Saudis are infamous for being nosy. Yet ironically they are very private and protective. Gossip is a national pastime, but visual gossip has only taken off in the past few years.
By visual gossip I man videos, pictures...that sort of thing. The new breed of annoyance has taken it upon themselves to document everything...with a flare of impudence.
As more and more teens are attempting drive by shootings, with cameras. This sort of practice is followed by brawls as many innocent pedestrians regard taking of their picture as a taking of their soul.
But, the hunters are some times huntees, as the unsuspecting shutterbugs are not immune to a taste of their own medicine. yet, they get furious at those who practice that same behaviour when they are at the other end of the equation.
Purchasing a camera in Saudi is the equivalent of purchasing a bong in the states. Its legal, but people will think the worst of you. And you are more likely to find a tortured and gorged camera phone in the trash then on sale as paranoia of unerasable pictures trumps that of a fistful of Riyals
