<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[Criticised Locally]]></title><description><![CDATA[The genuine spirit of the writer to explore and share perspectives.]]></description><link>https://www.criticisedlocally.net/blog</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Wed, 06 May 2026 15:27:13 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://www.criticisedlocally.net/blog-feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[The pattern.]]></title><description><![CDATA[Jeddah often feels like a city that quietly sorts itself. The same coastline, the same streets, yet certain places seem to attract certain crowds. Not by rule, not by announcement, but by something understood the moment you walk into the room. Saul Steinberg, American Downtown. The invisible boundaries. If you live in Jeddah you'll probably agree with this, Jeddah feels like it's divided into 2 sections, east and west and the road that vertically separates the city would be Madinah Road. But...]]></description><link>https://www.criticisedlocally.net/post/the-pattern</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69a37dc64882ec6a3ac5dddb</guid><pubDate>Mon, 09 Mar 2026 02:29:43 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/f73879_eac9f00847064cd4add68ea01b78c777~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_807,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Criticised Locally </dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why? ]]></title><description><![CDATA[For the sake of my hometown, Jeddah, its people, my community and friends. For the streets that are filled with the sense of unknown surprises and war like driving. I've tried to detach from fast hitting forms of media, even trained chatgpt to find me the best articles to the subjects I ask for, but never will I find an article that might discuss the feeling you get when you drive around the streets of Jeddah and wonder, why do people hang around Al-Malik road till 5AM, or why as I'm writing...]]></description><link>https://www.criticisedlocally.net/post/__why</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69a24afa50fcf4a427a0dcd1</guid><pubDate>Sat, 28 Feb 2026 16:25:40 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/f73879_7ce6dadc9fce4fc78f44cf310d8076a7~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_828,h_645,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Criticised Locally </dc:creator></item></channel></rss>