I really don’t care about Valentine. But I find the reaction to it in Saudi Arabia is excessive, on both sides. The color red is banned and apparently Baskin Robbin’s Love Potion 31 icecream is also banned. On the other hand you got the people who think Valentine a big deal. These reactions are interesting
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#SaudiValentine and overreactions
Saudi man arrested for carrying snakes on a plane, and 2 parrots and a squirrel
A Saudi man was arrested in the UAE for carrying ****** snakes on a ****** plane! Hilarious! Thanks Ahmed Darweesh for the link! Via The National: Abu Dhabi // A passenger has been arrested at Abu Dhabi airport after spending more than eight hours with a bag of snakes on a plane. The Saudi passenger
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Knockoffs ad in a major newspaper
In Alriyadh newspaper, advertisement for fake knockoffs and stolen designs. So much for quality of service. Photo by @SaudiLawyer was tweeted originally on Yfrog. He wonders what is the Ministry of Commerce doing. Apparently their site isn’t working.
Video: Coca Cola for families only
The family-only madness now reaches bottled soda. Imagine “family size” coke bottles restricted to families, no singles allowed to buy it. Enjoy the video: Video by Malik Nejer. Thanks keloud for twittering it. In case you don’t know, “family only” locations are popular in Saudi Arabia.
UAE suspend Lexus GX 460 sales, what about the Saudi distributor?
Apparently there is an issue with the Vehicle Stability Control (VSC) in the 2010 Lexus GX 460. The distributor of Lexus and Toyota in the UAE, Al Futtaim Motors has suspended sales of this SUV and are contacting all of their customers. As reported by Arabian Business. The Lexus distributor in Saudi Arabia, Abdul Latif
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#OnlyInSaudi
#onlyinsaudi is a twitter hashtag for tracking everyone’s observations of us Saudis . contributions are accepted! I will try to post them here at www.khaled.us/tag/onlyinsaudi. Disclaimer: the info posted with #onlyinsaudi may be not 100% accurate or exclusive to Saudi Arabia. This is supposed to be fun. Ya hear me? FUN. Don’t take it seriously.
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Reckless Drifting videos
Nothing is more annoying and dangerous than this “reckless drifting” (aka Tafheet تفحيط) craze in Saudi Arabia. As if bad driving wasn’t enough we add recklessness to the unstable mix. Look at the following image: a BMW 745 parked sideways in the middle of King Abdullah road and most likely it was “drifting” recklessly. Notice
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Only in Saudi Arabia: No singles allowed in this hotel
Something interesting from Mövenpick Al Nawras in the fine city of Jeddah. This sign has been found on the Internet: Translation: Single men absolutely cannot rent a room, no exceptions allowed. Families can rent a room only with an original family card (دفتر العائلة) no photocopies allowed. These are instructions from the Saudi MOI. Apparently
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Only in Saudi Arabia: Family Only Parking
Spotted by Hussain at Hyperpanda near Extra electronics store in Al-Khobar. Only in Saudi Arabia we will see idiotic signs like these. Hey bachelors, you are not allowed to buy groceries. Expect more “Only in Saudi Arabia” posts.
Dear Saudi Driver
Notes from my friend, Waiel directed towards Saudi drivers. I personally agree with him: 1. The lane in the road is there to guide you though the road not to ZigZag between them. 2. Again the lanes in the road is to organize the way we drive so don’t squeeze yourself between cars or drive
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