Blogs about: Smile Ure In Saudi Arabia
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 →
Moving!
ruhsa wrote 7 months ago: Dear readers, After 1 year and 17391 visits, “Life thru Dusty Lenses is moving to it’s n … more →
Pictures of Pigs to be Removed from Saudi Textbooks
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humera wrote 8 months ago: The Saudi Ministry of Education recently ordered the removal of pictures of pigs, music instruments … more →
Growing Pains of Reform in Saudi Arabia
humera wrote 8 months ago: Reform is a slow process that takes years and sometimes generations. The ongoing tussle between the … more →
PR by Saudi Commission of the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice
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humera wrote 8 months ago: Saudi Arabia is infamous for it’s “religious police” who are actually not police b … 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 →
Free Tours of Riyadh: Saudi Tourism
humera wrote 9 months ago: SCTA offers free tours of RiyadhSaeed Al-Khotani | Arab News RIYADH: The Saudi Commission for Touris … more →
Punishment for Gang Rapists- Saudi Style
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humera wrote 9 months ago: Saudi Arabia is becoming harsher with punishments for sexual crimes. Last week a teenager was senten … 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 →
Saudi Arabia and Bangladeshi Workers
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humera wrote 9 months ago: Bangladesh is one of the largest suppliers of manual laborers to Saudi Arabia. Some 300 new workers … more →
Religious Tolerance in Saudi Arabia
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humera wrote 9 months ago: Disclaimer: this post includes references to the following two news articles. I do not know th … 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 →
Living in a Desert
humera wrote 10 months ago: Nothing drives home the reality of living in the desert like dryness. Winter is worse than summer in … 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 →
back
humera wrote 10 months ago: I’m back after a short trip back to DC. Jet lag really got me this time. … 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 →
