Alex Wright

Blog: Saudis must fix the way they think if they want to have affordable housing, the country's housing minister has said, prompting an angry online backlash.

Blog: Saudi Twitter users have cheered the decision by the kingdom's football federation not to play a World Cup qualifier on occupied Palestinian land.

Egyptian Twitterati have severely criticised TV anchorwoman Reham Saeed for 'slut-shaming' a woman who was attacked by a sexual harasser and airing intimate photographs of her.

Saudi Twitter users have called for a boycott of McDonald's, after the burger giant filed a lawsuit against a man who claimed to have found a bug in his drink.

Blog: Mohammad Ramadan sells fruit in the street after receiving no government support for his sport or livelihood.

Blog: Activists are spreading awareness through social media about possible Israeli plans to divide Jerusalem’s flashpoint al-Aqsa mosque.

Blog: Egypt's medical community is once again fuming after a government official humiliated one of their own in a video that has gone viral.

Blog: An inconsiderate and strange piece of poetry about last week's tragedy in Mecca has gotten a Saudi poet into hot water.

Blog: Talk show host Tamer Amin has warned that Egypt will soon be under threat from weaponised "natural" disasters sparked by a shadowy group intent on world domination.

Blog: Social media has been a crucible of anger at governments' failures to aid Syrians displaced by war.