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Ramadan 2013 Photos - from Boston.com 13 Aug 2013 | 12:04 pm
A Nepalese Muslim boy offers Friday prayers during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan in Kathmandu on July 12. (Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters) One of my favorite websites for photos of Ramadan, which just e...
Paranoia or Greed? 12 Jun 2013 | 07:49 am
Many foreign expat workers who come to Saudi Arabia endure, among other hardships, isolation, stressful living and working conditions, severe climate, and separation from their families, sometimes for...
Blogging Community in Mourning 1 Jun 2013 | 10:57 am
Carol Fleming Al-Ajroush died yesterday, May 27, 2013, at the age of 53 after a valiant and hard fought five-year long battle with breast cancer. Carol was known in cyber space as "American Bedu," th...
Two More Steps Back 30 May 2013 | 06:38 am
Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE There are times when I feel that Saudi Arabia has made great strides - especially with regard to women's issues - in the past five years that I h...
Update on Carol/American Bedu 24 May 2013 | 07:20 pm
Carol Fleming/American Bedu's condition is rapidly deteriorating. Please keep her in your thoughts and prayers as she leaves this world to join her beloved Abdullah.
Update on American Bedu 22 May 2013 | 03:47 pm
I've written about my friend and fellow blogger, Carol Fleming Al-Ajroush, "American Bedu," many times. American Bedu is the most widely read blog about Saudi Arabia, with her daily posts providing...
Saudi Women Victims of "Restriction for Protection" 13 May 2013 | 03:52 am
The following opinion piece was written by Dr. Badria al-Bishr, a Saudi lecturer, novelist, and columnist. It was first published in Al Hayat on April 25, 2013, and was reprinted in English in Al-Ara...
Jeddah Art Restoration Project Video 12 May 2013 | 12:18 am
I've published many photos of Jeddah's amazing sculptures and lamented about their deteriorating condition due to the harsh elements here in Jeddah. Previously I reported that the Jeddah Restoration ...
Saudi Arabia: Janadriyah Cultural Festival 2013 2 May 2013 | 06:18 pm
Janadriyah is the name of the yearly festival held in Saudi Arabia's capital city of Riyadh celebrating Saudi Arabia's heritage and culture. This year the festival attracted a record high six million...
CNN World: Modern Day Slavery in the Gulf 27 Apr 2013 | 02:43 pm
Photo Credit: Sean Gallup/Getty Images While this article specifies working conditions for cheap foreign labor in Qatar and the UAE, sadly these policies and unfair systems in place also apply to Sa...
