Watch the Gods [Goddesses for some] of Supercars…McLaren F1 race the Bugatti Veyron. And who else to bring this but the crew from Top Gear. And the coolest part is that this was done in Abu Dhabi. Drool petrol heads…drool…

Well now you know what it looks like from top of a 818m tall sky-scraper. People with acrophobia…stay away
More info [LINK]
Thanks Scott..

Some pictures from inside the Holy Kaaba [LINK]

A premier law firm in Saudi Arabia has gotten embroiled in racial profiling while advertising for a vacancy. The  Law firm of Salah Al-Hejailan is one of the most reputed law firms practising in Saudi. Read the email it sent to recruiters below.
We are interested in recruiting one senior Anglo-Saxon lawyer (with 7+ PQE), preferably [...]

A powerful Saudi princess is making news in the fashion industry for backlog of payments on a ‘high-end shopping spree’ for nearly a year. Now fashion boutiques have gone the legal way to recover the debts.
Global media outlets have gone full steam and are reporting apparent US$ 24 million in outstanding bills. Each visit to [...]

The Iranian press has reported votes tally from overseas for the ‘disputed’ Iranian presidential elections. It seems Iranian population in Kuwait has opted for conservative Mahmoud Ahmedinejad over the left wing Mir-Hossein Moussavi, where as Mir-Hossein Moussavi has done well in UAE region by scoring better than his counterpart. Rest of the picture within GCC [...]

Australian immigration department has announced faster processing of visas for GCC nationals from 14 days to 2 days. This is applicable to only nationals and not expats in GCC countries. The visas are for tourism purposes and will be valid for 2 years with 3 month stay at a stretch and will be multiple entry. [...]

This video shows the most ambitious plan yet to redesign Masjid Al-Haram from its existing traditional architecture style to an ultra moderinistic and futuristic layout. I dont know if this is proof of concept or an actual plan but I believe it would be a radical change in mosque designing. And I am sure many [...]

Watch this documentary which shows that Lithium, the main ingredient of clean fuel ‘battery’ for the next generation of vehicles, is abundant in Bolivia. Bolivia is sitting on nearly 70-80% of Lithium reserves of the World. It is so freely available that one can scrap it off the salt flats. Bolivian government machinery is working [...]

On April 24-25-26 Bahrain will host the Formula One Gulf Air Bahrain Grand Prix for the sixth time at the Home of Motorsport in the Middle East. This year will see more action and excitement than ever before as new rules and regulations have been introduced to transform the spectacle of the FIA Formula One [...]

Libyan leader Moamer Gadhafi today blasted Saudi king as “British product and American ally”, during the Arab Summit in Qatar. He also called hiself as “Dean of all Arabs”, and then let out a rhetoric of statements against the Saudi king. Then he proceeded to say “I am an international leader, the dean of the [...]

So iPhones are now officially available in UAE and Saudi, and are coming soon to Qatar. But it seems Kuwait is far behind or rather invisible. Etisalat in UAE has postpaid plans only, but Mobily in Saudi is offering both prepaid and post paid options. So if you grab one from Saudi, its gonna cost [...]