I lived in Saudi in the 80s. Anything thicker than a postcard got stopped for customs (run largely by the religious police).
Some things would get delayed by weeks, completely randomly.
I got detained a questioned for receiving cassette tapes with Basic programs on them.
John Timaeus
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2026-06-28 03:16:11 UTC
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