JEDDAH, 12 March 2008 — “Daddy I miss you. When are you coming back home?” is 10-year-old Raghad’s plea to her father Fouad Al-Farhan, a detained Saudi blogger, on a YouTube clip posted on Monday.

Al-Farhan, a 32-year-old Saudi father of two, was arrested on Dec. 10 for “violating regulations not related to security,” according to Saudi officials.

Al-Farhan daughter’s voice message to her missing dad can be heard on YouTube “freefouad” clip along with pictures of the once happy family.

Yesterday Al-Farhan’s wife said she was able to speak to her husband over the phone last Tuesday for the first time since his arrest in December. “It was only a five-minute call and we could not say much,” said Al-Farhan’s wife.

She said that he assured all of us that he is doing fine and asked her not to worry about him. “His spirits were high, he was laughing.”

When Al-Farhan asked her about work at his small IT company the line was cut off.

This was the second call that Al-Farhan has made from his cell at Dahban Prison to his family. On Feb. 12 Al-Farhan spoke briefly to his elderly mother. He was seen once by his father-in-law during a brief visit on Jan. 5.

Maj. Gen. Mansour Al-Turki, spokesman for the Interior Ministry, said yesterday that he has no update on the case.