[Translate] RIYADH/NEW YORK, Aug 3 (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia on Tuesday ordered at least one Research In Motion’s BlackBerry smartphone service to be blocked as of Friday, becoming the latest government to threaten to curb the device on security grounds. The issue, which pits governments against BlackBerry’s super-secure encrypted services, has flared at a particularly inopportune [...]

[Translate] huffingtonpost – But they can be built in the other 56 Muslim-majority countries in the world! As Americans, do we want to compare ourselves to the single exception to the rule of interfaith tolerance? After all, we pride ourselves on our freedom of religion, our freedom of speech, our freedom of expression… freedoms that [...]

[Translate] Italian furniture manufacturer Poliform have recently opened a new flagship store in Bahrain. Description from Poliform: Poliform has celebrated the recent opening of the new flagship store in Bahrain, giving evidence to the consolidated roots of the brand in the Arabian market. The building rises in Palm Square, a white cube immersed in the middle [...]

[Translate] Vanity Fair’s Maureen Dowd traveled to Saudi Arabia to experience first-hand the Arab kingdom’s newly declared commitment to tourism. But apparently she didn’t get the memo—that promise seems to only apply to men. Saudi Arabia! Just the vacation spot for a headstrong, adventure-loving, cocktail-imbibing, fashion-conscious chick. Long averse to non-Muslim curiosity seekers, the Kingdom [...]