http://xrdarabia.org/2006/12/23/us-renews-travel-warning-for-saudi-arabia/ Informed comment and commentary about Saudi Arabia, reform, and its relations with the US Mon, 13 Feb 2012 13:46:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://xrdarabia.org/2006/12/23/us-renews-travel-warning-for-saudi-arabia/comment-page-1/#comment-2169 Global Voices Online Sun, 31 Dec 2006 09:20:10 +0000 http://xrdarabia.org/?p=2478#comment-2169 [...] When it comes to Christmas, and celebrating it in Saudi, Saudi blogs are divided in their opinions. Al-Failasouf posted (in Arabic) against the availability of Christmas decorations and sweets in many Saudi stores. He said: “In simple words, we are not responsible for bringing them happiness on their holy occasion, while our brothers everywhere are dying because of Christians like them.” Ahmed (a.k.a. Saudi Jeans) strongly opposes this view in a post of his. His rebuttal was: “This is what makes people like Debbie Schlussel object to Barack Obama’s nomination for presidency because his father was a Muslim.” Now, if you want to hear it from someone who converted from Christianity to Islam and happens to be living in Saudi Arabia, you should read Nzingha’s post about the celebration of Christmas. On the Saudi driving culture, Margrave complains about young Saudi “weavers,” the one thing he refuses to get used to, and wonders: “Why do you [Saudi] guys have two or three different names for every main road?!” Crossroads Arabia has recently linked to a renewed US travel warning for Saudi Arabia: Due to concerns about the possibility of additional terrorist activity directed against American citizens and interests, the Department of State continues to warn U.S. citizens to defer non-essential travel to Saudi Arabia. The United States Mission in Saudi Arabia remains an unaccompanied post as a result of continued security concerns. [...] [...] When it comes to Christmas, and celebrating it in Saudi, Saudi blogs are divided in their opinions. Al-Failasouf posted (in Arabic) against the availability of Christmas decorations and sweets in many Saudi stores. He said: “In simple words, we are not responsible for bringing them happiness on their holy occasion, while our brothers everywhere are dying because of Christians like them.” Ahmed (a.k.a. Saudi Jeans) strongly opposes this view in a post of his. His rebuttal was: “This is what makes people like Debbie Schlussel object to Barack Obama’s nomination for presidency because his father was a Muslim.” Now, if you want to hear it from someone who converted from Christianity to Islam and happens to be living in Saudi Arabia, you should read Nzingha’s post about the celebration of Christmas. On the Saudi driving culture, Margrave complains about young Saudi “weavers,” the one thing he refuses to get used to, and wonders: “Why do you [Saudi] guys have two or three different names for every main road?!” Crossroads Arabia has recently linked to a renewed US travel warning for Saudi Arabia: Due to concerns about the possibility of additional terrorist activity directed against American citizens and interests, the Department of State continues to warn U.S. citizens to defer non-essential travel to Saudi Arabia. The United States Mission in Saudi Arabia remains an unaccompanied post as a result of continued security concerns. [...]

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