Tag Archives: Saudi Arabia

While conflicts and crises have battered Arab cultural capitals, Saudi Arabia is hosting film festivals and bankrolling new movies. JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia — A pregnant Saudi woman, far from home, finds herself stalked by inner and outer demons. A wannabe …

Exhausted from conflict and eager for growth, Middle Eastern rivals try talking IT WAS A surprising choice for a summer holiday. On August 18th Tahnoon bin Zayed, the national-security adviser of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), turned up in Ankara …

“Arabic calligraphy is the artistic practice of handwriting Arabic script in a fluid manner to convey harmony, grace and beauty,” UNESCO said on its website. PARIS – UNESCO: After a successful collaboration led by Saudi Arabia with 15 Arab countries …

As the government relaxes restrictions on men and women working and socializing together, coffeehouses are on the front lines of change. By Vivian Yee, for The New York Times (*) RIYADH, Saudi Arabia—For insight into these head-spinning times in Saudi …

Report also criticises kingdom for failing to carry out independent inquiries into its bombing raids in Yemen By: Patrick Wintour, Diplomatic editor at The Guardian (*) Saudi Arabia has been accused of using anti-terror laws to suppress free expression and …

Saudi women recently launched a hashtag calling for an end to male guardianship, which has been behind many of the physical and moral violations they face in Saudi society. By: Ibrahim al-Hatlani, for Al-Monitor (*) For three weeks now, the …

  King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia died on Friday, January 23, 2014, aged 91 years. His successor was announced as Prince Salman, his half-brother, at the same time. On the very day of Abdullah’s death, the president of Yemen announced …