Added on 04/07/2011
Crossroads Arabia
Al-Hayat , Europe , Jeddah , Law , Sangean SR3 Radio , Saudi Arabia , Saudi Arabian Monetary Agency , Saudi Credit Bureau , Saudi Gazette , Saudi government , Shoura Council
CROSSROADS ARABIA: The Saudi government is going to get tough on debtors. Some 63,000 Saudis could find themselves in jail…
Added on 29/06/2011
Crossroads Arabia
Al-Hayat , Riyadh , Saudi Arabia , Saudi Gazette , Saudi government , Saudi Shoura Council , Women's issues
CROSSROADS ARABIA: After heated debate the Shoura Council has agreed the common characteristics between GCC nationals permit intermarriage.
Added on 05/06/2011
Crossroads Arabia
Abdul Aziz Khoja , Jeddah , John Edwards , Media , press law , Print media , Ramadan , Saudi Arabia , Saudi Gazette , Saudi government , Saudi Press Agency , United States
CROSSROADS ARABIA: Saudi authorities have paid attention to the furore that greeted the new legislation dealing with the media.
Added on 18/05/2011
Rob L. Wagner
Abdullah Al-Fayez , ASBAR Center for Studies , Conservatives , Dammam , Hatton Al-Fassi , Jeddah , Journalist , King Abdullah , King Saud University , King Saud University in Riyadh , Madinah , Makkah , Ministry of Municipal Affairs , Morocco , Nadia Bakhurji , Nora bint Abdullah Al-Fayez , Riyadh , Saudi Arabia , Saudi Council of Engineers , Saudi government , Women's Rights
ROB L. WAGNER: Guaranteeing rights for women has taken a backseat to what the government sees as the more pressing issue of economic stability…
Added on 07/05/2011
Crossroads Arabia
Australia , Oil , Russia , Saudi Arabia , Saudi Gazette , Saudi government , Ukraine , United States
CROSSROADS ARABIA: The Saudi government is under pressure to help herders who have seen the price of imported fodder rocket.
Added on 16/04/2011
Steve Royston
Arabian Peninsula , Bahrain , Bin Laden , David Cameron , European Union , G20 , GCC , Immigration , Jeddah , Madinah , Makkah , Middle East , Oil , Prime Minister , Qatar , Saudi Arabia , Saudi government , Syria , United Arab Emirates , United Kingdom , Yemen
STEVE ROYSTON: Add to the mix pressure on borders from poorer neighbouring countries, and you can predict immigration will be on the agenda for years.
Added on 14/04/2011
Mishaal Al Gergawi
AED , Bahrain , Energy , Entrepreneurship , Finance , finance minister , International Atomic Energy Agency , Iran , Kuwait , Mishaal Al Gergawi , Oil , oil prices , oil reserves , Qatar , Riyadh , Saudi Arabia , Saudi government , United Arab Emirates , Venezuela
MISHAAL AL GERGAWI: Unlike an Emirati or Qatari, a Saudi doesn’t have delusional expectations of financial entitlement and pre-deserved stature at the marketplace. A Saudi is glad to find a job at all.
Added on 11/04/2011
David Roberts
Abdullah , Abdullah II , Bahrain , Bahrain’s government , Doha , gas field , Gulf Co-operation Council , Gulf News , Hizballah , Iran , Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps , Iraq , Islamic Republic of Iran , Jordan , Josh Rogin , Kuwait , Kuwait Times , League of Nations , Levant , Muscat , oil fields , Oman , Qatar , Riyadh , Saudi Arabia , Saudi government , Shia , Spy , Tehran , UAE , United Arab Emirates , United Kingdom
DAVID ROBERTS: These events take place in the context of growing Shia power, encapsulated by the notion of a Shia crescent ‘enveloping’ the region…
Added on 26/03/2011
Crossroads Arabia
Egypt , Elections , Iran , Riyadh , Saudi Arabia , Saudi government , the Associated Press , Tunisia , Women
CROSSROADS ARABIA: Arab News reports that the government has set a date for the second municipal elections. It does not report women cannot take part.
Added on 06/03/2011
Rob L. Wagner
Abdul Aziz Khoja , Abdulaziz Al Saud , Abdullah , Asharq Al-Awsat , Cell phones , Commission for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice , Editor-in-Chief , Journalist , King Abdullah , King Abdullah University of Science , King Abdullah University of Science and Technology , Middle East , Ministry of Culture and Information , Saudi Arabia , Saudi government , Tariq Alhomayed , YouTube
ROB L. WAGNER: Religious conservatives’ disruptive behavior at the Riyadh Book Fair illustrates the Saudi government’s acceptance of intolerance as long as it doesn’t interfere with its push to modernize the country.
Added on 01/03/2011
Rob L. Wagner
Airbus , Al Qaeda , Christmas , Federal Bureau of Investigation , George W. Bush , Jeddah consulate , Muslims , President , Riyadh , Saudi Arabia , Saudi government , Saudis , Terrorism , Texas , U.S. government , United Kingdom , United States
ROB L. WAGNER: The U.S.’s reaction to Khalid Aldawsari’s terrorism-related charges could play into the hands of conservatives in the Kingdom.
Added on 28/02/2011
Crossroads Arabia
Abdullah , Bahrain , Egypt , Employment , Oil exporter , Oman , Reuters , Saudi Arabia , Saudi government , Tunisia , Unemployment
CROSSROADS ARABIA: More than 90,000 government employees in the Kingdom will have their job status converted from ‘temporary’ to ‘permanent’. Good news for them but is it enough?
Added on 23/02/2011
Rob L. Wagner
Abdullah , Arab Gulf , Bahrain , Ben Ali , Commission for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice , Egypt , Emir , Facebook , government services , Hosni Mubarak , Iran , Jeddah , Middle East , Naif , North Africa , Oil , Riyadh , Saudi Arabia , Saudi government , Tunisia , Unemployment
ROB L. WAGNER: Western analysts are engaging in wishful thinking that Saudi Arabia is ripe for a revolution. The Kingdom is no Egypt or Tunisia.
Added on 21/02/2011
Steve Royston
Bahrain , CNN , Crown Prince , Hillary Clinton , Hosni Mubarak , Iraq , Kuwait , Minister of Information , New York Times , Nicholas Kristof , Oil , Omar Suleiman , Pearl Roundabout , Saudi Arabia , Saudi government , the Bahrain Grand Prix , The Crown Prince , UN Court
STEVE ROYSTON: I can’t believe that anybody in Bahrain, except possibly those who would like to see the country purged by fire, wants the economy to suffer.
Added on 16/02/2011
Common Ground News Service
Abdullah , Afghanistan , America , Benedict XVI , Iraq , Jeddah , Journalist , King Abdullah University of Science , King Abdullah University of Science and Technology , London , Mecca , Religion , Saudi Arabia , Saudi Gazette , Saudi government , The Arab News , The Huffington Post , United States , United States government
SABRIA JAWHAR: The volume of hate-filled rhetoric pouring from pulpits in Saudi Arabia has risen over the past ten years; now authorities have taken action.
Added on 11/02/2011
Crossroads Arabia
Oil , Oil exporter , oil reserves , peak oil , Riyadh , Saudi Arabia , Saudi government , The Guardian , United States , Washington
CROSSROADS ARABIA: ‘Saudi overstates oil reserves by 40%’ blasted the headlines. Cue global panic. But the story deserves a little more investigation…
Added on 07/02/2011
Rob L. Wagner
blogs , Censorship , Editor-in-Chief , Egypt , Jeddah , Media outlets , Media watchdog , Ministry of Foreign Affairs , Online media , Saudi Arabia , Saudi government , Saudi Ministry of Culture and Information , Social Media
ROB L. WAGNER: The Kingdom doesn’t yet require blogging licenses, but vague language in a new licensing law may hold surprises for Saudi bloggers.
Added on 05/02/2011
Eman-Al-Nafjan
Egypt , Israel , Jeddah , Jordan , Saudi Arabia , Saudi government , Social Media , Syria , Tunis , Tunisia , US Federal Reserve , Yemen , YouTube
EMAN AL NAFJAN: Shocked as they are by the events in Egypt, Tunisia, Yemen and Jordan there are strong historical reasons why Saudis remain viewers, not participants.
Added on 01/02/2011
Rob L. Wagner
abaya , Bahrain , Canada , Catholic University , Education , Facebook , Hijab , Jeddah , Madinah , Middle East , Ministry of Higher Education , Muslims , Niqab , Qatar , Riyadh , Saudi Arabia , Saudi government , Saudi women , Twitter , Unemployment , United Arab Emirates , United Kingdom , United States , Washington
ROB L. WAGNER: Saudi Arabia is sending thousands of women to foreign universities to obtain undergrad and postgrad degrees. Job prospects upon returning home are dim.
Added on 29/01/2011
Rob L. Wagner
Abdullah , deputy mayor , Facebook , Food and Drink , Human Rights Watch , Jeddah , Jeddah Municipality , King Abdullah , Saudi Arabia , Saudi government , Twitter , YouTube
ROB L. WAGNER: The Facebook images, twitter messages and online videos fuel Saudi anger and repeatedly raise the question why authorities learned nothing from 2009.
