Added on 22/06/2012
Susie of Arabia
Education , Jeddah , Operating system , Saudi Arabia , The Arab News
SUSIE OF ARABIA: School’s out in the Kingdom and it’s the time for teachers, supervisors and school cleaners to be afraid.
Added on 29/05/2012
Crossroads Arabia
Abdul Aziz Khoja , Censorship , Council of Ministers , Facebook , good journalist , Jeddah , Journalism , Journalist , Law , London , Media organizations , Saudi Arabia , Saudi Gazette , Saudi government , Saudi Journalists Association , The New York Times , The Times , The Washington Post
CROSSROADS ARABIA: How can civil servants judge whether a journalists is being ‘professional’? The simple answer is they can’t
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 23/05/2012
Abu Muhammed
Health , Jeddah , Mecca , SAR , Saudi Arabia , United States , Wisconsin
ABU MOHAMMED: Older Saudis know it as an elixir of good health. Their modern counterparts take a bit of persuading, however.
Added on 22/05/2012
American Bedu
Automobiles , family driver , Jeddah , Saudi Arabia , World Health Organization
AMERICAN BEDU: Driving in Saudi Arabia is hazardous at the best of times but young Saudi men have introduced an extra element of danger
Added on 05/05/2012
Abu Muhammed
Jeddah , Red Sea , Saudi Arabia
ABU MOHAMMED: Finding a pleasant, uncluttered, litter free beach near Jeddah seemed impossible. Then a friend pointed me in the right direction
Added on 18/04/2012
Crossroads Arabia
Economy , Jeddah , Ministry of Labor , Saudi Arabia , Shoura Council , Vocational Training Corporation
CROSSROADS ARABIA: Life’s getting tougher for expatriate workers in Saudi Arabia.
Added on 10/04/2012
Crossroads Arabia
Crime , Jeddah , Saudi Arabia , Saudi Gazette
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.
Added on 04/04/2012
American Bedu
Egypt , Employment , Jeddah , Ministry of Interior , Saudi Arabia , Women , Women's issues
AMERICAN BEDU: Filmed some time ago the film highlights the continuing flaws in the system …
Added on 04/04/2012
Crossroads Arabia
Council of Ministers , Employment , Expatriates , GALAL FAKKAR , Jeddah , Ministry of Labor , National Society for Human Rights , Riyadh , Saudi Arabia
CROSSROADS ARABIA: Saudi looks to drop individual employee sponsorship to end rules “so complicated no one knows what’s going on”.
Added on 02/04/2012
Rob L. Wagner
AlTouq Group , Asher Noor , Banking , executive director , Islamic Development Bank , Jeddah , Organization of Islamic Cooperation , Riyadh , SAR , Saudi Arabia , Saudi Arabian Monetary Agency , Saudi Credit Bureau , The Arab News
ROB L. WAGNER: There has been a staggering increase in consumer loan and credit card debt in the Kingdom.
Added on 28/03/2012
Rob L. Wagner
Al-Hayat , Christoph Wilcke , Crown Prince , Dalma Rushdi Malhas , Dubai , film director , Germany , Human Rights Watch , International Olympic Committee , Jeddah , London , Nayef , Olympics , Riyadh , Rushdi Malhas , Saudi Arabia , Saudi government , Summer Olympics , Tara Umm Omar , The New York Times , the summer games , woman athlete , Women , Women's issues
ROB L. WAGNER: It was a very welcome surprise – the announcement that Saudi Arabia will have at least one woman at the Olympics
Added on 22/03/2012
Crossroads Arabia
Commission for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice , Diana Al-Jassem , Domestic Servants , Foreign Workers , Jeddah , Ministry of Labor , Saudi Arabia , Saudi Gazette , Saudi government , Tariq Al Maeena , Worker's Rights
CROSSROADS ARABIA: How can Saudi Arabia can continue its system of hiring foreign workers that treats some as slaves – and what is the solution?
Added on 04/03/2012
Mich Cafe
Baghdad , Basketball , Beijing Olympics , Brunei , Christoph Wilcke , Council of Senior Religious Scholars , Dubai , fencing , FIFA , Fifa World Cup , Football , Human Rights Watch , International Olympic Committee , Jeddah , Lebanon , London , Mecca , Middle East , Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum , Noor al-Malki , Olympics , Palestinian Territories , Qatar , Reading , Saudi Arabia , Saudi Olympic Committee , Sport , Sporting Club , sprinter , Stamford Bridge , Tunis , Tunisia , United Arab Emirates , United Kingdom , Vicky , Women , Women's issues
MICH CAFE: Human Rights Watch have just published a report that highlights the deep discrimination against women in Saudi Arabia.
Added on 04/03/2012
American Bedu
Africa , Asia , China , consumer products , Europe , Jeddah , London , Middle East , Paris , President , Saudi Arabia , Shanghai , Tokyo
AMERICAN BEDU: GCC residents and in particular Saudis are great fans of all things Disney. Will we see one of their parks here?
Added on 25/02/2012
Rob L. Wagner
Abdullah , blasphemy , counsel , Crown Prince , Facebook , Hamza Kashgari , Jeddah , Journalist , Malaysia , Nayef , New Zealand , Poet , Riyadh , Saudi Arabia , The Arab News , Turkey , Twitter , UN Court
ROB L. WAGNER: His religious comments were ill-chosen but they are not the only reason that he is in serious trouble.
Added on 24/02/2012
Abu Muhammed
America , family driver , Jeddah , licensed driver , Malcolm Gladwell , New York , New York Subway , Rights , Riyadh , Saudi Arabia , Women
ABU MUHAMMED: Opening the door to a situation without fully considering the consequences and preparing for them is likely to cause more harm than good.
Added on 12/02/2012
Crossroads Arabia
Democracy , Egypt , Jeddah , Journalist , Ministry of Culture and Information , publications law , Saudi Arabia , Saudi Gazette
CROSSROADS ARABIA: The now infamous Saudi blogger Hamza Kashgari is not the only one to feel the full force of new Saudi laws.
Added on 26/01/2012
Rob L. Wagner
Ali Akbar Salehi , Ali Al-Naimi , Arabian Gulf , Bahrain , Barack Obama , Captain , China , Ehsan Ahrari , European Union , GCC , Gulf Cooperation Council , Iran , Iraq , Islamic Republic of Iran , Islamists , Israel , Israeli government , Japan , Jeddah , Korea , Kuwait , London , Mahmoud Ahmadinejad , Middle East , Middle East Analyst , Military hardware , Norfolk , Oil , oil customer , Oil producer , Oil production , Oman , OPEC , Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries , Pentagon , President , Qatar , Red Sea , Riyadh , Saudi Arabia , Saudi government , South Korea , Strait of Hormuz , Sunni , Turki al-Faisal , United Arab Emirates , United Nations , United Nations Security Council , United States , Virginia , Wen Jiabao , Yanbu
ROB L. WAGNER: As tensions increase all parties are beginning to make calculations regarding the effect of a possible conflict in the Arabian Gulf.
