Rami Taibah

What's the best approach to this: a mailing list, a FB group, or maybe something else? - Ahmed Al-Omran

I recommends having two, Friendfeed room for discussions and a twitter account for alerts - Zamil A. Safwan

Well friendfeed up to my knowledge isn't as popular as Twitter (yet). In any case we already have this room, and I would love it if you guys invite others on FF. As for twitter, maybe Ahmed could lead that? - Rami Taibah

hmmm, was actually thinking, why not hold a podcast? 3 or 4 could just gather up on ustream.com or whatever, and hold a weekly or bi-weekly discussion about such issues, their thoughts, solutions...etc - Rami Taibah

Oil's rise from $10 a barrel in the late 1990s to $130, partly due to soaring Chinese demand, has triggered a turnaround in the Islamic kingdom's economic fortunes and a return to some of the big spending that characterized the 1970s and 1980s. But it has also put Saudi rulers under greater scrutiny in a country about two-thirds of whose 17 million people are under 30 and more educated and aware of what is happening abroad. - Ahmed Al-Omran