Stories about Saudi Arabia from October, 2005
Saudi Arabia: Children's Rights
Sabbah writes: “A 14-year-old Egyptian boy faces execution in Saudi Arabia after a flawed trial in which he was convicted for the murder of another child, Human Rights Watch said...
Pulse of the Saudi Blogosphere
This week, Abu Hamad has a question to his Saudi readers: “what would you do if Bush and his “junta” decided to invade Saudi?” He thinks that with current state...
Saudi: University Bulletin
Farooha says that bulletin boards in universities are usually put up for academic purposes. Timetables, grades, notices and scholastic contests are all examples of what one would expect to usually...
Saudi Arabia: Blogger Meetup
Ahmed announce that first Saudi Bloggers meetup is to take place this Friday. Second one he is organizing for eastern province bloggers. Good Luck!
Yemen: Rocket Hit Saudi
Sabbah wonders what's behind the lack of info behind the rocket that was fired at Saudi Arabia from Yemen?
Pulse of the Saudi Blogosphere
On a recent interview with Barbara Walters on ABC News, King Abdullah said the day when women can drive in Saudi Arabia is going to come. Riyadhawi's comment on that...
Saudi Arabia: First Interview with Saudi King Abdullah
Issandr El Amrani says that he found nothing remarkable about King Abdullah first TV interview as king to the American channel ABC. The transcript is here. However, Issandr finds that...
Saudi Arabia: Imagine Being a Woman
Farah continues her war for woman's rights in Saudi. She translated an Arabic article by a Saudi female columnists Badria Al Bisher, titled “Imagine Being a Woman..”. She dedicate this...
Saudi: Flickr's Back
Ibrahim Owais of Ocean Creep just reported that flickr.com is back to work in Saudi Arabia, after they blocked it for nearly 2 weeks.
Qatar: Religious Rights
Friends of Aljazeera posts that the Arab Committee for the Defense of Journalists, received a large number of complaints from journalists and technicians working in Aljazeera TV station , saying...
The Saudi Blogosphere: Post-blockage Hyperactivity
Happy Ramadhan, everyone. Welcome to this week's Saudi blogosphere roundup. The big news in the Saudi blogosphere this week was the blockage of Blogger.com. When she saw Blogger blocked, Noura...
Saudi Blogosphere Roundup
Hey everyone! Welcome to the first Saudi Blogosphere Roundup. Here is a little bit about what we are talking about here: The Saudi blogosphere has about 60 blogs listed on...
Saudi Arabia: Internet Morals
Dotsson says that according to this 92.5% of the Kingdom's internet users try to access websites that are blocked for one reason or another!
Saudi Arabia: Blogger is Back
According to Ibrahim Owais and Farah, Blogger.com is back in Business at Saudi Arabia. Ibrahim mentions that flickr.com, megaupload.com, livejournal.com and the list goes on, are still blocked.
Saudi Arabia Blocks Blogger and Flickr, Again
Two days ago, the Internet Services Unit (ISU) at King Abdul-Aziz City for Science and Technology (KACST), the governing body of the internet in Saudi Arabia, have blocked Blogger, denying...
Saudi Arabia: We're Always Getting Blamed
Commenting on the recent Bali explosions, The Religious Policeman says that it's very difficult being a moderate Muslim these days. The vast majority of Muslims are moderate, wouldn't hurt a...
Saudi Blogger Misses Chance to Meet Karen Hughes
Much controversy has surrounded the mission of Ambassador Karen Hughes, undersecretary of state for public diplomacy and Public Affairs at the US Department of State, to the Middle East. Most...