Saudi Arabia is way cool

[mrswdk]

I present to you the soon-to-be-completed King Abdullah Economic City (KAEC, pronounced "cake").

[warmonger1981]

Is Saudi cool or the way they treat women and gays?

[mrswdk]

Is Saudi cool or the way they treat women and gays?

We're talking about Saudi Arabia's cool new city that the king has named after himself like a total badass.

[Dukasaur]

Looks cool. I do wonder, though, if this will always be seen as just a pale imitation of Abu Dhabi.

[GoranZ]

We're talking about Saudi Arabia's cool new city that the king has named after himself like a total badass.

It is so cool that females are not allowed to visit it, without escort... just like in middle age Europe

[AndyDufresne]

Right now it seems sort of balmy in Mecca, and it will get up into the 100's (F) / upper 30's or low 40's (C) next week.


--Andy

[Lord Arioch]

For once i agree with our minister of foreign affairs ... saudia arabia is a state govern by a dictator or dictatorship. They could have used that money for creating human rights for women, abolishing corporal punishment and well instituting democracy...

other than that it looks cool... but hey so did the bloody a bomb when they tested it over murroroa!

[saxitoxin]

I'm no fan of King Abdullah Economic City, but my g/f is a big fan. One of my g/f's other boyfriends is a Saudi prince and he named a neighborhood after her - http://www.albawaba.com/business/emaar- ... h-and-jedd - though I don't feel super-threatened as she's had other stuff named after her (i.e. there's a Dr Pepper knock-off in Laos called EsCola ... also Novartis just developed a new line of hospital surgical masks they named after her). So it's cool.

[persianempire]

Saudi is the bitch of the middle east. when the oil money runs out nothing will last.

[mrswdk]

If you Europeans want to cry about the way the sovereign state of Saudi Arabia governs itself then go start an Amnesty International thread.

This thread is about this:

[GoranZ]

If you Europeans want to cry about the way the sovereign state of Saudi Arabia governs itself then go start an Amnesty International thread.

This thread is about this:

I challenge you to visit that place and post genuine picture from it... If you can

Funny but if Saudi Arabia is forcing its citizens to respect the dressing law in the country they are in, why they dont do the same with the countries they visit(take Europe for example)?

[mrswdk]

If you Europeans want to cry about the way the sovereign state of Saudi Arabia governs itself then go start an Amnesty International thread.

This thread is about this:

I challenge you to visit that place and post genuine picture from it... If you can

Funny but if Saudi Arabia is forcing its citizens to respect the dressing law in the country they are in, why they dont do the same with the countries they visit(take Europe for example)?

I wasn't aware that there were any Saudi Arabians flouting European laws relating to clothing, or that many European countries even have laws about what one can and can't wear in the first place.

[Dukasaur]

If you Europeans want to cry about the way the sovereign state of Saudi Arabia governs itself then go start an Amnesty International thread.

This thread is about this:

I don't disagree. But if you want to keep on topic, why have you not addressed the point I raised?

[KoolBak]

How bout their cool cars? Like these diamond / gold encrusted toys? Prince Al-Waleed of Saudi Arabia had this diamond encrusted Mercedes custom built for $48 million and is charging $1000 just to touch it. That’s right, not drive, but touch. The Mercedes features diamonds on, well, everything: the tailpipe, rims, logo, entire body, and beyond. At least it’s good to know our $4/gallon is going towards something we can pay to touch.

Click image to enlarge.

[mrswdk]

If you Europeans want to cry about the way the sovereign state of Saudi Arabia governs itself then go start an Amnesty International thread.

This thread is about this:

I don't disagree. But if you want to keep on topic, why have you not addressed the point I raised?

Will it become a pale Abu Dhabi?

In short: no.

It's called 'cake'. Obvious winner at life.

[GoranZ]

If you Europeans want to cry about the way the sovereign state of Saudi Arabia governs itself then go start an Amnesty International thread.

This thread is about this:

I challenge you to visit that place and post genuine picture from it... If you can

Funny but if Saudi Arabia is forcing its citizens to respect the dressing law in the country they are in, why they dont do the same with the countries they visit(take Europe for example)?

I wasn't aware that there were any Saudi Arabians flouting European laws relating to clothing, or that many European countries even have laws about what one can and can't wear in the first place.

There are some limitations about muslim veil in some European countries...

Once again I challenge you to go to Saudi Arabia and make a live picture from your "beautiful" place. Preferably you can rent a car and drive alone. That is if you can rent a car int he first place.
P.S. The only allowed language in Saudi Arabia's hotels is Arabic. Both English and Chinese are forbidden.

[warmonger1981]

That's a beautiful city for men to enjoy.

[tzor]

As they say in Camelot, "It's only a model."

Models are always way cool. I just saw some designs for the London pedestrian bridge and they are far cooler than that city.

And as for economic islands of commerce, London also has its own Canary Warf.

Spoiler

It's like a little compact mini Manhattan Island.

And that's not a model.

[mrswdk]

The only allowed language in Saudi Arabia's hotels is Arabic. Both English and Chinese are forbidden.

Why you say so stupid things ah

[GoranZ]

The only allowed language in Saudi Arabia's hotels is Arabic. Both English and Chinese are forbidden.

Why you say so stupid things ah

Its not me... its your friends the Saudis

Saudi Arabia bans use of Gregorian calendar, English language in state bureaus, hotels; order use of Islamic calendar, Arabic only

source: http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340 ... 26,00.html

Is this enough to support what I said?

[Symmetry]

Cheerleading modern slavery. This is low.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_traf ... udi_Arabia

[RD5]

This is just like the one by the Nigerian prince...but different.

[mrswdk]

Saudi Arabia bans use of Gregorian calendar, English language in state bureaus, hotels; order use of Islamic calendar, Arabic only

source: http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340 ... 26,00.html

Is this enough to support what I said?

No.

http://xrdarabia.org/2012/05/23/saudis- ... n-english/

Saudis Don’t Ban English

A reader pointed me to a very strange article he’d come across:

Saudi Arabia bans English language.

As this made no sense, I took a look to see what it was all about.

I’m not sure how an article could come out wrong-headedly. The article it cites, from the UAE’s Gulf News, says nothing about dropping English. Instead, it reports that the Saudis are insisting that the Hijri or Islamic calendar be used for dating purposes on all official and business documents. This does makes sense because the Hijri Calendar is indeed the national calendar. Translations from one calendar to another already create problems when they’re necessary. Performing those translations when not necessary just creates more problems.

The Gulf News article also quotes an unnamed Saudi daily saying that hotels and the like should use Arabic to greet customers on the phone. That’s a suggestion, not a ban. It makes sense, too, because Saudi Arabia’s population speaks Arabic, though English has certainly become an unofficial second language.

English is the language of instruction at both King Abdullah University of Science and Technology and King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals. It is taught in Saudi public schools starting at the fourth grade.

Two recent articles in Arab News also stress the importance the Kingdom and its residents place on English:

Kingdom expands English education

English the ‘preferred language for business’

[mrswdk]

So, to recap:

[GoranZ]

Saudi Arabia bans use of Gregorian calendar, English language in state bureaus, hotels; order use of Islamic calendar, Arabic only

source: http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340 ... 26,00.html

Is this enough to support what I said?

No.

http://xrdarabia.org/2012/05/23/saudis- ... n-english/

Saudis Don’t Ban English

A reader pointed me to a very strange article he’d come across:

Saudi Arabia bans English language.

As this made no sense, I took a look to see what it was all about.

I’m not sure how an article could come out wrong-headedly. The article it cites, from the UAE’s Gulf News, says nothing about dropping English. Instead, it reports that the Saudis are insisting that the Hijri or Islamic calendar be used for dating purposes on all official and business documents. This does makes sense because the Hijri Calendar is indeed the national calendar. Translations from one calendar to another already create problems when they’re necessary. Performing those translations when not necessary just creates more problems.

The Gulf News article also quotes an unnamed Saudi daily saying that hotels and the like should use Arabic to greet customers on the phone. That’s a suggestion, not a ban. It makes sense, too, because Saudi Arabia’s population speaks Arabic, though English has certainly become an unofficial second language.

English is the language of instruction at both King Abdullah University of Science and Technology and King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals. It is taught in Saudi public schools starting at the fourth grade.

Two recent articles in Arab News also stress the importance the Kingdom and its residents place on English:

Kingdom expands English education

English the ‘preferred language for business’

The article it cites, from the UAE’s Gulf News, says nothing about dropping English

Lets see what Gulf News article says about English... source: http://gulfnews.com/news/gulf/saudi-ara ... -1.1024301

Dubai: Saudi Arabia has banned all government and private agencies from using the Gregorian calendar in official dealings.

The use of the English language to answer calls or communicate, mainly in companies and hotels, has also been banned, a local daily said...

Seems to me that blogger on xrdarabia only reads what he want, not whats written.

There is another interesting limitation for women in Saudi Arabia... I presume this applies to you if you dont mask as men
http://www.theweek.co.uk/middle-east/60 ... ia-cant-do

P.S. You should also check your name, it might be forbidden in Saudi Arabia.

Once again... Is this enough to support what I said?