So it wasn’t just the “Blackberry Messenger” that will be banned in Saudi Arabia. According to this the CITC has expressed concerns about the BIS for a year and asked the local carriers (STC, Mobily and Zain) to “look into” the concerns and provide an alternative for 3 months! The three months end next Friday
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Just like that, Blackberry services banned in Saudi Arabia by CITC
Blackberry Messenger is banned in Saudi Arabia (STC Confirms)
Looks like the CITC/MCIT has decided to ban the Blackberry messenger, the only feature used by a lot of people in Saudi Arabia. Here’s the piece on Reuters: Saudi telcos ordered to freeze Blackberry Messenger and Saudi Telecom confirms Blackberry Messenger ban-TV. There you go, STC confirmed it as well. Saudi media fails again in
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Smokefree Saudi Arabia: Smoking banned at Saudi airports!
A major step forward, Saudi Arabia re-enforces it’s ban on smoking in airports by forcing a 200SR (about $50) fine on anyone smoking in a Saudi airport! It’s about time, so many people are already smoking in the airports including airport employees! From Arab News: Although the Kingdom passed anti-smoking regulations in August 2003, the
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5 year old child died stranded in a van in Dammam
This is tragic. From Arab News: DAMMAM: A private van driver faces charges of criminal negligence following the death on Sunday of a five-year-old girl who was left unattended for five hours in the vehicle in the full glare of the sun outside the International Indian School in Dammam’s Al-Raka district. The kindergartener, Fida Haris,
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Anti-smoking campaign targets Saudi youth
Published on yesterday’s Arab News: JEDDAH: Seven commercials about the harms of smoking are being screened on television as part of an anti-smoking campaign that has recently been launched targeting Saudi youth. Flyers are also being distributed on the harms of smoking and lectures are being delivered on the subject as part of the campaign.
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Dunkin Donuts, Baskin Robins prepare for IPO in Saudi Arabia
Sha-heiah “شهية” or “appetite” is a name of a Saudi company for food (ltd). I really wanted to link to the official website of Sha-heiah “شهية” but the only thing I found was this email: dunkindonuts.ksa@gmail.com. The link to the company’s site titled: “شركة شهية المحدودة للأطعمة” actually takes you Dunkin’ Donuts’ official website. Again
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Video: Street Terror – with English translation
Ala’a Al-Maktoum made the following video titled “إرهاب الشوارع” or “Street Terror” to raise driving safety awareness in Saudi Arabia. Video is in Arabic: Or watch it directly on YouTube and is available in 720p. General translation to English:
More plagiarism from the Saudi mainstream media
It never ends, does it? The following photo of Mohammed Abed Al-Jabri (Ar: محمد عابد الجابري), who died recently, was taken in 2009 by Fahd Alhazmi (فهد الحازمي). The photo was taken during Riyadh Book Fair 2009 and posted here. Interesting note about the original photo, Mohammed’s eyes were closed and Fahd has edited the
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Riyadh Rain news on Twitter with #RiyadhRain (Update)
It’s raining heavily in Riyadh at the moment and everyone twitter has agreed to use the following twitter hashtag #RiyadhRain. Since the old media has failed covering this. ArabCrunch is the first to report about this. Keep an eye on RiyadhRain for updates as well. I also made @RiyadhRain and curating some of the tweets
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Saudi Toyota and Lexus dealer finally recall some cars
Abdul Latif Jameel Co. Ltd., Toyota and Lexus’ dealer in Saudi Arabia, has finally announced a recall for the following cars: Toyota Prado VX manufactured between August 2009 and April 2010. Lexus GX manufactured between November 2009 and April 2010. As advertised on today’s newspapers. Thanks Bander for taking that picture.
