Hamza Kashgari, a young journalist has caused a wide anger among Saudis when tweeting on the Mawlid (the Holy Prophet’s birthday). His tweets included his opinions about the prophet, how he’s equal to him and how he hated some of …
Posted in Activism, Atheism, Censorship, Current Events, Freedom of Speech, Islam, Media, Religion, Saudi Arabia, Society, Taboos | Tagged blasphemy, hamza, prophet, Saudi, Twitter | 8 CommentsFeras Baqna, Hussam Al-Drewesh and Khaled Al-Rashed started an online television series based in Saudi Arabia called “We are being cheated.” They posted several episodes on topics that are often not covered by mainstream Saudi television. The last episode was …
Posted in Activism, Arabs, Awareness, Censorship, Civil Rights, Current Events, Education, Freedom of Speech, Media, Saudi Arabia, Society, Youth | Tagged Free Speech, Mal3ob3lena, Saudi Arabia | 2 CommentsIn this increasingly hostile world of ours, it is only natural to search for even the slightest hint that peace may be possible. As I watched the news last night, two such hints came into sharp focus right before my …
Posted in Current Events, Foreign Affairs, Iran, Israel, Palestine, Regional Issues, Saudi Arabia, USA | Tagged Hamas, Iran, Palestine | Leave a commentAbdul Rahman is a mid forties Bangladeshi national selling Miswaak in front of my mosque. It is a very common practice here in Saudi Arabia, where labour class does day jobs to earn decent money in order to support their …
Posted in Migrant Workers, Saudi Arabia | 1 CommentBefore the status of women in Islam can be determined, the religion itself must first be analyzed separately from the cultures and practices in “Islamic” countries—most notably, those in the Middle East.
Posted in Afghanistan, Culture, Culture and Society, Gender, Human Rights, Iran, Islam, News and Politics, Religion, Saudi Arabia, Society, Women | 2 CommentsHosni Mubarak, the ousted president of Egypt who ruled for 30 years, is said to have accumulated $70 billion from corruption and Egypt has been under Emergency Law as long. Under the law, the police power was extended, constitutional rights …
Posted in Activism, Arabs, Awareness, Bahrain, Censorship, Civil Rights, Current Events, Democracy, Demonstrations, Education, Egypt, Events, Freedom of Speech, Iraq, Jordan, Kurdistan, Kurds, Libya, Media, Middle East, Morocco, Politics, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Tunisia, Yemen | Leave a commentThe world’s eyes are tuned onto Japan as we follow the news of its nuclear crisis, hour by hour, minute by minute. When writing this post, it looks as though some 300 workers have stabilized the reactors by pouring cold …
Posted in Egypt, Environment, Iran, Israel, Issues and Causes, Jordan, Middle East, Palestine, Saudi Arabia, UAE | Tagged Egypt, Environment, Green Prophet, Israel, Japan, Jordan, Nuclear, Saudi Arabia | 1 CommentIn an event that is considered a first of it’s kind in Saudi Arabian media, The morning Show “Sabah Al Saudia” broke the norm of what you’d expect from a governmentally funded, low rating, channel
Posted in Activism, Arabs, Assholes, Awareness, Censorship, Civil Rights, Entertainment, Freedom of Speech, Media, Saudi Arabia, Society | Leave a commentAt last sun arises today, A first blush of morning, A day of celebration and rejoicing, Millions of people are cherishing. Here it comes, A national day of Saudi Arabia, A country of grace, Though the mercy of God. A …
Posted in Poetry, Saudi Arabia | 4 CommentsThe small town of Badr, located 130 km south-west of Holy city of Madina in Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Though it only covers a couple of square kilometres of area but enjoys great historic significance. When Last Prophet of God …
Posted in General, Saudi Arabia | Tagged Badr, History, Islam, Saudi Arabia | 2 Comments