In the Saudi Gazette Laura Bashraheel reports that Youth shun 'ineffective' literary club, go online -- surely just a variation on an essentially global phenomenon, though it's probably no surprise that a Saudi institution -- in this case the Jeddah Literary and Cultural Club -- proves particularly sclerotic and off-putting:
He said there was too much "centralized" decision-making. This has resulted in young people remaining uninformed and struggling to discover themselves.