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Entry Posted May 14, 2008

http://topics.nytimes.com/top/news/world/series/generation_
faithful/index.html
Great series of articles on life and religion in the Middle East. (The two most recent articles on love and marriage in Saudi Arabia are especially good.) 23:43

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Holy Crap, Nick’s in Egypt (essiracab.wordpress.com):
… The Times has been doing a series in recent months calledGeneration Faithfulthat, primarily, is about young Middle Eastern adults and how they cope with the societal restrictions on dating, sex, and marriage. The bottom line, it seems, is that bad economic times have made it much more difficult for young men to marry, and as a …

Holy Crap, Nick’s in Egypt (essiracab.wordpress.com):
… Generation Faithful …

The Mean Time (themeantime.tumblr.com):
… web features even more material - video, photo slideshows, blog posts, and extensive comment threads. I think its a great example of how great reporting can be leveraged into a robust print and online product. Also just a all-around interesting read.Here’s a link to all the entire series of material. …

Apuntes con Masaje - Todo sobre los medios de comunicación (gabosama.blogspot.com):
… Es dificilísimo explicar una cultura, sociedad y nación en un reportaje. El New York Times está publicando -- valientemente -- esta serie llamadaGeneration Faithfulque incluye dos reportajes sobre la juventud en Arabia Saudita (uno sobre los hombres y otro sobre las mujeres). Y digo que hay que ser valiente porque cuando se intenta explicar otra cultura es fácil caer en generalizaciones, estereotipos y francas …

CDR Salamander (cdrsalamander.blogspot.com):
… “From behind a wall,” Enad said. “Love is dangerous,” Al Atti said as she sat with her sisters in the house. “It can ruin your reputation.”Want to love Western Civilization, warts and all, more? Read morehere.Final note on the journalistic "what were you thinking?" line;Asking a woman for her number can cause a young man anxiety anywhere. But in Saudi Arabia, getting caught with an unrelated woman can mean arrest, a possible flogging and dishonor, the …

a stranger at home (fakeexpat.blogspot.com):
… sections of cafes and restaurants, which are carefully partitioned from the sections used by single male diners.While this sort of statement is a familiar occurence in most media reports about Muslim countries, the current series in the New York Times,Generation Faithful …

The Rumor About the True Things (rumoraboutthetruethings.blogspot.com):
… Love in Saudi Arabia …

Islamic Middle East Blog : (imeb.nmhschool.org):
… Generation Faithful” series are running this week, both on the ways of love in Saudi Arabia.  The series examines “the lives of the young across the Muslim world at a time of religious revival.”Follow this link to the entire series  …

The Lede - Breaking News - New York Times Blog (thelede.blogs.nytimes.com):
… While reporting for our seriesGeneration Faithful, we wanted to get to know young Saudis, rich and poor, English speaking and Arabic only. There were many people beyond those in the articles who helped us learn about the lives and views of young Saudis. Here …

Velocity Weekly - Louisville, Kentucky (www.courier-journal.com):
… paintings I've ever seen in a kids' book. It's great random gift for a lover or friend, or an easy read for a playful grown-up. Check out the cover art closer-up here. Romance in Saudi Arabia The New York Times is running a fascinating series called "Generation Faithful: Perpetuating Authority," that probes the everyday lives of young people across the Muslim world during a time of religious revival. That description, though, doesn't do justice to how interesting it is to get a peek into this world, ordinary to its inhabitants, but so …

AdrianArcher.com (www.adrianarcher.com):
… Young Saudis, Vexed and Entranced by Love’s Rules: This is the third article in aNew York Times seriesabout middle-eastern young people, the first of two about Saudi Arabia. It seems very true to life, and Saudis seem to think so too. …

KOSHUR (umerkashmiri.blogspot.com):
… May 12, 2008, 3:10 pm Q&A: Love in Saudi Arabia By Robert Mackey As part of our series on young people in the Islamic world,Generation Faithful, this week we have published two articles on love and romance in Saudi Arabia; one about young men, by Michael Slackman and the other about young women, by Katherine Zoepf. To broaden the discussion of the series, we have established …

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