Category Archives: Saudi Arabia

What Has Happened to These Boys?

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

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

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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Desecrated Mecca

The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, Saudi Arabian King Salman bin Abdulazis, will be held responsible for the 700 plus fatal casulaties of another stampede at Mina and hundreds more seriously injured during this year’s hajj. The safety of … Continue reading →

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The World is Charlie

The impressive gathering of more than a million in Paris today in solidarity of the 17 victims of further two futile terror attacks by some Muslim losers on freedom of expression leaves in particular Muslim hardliners in Saudi Arabia, main … Continue reading →

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