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The following links and articles may be helfpul:
The Saudi Gazette : A Gender Divide
The Saudi Gazette : The Blogging Bandwagon
Leading Saudi Woman Blogger Passes Away
Saudi Arabia's Bold Young Bloggers
Arab Women - A Tale of Two Faces
Blogging Saudi Arabia

Information on Internet Penetration in Saudi Arabia

Internet World Stats
Communications and Information Technology Commission
Internet Usage Study

Censorship

The following sites have information about content filtering of the internet in Saudi Arabia:
The Saudi government’s filtering policy
Unblock request form

List of websites blocked in Saudi Arabia: Blocked Sites

The following articles were written in response to the blocking of Saudi Eve's blog:
Christian Science Monitor: Saudi Women Unveil Opinions Online
The Kingdom and the Blogger

Video Postings

Arab women are using video postings to show their lives to the outside world.The Belly Dancer's Forum may seem like an odd venue, but a one women has posted video diaries chronicling the daily lives of two Saudi women on the website.

A Saudi Woman Shows her home


Saudi Women at Work



Jordan's Queen Rania has started a project using her YouTube Channel to overcome stereotypes of Arabs. She has encouraged people to send in their stereotypes about Arabs, and has called for people to get active and make their own videos to dispel stereotypes.

Below is her short video in response to the stereotypes she received about Arab women.



Here is another video about Arab women in the professional world:



To see the full list of YouTube videos made in conjunction with Queen Rania's project, click here.

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