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Due to personal and work reasons I won’t be able to have a show out this month. I will try to have a show out by mid-march if my recording environment (which is under renovation) is quite enough for a recording. Otherwise see you on April 1st.
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Well I’m officially engaged to the most wonderful woman, her name is Manal, Love you Manal!
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Welcome to the relaunch of “A Saudi Life” podcast. With a new year a new life for the podcast. Starting this year I will be posting a new episode of “A Saudi Life” every month with its new format. So whats new with “A Saudi Life”? Starting with this episode the podcast will be mainly interviews or rather chats with people living in Saudi Arabia wheter locals or expats to get a different perspect of Saudi Arabia with every episode. I will also continue answering any questions you might have about Saudi Arabia.
So please welcome with me our guest for this episode Manal from Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Manal is a Saudi female doctor who will tell us a bit about her life in Saudi Arabia. If you want to know more about Manal follow her on twitter @MaNnO_ or email me your questions to saudi AT asudilife net
PS. I apologize about the sound quality and will try to work on it for the next episode.
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So I got some news today, I was able to secure some of the required equipment to relaunch the podcast in its new format. I should receive the mixer tomorrow and I’m waiting for the remaining stuff to arrive within a week or two max.
So if all goes according to schedule there should be a new episode of “A Saudi Life” on new years!
Keep checking the site for updates as I will report on the equipment as I receive them and the recordings as I do them.
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So I’ve gotten a few emails and requests to restart the podcast. and I would like to start off by thanking all who wrote me and all those who have listen to the podcast. So why did I stop the podcast? One reason for me stopping the podcast was returning home and the lack of time to dedicate for it, another reason was that I wanted to do the podcast in a different format, mainly wanted to make it into somewhat of a chat and interview podcast where I meet different people either local or expats in Saudi Arabia to talk about life in Saudi and their experiences. The last reason meant that I needed to get some new equipment as the current setup is poor not to mention the loss of my recording mic.
So here’s the deal, I went online and found the gear I need on Amazon would cost me around $500 not including the cost of shipping it to Saudi Arabia. So I setup a wish list with the equipment I need and if you enjoyed the show and wish to contribute to it you could either buy some of the stuff on the wish list or you could donate what you can through PayPal till we get the money I need for the equipment.
So now its in your hands. Either way I hope to get the podcast back online sooner or later, but you could make it sooner if you like.
Amazon Wish List http://amzn.com/w/2AROV3BYJFT4M
PayPal Donations on the right column ———->
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Once again Patrick had me on his wonderful show “The Phileas Club”, I’m becoming a regular there. I do however have to apologize to Patrick for not being on this episode from start to finish as I forgot to put into account when scheduling a time for the recording that its Ramadan and I’m fasting and the recording was scheduled just as I was getting ready to break my fast and eat. At any case I always enjoy doing the show with Patrick and I believe we had a nice group on this episode, so enjoy.
On this episode, your hosts:
- Patrick Beja from France (notpatrick on Twitter)
- Turki from Saudi Arabia (saudi on Twitter)
- Paul from Hong Kong (foxlore on Twitter)
- Scott from the US (extralife on Twitter)
Talk about:
- miners
- Pakistan
- Israel
- hostage situations
- ramadan
- tea parties
- gipsies
And more…
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Well, ignoring the site for so long and not posting has resulted in me almost losing the domain name as it expired and I had to pay extra to get it back since I was so late at renewing it.
So now that things are back to normal I should work on getting this site back active. So I doubt I would have the mind set to post on regular bases to the blog, so don’t expect much in that aspect. However, I am seriously considering relaunching the podcast with a few changes, mainly it will be mostly an interview with an individual either local or an expat about life in Saudi Arabia. To get that up and running I need to get some new equipment, mainly a couple of quality mic’s and a mixer. This is where I need your help, if you have any experience in such a setup please let me know your recommendations. The current setup I’m looking at would cost me about $500 with shipping and I’m not really excited about paying so much as I’m busy with my private business that is already costing me a lot.
In conclusion keep an eye out, with any luck the podcast will be back and hopefully better.
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Dr. Abdulaziz Kuja
A followup to the last post titled “Saudi Writer Arrested for a Suggestion”. The ministry of culture and information which overseas the literary clubs in Saudi Arabia weight in on the matter. The minster of culture and information Dr. Abdulaziz Kuja has issued an order for the removal of the president of the Baha literary club and assign the VP as temporary president till new elections as a response for accusing a fellow writer of false accusations and for braking the ranks and complaining to the police instead of the ministry as regulations require.
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Dr. Ali Alrubai
A Saudi writer was arrested in the city of Baha in Saudi Arabia where he was questioned, finger printed and photographed after the president of the baha literary club charged him with calling for the liberation of women. The writer Dr. Ali Alrubai was attending a lecture by a female intellectual, the lecture, as lectures involving men and women usually are, done in two separate lecture halls to separate the men and women and an audio broadcast is provided from the women’s section and a video broadcast is provided from the men’s section to the other section. During the discussion after the lecture Dr. Ali suggested that future lectures done by females be accompanied by a visual presentation to make the lecture more lively. This angered the head of the club as blasphemy and reported the matter to the police claiming that Dr. Ali is demanding that a video be broadcast from the women’s section to the men’s section which is a call for the corruption of Saudi culture, traditions and Islamic law. Dr. Ali denied the accusations as he only asked for visual presentation accompanying the lecture and not a live feed feed from the women’s section.
Source Alarabiya.net
Commentary
Now this is clearly crap and only an example of how far Saudi Arabia needs to move to pass the middle ages. When the head of an intellectual club uses the police to impose his dark ages ideas and the police supports him.
I’ll keep my eye out for any developments if they are reported on the matter although I think this is the end of it.
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A Saudi Life Episode 28
Welcome to a new episode of A Saudi Life podcast. In this episode I chat with an expat from the philippines, I also answer a few listener questions. I hope that you enjoy it and as always leave me your comments, suggestions and questions on the site or email them to saudi (AT) asaudilife net
Please checkout the following podcasts that I recomand:
The Japanofiles.com http://japanofiles.com/
The Phileas Club http://frenchspin.com/en/site/phileas/
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