Thursday, June 14, 2007

No more lies
By failing in combining the proverb (the pen is mightier than the sword ) with the proverb ( actions speak louder than words), we as Saudi people have understood how the game should be played. in Arabic, if you apply the sound "a" in the beginning of any verb, you will change this verb into a comparative form, i.e. ( garoba ) meaning get close would be closer by adding the sound "a". (Agrab) means closer. Saudi media kept its habit of using the comparative form with any news due to a Saudi project or activity, i.e. we have got the best soccer league, the tallest fountain around the world, the biggest mall in the Middle East… etc..

It's so important to get use of the media to show the world how your country is developing so fast. However, your country should have been really developing, otherwise your tricks would be discovered easily and sooner than what you imagine.

After the scandal of Saudi Higher Ministry that there is no a single Saudi university locates in the top 500 universities by rank, people now discovered how important is to parallel your boasting statements with considerable efforts. This long talk I published came to my mind after reading an article about the biggest ten malls around the world. It says that there are 4 in China, 3 in Philippine, and one mall only in the USA, Malaysia and Canada. I still remember some Saudi papers boasting that Jamjoom Mall is the biggest one in the Middle East. I will leave you now with two pictures of the REAL BIGGEST TWO MALLS in the world.





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