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With the strong rules and regulations put forth by the religious community of their conservative country, a group of four girls in Saudi Arabia have found means of expressing themselves, even if they can’t do it in public. Dina (Guitar), her sister Dareen (Bass), Lamia (Singer) and Amjad (Keyboard), have formed the underground rock band, The [...]
Recently the Turkish Government decided to shut down eleven television channels, which coincidentally all belong to Dogan Media Corporation. The Supreme Board of Media and Television (RTUK ) has stated the reason as “failing to acquire the necessary broadcasting licenses.” According to the Turkish Daily News (TDN), Saban Sevinc, a member of RTUK, who opposed [...]
On Friday, October 24 2008, many were surprised because they could not access the popular Google-powered, blogging portal, Blogger. They came across the same phrase that they found when You Tube was banned about six months ago: “Access to this site has been banned by court order.” As a Turkish citizen and blogger, I have many problems [...]
Saudi Arabia has high levels of censorship of music, video and media content that is causing people across the kingdom to turn to piracy as means of getting their merchandise. Because the censors take so long to get things approved, citizens of Saudi Arabia choose to get their music, movies and games faster and cheaper [...]
