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Blog | Women-Led Businesses To Social Events, The Surprise That Is New Saudi
The Saudi Arabia with strict gender segregation, tough Islamic laws, and dress codes, no longer exists. The country's women are now truly in the drivers seat.
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Saudi Woman Jailed For 11 Years Over Social Media Posts, Says Amnesty
Amnesty International called on Saudi Arabia to free a 29-year-old fitness instructor it says has been sentenced to 11 years in prison for her choice of clothing and social media posts urging an end to the kingdom's male guardianship system.
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3 Women Officers Represent India At World Defence Show In Saudi Arabia
Three women military officials -- Squadron Leader Bhawana Kanth, Colonel Ponung Doming and Lt Commander Annu Prakash -- are among the personnel representing India at the World Defence Show in Riyadh.
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PM Modi On What Made Haj "Special" For Muslim Women This Year
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday thanked the Saudi Arabia government for making changes in the Haj policy and said due to this change, over 4,000 Muslim women from India performed Haj without 'mehram' (male companion).
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FIFA President Gianni Infantino Announces Big Increase In Women's World Cup Prize Money
Prize money at the upcoming Women's World Cup in Australia and New Zealand will be triple that at the last edition in 2019, FIFA president Gianni Infantino announced on Thursday, as he also revealed Saudi Arabia's tourist board will not sponsor the tournament.
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Golfer, Racer, Boss: Young Women Aiming High In The Middle East
In a video project dedicated to young people in the Middle East, where more than half of the population is under 30, AFP interviewed women from Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Qatar and Bahrain.
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Saudi Arabia Among Nations Interested In Hosting 2026 Women's Asian Cup
Australia, Jordan, Saudi Arabia and Uzbekistan have expressed interest in hosting the 2026 Women's Asian Cup, the Asian Football Confederation said on Monday.
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A New "Boy Cut" Trend For Saudi Working Women And What It Means
The haircut - known locally by the English word "boy" - has become strikingly visible on the streets of the capital, and not just because women are no longer required to wear hijab headscarves.
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How a Software Glitch in an Activist’s iPhone Exposed NSO Group and Hacking Around the World
A software glitch in a Saudi women’s rights activist’s iPhone turned the tide against NSO Group, one of the world’s most sophisticated spyware companies, which is now facing a cascade of legal action and scrutiny in Washington over allegations that its software was used to hack government officials and dissidents around the world.
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Stick-Wielding Saudi Moral Police In Gloom As Social Restrictions Eased
In deeply conservative Saudi Arabia the religious police once elicited terror, chasing men and women out of malls to pray and berating anyone seen mingling with the opposite sex.
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In A First, Saudi Women Soldiers Stand Guard In Mecca During Haj
Inspired by her late father's career, Mona decided to join the military and the first group of Saudi women soldiers to work in Islam's holiest sites, where they are helping secure the haj annual pilgrimage.
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Prioritise Pregnant Women's Repatriation From Saudi Arabia: Top Court To Centre
The Supreme Court Friday asked the Centre to explore granting "further priority" to some doctors and nurses, who are stranded in Saudi Arabia amid COVID-19 pandemic and are in advanced stage of pregnancy, for bringing them back to India.
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Saudi Women "Absent" From Family Can't Travel Alone, Despite Reforms
Saudi Arabia has eased travel restrictions on women but observers say loopholes still allow male relatives to curtail their movements and, in the worst cases, leave them marooned in prison-like shelters.
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In Break From Past, Saudi Lets Foreign Men And Women Share Hotel Rooms
Saudi Arabia is allowing foreign men and women to rent hotel rooms together without proving they are related, after the conservative Muslim kingdom launched a new tourist visa regime to attract holidaymakers.
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Change Comes To Islam's Birthplace, And The World Watches Warily
The world's 1.8 billion Muslims look to one country above all others.
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Blog | Women-Led Businesses To Social Events, The Surprise That Is New Saudi
The Saudi Arabia with strict gender segregation, tough Islamic laws, and dress codes, no longer exists. The country's women are now truly in the drivers seat.
-
Saudi Woman Jailed For 11 Years Over Social Media Posts, Says Amnesty
Amnesty International called on Saudi Arabia to free a 29-year-old fitness instructor it says has been sentenced to 11 years in prison for her choice of clothing and social media posts urging an end to the kingdom's male guardianship system.
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3 Women Officers Represent India At World Defence Show In Saudi Arabia
Three women military officials -- Squadron Leader Bhawana Kanth, Colonel Ponung Doming and Lt Commander Annu Prakash -- are among the personnel representing India at the World Defence Show in Riyadh.
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PM Modi On What Made Haj "Special" For Muslim Women This Year
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday thanked the Saudi Arabia government for making changes in the Haj policy and said due to this change, over 4,000 Muslim women from India performed Haj without 'mehram' (male companion).
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FIFA President Gianni Infantino Announces Big Increase In Women's World Cup Prize Money
Prize money at the upcoming Women's World Cup in Australia and New Zealand will be triple that at the last edition in 2019, FIFA president Gianni Infantino announced on Thursday, as he also revealed Saudi Arabia's tourist board will not sponsor the tournament.
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Golfer, Racer, Boss: Young Women Aiming High In The Middle East
In a video project dedicated to young people in the Middle East, where more than half of the population is under 30, AFP interviewed women from Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Qatar and Bahrain.
-
Saudi Arabia Among Nations Interested In Hosting 2026 Women's Asian Cup
Australia, Jordan, Saudi Arabia and Uzbekistan have expressed interest in hosting the 2026 Women's Asian Cup, the Asian Football Confederation said on Monday.
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A New "Boy Cut" Trend For Saudi Working Women And What It Means
The haircut - known locally by the English word "boy" - has become strikingly visible on the streets of the capital, and not just because women are no longer required to wear hijab headscarves.
-
How a Software Glitch in an Activist’s iPhone Exposed NSO Group and Hacking Around the World
A software glitch in a Saudi women’s rights activist’s iPhone turned the tide against NSO Group, one of the world’s most sophisticated spyware companies, which is now facing a cascade of legal action and scrutiny in Washington over allegations that its software was used to hack government officials and dissidents around the world.
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Stick-Wielding Saudi Moral Police In Gloom As Social Restrictions Eased
In deeply conservative Saudi Arabia the religious police once elicited terror, chasing men and women out of malls to pray and berating anyone seen mingling with the opposite sex.
-
In A First, Saudi Women Soldiers Stand Guard In Mecca During Haj
Inspired by her late father's career, Mona decided to join the military and the first group of Saudi women soldiers to work in Islam's holiest sites, where they are helping secure the haj annual pilgrimage.
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Prioritise Pregnant Women's Repatriation From Saudi Arabia: Top Court To Centre
The Supreme Court Friday asked the Centre to explore granting "further priority" to some doctors and nurses, who are stranded in Saudi Arabia amid COVID-19 pandemic and are in advanced stage of pregnancy, for bringing them back to India.
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Saudi Women "Absent" From Family Can't Travel Alone, Despite Reforms
Saudi Arabia has eased travel restrictions on women but observers say loopholes still allow male relatives to curtail their movements and, in the worst cases, leave them marooned in prison-like shelters.
-
In Break From Past, Saudi Lets Foreign Men And Women Share Hotel Rooms
Saudi Arabia is allowing foreign men and women to rent hotel rooms together without proving they are related, after the conservative Muslim kingdom launched a new tourist visa regime to attract holidaymakers.
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Change Comes To Islam's Birthplace, And The World Watches Warily
The world's 1.8 billion Muslims look to one country above all others.
