Posted on September 2, 2010 by American Bedu
These are the final days of Ramadan 2010 with Eid Al Fitr soon approaching. During these final days I find myself thinking of all the Muslims in Makkah who are having the opportunity during this special period to not only perform Umrah or simply go to the Haram for Tarawe’el prayers, but that they may [...]
Filed under: Charity, Health, Saudi Arabia, Saudi blogs, Saudi culture, Saudi customs, culture, friendship, hajj, islam, religion, travel | Tagged: Saudi Arabia, places, KSA, blogging, Ramadan, customs, culture, Saudi, Umra, religion, Mecca, history, heritage, islam, cancer | 16 Comments »
Posted on September 1, 2010 by American Bedu
Soon, Ramadan will be coming to an end. As Ramadan is the time which is to reinforce acts of kindness, tolerance, patience, generosity and understanding, I felt it was very appropriate to post a very special interview during this period. This month American Bedu had the opportunity to interview, Khaled. Khaled is a Saudi man [...]
Filed under: America, Charity, Health, Interview, Saudi Arabia, Saudi Living, Saudi blogs, Saudi culture, Saudi customs, Saudi education, Women Issues, culture, islam, relationships, religion | Tagged: Saudi Arabia, places, KSA, home, marriage, blogging, America, romance, customs, culture, Saudi, religion, women, gender, history, heritage, gender issues, culture shock, Saudi customs, Saudi culture, islam, Relationship, Love | 21 Comments »
Posted on August 31, 2010 by American Bedu
In order to try and understand Saudi Arabia and its practices, customs, traditions and cultures, one must expose themselves to all facets of the Kingdom. In this exclusive American Bedu interview, Ali Alyami, Executive Director of the Center for Democracy and Human Rights in Saudi Arabia (CDHR) shares his candid views on the Kingdom and [...]
Filed under: America, Freedoms, Interview, Saudi Arabia, Saudi Living, Saudi blogs, Saudi culture, Saudi customs, Saudi education, Women Issues, culture, friendship, islam, politics, relationships, religion, safety, terrorism, travel | Tagged: Saudi Arabia, KSA, blogging, America, customs, culture, Saudi, religion, history, heritage, gender issues, Saudi customs, Saudi culture, islam | 40 Comments »
Posted on August 30, 2010 by American Bedu
The subject today may seem a little bit misleading in regards to what I’m going to write about, yet to me, it makes sense to first talk about how a certain friendship was formed in Saudi Arabia. If you do not know how the friendship got started, then it may not make as much sense. [...]
Filed under: Abdullah, America, Animals, Dress, Entertainment, Food, Freedoms, Health, Interview, Saudi Arabia, Saudi blogs, Saudi culture, Saudi customs, abbya, arabian horses, breast cancer, cancer, culture, expat, expatriates, friendship, gender, horses, pets, relationships, travel | Tagged: Saudi Arabia, travel, places, KSA, blogging, America, customs, culture, Saudi, gender, cats, gender issues, abaya, Saudi customs, Saudi culture, cancer | 27 Comments »
Posted on August 29, 2010 by American Bedu
I wanted to give all American Bedu followers an update on Saheba and Tripod. They are both doing great. They continue to stay with a foster mom but I am cautiously optimistic I may be able to have my own little apartment in the near future. I can tell you that each time I see [...]
Filed under: America, Animals, Charity, Saudi Arabia, Saudi blogs, cancer, culture, friendship, pets, travel | Tagged: Saudi Arabia, Saudi departure, travel, places, KSA, blogging, America, Saudi, Riyadh, cats, cancer | 8 Comments »
Posted on August 29, 2010 by American Bedu
It is with the greatest pleasure for me to advise that Saudi Arabia and Saudi women led by HRH Princess Reema bint Bandar bin Sultan Al-Saud, are taking a very unique pro-active stance towards education and awareness of breast cancer. This unique initiative will not only stand out and have notice in Saudi Arabia but [...]
Filed under: Charity, Health, Saudi Arabia, Saudi blogs, Saudi culture, Saudi customs, Saudi education, Women Issues, breast cancer, cancer, friendship, gender, relationships | Tagged: Saudi Arabia, KSA, blogging, customs, culture, Saudi, Jeddah, women, gender, history, heritage, gender issues, Saudi customs, Saudi culture, cancer | 2 Comments »
Posted on August 28, 2010 by American Bedu
The debate page on American Bedu has been quite active lately. In particular the issue of rights for Saudi women has been under discussion. It’s natural for such a topic to segue to the Saudi Mahrem System. A regular of American Bedu, Strange One (her choice of name, not mine!), posted some good questions. Rather [...]
Filed under: Charity, Freedoms, Saudi Arabia, Saudi Living, Saudi blogs, Saudi culture, Saudi customs, Saudi education, Women Issues, culture, gender, islam, relationships, religion, safety, travel | Tagged: Saudi Arabia, places, KSA, blogging, customs, culture, Saudi, religion, women, gender, history, heritage, gender issues, culture shock, Saudi customs, Saudi culture, islam, Relationship | 25 Comments »
Posted on August 27, 2010 by American Bedu
Saudi marriages to foreign women are always a hot and controversial subject. Most of the earlier posts which I have written on the subject (approximately 397) have to do with Saudis who marry Western women since that seems to be the norm when ones hear of bi-cultural marriages with a Saudi. Western women in the [...]
Filed under: Saudi Arabia, Saudi Living, Saudi blogs, Saudi culture, Saudi customs, Saudi education, Women Issues, culture, expat, expatriates, gender, relationships, travel | Tagged: blogging, culture, culture shock, customs, gender, gender issues, heritage, KSA, Love, marriage, Relationship, romance, Saudi, Saudi Arabia, Saudi culture, Saudi customs, travel, women | 32 Comments »
Posted on August 26, 2010 by American Bedu
I’ve been purposely holding back from writing about the controversy surrounding the proposal to build an Islamic center in the vicinity of Ground Zero in New York. I guess I’ve felt it’s been a no-win to write about whether for or against the project. However a recent article is what has prompted me to post [...]
Filed under: America, Charity, Freedoms, Saudi Arabia, Saudi blogs, Saudi culture, Saudi customs, culture, islam, politics, relationships, religion, safety, terrorism | Tagged: Saudi Arabia, places, KSA, blogging, America, customs, culture, Saudi, religion, terrorism, history, heritage, culture shock, Saudi customs, Saudi culture, islam | 241 Comments »
Posted on August 25, 2010 by American Bedu
Infidel: According to Wikipedia, Infidel (literally “one without faith”) is a chiefly archaic English noun, meaning one who doubts or rejects the central tenets of a religion other than one’s own or has no religious beliefs; especially in reference to Christianity or Islam. Can you imagine that you thought you knew who you were; where [...]
Filed under: America, Charity, Entertainment, Freedoms, Saudi Arabia, Saudi blogs, Saudi culture, Saudi customs, Saudi education, culture, friendship, islam, politics, relationships, religion | Tagged: Saudi Arabia, KSA, blogging, customs, culture, Saudi, religion, history, heritage, culture shock, Saudi customs, Saudi culture, islam, Relationship | 10 Comments »
