Women Only ‘Industrial Cities’ For Saudi Arabia
CROSSROADS ARABIA: The announcement of four industrial cities to be staffed entirely by women marks a further step in the ‘separate but equal’ doctrine
The ‘Five Red Lines’ Saudis Must Not Cross
CROSSROADS ARABIA: The President of the Commission for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice delivers a pep talk.
‘Mischief Afoot’: Regulation of Saudi Journalists Is ‘Wrong’
CROSSROADS ARABIA: How can civil servants judge whether a journalists is being ‘professional’? The simple answer is they can’t
Solar Power? Not Enough for Saudi Arabia
CROSSROADS ARABIA: If Saudi Arabia is to secure its energy future nuclear power must be part of the mix
‘Sacked’: Saudi King ‘Had Enough’ of Top Conservative?
CROSSROADS ARABIA: He’s been getting a bit loud recently with positions contrary to those of the King. Time to go.
Orientalism: Seeing the Positive after Said
CROSSROADS ARABIA: Orientalism was a two-way street, with information, opinion, and observations flowing between observer and observed.
Body Piercing: Trend On the Rise in Saudi Arabia
CROSSROADS ARABIA: What’s behind the rapid increase in body piercing by women in the Kingdom?
Labour: Qatar Trade Union Gets the Go Ahead
CROSSROADS ARABIA: Qatar is to allow the formation of trade unions. In addition, it will end the current system of sponsorship for foreign workers.
Salafist War on Egyptian Culture ‘in Full Flow’
CROSSROADS ARABIA: Arrests of cultural figures, bans and now pharaonic statues covered in wax.
Saudi-Egyptian Relations ‘On A Major Slide’
CROSSROADS ARABIA: Diplomat recalls and closure of the Embassy spells meltdown for Saudi-Egyptian relations.
Saudi Crackdown on Expats: Feeling Unwelcome
CROSSROADS ARABIA: Life’s getting tougher for expatriate workers in Saudi Arabia.
Profiting from Death: Blood Money and Saudi
CROSSROADS ARABIA: If one cannot pay, then it’s off to the square for a bit of head-chopping. This, the writer says, runs contrary to Islamic purpose.
Arab League Summits: In Short, Useless
CROSSROADS ARABIA: Looking for signs of effectiveness of the Arab League? Keep looking…
‘Suspect’ Shisha Banished from Mecca
CROSSROADS ARABIA: Mecca has become a smokeless environment, with Shisha, religiously suspect, being banished to the city’s limits.
Saudi to Scrap Individual Sponsorship
CROSSROADS ARABIA: Saudi looks to drop individual employee sponsorship to end rules “so complicated no one knows what’s going on”.
Fines, Floggings and Jail for Female Harassers
CROSSROADS ARABIA: The Saudi Authorities have decided to crack down hard on young men who harass women in the Kingdom.
Challenging Fatwas: Interpreting The Quran
CROSSROADS ARABIA: Certain interpretations of the Quran go unchallenged which causes immense problems
Saudi’s ‘Modern Day Slavery’: The Solution?
CROSSROADS ARABIA: How can Saudi Arabia can continue its system of hiring foreign workers that treats some as slaves – and what is the solution?
Saudi: Filipino, Indonesian Ban Continues
CROSSROADS ARABIA: Philippine, Indonesia making “illogical” demands over the pay and conditions their citizens will receive – Saudi Labor Ministry.
Stop Now: Saudi Oil Guzzling is ‘Out of Control’
CROSSROADS ARABIA: Saudi citizens consume more than four times the amount of oil as their U.S counterparts. It can’t go on.
