Hajj 1445 AH
I write about the hajj in its digital frameworks in Islamic Algorithms, and you can track back in this channel for previous stories and links (try the #hajj hashtag...
MBS Confirms Tweet Death Sentence
Joey Shea, Human Rights Watch, Saudi Crown Prince Confirms Death Sentence for Tweets, 22 Sep 2023 “Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, known as MBS, has confirmed that retired teacher...
KSA Social
Arab News, First Saudi social network attracts 1m users in 2 months, 10 Sep 2023 “… supervisor of the Jaco network, Fahd Al-Shidi, said the aim was to achieve...
KSA Gen Z Gaming Skills
Zaira Lakhpatwala, Arab News, Gaming helps Saudi youths find first job, says YouTube report, 15 May 2023 “Problem-solving, communication and strategic thinking are among the skills that the Kingdom’s...
‘Digital Islam and Muslim Millennials’
Zaid, Bouziane, Jana Fedtke, Don Donghee Shin, Abdelmalek El Kadoussi, and Mohammed Ibahrine. 2022. “Digital Islam and Muslim Millennials: How Social Media Influencers Reimagine Religious Authority and Islamic Practices”...
KSA Imprisonment
BBC News, Nourah al-Qahtani: Saudi woman jailed for 45 years for social media posts “A terrorism court convicted Nourah bint Saeed al-Qahtani of “using the internet to tear the...
Dashcams KSA
Arab News, Dashcams gaining popularity among Saudi Arabia’s motorists This is an interesting subject, in terms of the religious permissibility of dashcams. I will look out for some fatwas....