What is going on in Saudi Arabia:personal experience

[hassouna]

First , I would like to introduce myself as a Sudanese who was born and lived in Saudi Arabia for more than 18 years .And even after leaving it for Egypt to continue my studies in faculty of economics & political science in Cairo university , I used to return home "Saudi Arabia" every year to spend my summer holiday as what I am doing now after graduation .I cant descripe my happiness once my plane landed in Ryiadh,the Saudi capital ,Finally I m back ,!!!!!!!!!!

I should confess that I have never felt good about Saudis who are usually viewd by others specially those who live here as stupid ,arrogant, not friendly at all ...........................etc .but I used to say to myself that I was born in this country and that I should be more adaptive and why not? as I can see people even from non-Arab states who know well how to enjoy life here ,specially if u know that people in Saudi Arabia are banned from many intresting things : no Cinema " there is a so limited number of cinema halls which are located closely to each other in one of Jeddah parks ",no free press.no no no no no !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!People also are dinied the right to access to porno and many political and anti-Islam websites which are controlled via proxy -I m not against the prohibitition of such sites specially porno sites, but when it comes to politics ,I think that we should not be closed to ourselves : we should be more tolerent, at least on the web!!!!!!! Regarding the situation of women ,I think that u know every thing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Sorry for the long intruduction, I just wanted to give u a brief idea about what is going on in Saudi Arabia :the land of the 2 holy mosques before telling u what I have gone through in less than 15 hours!
Last sunday , me & my younger brother took a bus to one of the huge traditional markets in Riyadh which is located far from our district .On the way ,I remembered that I left my residence liecense at home ,however ,I did not care much about that .Suddenly,a policeman stopped the bus and he asked passengers in an agressive way to show him their ID's , OH MY GOD! It was my turn! Once I said that I left it at home ,he grapped my collar and tried to drag me out of the bus ,he addressed me by "the donkey" , I could'nt hold my tempers and I repaid the insult in kind ."WHAT?" he shouted and he wanted to slap me ,but I pushed his hands away.he was about to lose his mind and he called his mate and they took me by force out of the bus - I would like to say that both of them were very wild and too ugly- For a long time, I used to think that I m the ugliest man on earth ,Alhamdulellah , I discovered only 2 days ago that there are 2 who are much uglier than me!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Along the way from the bus to the police car , both of them used whatever mean to insult me ,one of them said : "even blacks boast themselves!!!!!!!!!!!!" .In order to cut them to size, I said " listen , Im a student in Cairo university " they paid attention and then they said " u will be suspended" ,I said :I m a graduate !!!!!!! they just looked at me and pushed me violently to the car ! I looked through the window to find my brother talking with them and with other policemen who were standing around ,he was trying to find me a solution,however ,it seemed that they did'nt like his way ,and so on ,they trapped him too in another car.In fact, I was afraid that they would trap him in something else that he did'nt do:he would be charged with whatever crime that he did'nt commit !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Any way,there were 3 poor workers from Bngladish,Pakistan & India whose residences were expired.Together we were moved to an empty yard where similar cases were over there, we stayed for less than half an hour and then we were moved to The Directorate General for Passports. I forgot to mention what I have seen in the pre-mentioned yard :I saw a policeman beating an Asian worker with no mercy while other"policemen" were laughing !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
In the The Directorate General for Passports we were reported & questioned and then taken to a small & over-crowded room (I should admitt that it was air-conditiond!!!!!!!!) we were treated just like animals .A cameraman was there whose task was to take photos for each one of us while holding a board on which our names and certain numbers were written (just like criminals!!!!!!!!),then,we were distributed among prisons to be detained in custody .I should admitt again that prisons were air-conditioned and very wide to room us(we were about 100).oooooooooooooh!! I forgot to mention that my pockets were empty and that I had to pay 10 Riyals"about3$" in order to get a certain card that must be held by all the detainers" .I was really lucky when one of Sudanese detained-his name is AlMo3ez- insisted on lending me the 10 riyals. He looked very poor,but he is very kind just like the majority of Sudanese.
It was mid-night,a policeman entered and he started to distribute matresses to us and whoever takes more than one matress was wiped ,I saw 3 aged Sudanese beaten by this policeman who didnt even consider their old age .Any way , I spent my time gossiping with Almo3ez and both of us told the other his life story .Almo3ez overslept,and lights were turned off , I did'nt know how to entertain myself.As an avid smoker ,I was looking for a cigarette ,whose price in the prison ranged between 1 to 3 ryials (for only one cigarette!!!!!!!!!) .So ,I had no way out but sharing a cigarette with one or more of the detains every 4 hours . Even cellular phones chargers were rented for 5 ryials per hour!!!!!!!!!!!! It was very difficult for me to just close my eyes ,coz I was thinking about my family and how much they were worried about me,I was also thinking about my brother whose destiny seemed indifinite to me ,Finally ,I fell asleep,but the noise woke me up at 8 AM , to find that breakfast was ready ,each 5 were assempled around a taple, my Sudanese mates insisted that I have to grap a bite with them ,Actually ,the breakfast seemed good :it was composed of fava beans ,Halawa as well as bread,However ,I had no appetite.2 hours later ,we were surprised by a policeman accompanied by a Pakistani man holding shaving machine,the policeman said "every one will have his hair shaved for 5 riyals or u won't be released"
My hair was already cut ! so,keep this stupid barber away from me ,about 10 of detainers had advanced to have their hair cut .However ,It seemed that the barbar got sick and he left with the policeman who himself seemed not convinced from the beginning of the idea of shaving as an ideal method to torment the detainers!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Any way,we were transfered to a near prison,where we found some of those who have been detained for along time ago :2 months, may be 3,4,5 or 6 ,at 12 O:clock "noon",I heard my name ,I got to the door to find my brother ,I could'nt believe my eyes ,he said "u will be released ,we paid the levy"penalty" this levy was estimated at 1000 riyals!!!!!!!!!!!!OH MY GOD,I paid more than 300$ just because I left my ID at home !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I have to say that it was'nt the whole story ,My father and my brother suffered alot in order to get me released.They moved from the 1st floor to the 2nd ,from the 2nd to the 4th ,from this building to that one,they talk to this and that...........etc.Can u imagine that ne of the officers working in The Directorate said to my brother who was wearing a yellow T shirt I will release your brother only because u are a fan of Nassr team just like me) note: Nassr is one of the popular football teams in Saudi Arabia whose uniform's colour is yellow"!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! another one said nooooooooooo,I preffer hilal ,so I will not release him)Hilal is another Saudi popular team!!!!!!!!!! well ,I have been released.


NOTE: (I forgot to tell u that my brother was Charged In Attack On Officer!!!!!!!!!!!! .Any way he was released after being given two choices (resorts): either to be beaten or to be detained!!!!!!! he chose the first one .In the next day ,he was there to save me!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)

more details in the next part

[NAK__-KKK]

well I always have said it , the only solution for Saudia is to nuke the hell of all of it to ashes .....unfortunately America is silent and tolerate Saudia because of the oil...really sad ...

[voltaires_priest]

I think probably a change of government would be gentler than nukes



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Saudi Arabia is pure wahabism and Islamic tradition that our Islamist friends such as aadl wa-ihssan (justice and charity group) want to install. What say you Muslims living in Europe?

[-thetruth_]

Originally Posted by NAK__-KKK

well I always have said it , the only solution for Saudia is to nuke the hell of all of it to ashes .....unfortunately America is silent and tolerate Saudia because of the oil...really sad ...

Funny you said that
Ibrahim pbuh has prayed to God to bless that land and since then it has never been in a disaster . think about it?
There are very kind people who are far better than us living in that peaceful land. destruction only comes from Satan God does not like evil doers who destruct a land after it has been put right that goes to Israel and the USA the land has nothing to do with people. remember what our prophet pbuh said do not kill innocents and do not destroy trees etc...??????????????