Recent Posts Tagged With 'blog'

• A Plea From the Heart

  Posted on Sunday December 13th, 2009 at 04:38 in blog, health, marriage, illness

  A lthough I may not be a huge fan of organized religion per se, I DO believe in the power of prayer and in miracles. This post is a personal plea from my heart for your prayers for a very special person I greatly admire. The world of my friend and ...

• Susie of Arabia Interviewed on GHADA\'S WORLD

  Posted on Thursday December 3rd, 2009 at 03:46 in blog, interview, susie of arabia

  I 'm pleased to announce that I have been interviewed on a fellow blogger's blog called Ghada's World. Ghada's World is a relatively new blog written by a young American Muslimah convert who lives in Utah. That alone makes Ghada's World very intere...

• Captain Kabob Interviewed on American Bedu

  Posted on Thursday October 15th, 2009 at 00:13 in family, Culture, blog, interview, teenager, saudi arabia

  My 16 year old son Adam, whose alter-ego is Captain Kabob, has been interviewed by my friend and fellow blogger Carol, over at American Bedu. Carol's blog is amazing. It is your virtual "Everything You Wanted to Know About Saudi Arabia, But Were Afra...

• Can You Help?

  Posted on Thursday August 27th, 2009 at 20:58 in blog, children, women's issues, hope, ramadan

  I've become friends with a fellow blogger - an American woman who has lived in the Middle East for over two decades - who needs financial help right now. She goes by the name of Cool Red and I have been fortunate to be a fan of her blog for a couple...

• Photography Can Be Hazardous ...

  Posted on Tuesday June 23rd, 2009 at 23:39 in blog, photos, Middle East, women's issues, iran

  I take many photos in Saudi Arabia, and I publish many of them on both of my blogs - this one and my photo blog which is called Jeddah Daily Photo. Many people, especially women in this country, are very private and come close to freaking out when t...

• U-N-B-L-O-C-K-E-D

  Posted on Monday June 1st, 2009 at 23:07 in blog, censorship

  Several friends told me yesterday that they could access my blog here in the Kingdom, but I could not access it until this morning. It was probably something to do with my cache not being cleared (an internal computer problem). I am officially up a...

• Caution: This Blog Banned in Saudi Arabia

  Posted on Tuesday May 26th, 2009 at 09:56 in Culture, blog, women's issues, censorship, saudi arabia

  For people who live here in this country, the dreaded green and white screen saying "Dear User, Sorry the requested page is unavailable" is a familiar sight. Many web pages are blocked here by a branch of the government which surfs the internet and ...

• Big Cyber Hug

  Posted on Thursday March 19th, 2009 at 18:29 in travel, blog, awards

  THANK YOU! Drum roll, please! Ladies and Gentlemen, Boys and Girls ... I WON the Bloggie Award in the Best Asian Blog category of the 2009 Weblog Awards, and it's all thanks to YOU! The Bloggie Awards started back in 2001 and were the first ever a...

• Hair Do or Hair Don't?

  Posted on Saturday February 7th, 2009 at 11:31 in religion, Culture, blog, housing, marriage, beauty, lifestyle, muslim, women's issues, saudi arabia, partying, Social Life

  Yesterday our family was invited for dinner to the home of a Lebanese family whose son is friends with our son Adam. They live in a residential compound where women can walk around the grounds without an abaya or having to cover their hair. I was v...

• Caitlin Needs Your Help!

  Posted on Thursday January 29th, 2009 at 18:47 in blog, Adventure, vote

  Through blogging, I have made many wonderful cyber-friends. One of them is Caitlin. She is a tremendously talented individual and she could use YOUR help to land her dream job - LITERALLY THE BEST JOB IN THE WORLD! (Mine too, if only I were a few ...

• 2009 Weblog Awards - Please Vote For ME!

  Posted on Sunday January 25th, 2009 at 13:30 in blog, Middle East, awards, hope, vote, susie of arabia

  OMG! I just found out that I have been nominated for a prestigious 2009 Weblog "Bloggie" Award! I am shocked, flattered, honored, and flabbergasted all at the same time. The Bloggies are the oldest and most well known blog awards around. My blog ...

• Adventurous Women Blog

  Posted on Wednesday January 7th, 2009 at 16:03 in blog, Adventure

  I am thrilled to announce that I have been interviewed on another blog that is near and dear to my heart called the "ADVENTUROUS WOMEN BLOG." Published in a two part series starting on January 7th and concluding on January 8th, you can read my interv...

• Urgency in the U.S. ELECTIONS

  Posted on Wednesday October 22nd, 2008 at 18:43 in blog, vote, susie of arabia

  I have felt strongly about presidential elections before, most recently the elections of 2004 and the one in 2000, but THIS election really has me on pins and needles. So, I am urging all of you Americans to go out and vote - for OBAMA! The United ...

• The Best Birthday Ever

  Posted on Monday October 20th, 2008 at 14:48 in blog, birthday, celebration, saudi arabia, susie of arabia

  Yesterday was my birthday - the second birthday I have spent here in Saudi Arabia. I arrived here last year just two weeks before my birthday. Most Muslims do not really celebrate birthdays, or even remember them. So last year's birthday was very ...