The Eid Shopping

One or two days to the Eid; hope you all have a happy holiday. And now be honest, how many times have you been out shopping for Eid? There is something I am not quite getting about the retail markets in Saudi. Most of the countries around the world have organized sales seasons. You most [...]

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Ramadan’s Prices Hikes

Few days to Ramadan and the consumerism carnival has already started. Consumers, retailers, and the Ministry of Commerce and its monitoring bodies are the usual triangle sides of the price hiking struggle and debate; who did what to whom!! One of the strangest analyses that popped out this year came from ‘an official’ at Jeddah [...]

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If Saudi Women Are Allowed to Drive

For those not familiar with Saudi Arabia; It is unfortunate to say YES, Saudis are still debating the idea of allowing women to drive! Anyway, this is not what this post is about, but I felt it was a mandatory introduction! Now, let’s assume that the decision popped up and women are suddenly allowed to [...]

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The CrackBerry Curse – By Omar A. Bamahdi

Today I am bringing you a guest post from my friend Omar Bamahdi in which he will be talking to us about the Blackberry … or what he likes to call, the Crackberry!! Mr. Omar, to say the least, is a multitalented gentleman. He does not have a blog yet; but let’s hope he will [...]

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See You in Court

A Saudi businessman is suing Saudi Airlines after purchasing an ill-equipped aircraft (Arabnews). I thought at first that he was suing the Airlines because of a missed important meeting or over a lost investment opportunity caused by their well known off-time scheduling. But hey, everyone has his own reasons!! The point is that this piece [...]

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Metro Systems in Saudi; Really?!

If someone asks me what is the business project that you would like to see in Saudi Arabia before you die! Although I have some projects in mind, I would say that I would like to see and use a metro or underground system in our cities! (If, by any chance, there is someone reading this [...]

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Do you have a BB?

    If you are living in Saudi, you must have heard people talking about their BB’s, or you must have already faced the question ‘do you have a BB?’ BB is definitely the talk of the country at the moment … so welcome to the Blackberry hype! The blackberry has always been perceived as [...]

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