The Holy month of Ramadan changes the daily rhythym drastically in Saudi hospitals. Basically the hospital becomes alive at night and quiets down for the day.  Read here how the Saudis usually visit the sick in hospitals. Needless to say the amount of visitors during Ramadan will at least double, especially during ther last ten days. ...

It’s Ramadan, so it must be time for another ‘Tash Ma Tash’ controversy!Arab News reports… This time around, the target is polygamy. The writers turn it around to a matter of polyandry, though, and that’s got some people hot under the collar. Rather than seeing it as a social critique, the humor-impaired ...

Every Ramadan for the past sixteen years a show called Tash Ma Tash, which means something in the literal lines of splash what may, is closely watched by almost every Saudi household. The show is a satire of Saudi society and it’s funny to say the least. It’s also been prohibited ...

The Saudi government has finally cracked down on the willy-nilly issuance of fatawa by anyone with a college degree in Islam and access to the media, Financial Times reports. In banning the issuance of fatawas by any other than officially certified scholars, this step will definitely reduce the number of crazy judgments and statements ...

Getting to the Middle Ages is not about time machines, it’s a geographical issue. Why have dinner at a cheesy Medieval Times when you can get the authentic experience right here in Saudi Arabia. We got everything you want. I came across this chastity belt at a museum and it got ...

Ramadan is a very special month to Muslims all over the world. In case you are not sure what Ramadan means to Muslims and why Muslims fast check out this link.The crecent moon has been sighted and the fasting has started this morning.Ramadan in Saudi-Arabia is a very different experience from ...

On a very hot and humid summer day in Jeddah, a spark of life emerged. While many were spending their summer morning asleep in their cozy beds and air-conditioned rooms, some were out there trying to make a difference. In a small school at Jeddah, over 45 young girls gathered ...

In my last post I wrote about how guardians receive SMS notifications if their dependants leave or enter the country. Dependents in Saudi Arabia are defined as anyone on a man’s family card, including wife and adult daughters. A few years ago only men were allowed to have individual national ...

Revisiting issues that I previously have written about is not something I do often, but I'm making an exception to return to the West's most beloved human rights cause: Banning the burqa.I last wrote about pending legislation to ban burqas in Europe more than a year ago when France first ...

I haven’t had the time to blog lately nor am I likely to over the coming weeks so I thought I would just post up some photographs of last week’s trip to Makkah Al-Mukarramah for your enjoyment. There is still a lot of demolition and building work going on around the ...

The anti-impotence pill advertisement in Saudi Arabia causes complaints. Local citizens feel the ad consist of inappropriate sexual content for public ...

The central bank in Saudi Arabia, the Arab world's biggest economy, said last month that it expects inflationary pressures to persist in the third quarter ...

"It gives men total control over women's lives," Wajeha Al-Huwaider, one of Saudi Arabia's most vocal and visible women's rights activists, told CNN. ...

PTI Authorities in Saudi Arabia have shut down three websites for violating a Royal decree limiting the issuance of religious edicts (Fatwa) to the ...

Source: AFP/Getty Images Turki AlBallaa wants to bring more foreign investment to Saudi Arabia, the world's largest oil supplier. The judicial system stands ...

Ties between Saudi Arabia, which is close to the Sunni Hariri family, and Syria deteriorated in 2005 but have since warmed, with Saad Hariri himself ...

Fayfi was transferred from the Guantanamo Bay facility to Saudi Arabia in late 2006 after what one official described as a lengthy review. ...

When a survey by HSBC bank revealed that expatriates working in Saudi Arabia were among the world's wealthiest, with disposable ...

The International Energy Agency estimates $500 billion went to subsidizing fossil fuels in 2008, with regional countries Iran, Venezuela and Saudi Arabia in ...

Here is one actual dissent that captures some of the mixed feelings: Saudi Arabia burns Christian Bibles, and any non-Muslim holy books as a matter of ...