You get to see almost all the Arab politicians and business men in western attire, yet that rare picture of a western politician or celebrity in Arab clothing is not something that you see… except if you add a dash of photoshop, then everything is possible.
I like the John Travolta picture the best 
This is what it sound like… when bloggers meet (couldn’t find a word that rhymes with cry… would’ve been cool to have it sound like “when doves cry”)
@Hning, (Alia Makki), @Soumz, (Asmaa M), and @smaldosari, (Saad Al-Dosari) who paid for my coffee and now I owe him one
Them and I were guests on the (That Jeddah Podcast) hosted by @Nessreen, (The Secret Life of Bees. Knees).
The episode is called “Episode 45: Bloggeratti” I’ve known these guys virtually for years now… and the first time we meet… it was recorded
Here it is just click on this link “Episode 45: Bloggeratti”
The wonderful thing about it, is that I’m inspired by each and one of those bloggers.
Speaking of sports bras and what’s in’em, ten Saudi women are getting ready to climb Mount Everest in an effort to raise awareness of breast cancer.
“Destination Mount Everest” is under the patronage of Princess Rema Daughter of Bandar bin Sultan AlSaud, in association with the ministry of education and health.
The effort comes after the guinness world record achieved by Saudi Arabia for the largest human awareness pink ribbon in 2010.
All of the participants are either survivors of breast cancer or have a close relative that is battling the disease.
One of my best friends lost his mother to breast cancer, another extremely good friend’s wife has been going through her own journey battling the disease, so the subject affects me deeply on a personal level.
They say 8000 new cases are discovered yearly among Saudi women, 50-60% of them in late stages.
Shout out to American Bedu who is going through her own battle with the disease and raising awareness through her own blog and activities.
I am happy with the decision to let saudi women participate in the Olympics, I’ve been a supporter since the beginning on this blog, even though this stands against the original olympics where athletes (only males) would compete naked, plus, originating with the Greeks this event has pagan origins.
Now, looking back on this, where will they get females to compete? Not like athletes are made overnight, and It’s not like female sports are a favorite pastime for women (nor men, and we have an almost epidemic number of people suffering from obesity related diseases) and seeing how the millions spent on football (soccer) are a really good return on the investment, I am not really optimistic about women getting any medals… Unless they invent new sports of perseverance and ability, something many women all over the world are already champions in (ain’t that right John?)
Where are the sports bras is me making fun of the lack of women’s athletic apparel in Saudi, not the name brand expensive stuff, but the regular stuff you find in the cheaper stores.
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When the head of hai’a in Makkah said that extreme segregation was not required, some people went up to his house, knocked on his door and asked to mingle with his wife and daughters. This was a government official, educated, made it to the top and who could’ve been summoned to the highest courts in the country, and answered to them directly.
Instead some good and upright citizens took it upon themselves to show him the mistakes in his ways, and it is not wrong, we all do it somehow someway, but the methods of doing so, by force are not right.
When Hamza said what people say he said (I have not been familiar with his writings/tweets/etc before it all blew up, and he deleted his account) some got fired up and went to his home, where his family lives (parents and siblings), and posted it on YouTube, and a mob of people threatened to kill him (they are even using Facebook for that, but I think the page was removed for the obvious hate reasons), as if there is no law, or law enforcement in this land.
In Jordan, they put rape victims in jail for their protection from society, they will be killed if they got out. A guy in Saudi killed his sisters for suspicions of being with men, not sure what happened to him.
I don’t need to get into what they call women who are asking for the right to drive cars, some guy said vampires will no longer find virgin blood in this country.
Not that overreacting is not part of politics, it is, creating a sense of urgency, and a near doom, that they, and only they can save people from the bad and guide the way to a future where every family is living happily ever after and birds are signing and other birds are being roasted or grilled or better yet deep fried for that finger licken goodness with a side of security is not their stage where they act as saviors.
Malik @nejer and his team come strong with this episode about marriage in Saudi.
Four guys sitting with a fat marriage counselor, too bad they don’t have anyone with a good marriage story.
I knew he would do great work, I just had that feeling. An old post about Malik here
Scene
- You know what they call a footlong subway in Saudi Arabia?
- They don’t call it a footlong?
- No they use the metric system
- Ok, what do they call a footlong subway in Saudi Arabia?
- They call it a 30cm subway
- What about a six inch?
- They call it a 15 centimeter subway, oh and they don’t call the thousand islands dressing, thousand islands
- What do they call it then?
- They call it cocktail sauce
(inspired from a scene in pulp fiction with John Travolta and Samuel L. Jackson.
P.S. A quarter pounder with cheese is still a quarter pounder with cheese at a McDonald’s in Saudi Arabia.
