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Showing posts with label illegal. Show all posts

Tuesday, October 25, 2016

Our World: Cell Phones and Driving


While new laws in Saudi Arabia require vehicle occupants to wear seatbelts and prohibit use of cell phones while driving, unfortunately many drivers continue their bad and dangerous habits.




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Sunday, November 29, 2015

Wines in Saudi Arabia



There is now a wide selection of non-alcoholic beverages available for sale is Saudi Arabia.  The ones I have tried taste pretty darn good!  Alcoholic beverages are strictly illegal here.  Some folks (mainly expats) try to make their own moonshine.  Some even do it as a business - at the risk of severe punishment.  One 74 year old British expat just spent a year in prison and was sentenced to 360 lashes, which was recently commuted and he has now been sent safely back home. 

Sunday, May 27, 2012

Sad Truth



People begging on the streets and illegal immigration are social problems you might not associate with Saudi Arabia. But many Muslims from poorer countries around the world enter Saudi Arabia to perform required religious pilgrimages and then stay illegally once their visas have expired. Men that do this are generally able to get hard labor jobs to support themselves and their families. But for the women, life can be especially hard since they are usually unskilled, and employment for women in general in KSA is still quite restrictive (but improving).


Many of these women can be seen begging in the streets. Some of them resort to "dumpster diving" to retrieve food or discarded items that might be of some value. Every day they can be seen filling up empty baby strollers with items they have collected from trash bins.