ArabianBusiness.com (Free subscription) | 7 hours ago
GCC partner Saudi Arabia will get its own Cityscape exhibition from next year, the organisers of Cityscape have said.
The Economist (Free subscription) | 09/10/2008
Saudi Arabia has had mixed success in its diplomacy, but it has raised its profile and should keep on trying BY TRADITION, Muslim leaders seal pacts by bowing together in prayer, side by side. And what better place to do this than in Mecca, the city Muslims face for their devotions, and where pilgrims of every sect and faction mingle peaceably by the million? So it is natural that Saudi Arabia’s rulers,...
Business Wire (Free subscription) | yesterday
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Global Voices Online (Free subscription) | yesterday
Stilettos in the Sand, from Saudi Arabia, shares her thoughts on ‘temporary' marriages or misyar, in this post.
Global Voices Online (Free subscription) | 09/10/2008
Stilettos in the Sand, from Saudi Arabia, provides a local round up of accidents, incidents and crimes.
Global Voices Online (Free subscription) | 09/10/2008
Aysha Alkusayer has a suggestion for anyone looking to invest in Saudi Arabia: daycare. “Here’s what’s changing in Saudi. Young couples are moving away from their family’s house to wherever their jobs might be. If both mommy and daddy are working, comes the tough part of what to do with the child.”
Russia News Net (Free subscription) | 7 hours ago
WASHINGTON (Thomson Financial) - US Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson will meet with finance ministers from the United Kingdom, Japan, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Brazil and other countries from Latin Americ...
Rubicon3 (Free subscription) | yesterday
But one eye = impaired depth perception. This is crazy: Saudi Cleric: Veil for Women Should Reveal Only One Eye (BBC News) Sheikh Muhammad al-Habadan, a Muslim cleric in Saudi Arabia, has called on women to wear a full veil...
Zawya.com - Top Regional News (Free subscription) | yesterday
Istanbul will host tomorrow (Saturday) an Arab-Turkish business forum which would feature Foreign Ministers of Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Algeria, Djibouti.
Al Fin (Free subscription) | yesterday
Up to half of all Emirati marriages are between relatives, with 54 per cent of married couples in Al Ain being relatives, compared to 32 per cent in Abu Dhabi and 40 per cent in Dubai. Saudi Arabia, has perhaps the highest rate of intermarriage, with up to two thirds of all marriages occurring between relatives. One of the costs of the type of close inbreeding that is common in the Arab and Muslim...
Moon of Alabama (Free subscription) | yesterday
The Saudi Arabia had been asked by Afghanistan's president Hamid Karzai to arrange talks with the 'Taliban' about some kind of power-sharing. The British government supports such attempts and British military have spoken in favor of negotiations. The U.S. administration...
Memri Latest Blogs (Free subscription) | yesterday
On signs carried by Hamas and Fatah representatives: "No compromise, no recognition, no negotiation" Cartoonist: Jihad 'Awartani Source: Al-Watan, Saudi Arabia, October 9, ... October 10, 2008, 11:46 am
BrothersJudd Blog (Free subscription) | yesterday
Can it make peace in the wider region? : Saudi Arabia has had mixed success in its diplomacy, but it has raised its profile and should keep on trying (The Economist, 10/10/08) Despite tribal as well as sectarian ties, Iraq’s Sunnis have notably failed to turn to the kingdom as a protector. This reflects, in part, disillusionment with the Saudi-influenced version of Sunnism espoused by al-Qaeda, many...
BrothersJudd Blog (Free subscription) | yesterday
Taliban Ready For Talks (Stephen Brown, October 10, 2008, FrontPageMagazine.com) It may be the tipping-point everyone has been waiting for in the Afghanistan conflict. CNN reported last Monday that King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia hosted high-level talks for four days in late September between senior Taliban members and Afghan government officials during Ramadan. Described as “an icebreaker”, no al Qaeda...
Global Voices Online (Free subscription) | yesterday
A Bangladeshi blogger Juboraj was refused visa from the Embassy of Saudi Arabia in Ghana and denied to perform Hajj in Saudi Arabia citing the reason that only citizens of selected countries (USA, EEU, Australia, UK etc.) are allowed to receive Saudi Visa from a third country. When he asked why Bangladeshis do not get [...]
