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Saudi’s ‘Dear Diary’ Day: US Now Top Oil Producer

Saudi’s ‘Dear Diary’ Day: US Now Top Oil Producer

CROSSROADS ARABIA: It’s a significant moment that’s certainly not lost on the government and people of the Kingdom

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‘Imams, Stay Out of Politics!’: New Saudi Edict

‘Imams, Stay Out of Politics!’: New Saudi Edict

CROSSROADS ARABIA: An interesting development in the separation of state and religion in Saudi Arabia has just occurred.

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Social Media Defeating Saudi ‘War on Pornography’

Social Media Defeating Saudi ‘War on Pornography’

CROSSROADS ARABIA: The authorities in the Kingdom admit that they’re fighting a losing battle to stem a flood of pornography

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‘Hirsute Fury’: Tweet About Saudi Beards At Your Peril

‘Hirsute Fury’: Tweet About Saudi Beards At Your Peril

CROSSROADS ARABIA: A Saudi woman has had to go into hiding following her comments on social media about varying beard styles in the Kingdom

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Believe It Or Not: Saudis Not Getting Enough Sun

Believe It Or Not: Saudis Not Getting Enough Sun

CROSSROADS ARABIA: A deficiency in Vitamin D is a serious issue for a significant portion of Saudi society. What’s going on?

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‘Stop Female Harassment!’ Saudis Support Stiff Penalties

‘Stop Female Harassment!’ Saudis Support Stiff Penalties

CROSSROADS ARABIA: A new poll reveals widespread public support for stronger action against individuals who abuse women in the Kingdom

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Saudi Tourism: Is It Finally About To Happen?

Saudi Tourism: Is It Finally About To Happen?

CROSSROADS ARABIA: We’ve had many false dawns on the Saudi tourism story but we may be on the cusp of a breakthrough now.

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Women Driving in Saudi Arabia: It’s Heating Up Again

Women Driving in Saudi Arabia: It’s Heating Up Again

CROSSOADS ARABIA: Another major protest is being organised for 26th of October and both sides are beginning to air their views

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‘Agents of The State Or Of God’: So What’s It To Be?

‘Agents of The State Or Of God’: So What’s It To Be?

CROSSROADS ARABIA: A well-known commentator on Saudi affairs has examined critically the role that the religious police occupy in everyday life

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Saudi Film To Win An Oscar? ‘No Thank You!’

Saudi Film To Win An Oscar?  ‘No Thank You!’

CROSSROADS ARABIA: The Saudi made film Wajda has been nominated in the Best Foreign Film category for the Oscars. But the country doesn’t even have a cinema!

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Young Saudis Taking Career Choice “Into Own Hands”

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

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‘Stop Dithering’. Saudi’s Message to Obama on Syria

‘Stop Dithering’. Saudi’s Message to Obama on Syria

CROSSROADS ARABIA: It’s clear that impatience with Barack Obama’s position on Syria is growing within the Kingdom. So what next?

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Camel Milk Woes Rising on MERs Link

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’.

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Saudi Arabia: No Water Anywhere, but Gallons to Drink

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.

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Fake CVs in Saudi – Is Everyone Doing It?

Fake CVs in Saudi – Is Everyone Doing It?

It’s not just foreign workers who fake their credentials to find work in Saudi Arabia, as reported earlier this year. Saudi Gazette/Okaz report that some 600+ employees in various Saudi government departments have been found to be holding fake degrees. Nor is it just people looking for any kind of government job who are seeking to use false documentation […]

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Take Causeway To Bahrain? Prepare for a Long Wait

Take Causeway To Bahrain? Prepare for a Long Wait

CROSSROADS ARABIA: Traffic across the King Fahd Causeway linking Saudi Arabia to Bahrain is increasing hugely year on year. What’s to be done?

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‘Little Green Men vs Arabs’: Simple Choice for U.S Readers

‘Little Green Men vs Arabs’: Simple Choice for U.S Readers

CROSSROADS ARABIA: Selling Arabic literature, in translation, to a U.S audience is particularly challenging

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‘Where To, Guv?’: London’s Black Cabs Head to Gulf

‘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.

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Saudi Authorities Greet Departure of Morsi With…Delight

Saudi Authorities Greet Departure of Morsi With…Delight

CROSSROADS ARABIA: Most Gulf countries have been circumspect in their reaction to the toppling of Morsi’s government. Not so Saudi Arabia

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In Saudi Restaurants ‘A Woman’s Place Is In The Kitchen’

In Saudi Restaurants ‘A Woman’s Place Is In The Kitchen’

At least in restaurants in Saudi Arabia, that’s where women ‘belong’. Arab News reports that the Ministry of Labor still bans women from working as waitresses or cashiers in restaurants, permitting them only to work in kitchens. The reason, of course, is to prevent the ‘mingling’ of the sexes in the workplace. It’s easy to […]

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