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Haifa Alrasheed

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30 January 2011

Saudi Arabia: Jeddah Rain .. Again

Written by Haifa Alrasheed · Middle East & North Africa

Saudi Arabia's Red Sea port city of Jeddah has been lashed with rain again, bringing back the ill-fated #Jeddahrain hashtag to our Twitterfeeds. Following are reactions from netizens, who poured their wrath on corruption and Jeddah's deteriorating infrastructure.

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6 January 2011

Saudi Arabia: Human Rights Activists Asked to Shut Up on Twitter

Written by Haifa Alrasheed · Middle East & North Africa

Saudi Arabia's human rights activists, who have been pushing their cause on mico-blogging site, Twitter, have been asked to shut up. The insult came from a Saudi Consultative (Shura) Council member, and was met with anger, humor and sarcasm.

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11 December 2010

Saudi Arabia: Free Saudi Scholar Dr Mohammed Alabdulkareem

Written by Haifa Alrasheed · Middle East & North Africa

Saudi Dr Mohammed Alabdulkareem was arrested after publishing an article on the effectiveness of the political regulation among the royal family. Using blogs, Facebook and Twitter, netizens stand up to call for his release.

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23 October 2010

Saudi Arabia: Genie in Court

Written by Haifa Alrasheed · Middle East & North Africa

"I was under the influence of a genie" is the latest excuse for administrative corruption in Saudi Arabia. A corrupt judge, a genie and a religious investigation panel, which claims to have interrogated the genie, create a plot to good for Saudi netizens to pass on. Haifa Alrasheed brings us the latest reactions on the story.

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17 October 2010

Saudi Arabia: Calls to Free Samar Albadawi

Written by Haifa Alrasheed · Middle East & North Africa

Samar Albadawi, a divorced Saudi woman is currently being held in Brayman jail in Jeddah for disobeying her father. While some netizens are furious others are skeptical about her case and the debate still continues among Saudi bloggers and tweeps.

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26 September 2010

Saudi Arabia: Licence to Blog!

Written by Haifa Alrasheed · Middle East & North Africa

Saudi Arabia first announced plans to have all web publishers and online media, including blogs and forums, to be registered with the government. The following day, it backed down following a storm of protests, saying that only electronic newspapers were expected to register. Saudi netizens have their say.

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4 September 2010

Saudi Arabia: Call for Obama to Free Humeidan Al-Turki

Written by Haifa Alrasheed · Middle East & North Africa

The Saudi nation has just released a campaign addressed to US President Barack Obama, asking him to release the Saudi prisoner Humeidan Al-Turki. The video has gone viral and supporters hope it achieves its goal.

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