Jeddah Saudi Arabia

Kingdom Tower: In Depth With The Architect

Jacob Slevin | Posted 10.24.2011

Read More: Skyscraper, Tower, Skidmore Owings and Merrill, Jeddah-Saudi Arabia, Architecture, Design, Saudi Arabia, Building, Geotechnical Engineering, Arts News
Jacob Slevin

View from the water. Photo courtesy of © Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture. Just recently announced, the Kingdom Tower will be the world's ta...

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"Floody Hell": Saudis Face Misery as Jeddah Drowns, Again!

Faisal J. Abbas | Posted 05.25.2011

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Faisal J. Abbas

The past week suffered no lack of drama in Saudi Arabia as the nation witnessed, in amazing contrast, what could be a labelled as a modern-day 'Tale o...

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Trapped in the Other Gulf Oil Slick -- Saudi Women Tell Mr. President: Set Us Free!

Qanta Ahmed, MD | Posted 05.25.2011

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Qanta Ahmed, MD

It's time that Saudi Arabia antes up and empowers its women to show the world they fear not the choice of powerful women.

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Women-Only Bus Proposal is the New Tool to Keep Saudi Women From Driving

Sabria Jawhar | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Madinah, Saudi Women Driving, Human Rights, Jeddah-Saudi Arabia, Saudi Arabia, World News
Sabria Jawhar

I'm all for public transit. I'm all for women-only buses. But give Saudi women the right to drive first, and then implement a women-only bus system.

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A Journalism Lesson from King Abdullah's University of Science & Technology

Faisal J. Abbas | Posted 05.25.2011

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Faisal J. Abbas

KAUST is the first university in Saudi Arabia to allow a mixed-gender environment. This has triggered a 'showdown' between the press and a senior member of the clergy.

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Saudi flood victim toll increases

Al Jazeera. | Al Jazeera | Posted 05.25.2011

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Torrential rain around Saudi port city of Jeddah claims over one hundred lives....

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Guests of God: 2.5 Million Muslims Worship in Makkah, Saudi Arabia in This Year's Hajj

Qanta Ahmed, MD | Posted 05.25.2011

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Qanta Ahmed, MD

Never has there been a more important time for Muslims to engage in greater introspection, self-evaluation. We face a Muslim world rife with conflicts, sectarian hatred, misogyny and injustice.

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Wife-slapping not ok in Islam

CNN / Anderson Cooper 360° | CNN / Anderson Cooper 360° | Posted 05.25.2011

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Ahmed shops for an abbaya in a high-end store in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. Qanta A. Ahmed Special to CNN A judge in Saudi Arabia has said hus...

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Islamic Group Forces Site To Remove Satirical Religious Video Game "Faith Fighter"

Huffington Post | Stuart Whatley | Posted 05.25.2011

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The Saudi-based Islamic group Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) spoke out Tuesday against "Faith Fighter" -- an online video game that pits...

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