Comments on: In Pictures: The AlKhobar Riots http://nidalm.com/blog/life-in-the-middle-east/in-pictures-the-alkhobar-riots/ Photography in Saudi Arabia Thu, 09 Feb 2012 09:51:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Chiara http://nidalm.com/blog/life-in-the-middle-east/in-pictures-the-alkhobar-riots/comment-page-1/#comment-351 Chiara Tue, 29 Sep 2009 06:44:18 +0000 http://nidalm.com/blog/?p=738#comment-351 Thanks for the Arab News article, which does provide a great deal of information and emphasizes the amount of damage done and the cash and expensive merchandise stolen. <br>Callin Pizza Hut an "international brand" is somehow accurate but ludicrous. <br>It also sounds as if the Israeli aspect was more excuse than motivation.<br>The best part of the article was rather confused ie the part about who was arrested, who might really be innocent or guilty, and the dearth of normal outlets for teenage energy contributing to the events. <br>Hopefully they got the right ones, let the others go, and recognize the role of the "system" in triggering, though not justifying this behaviour.<br><br>It is particularly explosive a combination to have a high birth rate with a demographic skewed towards youth, and insufficient structured fun activities that are also healthy for them to challenge their energies physical, intellectual, creative and other. Thanks for the Arab News article, which does provide a great deal of information and emphasizes the amount of damage done and the cash and expensive merchandise stolen.
Callin Pizza Hut an “international brand” is somehow accurate but ludicrous.
It also sounds as if the Israeli aspect was more excuse than motivation.
The best part of the article was rather confused ie the part about who was arrested, who might really be innocent or guilty, and the dearth of normal outlets for teenage energy contributing to the events.
Hopefully they got the right ones, let the others go, and recognize the role of the “system” in triggering, though not justifying this behaviour.

It is particularly explosive a combination to have a high birth rate with a demographic skewed towards youth, and insufficient structured fun activities that are also healthy for them to challenge their energies physical, intellectual, creative and other.

]]> By: Chiara http://nidalm.com/blog/life-in-the-middle-east/in-pictures-the-alkhobar-riots/comment-page-1/#comment-346 Chiara Tue, 29 Sep 2009 06:30:44 +0000 http://nidalm.com/blog/?p=738#comment-346 Frankly, this particular international audience member was imagining worse, so you have helped to a create realistic portrayal since in the absence of information and rather unpleasant events, most assume the worst or escalate to that assumption. Frankly, this particular international audience member was imagining worse, so you have helped to a create realistic portrayal since in the absence of information and rather unpleasant events, most assume the worst or escalate to that assumption.

]]> By: Chiara http://nidalm.com/blog/life-in-the-middle-east/in-pictures-the-alkhobar-riots/comment-page-1/#comment-384 Chiara Tue, 29 Sep 2009 03:44:18 +0000 http://nidalm.com/blog/?p=738#comment-384 Thanks for the Arab News article, which does provide a great deal of information and emphasizes the amount of damage done and the cash and expensive merchandise stolen. <br>Callin Pizza Hut an "international brand" is somehow accurate but ludicrous. <br>It also sounds as if the Israeli aspect was more excuse than motivation.<br>The best part of the article was rather confused ie the part about who was arrested, who might really be innocent or guilty, and the dearth of normal outlets for teenage energy contributing to the events. <br>Hopefully they got the right ones, let the others go, and recognize the role of the "system" in triggering, though not justifying this behaviour.<br><br>It is particularly explosive a combination to have a high birth rate with a demographic skewed towards youth, and insufficient structured fun activities that are also healthy for them to challenge their energies physical, intellectual, creative and other. Thanks for the Arab News article, which does provide a great deal of information and emphasizes the amount of damage done and the cash and expensive merchandise stolen.
Callin Pizza Hut an “international brand” is somehow accurate but ludicrous.
It also sounds as if the Israeli aspect was more excuse than motivation.
The best part of the article was rather confused ie the part about who was arrested, who might really be innocent or guilty, and the dearth of normal outlets for teenage energy contributing to the events.
Hopefully they got the right ones, let the others go, and recognize the role of the “system” in triggering, though not justifying this behaviour.

It is particularly explosive a combination to have a high birth rate with a demographic skewed towards youth, and insufficient structured fun activities that are also healthy for them to challenge their energies physical, intellectual, creative and other.

]]> By: Chiara http://nidalm.com/blog/life-in-the-middle-east/in-pictures-the-alkhobar-riots/comment-page-1/#comment-373 Chiara Tue, 29 Sep 2009 03:30:44 +0000 http://nidalm.com/blog/?p=738#comment-373 Frankly, this particular international audience member was imagining worse, so you have helped to a create realistic portrayal since in the absence of information and rather unpleasant events, most assume the worst or escalate to that assumption. Frankly, this particular international audience member was imagining worse, so you have helped to a create realistic portrayal since in the absence of information and rather unpleasant events, most assume the worst or escalate to that assumption.

]]> By: NidalM http://nidalm.com/blog/life-in-the-middle-east/in-pictures-the-alkhobar-riots/comment-page-1/#comment-349 NidalM Tue, 29 Sep 2009 03:22:47 +0000 http://nidalm.com/blog/?p=738#comment-349 Things work... differently... here :P Things work… differently… here :P

]]> By: NidalM http://nidalm.com/blog/life-in-the-middle-east/in-pictures-the-alkhobar-riots/comment-page-1/#comment-348 NidalM Tue, 29 Sep 2009 03:22:02 +0000 http://nidalm.com/blog/?p=738#comment-348 Hope you guys are alright. It was pretty terrible what happened that night, and definitely not representative of the relative calm in AlKhobar generally. Just one of those days I guess 0_0 Hope you guys are alright. It was pretty terrible what happened that night, and definitely not representative of the relative calm in AlKhobar generally. Just one of those days I guess 0_0

]]> By: NidalM http://nidalm.com/blog/life-in-the-middle-east/in-pictures-the-alkhobar-riots/comment-page-1/#comment-347 NidalM Tue, 29 Sep 2009 03:21:03 +0000 http://nidalm.com/blog/?p=738#comment-347 Dude, thats pretty intense.. I heard rumors myself, but they dont say much officially here about that... Dude, thats pretty intense.. I heard rumors myself, but they dont say much officially here about that…

]]> By: NidalM http://nidalm.com/blog/life-in-the-middle-east/in-pictures-the-alkhobar-riots/comment-page-1/#comment-345 NidalM Tue, 29 Sep 2009 03:20:11 +0000 http://nidalm.com/blog/?p=738#comment-345 Yeah and I've received some amount of messages criticizing me for putting this up for an "international" audience.<br><br>:s Yeah and I've received some amount of messages criticizing me for putting this up for an “international” audience.

:s

]]> By: ammar http://nidalm.com/blog/life-in-the-middle-east/in-pictures-the-alkhobar-riots/comment-page-1/#comment-350 ammar Tue, 29 Sep 2009 00:48:40 +0000 http://nidalm.com/blog/?p=738#comment-350 nyc wid star bucks..... nyc wid star bucks…..

]]> By: NidalM http://nidalm.com/blog/life-in-the-middle-east/in-pictures-the-alkhobar-riots/comment-page-1/#comment-381 NidalM Tue, 29 Sep 2009 00:22:47 +0000 http://nidalm.com/blog/?p=738#comment-381 Things work... differently... here :P Things work… differently… here :P

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