It is almost wedding season again, and I wish the bride and groom the best.

Some of Nidal’s work can be found here and here.

For more on Saudi Weddings, you can check out these posts by me:

Jeddah Weddings

Video: Jeddah Wedding

Or by

Blue Abaya : Saudi Wedding Extravaganza

Susie First Saudi Wedding 

Nidal M Weddings in Saudi Arabia

I really do not believe in career “freedom fighters” who make a living out of their writings and appearances, usually this turns them into mercenaries, they say sometimes the end justifies the means, but when push comes to shove, no one likes the lime lights to be taken away from them.

You see, there is some good money talking BS, take Thomas or Maureen for example, other figures are trying to get some of that light to shine on them, and had they really had their hearts in the right place (with the oppressed) then you would think they wouldn’t care who took the credit as long as the world becomes a better place in the end.

The world keeps turning.

I like the John Travolta picture the best

Not sure how this collaboration will go, but it sure is interesting. I just hope it is better than the Hakeem with James Brown song from many years ago.

I do have a feeling Snoop’s Arabic would be better than that of LL Cool J

This was filmed in 1966, a bit propagandist in nature, especially where the announcer says some of their brothers and fathers cannot see their faces at home… at the same time the school door is opened by the school doorman who happens to be… a man.

According the the United Nations first-ever World Happiness Report, Saudi Arabia is 26th on the happy scale, the report is 158 pages, which I have not read in its entirety yet, but basically is says the more money you have the happier you are, as the happiest nations are more wealthy and less religious (while religion helps in areas where life is harder, even in wealthy nations like the US), and the least happy are poor countries… so they do lie, money does buy happiness (at least it pays for the search).

The first bought $60,000 Bottle of Champagne at The Tippler, in New York in March, the other splurged $136,000 on a bottle of champagne at Dubai’s glitzy Cavalli club.

The names were never mentioned, but being the one percent, they know who the other is, if the news is true, I am sure.

It is their money, and they can chose to spend it however they want, I will not get into that, had they not been Saudi, their names would’ve probably never made it to the news… except, spending that much on a bottle of bubbly, you want the world to know

However, no one will ever mention a particular issue… even though buying alcohol is forbidden, and wasting money, according to the Quran, makes a person a “brother to the devil”

But what do I know… If I ever struck it rich someday… I might get myself an iced grill… but for now, I’m just gonna brush my shoulders off.

@Hning, (Alia Makki), @Soumz, (Asmaa M), and @smaldosari, (Saad Al-Dosari) who paid for my coffee and now I owe him one

Them and I were guests on the (That Jeddah Podcast) hosted by @Nessreen, (The Secret Life of Bees. Knees).

The episode is called “Episode 45: Bloggeratti” I’ve known these guys virtually for years now… and the first time we meet… it was recorded

Here it is just click on this link “Episode 45: Bloggeratti”

The wonderful thing about it, is that I’m inspired by each and one of those bloggers.

I was surprised to see this a while ago, Saudi street extremism (hey, it’s the redbull generation… mountain dew is like mellow yellow to them now).

It did take them five years to catch on… it just shows you how far ahead of the curve they are
We don’t have skateboarders (we do, but they are few and far between) we don’t have bungee jumpers, nor extreme bike riders, but we do have these skidders… those who open the door of a car going down the highway and skate.

I have never seen them myself, but the video went viral, and made this pop artist use it as an influence.
Now, if we can mass produce it in a safe way and offer it to tourists… that would be something, eh?

Here is a line from a song called Beware, and he says “Before bin Laden got Manhattan to blow, Before Ronald Reagan got Manhattan to blow” blow in the first meaning 9-11 and the second which means the drug cocaine.

Explaining that lyric in the book he says:

“Ronald Reagan got Manhattan to “blow”—slang for cocaine—through the whole Iran-Contra scandal, which got the United States involved in the drug trade that brought crack to the hood so they could finance the Contras in Central America. In the worst years of the crack epidemic—the late eighties and early nineties—there were literally thousands of homicides annually in New York. So juxtaposing Reagan and bin Laden isn’t as crazy as it may seem. This is a piece of our recent history that people like to forget or pretend never happened so they can maintain some fantasy of American purity—which is why I thought it was important to include it in this rhyme. It’s that same sort of historical amnesia and myth of America’s innocence that led us into the war in Iraq. In my little way, I’m trying to kill that myth by reminding people of the truth—because that myth is a dangerous thing for the whole world.”

And this is one of the reasons I like Rap, I’m not done with the book yet, and if you are into books, find me on goodreads.