Young Saudis Taking Career Choice “Into Own Hands”
CROSSROADS ARABIA: A quiet revolution in how young Saudis approach their studies and future careers is underway in the Kingdom …
Progress In Protection from Abuse? Good for 15th Century
EMAN AL NAFJAN: Progress is being made in helping to protect women and children in the Kingdom from domestic abuse. But it's painfully slow progress. …
Camel Milk Woes Rising on MERs Link
CROSSROADS ARABIA: Saudi Arabia is a great consumer of camel meat and milk. Both have seen a resurgence in the marketplace as ‘good, home-style foodstuffs’.…
Saudi Arabia: No Water Anywhere, but Gallons to Drink
CROSSROADS ARABIA: It’s a paradox. Saudi Arabia, known widely as “The Desert Kingdom” is the world’s largest consumer of water, using it easily at twice the pace of other, water-rich countries. …
The Trench Revisited: Another View of Saudi, Oil and Progress
STEVE ROYSTON: The Trench is the second in a quintet that explores the corruption of society by oil, and of those who extracted it, exploited it and enriched themselves in the process.…
Fake CVs in Saudi – Is Everyone Doing It?
It’s not just foreign workers who fake their credentials to find work…
‘Where To, Guv?’: London’s Black Cabs Head to Gulf
CROSSROADS ARABIA: A true London icon - the Black Cab - is set to take to the streets in number in Riyadh and Dubai. It's good the vehicles are so robust. …
Wadjda – the official trailer
VIDEO: WADJDA is a 10-year-old girl living in a suburb of Riyadh, the capital of Saudi Arabia. Although she lives in a conservative world, Wadjda is fun loving, entrepreneurial and always pushing the boundaries...…
‘Wadjda’ – A Beautiful, Nuanced Evocation of Saudi Life
STEVE ROYSTON: It's the story of a young girl's everyday life in Riyadh. How many Saudis, though, will give up the chance to see the latest CGI blockbuster to view it? …