Instants of Insanity

I was just talking with a guy who wants to marry a European girl (living here). He said that the two of them have to visit the shrink at some hospital belonging to the governmental security body. This is so they can do a full psychiatric test in order determine if they are okay or if there is something wrong in their heads.

WTF. Seriously.

Here is a great article by Lawrence Wright. The best written on Saudi Arabia in my opinion. It was originally published in The New Yorker but it is not available on their site any longer (archived) so here is another source:

The Kingdom of Silence

And Just in case it gets removed sometimes in the future, here is the full text…

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