Saudi Arabia
Dr. Abdul Al Lily Is the Carrie Bradshaw of Saudi Arabia
Dr. Abdul Al Lily is Saudi Arabia’s first sex blogger to write in English. He says, “When you want to make a Saudi happy, make jokes about sex.” But his blog is no laughing matter. Banned in Saudi Arabia, Sex and Beyond: Saudi Arabia addresses the sex...
Dealing Drugs in Saudi Arabia Is a Very Stressful Business
There are extremely harsh penalties involved if you get caught importing or selling booze or drugs in Saudi Arabia, which doesn't mean no one gets wasted. It just means that everyone is very, very careful.
Saudi Arabia Isn't Having a Feminist Revolution
When it comes to women's rights, Saudi Arabia takes baby steps to a whole new level of infancy. (In utero steps? Spermy steps?) They just released their first ever anti-domestic-violence ad, so I guess that's something, but women are still unable to...
America's 'Secret' Drone Base in Saudi Arabia Is Growing
It's dozens of miles from the closest road and even farther from the nearest village. And it's getting bigger.
What’s It Like Being a Stand-Up Comic in Saudi Arabia?
Omar "the White Sudani" Ramzi was one of the first comedians in Saudi Arabia. In four years of doing stand-up, he made good money doing underground comedy gigs, and was featured on national TV and in an English-language daily newspaper. The catch was...
Women: Take Pleasure in Obeying Your Husbands
According to the Muslim Brotherhood, women are emotional creatures who can't make decisions, should only do work that doesn't take away from their roles at home, and should find pleasure in obeying in their husbands.
The Bedouin News – A Rise from the Saudi People Means a Rise in the Cost of, Well, Everything
The Arab Spring is heating up in Saudi Arabia, and that might make everything in the entire world much, much more expensive.
Let Them Build a Women-Only City in Saudi Arabia
If Saudi businesswomen think this will help with the 78 percent unemployment rate of their female graduates, then who are we to say it won’t work? If the goal is positive then why are we all so negative?
World Peace Update
This is our 10th instalment of watching the world continuously and without fail fuck itself up the ass. This week, the world's downtrodden citizens decided to fight back and give the man a taste of his own medicine. Well, at least that's what the...
Mentioning Unmentionables in Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia's Sharia practices have some pretty strange by-products. One of the most peculiar is the fatwa against women selling bras or lipstick.