Comments on: Soggy KAUST http://xrdarabia.org/2009/12/01/soggy-kaust/ Informed comment and commentary about Saudi Arabia, reform, and its relations with the US Sat, 11 Feb 2012 13:26:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Chiara http://xrdarabia.org/2009/12/01/soggy-kaust/comment-page-1/#comment-25620 Chiara Wed, 02 Dec 2009 18:23:53 +0000 http://xrdarabia.org/?p=9361#comment-25620 15% Saudi students and 5% Saudi staff, so a smaller pool for blogging in any language, and then the caveats of being a Saudi guest of King Abdullah and the required discretion as you say. The 85% other students seem to have produced only 3 blogs, or at least 3 that were cited. 15% Saudi students and 5% Saudi staff, so a smaller pool for blogging in any language, and then the caveats of being a Saudi guest of King Abdullah and the required discretion as you say.

The 85% other students seem to have produced only 3 blogs, or at least 3 that were cited.

]]> By: John Burgess http://xrdarabia.org/2009/12/01/soggy-kaust/comment-page-1/#comment-25619 John Burgess Wed, 02 Dec 2009 16:13:24 +0000 http://xrdarabia.org/?p=9361#comment-25619 About 15% of the students at KAUST are Saudi. English is the language of instruction. I don't see any major impediments---except perhaps discretion--to a Saudi's blogging from KAUST. About 15% of the students at KAUST are Saudi. English is the language of instruction. I don’t see any major impediments—except perhaps discretion–to a Saudi’s blogging from KAUST.

]]> By: Chiara http://xrdarabia.org/2009/12/01/soggy-kaust/comment-page-1/#comment-25618 Chiara Wed, 02 Dec 2009 15:21:40 +0000 http://xrdarabia.org/?p=9361#comment-25618 A nice portrait of the scene at KAUST from the 3 bloggers. There are very few Saudi students at KAUST so I would imagine no or few bloggers, or they blog in Arabic and the journalist chose not to include them in the English language piece. A nice portrait of the scene at KAUST from the 3 bloggers. There are very few Saudi students at KAUST so I would imagine no or few bloggers, or they blog in Arabic and the journalist chose not to include them in the English language piece.

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