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The Price of Oil: Saudi Hypocrisy, Our Gullibility

Raymond J. Learsy | Posted 05.29.2012

Raymond J. Learsy

One is compelled to pull out that old chestnut, "There he goes again." The personage of a Saudi oil spokesman entertaining us to one of his seminal dissertations, expounding on Saudi Arabia's concerns for the well being of all mankind.

Saudi Arabia Builds Stadium to Accommodate Women

James Dorsey | Posted 04.01.2012

James Dorsey

Saudi Arabia is building its first stadium especially designed to allow women who are currently barred from attending soccer matches because of the kingdom's strict public gender segregation to watch games.

King Abdullah, Why Isn't the OPEC Cabal Responding?

Raymond J. Learsy | Posted 03.27.2012

Raymond J. Learsy

Your Highness, just in case you have not been doing Your sums consider the following: where natural gas and crude oil were traditionally priced in tandem almost step by step, with the vast new supplies of natural gas here, that relationship has now changed dramatically.

The Transitioning Saudi Leadership

Toni Johnson | Posted 01.04.2012

Toni Johnson

Some analysts say the succession of Nayef, less than a decade younger than the reigning eighty-seven-year-old King Abdullah and much more conservative, could be the harbinger of insecurity

Saudi Arabia At A Dangerous Crossroads?

Stephen Schwartz | Posted 11.03.2011

Stephen Schwartz

The future of the Saudi rulers, who represent the most prestigious institution of power in the Muslim lands, is unpredictable. The "unity" of the opposed King and new Crown Prince could turn into open conflict.

Saudi Succession Committee Under the Spotlight as Country Mourns Crown Prince

Faisal J. Abbas | Posted 12.23.2011

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.

Saudi King To Undergo Back Surgery

AP | Posted 12.11.2011

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia -- The official Saudi news agency says the kingdom's aging ruler will undergo back surgery in the U.S. for the third time in a ye...

Saudi Women Owe Voting Rights to Arab Spring

Sabria Jawhar | Posted 11.26.2011

Sabria Jawhar

To say that Saudi King Abdullah's decree to give women the right to vote and become Shoura Council members is a historic moment would be an understatement. The women's suffrage movement is only part of the story.

Saudi Arabia's Biggest Challenge Doesn't Come from Abroad

Faisal J. Abbas | Posted 11.21.2011

Faisal J. Abbas

When it comes to Saudi Arabia, it seems that this oil-rich kingdom is defying any sense of trepidation, as more ambitious projects and construction contracts are announced.

TIME Talks With A Saudi Woman Behind The Wheel

TIME | Aryn Baker | Posted 08.17.2011

Maha al Qatani settles herself in the driver's seat, adjusts her headscarf, and with a quick prayer turns the key in the ignition. “I'm not nervous,...

Saudi Women Begin Challenge To Driving Ban

AP | BRIAN MURPHY | Posted 08.17.2011

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — A Saudi woman defiantly drove through the nation's capital Friday while others brazenly cruised by police patrols ...

Jennifer Bendery

Obama To Give Major Address On U.S. Middle East Policy

HuffingtonPost.com | Jennifer Bendery | Posted 07.11.2011

WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama will give a major address on U.S. policy on the Middle East in the “relatively near future,” White House Pres...

Saudi Prince's Beverly Hills Compound Downsized

AP | Posted 07.05.2011

LOS ANGELES -- A Saudi prince who raised the ire of his wealthy neighbors by proposing to build a mega-mansion in an exclusive Los Angeles neighborhoo...

Saudi King Approves Billions In Handouts After Protests

Posted 05.25.2011

RIYADH (Reuters) - Saudi King Abdullah announced on Friday billions of dollars in handouts for his people and boosted his security apparatus in a re...

Starting a Saudi Revolution Without Revolutionaries

Sabria Jawhar | Posted 05.25.2011

Sabria Jawhar

Sometimes people are so hopeful about the prospect of more bloodshed spilled in the Middle East that they resort to stretching the truth to further their agenda.

Saudi Royal Welfare Program REVEALED

Posted 05.25.2011

LONDON (Reuters) - When Saudi King Abdullah arrived home last week, he came bearing gifts: handouts worth $37 billion, apparently intended to placate...

Oscar Nod Should Go to Saudi King Abdullah

Diane Francis | Posted 05.25.2011

Diane Francis

The script that should be paid attention to is that Saudi's King will run the oil world until Middle East tumult threatens his family's power.

Egypt, 'Ummah Duniyah', Roars: Hear Me Muslim Arabs, We Are All Qahirene!

Qanta Ahmed, MD | Posted 05.25.2011

Qanta Ahmed, MD

Articulate, erudite Egyptians in well cut suits assure us that Islamist democracy or fundamentalist Islam could not happen in their country, but hey, that's what we thought at the birth of Jinnah's Pakistan and look where that got us.

WikiLeaks Expose Cracks in Islamic Unity

Terry Kelhawk | Posted 05.25.2011

Terry Kelhawk

Interactions with Iranians and Arabs underscore the impression that America is "damned if we do, and damned if we don't" interfere in the Middle East. WikiLeaks now support this impression.

Hezbollah and Iran: the New Masters of Lebanon?

Haggai Carmon | Posted 05.25.2011

Haggai Carmon

Hezbollah conducted a simulation of the zero hour to demonstrate its ability to maintain a security and military grip on Lebanon, thereby giving its Iranian master the coveted reins over Lebanon.

The French Connection and Middle East Talks

Steve Clemons | Posted 05.25.2011

Steve Clemons

Absent at the Middle East stakeholders dinner hosted by Obama was France. When there is a chance of securing a new equilibrium in the Middle East, France should be a core partner.

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

Qanta Ahmed, MD | Posted 05.25.2011

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.

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

Reuters | Souhail Karam | Posted 05.25.2011

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,...

Global Health Diplomacy and the Muslim World: How Haiti Will Heal Us

Qanta Ahmed, MD | Posted 05.25.2011

Qanta Ahmed, MD

Collaborative work is emblematic of the increasingly important field of global health diplomacy and the Muslim world has an enormous role to play in this new conversation.

Saudi Arabian Woman Driven to Succeed

Sally Thorner | Posted 11.17.2011

Sally Thorner

It's not about abayas. It's not about education. It's not about employment. It's not even about voting... The women I talked with in Riyadh last wee...