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WATCH: Brave Saudi Arabian Woman Confronts Religious Police For Harassment

Posted 05.25.2012

Read More: Saudi Women, Women's Rights, Video, Saudi Women's Rights, Saudia Arabia Moral Police, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Religious Police, Mutaween, Harassment, Good News News

The Hayat Mall in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, probably sees a constant stream of religious police, or mutaween, attempting to keep a check on female moralit...

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Twitter Is Definitely 'Trending', Confirms 300 Million Saudi Investment

Faisal J. Abbas | Posted 02.18.2012

Read More: Investments, Social Media, Twitter, Middle East, Social Networking, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal, Media, Facebook, Kingdom-Holding-Company, World News, Media News
Faisal J. Abbas

Earlier today, Saudi billionaire Prince Alwaleed bin Talal's Kingdom Holding Company (KHC) announced a $300m investment in social media site, Twitter, following months of negotiations.

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Saudi Succession Committee Under the Spotlight as Country Mourns Crown Prince

Faisal J. Abbas | Posted 12.23.2011

Read More: King Abdullah, Crown-Prince-Sultan-Bin-Abdel-Aziz, Succession, ?€œAl-Yamama?, Prince-Nayef, Saudi Arabia, Saudi King Abdullah, Riyadh, World News
Faisal J. Abbas

It was business as unusual on the first day of the week in Saudi Arabia, as millions of Saudis woke to the disturbing news of the passing of Prince Sultan bin Abdulaziz, long-time Defense Minister and heir to the throne since 2005.

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Turkey and Saudi Arabia: The Buildup to Syria

Sultan Sooud Al-Qassemi | Posted 10.19.2011

Read More: Jordan, Turkey, Gcc, Morocco, Istanbul, Ankara, Erdogan, Uae, Kuwait, Arab Spring, Gul, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Gulf, Israel, Qatar, Syria, Bahrain, World News
Sultan Sooud Al-Qassemi

Turkey and Saudi Arabia sit on opposite sides of the spectrum, the first a Sunni state defined by its secularism, the latter a Sunni state defined by its sect, and yet the countries have never been closer.

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The Kingdom -- and Washington -- at Sea

Michael Brenner | Posted 08.30.2011

Read More: Prince Turki Al-Faisal, Iran, Arab Spring, Middle East, Syria, House of Saud, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, World News
Michael Brenner

Circumstantial evidence suggests that the Obama people have no comprehensive strategy. Instead, our policies bounce around like a pin-ball that is impelled by one of our four preoccupations: Israel, Iran, 'the war on terror' and oil.

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Saudi Women Drivers Detained For Defying Laws, Says Activist

AP | By BRIAN MURPHY | Posted 08.29.2011

Read More: Saudi Women Drivers Campaign, Muslims, Islam, Saudi Arabia Women Drivers, Saudi Arabia, Riyadh, Eman Al-Nafjan, World News

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates -- At least five Saudi women have been taken into custody accused of defying the men-only driving rule in the ultraconserv...

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World's Biggest DQ Opens

Anneli Rufus | Posted 08.23.2011

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Anneli Rufus

Dairy Queen has just opened its largest-ever restaurant -- in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.Open as of this week, it's one of three Riyadh DQs set to launch before the end of June.

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The Case for Women Driving in Saudi Arabia

Faisal J. Abbas | Posted 08.15.2011

Read More: Arab World, Saudi Women, Islam, Human Rights, Saudi Women Driving, Saudi Arabia, King Abdullah, Middle East, Manal-Al-Sharif, Manal Alsharif, Sharia Law, Jeddah, Marcel Ghanim, Inside the Kingdom, Ksa, Marcel Ghanem, Riyadh, Qatif Girl, Robert Lacey, World News
Faisal J. Abbas

As there is nothing in Sharia that prohibits women from driving then would it be right for us as adherers of Islam to prohibit a matter which God has allowed?

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Yemen: The World Goes to Riyadh

Robert Weller | Posted 08.06.2011

Read More: Yemen, Nostradamus, Arab Spring, Saleh, Saudi, Riyadh, World News
Robert Weller

At the end of the Arab Spring will they all have gone to Riyadh? For years Muslim dictators have been able to go to Saudi Arabia for medical treatmen...

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Saudi Arabia Faces The End Of 'Easy Oil'

Posted 07.24.2011

Read More: Aramco, Middle East, High Oil Prices, Riyadh, Oil, Oil Prices, Saudia Arabia, Petroleum, Qatar, Oil Companies, Uae, Business News

WAFRA, Kuwait -- The Arabian Peninsula has fueled the global economy with oil for five decades. How long it can continue to do so hinges on projects l...

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WikiLeaks Reveals Imminent Saudi Oil Peak

Jeffrey Rubin | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Oil, Dr. Sadad Al Husseini, Aramco, Saudi Arabia, Oil Crisis, Opec, Riyadh, Supply and Demand, International Energy Agency, Barrels Per Day, Wikileaks, Business News
Jeffrey Rubin

Saudi Arabia no longer has the capacity to prevent prices from rising because it can't meet world demand. And if Saudi Arabia no longer has an ability to raise production, who does?

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Revolution or Bust: False Choices of Bystanders to the Middle East

Marc Gopin | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Jordan, Twitter, Egypt Revolution, Egypt, Riyadh, Tahrir Square, Middle East, Tahrir, Doha, Facebook, China, Tiananmen Square, Syria, World News
Marc Gopin

I have spent the last two weeks, like millions of other people, completely immersed in supporting the brave Egyptian citizens of Tahrir Square. I have...

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

Faisal J. Abbas | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Corruption, Islam, Bill Clinton, Natural Disasters, Middle East, Riyadh, Jeddah-Saudi Arabia, Saudi Arabia, King Abdullah, Global Competitiveness Forum, Global Competitiveness Report, World News, World News
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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Riyadh's Icon-Clad Perspectives

Todd Reisz | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Architecture, Saudi Arabia, Al Manakh, Riyadh, Dubai, Slideshow, Arts News
Todd Reisz

2010-08-19-Screenshot20100819at1.33.19PM.pngFor many observers, the Gulf region's unfailing fixation with the iconic represents the deflated essence of architecture.

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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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15 Men, Women To Be Jailed, Flogged For Mingling At Party In Saudi Arabia

AP | ABDULLAH AL-SHIHRI | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Flogging, Islam, Saudi Partygoers, Men and Women Convicted for Mingling, Mingling at Party@Y:World, Saudi Arabia, Riyadh, World News

RIYADH — Judicial officials say a Saudi court has convicted four women and 11 men for mingling at a party and sentenced them to flogging and pri...

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Israel and the Flotilla: On the Dangers of a Binary View

Qanta Ahmed, MD | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Anti-Semitism, Shoah, Pbs, The Partition, Gaza Blockade, Turkey, Gaza, Pehr Granqvist, Hamas, Jose Liht, Israeli Defense Force, Holocaust Deniers, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Rafah, Immanuel Kant, Ummah, Israel, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Palestinian Media Watch, Holocaust, Suicide Bombers, Terrorism, Pakistan, Noah Efron, Gaza Flotilla, Templeton-Cambridge Journalism Fellowships, Robert Satloff, Templeton Foundation, Darfur, Lahore, Fraser Watts, Operation Cast Lead, Bar Ilan University, Riyadh, Muslim, Among-the-Righteous, Cambridge University, Tom Friedman, Itamar Marcus, Ahmadiyya Movement, Thomas Friedman, Kathleen Taylor, World News
Qanta Ahmed, MD

When will we understand that Israel's security problem is everyone's security problem, that a threatened Jew is a threatened Muslim?

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Prince Abdullah Bin Meteb, Saudi Royalty, Stars In TV Commerical

Reuters | Souhail Karam | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Prince Abdullah Bin Meteb, Riyadh, Saudi Royalty, Saudi King Abdullah, Saudi Arabia, King Abdullah, Saudi Prince, World News

RIYADH (Reuters) - The appearance of a young Saudi prince, a grandson of the king, in a television commercial may have raised eyebrows in his country,...

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Poetic Justice in a Pint Sized Pistol: Hissa Hillal, Live! from The Land of Invisible Women

Qanta Ahmed, MD | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Arab World, Islam, Hijab, Hissa Hilal, Feminism, Abaya, Poetry, Religion, Veil, Saudi Arabia, Riyadh, Quran, Niqab, Muslim, Muslim Women, Women in Islam, Arabic Women, Feminism in Islam, Qanta Ahmed, Arabia Poet, Hissa Hillal, Saudi Arabian Poetry, Saudi Woman Poet, Arabic Poet, Saudi, Saudi Arabia Poet, Saudi Poetess Hissa Hillal, Saudi Poetry, Religion News
Qanta Ahmed, MD

This is why Hissa Hillal's poetry is such a colossal cultural moment: not merely because one Saudi woman has had the courage to speak out, but because of the cascading, tumultuous conversation this will certainly uncork. Like a gathering storm, a cloudburst of cultural rebellion is mounting.

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Favorite Friends I've Never Met

Vicky Collins | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Knoxville, News, Pakistan, Margaret Hoeveler, Amazing Women Rock, Technology, Random Thoughts, Colorado, News and Views, Inspiration, Dolly Parton, Sheryl WuDunn, South Africa, Muslim, United States of America, Susan MacCaulay, Karen Daniel, Saudi Arabia, Nicholas Kristof, Swahili, Human Rights, Dubai, Books & Authors, Women | Tags: Kampala, Rockies, Community Service, Philanthropy, Twitter, Nairobi, Fifa, World Cup, Blog, Global Poverty, Half the Sky, Social Networking, Tennessee, Caroline Jones, Youtube, Namibia, Linda Ellerbee, Capetown, Kenya, Judaism, Acid Attacks, Media, Canada, South Dakota, World Report, Travel, Television, Godwin Opuly, Middle East, Religion, Hdnet, Uganda, Vegan, Africa, Zippy Nyaruri, Griff Hoeveler, Beadforlife, Charleston, United States, In the Land of Invisible Women, Hajj, Pennsylvania, Mt. Diablo, Facebook, New York City, Ashton Ramsey, Neil Wanless, Gettysburg, Riyadh, South Carolina, Nascar, Terrorism, Poverty, Qanta Ahmed, Winner, Midlife, Northern California, David Letterman, Nguvu, Denver News
Vicky Collins

Because of social networking I have a new circle of virtual friends who I enjoy and respect, even though we have never met or for that matter, may never meet.

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An 'Extreme Make-Over' for the Saudi Religious Police

Faisal J. Abbas | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Islam, Social Networking, Advertising, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Islamic Extremists, Marketing, Facebook, Motivation, Jeddah, Saudi Religious Police, World News, World News
Faisal J. Abbas

I believe that if the Committee is to be kept then an accountability act should be implemented, to make sure no member of the Religious Police would ever abuse power given in the name of God.

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Astoria Characters: The Humble Humanitarian

Nancy Ruhling | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Philippines, Wayne Center for Nursing & Rehabilitation, Astoria, Florida, Mount Sinai Hosptial of Queens, Texas, Asia, Haiti, California, Jeddah, Riyadh, National Hospital, Saudi Arabia, Port-Au-Prince, Manhattan Mount Sinai Medical Center, Amando De Guzman, Gulf War, New York News, New York News
Nancy Ruhling

Amando De Guzman is gazing out the window. His eyes are restless. He's staring at the people walking on 23rd Avenue, but all he's seeing is the rubble of Port-Au-Prince.

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Bye Bye Abaya

Sally Thorner | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Women's Rights, In the Land of Invisible Women, Riyadh, Qanta Ahmed, Abaya, Saudi Arabia, Healthy Living News
Sally Thorner

Something happened when I ducked into an airport bathroom to change into my Saudi uniform. It was depressing. It wasn't about color. It wasn't about style. It was about choice. About freedom.

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A Soft Power Opportunity for Iran

Kevin Sullivan | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Hezbollah Lebanon, Lebanon, Yemen, Iranian Revolution, Quds Force, Iranian-Revolutionary-Guard-Quds, Houthis, Hezbollah, Iran, Hamas, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Qods Force, Riyadh-Saudi Arabia, Iranian-Revolutionary-Guard, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Tehran, Israel, Saada, Sana'A, Iranian Revolutionary Guard (Quds), Al-Qaeda, Irgc, Al Qaeda, Smart Power, Islamic Republic of Iran, Middle East, Soft Power, Mideast, Shia, Shi'a Militias, Shiites, World News
Kevin Sullivan

In the neighboring country of Yemen, a very real opportunity to make good on Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's promise of friendship is rapidly emerging for Iran.

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Mazen Abdul-Jawad's Live Sex Talk Prompts Saudis To Close TV Station's Bureaus

AP | DONNA ABU-NASR | Posted 05.25.2011

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RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — Authorities in Saudi Arabia have shut down all local operations of a Lebanese TV station that broadcast an interview with...

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