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Dear readers, After 1 year and 17391 visits, “Life thru Dusty Lenses has moved to it’s new home: KhanSerai-a rest stop for netravelers (http://serai.strategicsynapse.com). The blog will change from be… more →
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Moving!!
ruhsa wrote 7 months ago: Dear readers, After 1 year and 17391 visits, “Life thru Dusty Lenses has moved to it’s new home: Kha … more →
Insulting Royalty- Saudi Arabia and Beyond
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humera wrote 9 months ago: Many countries with royal families tend to be extremely protective about defending their honor. Thai … more →
Change in Saudi Arabia- Short and Long Term
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humera wrote 9 months ago: As we have all read by now, Saudi Arabia has made some changes in its government and brought in more … more →
Punishment for Gang Rape Victim- Saudi Style
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humera wrote 9 months ago: Many Saudis feel that their country is unfairly represented in Western media. There are biases for s … more →
Religious Tolerance in Saudi Arabia
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humera wrote 10 months ago: Disclaimer: this post includes references to the following two news articles. I do not know th … more →
Success Factors for Terrorism Rehabilitation
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humera wrote 10 months ago: The concept of prisoner rehabilitation is not new. Several European countries, in addition to their … more →
2009 Gloom & Doom Update: Outlook Playing Out- Iceland Govt Collapse
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humera wrote 10 months ago: Remember my previous post on what 2009 will look like? One of the things I had mentioned was g … more →
Rehabilitation, Brainwashing and Terrorism
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humera wrote 10 months ago: Several years ago I was one of two speakers at a government workshop on methods for threat anticipat … more →
Categorizing Change in Society
humera wrote 10 months ago: Disclaimer: these are thoughts stewing in my head for a little bit. This can eventually become a whi … more →
Saudi Patience: USA and Iran
humera wrote 10 months ago: Prince Turki al-Faisal wrote a strongly worded letter on Thursday to President Obama regarding Gaza/ … more →
Smoking in the Middle East
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humera wrote 10 months ago: Smoking is unfortunately a very common habit all over the Middle East. People light up EVERYWHERE wi … more →
Hierarchy of "Real Women" in Saudi Arabia
humera wrote 10 months ago: There are ~5.4 million women in KSA between the ages of 15-64 (~Saudi population is 20 million, 60% … more →
Shighar Marriages and Minors in Saudi Arabia
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humera wrote 10 months ago: A case of “shighar” marriage gained a lot of media attention lately. Part of the unfortu … more →
2009 Gloom & Doom update: a spot of advice for 2009
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salsabeelhk wrote 11 months ago: Disclaimer: This post in not meant to be a downer, just an assessment of the past few years based on … more →
Racism and "Real Men" in Saudi Arabia
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salsabeelhk wrote 11 months ago: Segregation of men and women in KSA in restaurants, schools, universities, work areas (even if not r … more →
Marriage in Islam
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salsabeelhk wrote 11 months ago: Marriages in Islam are social contracts and have to be understood in two separate ways: the mechanic … more →
Divorce in Saudi Arabia
salsabeelhk wrote 11 months ago: The official divorce rate in KSA is stated to be more than 30% while other sources claim it is upwar … more →
Types of marriages in Saudi Arabia
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salsabeelhk wrote 11 months ago: Since coming to KSA, my awareness of different types of marriages has increased considerably. Other … more →
Saudi women in medicine
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salsabeelhk wrote 11 months ago: There is a stigma against Saudi women who go into the field of medicine. It is hard to understand wh … more →
