Iranian police continue to be fun-hating old farts

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Just watch this video of young Iranian men and women cheering on their national football team in the World Cup and tell me you agree that the guy with the knee length pants and calf straps(?) looks like a pirate before you read the depressing news report attached to it.

A guide to Al-Khobar Part 3: Combining coffee and art

acoustic-tealounge.com

I haven't written a non-Internet related piece in a while, so last night I tried out a place my friend recommended. It was good to get off my butt and explore!

How one Moroccan woman made it in Hollywood

Variety

I was scrolling through Buzzfeed as one does, and I came across an article listing Nicki Minaj's top music videos. Coming in at number one was her song "Super Bass" and I was surprised to see that not only was it directed by a woman, but by a woman from the Middle East.

On dancing and dressing in Saudi Arabia

Arab News

I hope everyone had a great weekend! I for one did. I went out dancing with my friends in Bahrain, even ended up in a place called Blaq Velvet. (Yes, you read that right.) I couldn't get over the spelling of black for the longest time. I just kept on repeatedly asking, where are we again? Blackwa what? That and the middle aged, tattooed British men with Hawaiian shirts on the dance floor just made the night.

Thursday night social: What I'm listening to tonight

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Here's a post to get your weekend going. (The weekends over in Saudi Arabia are on Fridays and Saturdays and not on Saturdays and Sundays.)

Next time you complain about the weather, look at these photos

The Guardian

A few days ago, the citizens of Tehran experienced being engulfed in a freakishly large and brown, sometimes orange, sandstorm. Over here in Saudi Arabia we (I guess I should clarify that by saying the white people I’m surrounded by) call a sandstorm a shamal (شمال), which I learned way too late in the game means "north" in Arabic and not sandstorm. I guess that’s because they're winds that come from regions located to the north of Saudi?

A dumb reason for divorce in Saudi and the Egyptian Jon Stewart

Arab News

Sorry sorry sorry for not posting in a few days! I have a few ideas so let's see if we can fit these all in one post or if I have to spread them out.

Coca-Cola cares about migrant workers, they really do

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This video has been making the rounds among Filipino Facebook users recently and as you know, there are a lot of Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) that work in the Gulf. Most of their occupations are in the service industry as waiters and domestic help, but many also work as engineers, nurses, and IT professionals.