(Alternative title: How did I Go From Traditional Medicine to the the Effects of Societal Change in Saudi Arabia on Parenting?There's a sort of traditional medical procedure in Arabia that's probably adapted from traditional Chinese medicine's moxibustion. It involves heating a blade until it's red or nearly red and lightly pressing the blade to ( Read more... )

Weekends in Saudi Arabia are no longer Thursday and Friday! Which is what they've been all my life; Friday, namely, because Muslims attend their Friday prayer and sermon, naturally, on Fridays ( Read more... )

Doha ya doha, and the Ka'ba was built ( Read more... )

When I left my childhood home, I didn't shed a single tear. Those old walls onto which I scrawled my name and painted childish murals held no sentimental value whatsoever ( Read more... )

So, this Ramadan, there is no Tash ma Tash, unfortunately. Instead, we're stuck with Taysh 'Iyyal, which is essentially a whole month worth of the previously annual For Kids Only Tash ma Tash episodes... in rather nice 3D ( Read more... )

Subtitle: and how well-meaning, but misguided Westerners hurt us in their attempts to help us.

Or, if I'm going to be all Arab about it, "jou yukahilluha 'ammouha" (they came to adorn her eyes with kohl, but blinded her instead.)

So, a while back, Tsa asked me a question when I was doing an "is there anything you wonder about me?" meme. She asked ( Read more... )

Sayiddat Al-Bayt? Lady of the House? Oh, good, what a nice name for a drama series. It's such a nice change from the standard for Arabic dramas (both originating from the Arabian Gulf/Khaleeji dramas and Arabic-dubbed Turkish dramas), which seem to be a twisted sort of competition of who can make the most miserable-sounding title:

Gardens of Satan ( Read more... )

Apparently, AlAhsaa in Saudi Arabia is the first in the country (and quite possibly the Middle East in general?) to utilize Sensei X in heart surgery, apparently!

They had a little interview with some of the doctors on TV. ♥;

So recently, I've been reminded of the fact that I'm a hopeless drama queen who immediately piles all blame upon herself upon noticing a friend of hers is upset. Or might be upset.

What did I do?! It's my fault, isn't it?! Wait, this person was upset because of something someone else did before this, weren't they...? Still, I must've been the one ( Read more... )

Awwww, there's a breast cancer awareness message that's been playing on TV. It starts out with King Abdullah giving a little speech on how, "the woman is my mother, my sister, my daughter, my wife and I am born from the woman ( Read more... )