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Pakistani Weddings: The Mehndi
This is a continuation of my series of posts on Pakistani weddings. Check out Courtship and Marriage in Pakistan and The Dholki and Mayoon for the first two parts! Ah, the beautiful night of Mehndi. Colors, clothes, rasms, all blend to make this easily...read more -
Weddings in Saudi Arabia
Lets face it. The outside world knows little about the traditions and customs of Saudi Arabia. Even I, as an expat raised in Saudi, knew little about Saudi marriage customs until very recently. And my knowledge of what actually happened at weddings was...read more -
Sunset at the Lava Fields
Volcanic activity is not something new to Saudi Arabia. Because of western Saudi Arabia’s location along two tectonic spreading centers, eruptions and lava flows have been reported in the region throughout history. The last known one, in fact, was...read more -
Photography in Saudi Arabia
So you just got your shiny new camera and want to go about taking some nice pictures. Then you look around and realize you’re in Saudi Arabia. Well the good news is, there’s never been a better time to pick up the hobby. SLRs are getting cheaper...read more -
Hakuna Matata!
A healthy dose of insanity always helps make a life more interesting. That’s pretty much my only explanation for the reason I’ve been absent from the blogosphere for the past week or so. Sometime two weeks ago, my good friend Turki Shoaib...read more
Recent Posts
Destination: Egypt
Quite honestly, I never really thought that I’d end up in Egypt. I’ve had the dream to go there for so long that I always thought it would remain that. It wasn’t until 4 days before I flew out, when I walked out of the Egyptian embassy in Riyadh with a visa in hand that it finally hit me. I was going to see the pyramids.
read moreEgypt: A Story of Comedy and History
As I mentioned in some of my earlier posts, the LOL Tour was not the first time I toured with Ahmed Ahmed and Maz Jobrani. The first time I met them was in Egypt, in April 2009, during the Egypt’s First Comedy Rumble Tour. My next few posts will be my thoughts about being a [...]
read moreProtected: Raid at Midnight: The Cost of Entertainment in Saudi Arabia
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read moreLOL Comedy Tour in Saudi Arabia
Just wanted to make a quick post to link to in case someone wanted the LOL Tour pages in order.
read moreLOL Tour goes Royal
Welcome to the final post on the LOL Comedy Tour with the comedy show that none of you probably heard about. But it happened and I’m still stunned it did. It’s not every day you meet a prince! Read on for the full story!
read moreLOL Comedy Tour goes to the Brits!
Day 4 of the LOL comedy tour and the behind the scenes of what happened at “Good Morning Saudi Arabia” morning show on Channel two and the insanity at the VVIP comedy show at the British Embassy.
read moreLOL Tour in Riyadh (Day 2)
Part IV of my ongoing blog posts on the LOL comedy tour which took place all over Saudi Arabia and featured Axis of Evil stars Ahmed Ahmed and Maz Jobrani from the unique angle of a photographer. Todays post is on the final public show in Riyadh.
read moreLOL Comedy Tour in Riyadh (Day 1)
This is Part III of my ongoing posts on the LOL comedy tour which I was asked to cover as photographer by Peter of Smile Productions. Day 2 of the tour brings us to one of the most conservative cities in the world to make people laugh!
read moreLOL Comedy Tour in Jeddah
This is Part II of my ongoing posts on the LOL comedy tour which I was asked to cover as photographer by Peter of Smile Productions. This is Day 1 of the tour, with the hectic flight into Jeddah and a comedy show by the Red Sea!
read moreOn Tour with Ahmed and Maz
For the 2 of you that haven’t heard, Ahmed Ahmed and Maz Jobrani were in Saudi Arabia this week for a comedy tour in Riyadh and Jeddah. I was called up to tour with them and cover the stage performances and backstage antics. This was the first time an event of this scale has been performed in Saudi Arabia. History was made. And here is your inside scoop, from a photographers perspective.
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