Yemen

  5 April 2008

The Indonesian government has ordered the country’s internet service providers to block YouTube over “Fitna” the movie. In Saudi Arabia, the blog of the detained Saudi blogger Fouad Alfarhan was blocked, along with the Free Fouad website, which is dedicated to Alfarhan's case. In Turkey, a Turkish court banned access to Slide, the maker of social networking widgets, for “harboring pictures and articles that are considered to be insulting to Ataturk.”. And Yemen blocks Maktoob blogging platform cutting off Yemeni Internet users from the more than 46,960 blogs the service hosts.

Saudi Arabia: Electronic Games – The Good, the Bad, and the Overlooked

  1 April 2008

The newly-founded Saudi Information Technology Club, a non-profit organization established by young, Saudi IT enthusiasts and situated in the Eastern Province of the Kingdom between the cities of Dammam and Khobar, held a unique initiative which targeted the largely-overlooked subject of the effects of electronic gaming on youth. Fahad Albutairi reports from the session and brings up to date with the gaming scene in Saudi Arabia, where the average Saudi gamer spends an average of $400 annually on new video games.

Saudi Arabia: Impressive Iranian Artist

  1 April 2008

Saudi blogger Rasheed Abou-Alsamh is impressed with Iranian artist Ramin Haerizadehme, whose works depict photomontages, and which went on display at Art Dubai.