Category Archives: Saudi Arabia

Twenty Years On in Saudi Arabia

Posted on June 21, 2024 by Muller

Since I have retired from my professional life a couple of years ago, it was every now and then tempting to write sort of memoirs here on this blog and elsewhere. These days I have once more looked, with horror, … Continue reading →

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Holier-than-though

Posted on November 17, 2017 by Muller

Amids a humanitarian catastrophe of, well, biblical dimension in Yemen, the BBC’s Lyse Doucet interviewed yesterday Saudi Arabia’s foreign affairs minister, Adel al-Jubeir. Visibly miffed by insisting Doucet, the 55-yr-old indeed soft-spoke about Iran as the root cause of the … Continue reading →

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What Has Happened to These Boys?

Posted on November 10, 2017 by Muller

I had taken this picture in early 2007 on our walk down from Kawkaban (at almost 3000 m) to Shibam (the other one, not that in the Hadhramaut). Yemen was my last travel destination when living in the Middle East. … Continue reading →

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Political Symbolism

Posted on September 27, 2017 by Muller

When Saudi Arabia’s old and ailing King Salman decreed yesterday that women in the Kingdom are now allowed to get a car driving license, he might have had in mind that it won’t be happening anyway. Who can teach them … Continue reading →

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Trump’s Itinerary

Posted on May 23, 2017 by Muller

Why hasn’t POTUS Trump not visited Jerusalem first before heading to Riyadh to give his DRIVE THEM OUT speech? Well, Trump would have risked entry into the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia if he had a visa stamp from Israel. 23 … Continue reading →

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