Saudi Women

Saudi University Faces Down Religious Establishment, Promotes Serious Science

The National Newspaper | Posted 10.16.2009 | World


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...

Saudi Women's Empowerment Can Be Found at the Bank, so Enough with that Oppression Business

Sabria Jawhar | Posted 08.29.2009 | World


Sabria Jawhar

Saudi businesswomen carry tremendous influence in the Kingdom despite the disadvantages they face.

Saudi Woman Demands Right To Travel

cnn.com | Mohammed Jamjoom and Tricia Escobedo | Posted 08.10.2009 | World


(CNN) -- Wajeha al-Huwaider picked up her passport, got in a taxi, and headed from her home in eastern Saudi Arabia to the nearby island kingdom of Ba...

Saudi Girls Should Be Allowed To Play Sports, Says Prince

AP | DONNA ABU-NASR | Posted 07.24.2009 | World


RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — Appealing to a powerful Saudi prince, an 8-year-old girl asked why she was not allowed to play sports in school like boys...

Noura al-Faiz: First Saudi Female Cabinet Member Bad On Women's Rights?

Guardian | Posted 07.09.2009 | World


The appointment of Saudi Arabia's first female cabinet minister was seen as a big step for a country where a strict interpretation of Islam bars women...

"Menahi": Saudi Movie Screened In Riyadh First Time In 30 Years

AP | DONNA ABU-NASR | Posted 07.09.2009 | World


RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — For the first time in three decades, Saudis in the nation's capital did something that most Westerners take for granted _...

Judge Hamad Al-Razine, WIFE SLAP RULING

AP | ABDULLAH SHIHRI | Posted 06.12.2009 | World


RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — A Saudi judge told a conference on domestic violence that a man has the right to slap a wife who spends money wastefully ...

Saudi Judge: Slapping Your Spendthrift Wife Is OK

AP | ABDULLAH SHIHRI | Posted 06.11.2009 | World


RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — A Saudi judge told a conference on domestic violence that a man has the right to slap a wife who spends money wastefully ...

Saudi Beauty Pageant: 'Miss Beautiful Morals'

AP | DONNA ABU-NASR | Posted 06.06.2009 | World


RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — Sukaina al-Zayer is an unlikely beauty queen hopeful. She covers her face and body in black robes and an Islamic veil, so...

Saudi Arabia Clamps Down On Female Gyms

Reuters | Posted 05.31.2009 | World


"Let her get fat!" is the slogan women in Saudi Arabia are using to challenge a clampdown on female-only gyms....

Saudi Girl, 8, Divorces Husband, 50

AP | HADEEL AL-SHALCHI | Posted 05.31.2009 | World


CAIRO — An 8-year-old Saudi girl has divorced her middle-aged husband after her father forced her to marry him last year in exchange for about $...

Saudi Man Divorces Wife Via Text Message

Reuters | Posted 05.10.2009 | World


A Saudi man has divorced his wife by text message, a newspaper said on Thursday. The man was in Iraq when he sent the SMS informing her she was no lo...

Saudi Women Boycott Lingerie Shops Until They Start Employing Women

AP | DONNA ABU-NASR | Posted 04.25.2009 | World


RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — Before her wedding last year, Huda Batterjee went abroad to buy her bridal lingerie _ she just couldn't bear the humiliat...

Saudi Clerics Push To Ban Women From The Media

Breitbart | Posted 04.24.2009 | World


Hardline Saudi clerics have called on the government to ban women from appearing on television and to prohibit their images in print media, which they...

Muna Abu Sulayman: Saudi Arabia's 'Oprah'

Faisal J. Abbas | Posted 04.23.2009 | World


Faisal J. Abbas

She has been called the Saudi Arabian version of 'Oprah', though the TV program she co-hosts, an all-women talk show called 'Kalam Nawa'im' on pan-Arab channel MBC, much more resembles ABC's The View.

Saudi Human Rights Group Criticizes Religious Police For Discriminating Against Women

AP | DONNA ABU-NASR | Posted 04.23.2009 | World


RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — A Saudi human rights groups has strongly criticized the kingdom's religious police, judiciary and security agencies in a ...

Saudi Women Must Still Buy Their Bras And Undies From Men

GlobalPost | Caryle Murphy | Posted 04.16.2009 | World


RIYADH -- Reem Asaad finds it annoying to buy her bras and panties from a man. But she doesn't have much choice in the matter. Although Saudi Arabi...

Saudi Women Driving Ban Affects Men Too

GlobalPost | Caryle Murphy | Posted 04.02.2009 | World


RIYADH, Saudi Arabia -- It's 5 p.m. on a weekend and Faisal Auda is at the wheel of his 2005 bright green Chevy Optra. Two of his five sisters are i...

Saudi Women Dare To Wear Leopard Print, Glitter Abayas Despite Risks

AP | DONNA ABU-NASR | Posted 10.31.2008 | Style


JIDDAH, Saudi Arabia — For years, the only thing sold openly in Saudi stores selling women's cloaks were of the all-black, drab covering variety...

Report: Saudi King Pardons Rape Victim

Associated Press | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah has pardoned a female rape victim who had been sentenced to 200 lashes for being alone with a man at the time of the atta...

Saudi Women Petition For Right To Drive

Washington Post | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


For the first time since a demonstration in 1990, a group of Saudi women is campaigning for the right to drive in this conservative kingdom, the only ...