Added on 19/10/2012
Crossroads Arabia
Al Watan , Council of Ministers , Jeddah , Ministry of Justice , Saudi Arabia , Saudi Human Rights Commission , Women's issues
CROSSROADS ARABIA: Not alone are they being admitted to the religious police but women are also now being allowed to appear in court. Heady days.
Added on 14/10/2012
Common Ground News Service
Al Watan , Alice Hackman , Cairo , Cartoonist , Cartoons , Charlie Hebdo , Egypt , Iran , Islam , Middle East , news site , Newsweek , US Federal Reserve , YouTube
ALICE HACKMAN: In all of the uproar and furore of the past few months in the ongoing West vs Islam narrative a few voices have risen above the heat of rage.
Added on 27/06/2012
Ahmed-Al-Omran
Abdullah , Al Watan , Eman Al-Nafjan , London , Maryland , Middle East , Norah Al-Faiz , Saudi Arabia , Shura Council , Twitter , United Kingdom , United States , Women's issues
AHMED AL OMRAN: The controversy surrounding Norah Al Faiz’s wearing of the niqab seems endless. What’s the significance?
Added on 06/06/2012
Crossroads Arabia
Al Watan , Commission for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice , Haia , Islam , President , Riyadh , Saudi Arabia , Women , Women's issues , YouTube
CROSSROADS ARABIA: The President of the Commission for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice delivers a pep talk.
Added on 26/05/2012
Ahmed-Al-Omran
Abdulaziz Khoja , Al Watan , guard , Jeddah , Journalism , Journalist , Mainstream media , Minister of Information , Saudi Arabia , Saudi Journalists Association , Sultan Al Bazie
AHMED AL OMRAN: New regulations that are coming into force in Saudi Arabia mean increased oversight of their work
Added on 11/04/2012
James M. Dorsey
Abdul-Aziz Al Saud , Abu Dhabi , Al Watan , Al-Hayat , BBC , Crown Prince , East Africa , Egypt , Hosni Mubarak , Human Rights Watch , International Football Association Board , International Olympic Committee , Islamist , Middle East , Nawaf Bin Faisal , Nayef , North Africa , Olympics , Port Said , princess , Saudi Arabia , Sport , Suez , Suez Canal , Suzanne Mubarak , The National , United Arab Emirates , Women , Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan
JAMES M. DORSEY: An Egyptian feminist group has challenged the fans that played a key role in toppling Mubarak to recognise women’s rights.
Added on 06/01/2012
Ahmed-Al-Omran
Abdul Aziz Khoja , Activist , Al Qaeda , Al Watan , Cairo , Democracy , Marriott Hotel , minister of information and culture , Ministry of Culture and Information , Paris , Riyadh , Saleh Al-Shehi , Saudi Arabia , Social Media , Twitter , Women , Women's issues
AHMED AL OMRAN: The fallout from the ‘Marriott Foyer Incident’ continues. Is such debate an unnecessary diversion from the real issues facing the Kingdom?
Added on 03/01/2012
Rob L. Wagner
Al Watan , Amal Zahid , Amira Kashgari , Facebook , Fiction , Islam , Jeddah , King Abdullah , Kul Al Watan , Marriott Hotel , Ministry of Interior , Novelist , Online media , princess , Print media , Riyadh , Saleh Al-Shehi , Saudi Arabia , Saudi government , Saudi women , Twitter , Women's Rights
ROB L. WAGNER: An online battle between conservatives and reformers following the Saudi Intellectual Forum illuminates their diverging opinions…
Added on 05/10/2011
Rob L. Wagner
Abdullah , Al Watan , Australia , Canada , Conservatives , DC , Egypt , Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood , Ehsan Ahrari , Finance , Jeddah , Journalist , Middle East , Middle East Analyst , Ministry of Education , Ministry of Higher Education , Newcastle , Prophet Muhammad , Riyadh , Saudi Arabia , Saudi government , Security Council , Social Media , United Kingdom , United Nations , United States , Washington , Washington DC
ROB L. WAGNER: A new secondary school textbook highlights the struggle between liberals and conservatives within the Saudi Ministry for Education.
Added on 09/07/2011
Editor, MEP
Aal Al-Sheikh , Al Watan , Ministry of Education , Saudi Arabia , Saudi Gazette , Women , Women's Rights
CROSSROADS ARABIA: Girls schools are inspected by female inspectors. Female inspectors need to get to the schools they inspect.
Added on 02/06/2011
Rob L. Wagner
Abdullah , Al Watan , Amal Zahid , Amira Kashgari , Board of Senior Ulema , Facebook , Islam , Journalist , King Abdullah , Kul Al Watan , Manal Al Sharif , Media law , Ministry of Interior , Saudi Arabia , The Arab News
ROB L. WAGNER: Conservatives anonymously attack outspoken women by questioning their morals and beliefs in Islam.
Added on 23/05/2011
American Bedu
Al Watan , Google+ , Pennsylvania , Saudi Arabia , Saudi Gazette , Search Engine , United States , Women , Women's issues
AMERICAN BEDU: When Google decided to celebrate dancer Martha Graham’s birthday with an animation little did it understand the furore it would cause in Saudi…
Added on 10/05/2011
Crossroads Arabia
Al Watan , Education , Faisal bin Abdullah , Health , Minister of Education , Saudi Arabia , Saudi Gazette
CROSSROADS ARABIA: With obesity at epidemic proportions it’s essential that the Ministry of Education launches comprehensive physical education programmes.
Added on 28/11/2010
Ahmed-Al-Omran
Abdulaziz Khoja , Al Watan , Cartoonist , Dubai , Entrepreneur , Fouad al-Farhan , graphic designer , Jeddah , Middle East , minister of information and culture , Real Estate , Saudi Arabia , Social Media , Social networking , Twitter , Umm Al-Qura University
AHMED AL-OMRAN: Twitter’s swept the world but has it made serious inroads into Saudi Arabia? Yes! And here’s my personal ‘Top Ten’ countdown of the Kingdom’s leading Twitter users.
