Saudi Crown Prince, US Secretary of Defense discuss troop deployment
:: Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman received a phone call on Wednesday from the US Secretary of Defense during which they discussed ongoing arrangements to send US troops of a More »
Saudi Energy Minister confirms restoration of Kingdom’s gas production capacity
:: Saudi Arabia’s Minister of Energy confirmed on Wednesday the restoration of production capacity, affirming the Kingdom’s position as a reliable energy supplier in the global market. The energy minister, Prince Abdulaziz More »
Egypt calls Erdogan statements ‘ironic,’ accuses Turkey of sponsoring terrorism
:: Egypt’s foreign ministry spokesman, Ahmed Hafez, slammed Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s statements at the UN General Assembly this week where he urged the UN to “handle the suspicious death of More »
Saudi Crown Prince: Attacks are test of int’l resolve against destructive acts
:: Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman said on Wednesday that the attacks on Saudi Aramco oil facilities are a test of international resolve in the face of destructive acts that More »
Saudi Crown Prince says attacks on oil facilities are a ‘dangerous escalation’
:: Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman said the recent attacks on Saudi Aramco facilities represented a “dangerous escalation not only toward the Kingdom but also the entire world.” The Crown More »
Tag Archives: SAUDI WOMEN
On a Saudi preacher’s belief that ‘women are shameful’
By : Turki Al-Dakhil Let us overcome the current controversy over a Saudi preacher’s statement that women are shameful. It is a shameful statement, but my call to overcome this controversy stems from the need to look at the situation
Saudi women more affected by advertisements than men
Sixty-four percent of women are affected by ads, followed by children at 34 percent, then men by 2 percent, according to a field study conducted by Hassan Niazi, associate professor in the Department of Communication and Information at King Faisal
SCTNH: Women can rent hotel rooms without ‘mahram’
The Saudi Commission for Tourism and National Heritage (SCTNH) has warned all providers of tourist accommodation services, including furnished apartments and hotels, against refraining from providing such services to women without mahram (guardian). Non-acceptance of women without mahram in these
Saudi voters elect 20 women candidates for the first time
Saudi voters elected 20 women for local government seats, according to results released to The Associated Press on Sunday, a day after women voted and ran in elections for the first time in the country’s history. The women who won
First women are elected to Saudi local council
At least five Saudi women have won seats on local municipal councils a day after women voted and ran in elections for the first time in the country’s history, according to initial results released Sunday. The five women hail from
Saudi women making stride
By : Rasheed Abou-Alsamh The pediatric clinic of Dr. Amal Bader Al-Deen is in a middle-class neighborhood of Riyadh. She was one of the first women in the country to earn her medical degree abroad in the 1970s. She studied
Addressing discrimination against Saudi women
By : Samar Fatany The women’s sections in government offices are marginalized and ineffective. They do not have the authority to serve the needs of women or address their problems, according to Abdulaziz Al-Magly, the Director of the Monitoring and
How phone apps are helping women travel in Saudi Arabia
Women usually face transport difficulties inside the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia because their family providers are usually busy and they spend most of their time outside home. Many women need to go to work, visit their family or friends, entertain
Saudi woman declares victory over breast cancer
In celebration of Breast Cancer Awareness Day, Nora Alzahrani, a survivor of breast cancer, declared her victory over the disease in a program that was organized by Beauty Clinic with the support of the National Initiative Group in Jeddah on
Young Saudi women becoming involved in blackmail
More and more young Saudi women are found involved in blackmailing men and extorting money, with some even boasting about their “successes,” thanks to social networking sites, dating apps and hacked smart phones. This is the latest phenomenon haunting society,
New transportation scheme ‘to benefit 1,800 Saudi women in Riyadh’
The Ministry of Labor will soon start implementing the ‘safe transportation’ scheme for Saudi women working in the private sector. In the first phase of the project, the ministry endorsed the list of 1,800 Saudi women who will benefit from
Saudi women smash world record in Global Mental Literacy
In an attempt to be the first institution in the Arab world to mark the Global Mental Literacy world record, 1,380 students and faculty members in Dar Al Hekma University filled the campus auditorium recently, joining the session instructed by
Civic poll on Dec. 12
Voting joy for Saudi women The third municipal election, which will see for the first time women participating as voters and candidates, will be held between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. on Dec. 12. The results will be out the
Women constitute 13% of Saudi workforce: stats agency
Saudi women occupy only 13 percent of private and public positions occupied by nationals despite accounting for 51 percent of Saudi graduates, according to statistics from the Central Department of Statistics and Information. The department’s statistics included candidates graduating from
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