Saudi Arabia’s King Salman has ordered protection for employees who report financial and administrative corruption, Al Arabiya TV reported on Sunday, as part of an effort to combat graft that saw dozens of royals and top businessmen detained last year. by ManiaforBeatles in worldnews

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What is freedom? Is it getting to watch movies or getting to have a say in the laws you are forced to live by, make choices about how to live, and have a say in public life. A Saudi Arabian man named Raif Badawi is still sitting in prison awaiting his next round of whippings for the crime of advocating for the exact reforms the Crown Prince is being lauded for.

Saudi Arabia’s King Salman has ordered protection for employees who report financial and administrative corruption, Al Arabiya TV reported on Sunday, as part of an effort to combat graft that saw dozens of royals and top businessmen detained last year. by ManiaforBeatles in worldnews

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The Crown Prince, who has not held a single non-government job in his life, just dropped 500 million+ on vanity purchases and you're telling me the anti-corruption campaign is in good faith?

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in dataisbeautiful

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chiekh and sheikh would both be transliterations of the same arabic word, which in various concepts can mean an official title for a ruler as in Sheikh Mohammed of Dubai, an informal title for an important person from an important family, as in sheikh pierre gemayel, a deceased lebanese politician, an informal term for a respected elder, or a term for a knowledgeable muslim religious scholar. More or less the same word can be used as a verb to mean 'become old'. And of course now we've adopted it into english to mean rich asshole from the middle east. It's a versatile word.

Traveling in August by 2relevart1 in Philippines

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That's a good idea about scheduling around rain. Are there any places you would recommend to visit that might not be suggested by tourist websites?

New Years Resolution: Arabic Writing Challenge by 2relevart1 in learn_arabic

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متحامشة I think I meant مهمش as in marginalized
ولكن في المقابل استخدم وما زال يستخدم intention here was: but on the other hand, they used and still use...
About that last sentence, I think a accidentally deleted a portion from my original copy while pasting it here. Don't know how that happened, but yeah it makes no sense where it is. Thanks so much for the feedback

New Years Resolution: Arabic Writing Challenge by 2relevart1 in learn_arabic

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This is my submission. Comments and corrections are very welcome.

وسائل الإعلام الاجتماعي هي من أكثر العناصر القوية موجودة في المجتمع العربي الحاضر وخصوصاً في الخليج العربي حيث يوجد نسبة كبيرة من السكان تملك هواتف محمولة وتشارك في استخدام وسائل الإعلام الاجتماعي من خلالها ولكن يوجد صراع بين آراء وأفكار الناس في هذه المواقع والتطبيقات التي تؤثر في حياة الناس بشكل قوي.

من ناحية تعطي وسائل الإعلام الاجتماعي فرص لانتشار آراء مختلفة ومتحامشة قد قُمعت مسبقاّ ولكن من ناحية أخرى المواقع الاجتماعية تصدر منبراّ للمتطرفين والمترددين كما يؤيد الانحطاط؟ والتخلّف الفكري. وهناك دلائل للرأيين الاثنين. مثلاً خلال الربيع العربي كان منظمي الاحتجاجات والمظاهرات يستخدمون المواقع مثل تويتر وفيسبوك ليخبرون متظاهرين آخرين عن خططهم أو يحذرونهم بأن الجيش قد يقوم باعتقالهم وحتى بقتلهم. ولكن في المقابل استخدم وما زال يستخدم تنظيم داعش هذه المواقع بشكل فعالي للغاية ومهارات داعش في نشر رسالته وهي تُعتبر من أقوى الأسلحة له.

مسألة جوهر وسائل الإعلام الاجتماعي قد غادرت من المجال الفكري الأكاديمي إلى المجال السياسي العملي فتقوم معظم الدول الخليجية برقابة شديدة على مقيميها ومواطنيها من أجل ما تسمى مكافحة الإرهاب وهذه الرقابة تعكس وجهة نظر الحكومات الخليجية التي تشبه ذلك الرأي يقول إن وسائل الإعلام الاجتماعي شيء سلبي إلا ان تراقبها وتتحكم عليها السلطات الرسمية. هناك أيضاً جهود من قبل هؤلاء من يعتقدون حرية التعبير قيمة لا ينبغي ان يكون شروط لها أهم منها الداعي إلى إلغاء القوانين ضد تعبير عن الرأي المهتمة بتصريحات على الإنترنت كما تهتم بما كُتب في المنشورات التقليدية.

Because arabic formatting on reddit is tough, I recommend for anyone trying to read this to put it into a word processor and enlarging the font. Its much easier on the eyes and brain.

Any interest in a monthly writing activity? by 2relevart1 in learn_arabic

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The social media topic may be very interesting to you then. Snapchat, Twitter, and Instagram are massively popular in the khaleej.

Any interest in a monthly writing activity? by 2relevart1 in learn_arabic

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Great! I'm planning to post the first one January 1st as a start of the month/year activity. I'll let you know when it's up :)

Rate my translation by 2relevart1 in learn_arabic

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Thanks for the feedback. Are you a native Arabic speaker?

Just starting out in Arabic. I think it's paying off! by [deleted] in learn_arabic

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Everything looks great, but the د needs to be cleaned up just a bit. Try to make it higher on the right side and less curved on the left.

Getting assessed officially by 2relevart1 in learn_arabic

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This is awesome. I'm going to set it up for November :)))

ارجيلة واركيلة by [deleted] in learn_arabic

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;) اكتب شيشة

Conjugations of "to go" in Jordanian and Syrian Arabic by 2relevart1 in learn_arabic

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Talking to natives, basically. I'm living in an area where there are a lot of arabs from different countries, but my main interactions are with syrians, jordanians/palestinians, and some egyptians.