Saudi Blues

Published July 13, 2011 3:06pm ET



My wife sent me a link to this video. It’s ironic: she, having spent a good chunk of her teenage years in Saudi Arabia, found it really funny; and I, who have never been and have no intention of going there, found it really sad. Of course, the “I want to get out, but can’t” attitude rings true, but the situation in my native Egypt is hardly as difficult as it is for this Iranian rocker living in Saudi Arabia.

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