LONDON, April 28 (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia has set up a ministerial committee to consider allowing women's sports clubs, al-Watan daily newspaper rep...
James Dorsey | Posted 04.01.2012
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.
Toni Johnson | Posted 01.04.2012
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
Stephen Schwartz | Posted 11.03.2011
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.
Amin G. Aaser | Posted 12.31.2011
Hajj is a vital experience for all Muslims, irrespective of gender, nationality, or sect; however, it is evident that this message of unity and tolerance is yet to be internalized.
Ahmed Shihab-Eldin | Posted 10.31.2011
Saudi Arabia will sooner or later have to confront what seems to be a shift in popular dissent, if not in the streets, then online.
AP | Posted 09.21.2011
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Amnesty International warned on Friday that a draft anti-terrorism law being considered by Saudi Arabia would allo...
Rabbi Jason Miller | Posted 08.27.2011
While the title of my post was misleading and inaccurate, I still believe that Delta is making a mistake by becoming a partner with an airline run by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
Ida Lichter, M.D. | Posted 08.22.2011
The seemingly innocuous problem of women's right to drive presents a dilemma for the Saudi monarchy and a threat capable of rocking its theological foundations.
AP | MATTHEW LEE | Posted 08.21.2011
WASHINGTON — Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton on Tuesday lent her support to "brave" women in Saudi Arabia who are protesting the Islam...
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,...
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 ...
Posted 07.25.2011
Though efforts have been made to erase a Saudi woman's call for civil disobedience in the wake of her Monday arrest for driving, her supporters are ho...
AP | MAGGIE MICHAEL | Posted 07.23.2011
CAIRO — A Saudi woman was arrested for a second time for driving her car in what women's activists said Monday was a move by the rulers of the u...
Leah McElrath Renna | Posted 06.12.2011
Zainab al-Khawaja is grateful she and her family had some warning about her father's coming arrest by government security forces in Bahrain. She's gra...
AP | by SARAH EL DEEB | Posted 05.25.2011
CAIRO — Saudi police opened fire Thursday to disperse a protest in the section where minority Shiites live, leaving at least one man injured, as...
Taufiq Rahim | Posted 05.25.2011
King Abdullah has a tremendous legacy that is often clouded by very real concerns of human rights abuses and the widespread luxury that the ruling family enjoys. Now, Saudi must prepare for what comes next.
Jay Marose | Posted 05.25.2011
As the on-going debate in DC continues about how much debt to sell off and rising concern about the role of China in our economic future, last week th...
Faisal J. Abbas | Posted 05.25.2011
A newly released religious edict prohibits women from working on cash registers in supermarkets in Saudi Arabia.
Meedan | Posted 05.25.2011
The girl at the center of a child marriage dispute in Saudi Arabia has unexpectedly withdrawn her petition for divorce. The 12-year-old told the cour...
Posted 05.25.2011
A 12-year-old Saudi girl has unexpectedly dropped her application to divorce her 80-year-old second cousin, despite intervention from human rights gro...
The National Newspaper | Posted 05.25.2011
In a bustling harbour just north of Jeddah one recent morning, a white 27-metre diving yacht was nosing its way slowly toward the open Red Sea. It was...
Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011
Saudi Arabia flogged a group of 20 teenagers following rare riots on the country's national day in which shops and restaurants were looted, Reuters re...
Sabria Jawhar | Posted 05.25.2011
Saudi businesswomen carry tremendous influence in the Kingdom despite the disadvantages they face.
Reuters | Posted 04.29.2012