| 单词 | Saudi |
| 例句 | A number of modern-day nations, like Israel and Saudi Arabia, still use a modified lunar calendar, but 6,000 years ago the Egyptians came up with a better system. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z The Saudi Arabian government had borrowed him from the United Nations to direct all of the reconstruction work being done on Arabian holy places. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z The bombings marked the eighth anniversary of American troops arriving in Saudi Arabia. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z Now I was drinking sugary tea with Zalabia Bedouins and squatting on a sand drift in Wadi Rum, the Valley of the Moon, less than twenty miles from the Saudi Arabian border. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z “My parents are in Germany now. After Saudi Arabia and Hong Kong.” The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z When the narrator abruptly cut to footage of whale sharks in Saudi Arabia, far away from Mom’s ocean, Dad said, “Play it again.” The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z In Gilly’s social- studies book there was a picture of a Muslim woman of Saudi Arabia, with her body totally covered except for her eyes. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z But the rest of his siblings, those still in Syria and Spain and Saudi Arabia, were all doing well, extraordinarily so. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z Had they all trekked away to Saudi Arabia or Abu Dhabi? Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z “Well, let’s get out of here anyway. He knows we were in jail for selling falcons and hawks to wealthy Saudi Arabian falconers. That’s a federal offense. Remember?” Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z Like how much healthy chaos you caused by becoming the first female Saudi director, Haifaa. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z “When I’m at the store by myself, the cashier sneers, ‘Go back to Saudi Arabia.’” Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z “I’ve seen enough of it. My parents have moved from London to Saudi Arabia to Hong Kong to Germany. Everything’s constantly being uprooted.” The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z With my mother’s blessings for his journey, my father set out to visit Kwame Nkrumah of Ghana, Nasser of Egypt, Prince Faisal of Saudi Arabia, and more. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z She stays a long time with her forehead on the ground, the time we can say our personal prayers to God, so after I finish mine, I add one for her sister in Saudi Arabia. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z If, at the end of their training, there was not a Fowl to guard, then the Butlers were eagerly snapped up as bodyguards for various royal personages, generally in Monaco or Saudi Arabia. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z Poppy had told Liyana she would like the men’s elegant clothing in Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates better. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z I met the king of Saudi Arabia, the president of Argentina, the prime ministers of Japan and Ethiopia. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z The union was meant to create a more powerful bloc, one that might grow to include Jordan, Saudi Arabia, and others. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z “Right, well, we didn’t have fireplaces in Saudi Arabia. He read to me at night by the fire. I loved the stories. When he died, I was so sad.” The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z “Turkey’s closer to Greece, two countries away from Saudi Arabia. A separate country.” Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z The teacher’s husband still waiting for his Saudi visa. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Outside Syria, lots of different countries are involved: Russia and the UK, Saudi Arabia and France, Iran, the United States. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z “Talked to me for quite a while—said he was from Saudi Arabia. He thumbed through the goshawk book, too. Said the sheik he worked for had a goshawk. “ On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z The Saudis, the Iranians, the Iraqis, they called the shots, they were the ones with the vast stockpiles of oil, not the Americans, where the holes were running dry. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z After the visit, Joseph had returned with his parents to their home in the deserts of Saudi Arabia, and within a few months, his grandfather died of a heart attack. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z That day, I felt I was driving for all Saudi women – and, in a sense, I was. ‘I felt like one of my father’s songbirds, let out of its cage’: driving as a woman in Saudi Arabia 2017-06-12T04:00:00Z The film starts with a reference to the Saudi group, and immediately focuses on the tribulations of a prisoner, Ammar. Zero Dark Thirty: a bluffer's guide 2013-01-21T12:04:50Z Mater is at the centre of the Saudi contemporary art boom. Saudi artists escape from the desert to find outlet in Britain 2012-10-04T10:51:50Z Who knew Saudi Arabia had a vast and pristine coast? A Hologram for the King – extract 2013-01-26T21:00:02Z Therefore, over the last four years the company opened 15 A/X Armani Exchange and Emporio stores in Bahrain, Lebanon, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates. Special Report: Fashion: Luxury and Unrest 2011-02-25T19:01:18Z Amnesty found that executions in Iran, Pakistan and Saudi Arabia accounted for 90 percent of worldwide executions, excluding unrecorded tolls in China. World executions reach highest toll in 25 years — and the U.S. is the fifth highest on the list, according to Amnesty International 2016-04-06T04:00:00Z The New York Times reported that the episode is still available in Saudi Arabia on the YouTube platform. Netflix pulls comedy show episode in Saudi Arabia: media 2019-01-02T05:00:00Z But this woman, dressed in a black abaya and niqab, is in Saudi Arabia, which until 2018 banned women from driving. Haifaa Al-Mansour: 'Female leaders are crushed. Look at Hillary Clinton' 2020-03-26T04:00:00Z To prosper, young Nepalese toil in Qatar and Saudi Arabia. Between a rock and a high place 2014-10-30T04:00:00Z The company said services would now be available in 13 Arab markets, including Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Egypt, and Morocco but not Libya, Iraq, Syria, or Yemen. Spotify launches in the Middle East and North Africa 2018-11-13T05:00:00Z A dozen beasts have been disqualified from this year’s Saudi “camel beauty contest” because their handlers used Botox to make them more handsome. Prize camels keep tradition alive in changing Saudi, but please no Bot 2018-01-22T05:00:00Z Lack of unity was on full display Saturday, when the United States, Russia, Saudi Arabia and Kuwait blocked endorsement of the IPCC’s report. U.N. calls on countries to urgently act to stop global warming 2018-12-11T05:00:00Z Cut to Saudi Arabia, where the mind of a teenage terrorist is being formed. ‘I Am Pilgrim,’ by Terry Hayes 2014-06-16T04:00:00Z A matching Barbie-pink car pulls up and two women glide away, leaving the Saudi dolts deflated and agog. | The TV Watch: Saudi Arabia: Ramadan TV Gently Pushes Saudi Boundaries 2012-08-20T02:22:34Z They didn’t waste any time: three weeks later, Sandy flew to Bahrain to meet Paul, who works for a defence company in Saudi Arabia. ‘I gulp back feelings of regret’: how I found my long-lost sibling 2020-04-11T04:00:00Z The comments from Saudi Arabian Oil Minister Ali al-Naimi, soothed nervous oil markets, although the price impact was partly offset by data showing a fall in U.S. crude inventories. U.S. exempts 11 countries from Iran sanctions; China, India exposed 2012-03-21T12:14:00Z Even with its spire, it will not reach the height of Mecca's 600m clock-tower in Saudi Arabia, where the 1km Kingdom Tower is also being planned in Jeddah to overshadow them all. Will One World Trade Center really be the tallest building in the west? 2013-05-02T10:32:00Z Securing rice supplies had become a key concern of the Saudis, since India and Pakistan cut rice exports in 2008. Don’t censor the school-lunch blog 2012-06-15T16:15:00Z In 2005, she met Neimann at a screening of one of her documentaries at the US embassy in Saudi Arabia where he was working as a cultural attache. Haifaa Al-Mansour: 'Female leaders are crushed. Look at Hillary Clinton' 2020-03-26T04:00:00Z The story revolves around a fictional character called Alice, an American teenager kidnapped by her extended Saudi Arabian family. US TV drama about Saudi Arabia axed 2014-03-24T18:14:04Z Meanwhile, Saudi Arabia let women drive automobiles; it also killed a Washington Post journalist. Perspective | Whose hero’s journey was it anyway? Your 2018 in review 2018-12-28T05:00:00Z Ilana has to interrupt going on a tear about the plight of women in Saudi Arabia to comment on the unfairness of a brunch without bottomless mimosas. Broad City: season three of the comedy is one of the TV highlights of the year 2016-02-17T05:00:00Z Saudi Arabia is a society covered in other people's projections of it because it never represents itself. Wadjda illustrates how Arab cinema is just beginning to come of age 2013-07-24T13:01:47Z He was previously a senior engineering consultant for Saudi Aramco, a Saudi Arabian national petroleum and natural gas company based in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia. Jamie Linker, Christopher Tems 2020-02-09T05:00:00Z In fact, soon after Ross left Saudi Arabia, the government sentenced to death Munir al-Adam, a disabled man who was arrested after he attended a protest meeting. Are the politics of “incivility” paving the road to an American fascism? Part 2 of 2 2018-09-02T04:00:00Z The city’s skyline, the turquoise sea and the vast desert that leads to Saudi Arabia all figure prominently in the film. Hollywood goes to Abu Dhabi with 'Star Wars VII' and 'Furious 7' 2015-04-15T04:00:00Z How do you think that might affect your filmmaking career and potentially open up creative industries to other Saudis, especially women? A Pioneering Saudi Director on Her New Film, ‘Mary Shelley’ 2018-05-23T04:00:00Z I went to Saudi Arabia in 2010, and spent most of my time in Jeddah and the King Abdullah Economic City. Dave Eggers: 'We tend to look everywhere but the mirror' – interview 2013-01-26T21:00:01Z Saudi Arabia remains one of the world’s most repressive countries for women, where a man’s consent is obligatory for women to access human rights, and feminist activists risk arrest. How cycling is keeping the fight for women’s rights moving in Saudi Arabia 2017-09-11T04:00:00Z Saudis thought they had water to waste because beneath the Arabian sands lay one of the world’s largest underground reservoirs of water. Don’t censor the school-lunch blog 2012-06-15T16:15:00Z A sample: “The Story: A UN report just called for the crown prince of Saudi Arabia to be investigated in a murder case. Intense. Yup.” Review | Do millennial women really need the book ‘How to Skimm Your Life’? Give us more credit. 2019-06-24T04:00:00Z The unnamed bidder was later identified as a Saudi royal who purportedly purchased it on behalf of the Louvre Abu Dhabi. Italian police find stolen copy of Leonardo ‘Salvator Mundi’ 2021-01-20T05:00:00Z Women in public places in Saudi Arabia, the birthplace of Islam, wear abayas — loose-fitting, full-length robes symbolic of piety. Fashionably late: Saudi Arabia hosts its first-ever fashion week 2018-04-11T04:00:00Z A few years later, I was doing shows in Saudi Arabia. Maz Jobrani doesn't miss Trump jokes: He wasn't just bad for America, he was bad for comedy 2021-01-30T05:00:00Z The event opens amid an international backlash against Saudi leaders following the Oct. Saudi-supported cultural festival goes forward at Smithsonian 2018-10-16T04:00:00Z A pivotal role seems to have been played for centuries, by Hegra in the far north of Saudi Arabia which, at some point, became known to Greek and Latin writers such as Pliny. Review: 'Routes of Arabia'' Exhibition at Louvre Is Startling 2010-07-23T11:56:00Z It will be funded by the Saudi culture ministry. Italy’s La Scala to run academy for Saudi girls and boys 2019-03-27T04:00:00Z “Brutal violence happens relatively frequently in Saudi Arabia, but the victims tend to be anonymous,” McInerney said. Why one man’s disappearance captured the outrage and media attention that war has not 2018-10-18T04:00:00Z All that made him distinct and distinguishable from Saudi Arabia’s many victims, said Stephen McInerney, executive director of the Project on Middle East Democracy, a Washington-based policy organization. Why one man’s disappearance captured the outrage and media attention that war has not 2018-10-18T04:00:00Z After watching The Emoji Movie with his wife and daughter on Sunday evening, 28-year-old Sultan al-Otaibi said Saudis are happy to see movies in the theater instead of staying at home. Saudi Arabia begins screening films after decades-long ban lifted 2018-01-15T05:00:00Z When initially asked by press about the alleged murder of Khashoggi, Trump spoke about business being too important to risk ruining a relationship with Saudi Arabia. John Oliver: Trump and Bin Salman are 'similar in some of the worst ways' 2018-10-15T04:00:00Z Intelligence reports concluded that Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman ordered the killing. Khashoggi doc, too explosive for streaming, debuts on-demand 2021-01-05T05:00:00Z The inaugural match of the tournament, between Russia and Saudi Arabia, kicked off early in Moscow, which meant it was a relatively civilised 1:00 am in Vladivostok. On edge of Russia, World Cup viewing is for the diehard fan 2018-07-02T04:00:00Z U.S. authorities say they broke up a plot to bomb the Israeli and Saudi Arabian embassies in Washington and assassinate the Saudi ambassador. Iran calls U.S. accusations meaningless 2011-10-15T11:19:02Z Trump appeared to enjoy these trips enormously, bragging about the sword dance in Saudi Arabia, the military parade in France and the lavish ceremony in China. Sucking up has always been part of Washington culture. In the Trump era, it’s a sport. 2018-06-05T04:00:00Z A spirited young girl's mission to obtain a bicycle opens a window into the hemmed-in world of Saudi Arabian femininity in this small-scale drama. The World's End, Breathe In, Wadjda: this week's new films 2013-07-20T05:00:00Z “These guys in Qatar and Saudi Arabia, they don’t know anything about Brentwood.” Beverly Hills: Still Elite, but ... 2011-05-27T17:11:25Z This April, “Reply 1988” arrived on Viki, allowing subscribers in Chile, New Zealand, Indonesia, Saudi Arabia, the United States, and beyond to tune in. A Korean Television Show About the Power of Pop Culture 2016-05-29T04:00:00Z At this time, Bin Laden was not the world's most-wanted terrorist: He was a major financial sponsor of other jihadists in the region and the scion of one of the Saudi kingdom's most powerful families. 'The Killing of Osama Bin Laden' by Seymour Hersh details a grave threat to our democracy 2016-04-14T04:00:00Z Saudi Arabia's clerics offer legitimacy and public support to a king officially known as the guardian of Islam's holiest sites. Comics and music shows in Saudi Arabia draw rebuke from clerics 2017-02-23T05:00:00Z Public entertainment, including music and dancing, is rare in Saudi Arabia because of the kingdom’s austere Wahhabi brand of Islam. Saudi industrial city plans jazz festival as reforms take hold 2017-10-25T04:00:00Z “Never. I never thought one day I would be able to sing in Saudi Arabia ... but I’m very, very happy that I’m here,” Ebi, who flew in from Los Angeles, told Reuters. At Saudi music festival, Iran rivalry takes the stage 2020-03-18T04:00:00Z Saudi women dressed in abayas, the traditional loose black robes, and full face-veils, rode alongside tank-top wearing British tourists and Indian families on the park’s roller coasters and attractions. Dubai opens massive Marvel-branded indoor theme park 2016-09-02T04:00:00Z Perhaps it was bought by a Saudi prince with billions and so given to excesses, or by consortium with loans. Leonardo da Vinci Painting Sells for $450.3 Million, Shattering Auction Highs 2017-11-15T05:00:00Z He shows her proof that Gunn is in the habit of secretly visiting places like Saudi Arabia, Baghdad and Moscow. Review | ‘Save Me From Dangerous Men’ is a great title for a less-than-great book 2019-03-25T04:00:00Z Moreover, "Patriot Act’s" Saudi Arabia episode was daring, risky and entirely true. Off with his head: The manufactured scandal over Hasan Minhaj 2023-10-30T04:00:00Z Then, after the two-hour flight to Jiddah, Biden gave one fist bump and several handshakes to Saudi officials who greeted him. Biden greets MBS, and we once again obsess about a fist bump 2022-07-15T04:00:00Z Yet as totalitarian leaders have always known — and as recent Saudi and Russian assassinations of journalists remind us — killing even one prominent member of a group terrorizes countless others. Faith and Reasons: Two Authors Explore the Persistence of Religious Feeling 2019-11-11T05:00:00Z Saudi Arabia will one day open cinemas and build a world-class opera house, the man spearheading the kingdom’s entertainment reforms said on Thursday, downplaying opposition by powerful religious authorities to changes they see as sinful. Saudi entertainment chief sees cinemas returning, eventually 2017-04-27T04:00:00Z The visa program is an aspect of an economic reform plan introduced by Prince Mohammed bin Salman, Saudi Arabia’s de facto leader, to lower the kingdom’s dependence on oil. Saudi Arabia Invites Tourists: What You Need to Know 2019-09-27T04:00:00Z The IOC told Saudi Arabia that if it did not allow women to compete, the country’s men would also not be allowed in the games. Misty May-Treanor, Kerri Walsh: America’s golden women 2012-08-09T11:35:00Z Many Saudis rejoiced in anticipation of Wednesday’s theater opening, sharing praise and pictures of Crown Prince Mohammed on social media. Saudi Arabia to launch first new cinema at private VIP event 2018-04-18T04:00:00Z “For all the Saudi denials, things are not looking good right now as the Turkish government reportedly have audio and video proof of the assassination,” he said. John Oliver: Trump and Bin Salman are 'similar in some of the worst ways' 2018-10-15T04:00:00Z He was proud of the international brands that had come to Saudi Arabia, he said, and that they could see the opportunities emerging here. Saudi Arabia Just Had Its First Fashion Week 2018-04-16T04:00:00Z Leal, a retired gunnery sergeant who served for 22 years, including in Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Afghanistan and Iraq, said he posted a sign on his own lawn. Fireworks aren't cause for celebration for veterans and gun violence survivors 2018-07-04T04:00:00Z Khal was born in 1962 in al-Majanah, near the Yemen border – a mountainous area of Saudi Arabia known for its writers, artists and singers, but also latterly as a cradle of terrorists. Is the Arab world ready for a reading revolution? 2010-04-16T10:19:00Z This is now an oft-told tale, but he adds fresh details, like his firsthand account of his call to a Saudi official who declined to take custody of the Qaeda leader’s corpse for burial. Inside the C.I.A. 2020-10-07T04:00:00Z Only later did reports leak out that the ruler of Saudi Arabia, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, was behind the purchase. ‘Lost Leonardo’ unpeels the mysteries of the Salvator Mundi 2021-08-11T04:00:00Z Models and makeup artists preparing for the inaugural Saudi episode of Arab Fashion Week said they were surprised the event was taking place in the deeply conservative Muslim kingdom. Fashionably late: Saudi Arabia hosts its first-ever fashion week 2018-04-11T04:00:00Z Saudi Arabia put together a coalition of Arab countries that is directly supported by the United States. America has blood on its hands: Yemen is now the world’s worst humanitarian crisis 2016-01-18T05:00:00Z Despite mounting evidence, Trump has disputed that Khashoggi was killed on the orders of Saudi Arabia’s de facto ruler, Mohammed bin Salman. Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos accuses National Enquirer of extortion over intimate photos 2019-02-07T05:00:00Z The dinner took place three weeks after Mr. Khashoggi was killed at the Saudi consulate in Istanbul. More Than You Need to Know About Harry, Meghan and Oprah 2021-03-07T05:00:00Z And the world is not yet ready to live without the unmatched reserves, enormous production and unique spare capacity of Saudi Arabia. The Mysteries of the American-Saudi Alliance 2020-10-16T04:00:00Z Only a few years ago, this would have been an unthinkable scene in Saudi Arabia, where ultraconservative norms prevailed. Justin Bieber performs at Saudi F1 race after boycott calls 2021-12-06T05:00:00Z After dinner, I confronted one reality of traveling alone in Saudi Arabia: When the sun goes down, there isn’t much to do. In Saudi Arabia, a Kingdom to Myself 2016-03-03T05:00:00Z Artist Dia Aziz Dia from Jeddah is one of the Saudi Arabia's early pioneers who was sent to Rome on a state-funded international scholarship to study art in the 1960s. Saudi Arabia showcases modern art 2015-03-03T05:00:00Z In Saudi dialect, explains Mr Menoret, the word describes the “subtle and incapacitating torpor” that results from a dawning sense of worthlessness and social inadequacy. Fast and furious 2014-05-29T04:00:00Z It is also a bigger event than ever, with 89 countries represented, 12 more than in 2009, including several first-timers, like Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Rwanda, Bangladesh, Malaysia and tiny Andorra. Old Patina Encircles Fresh Art in Venice 2011-06-05T21:15:27Z It’s amazing to see Saudi Arabia opening up as a place for women and the arts. A Pioneering Saudi Director on Her New Film, ‘Mary Shelley’ 2018-05-23T04:00:00Z By the 1990s, with $85 billion invested, Saudi Arabia was one of the world’s largest wheat exporters. Don’t censor the school-lunch blog 2012-06-15T16:15:00Z He assures the locals that the construction will be funded entirely by outside groups, including the Saudi government and the Clinton Foundation. “Who Is America?” and “Big Brother” separately and together illuminate our racial divide 2018-07-23T04:00:00Z In India and Saudi Arabia, rich people are fatter. Is civilization good? Author Jared Diamond investigates 2012-12-29T03:08:49Z On October 2nd, Jamal Khashoggi, an outspoken Saudi Arabian dissident and a Washington Post columnist, was brutally murdered by the Saudi government. Sunday Reading: The Khashoggi Affair 2018-12-16T05:00:00Z There is no open casting for actors in Saudi Arabia and it is hard to find either women or girls to appear on film because it is regarded negatively by conservatives in the country. Woman directs first Saudi movie 2012-10-18T07:45:00Z The president remains in Saudi Arabia recuperating from wounds sustained in a June rocket attack on his compound. Yemen death toll grows, hundreds wounded 2011-09-19T23:27:00Z In recent years, the Saudis have been pumping up the underground reserves of water at a rate of 16 million acre-feet a year. Don’t censor the school-lunch blog 2012-06-15T16:15:00Z AMI went on to produce a glossy magazine that praised Saudi prince Mohammed bin Salman, an unusual subject choice for a company known for its supermarket tabloids. ‘A lot of uncertainty’: Staffers at renowned McClatchy newspapers mull bankruptcy sale to tabloid-owning hedge fund 2020-07-13T04:00:00Z The centers would feature entertainment facilities such as cinemas as well as venues for public performances — part of a government plan to foster a flowering of Saudi art and culture — plus restaurants and retail space. Saudi sovereign fund plans entertainment centers across kingdom 2018-05-06T04:00:00Z “Ask the gays what they think and what they do, in, not only Saudi Arabia, but many of these countries, and then you tell me: Who’s your friend, Donald Trump or Hillary Clinton?” With friends like these: More reasons why LGBT people should fear a Donald Trump presidency 2016-07-11T04:00:00Z Last month, Saudi Arabia’s crown prince unveiled plans for a 100-mile-long linear city, known as “The Line.” Architects Dreaming of a Future With No Buildings 2021-02-12T05:00:00Z Then, just as the Saudis abandoned their former goal of food self-sufficiency, came the first world food-price spike. Don’t censor the school-lunch blog 2012-06-15T16:15:00Z He collects old car wrecks abandoned on the fringes of Mecca from which he creates stark, hand crafted symbols of Saudi history and current political realities. Saudi Arabia showcases modern art 2015-03-03T05:00:00Z They bring the best price and will go to Saudi Arabia.” Explorer: Pyramids by the Nile. Egypt? No, Sudan. 2012-10-05T15:50:42Z In Saudi Arabia, women can’t drive automobiles, “sorcery” is a capital offense, and people are beheaded in public. Worth dying for? 2017-09-16T04:00:00Z But the Pakistanis and Saudis coordinated on initiatives parallel to, and without the knowledge of, the CIA, empowering the most fanatical elements in the region. 'The Killing of Osama Bin Laden' by Seymour Hersh details a grave threat to our democracy 2016-04-14T04:00:00Z But as they seek to transform the conservative kingdom, the Saudi authorities are trying to smooth the path for reform by emphasizing traditional aspects of their culture. Prize camels keep tradition alive in changing Saudi, but please no Bot 2018-01-22T05:00:00Z No Saudi feminist show would be complete without the subject of the hijab. Saudi TV Just Got a Lot More Feminist 2015-07-21T04:00:00Z And last year, a few of them screened “The Perfect Candidate,” which Saudi Arabia submitted to the Oscars. Haifaa Al-Mansour Rocks Out to Punk and Cooks With TikTok 2021-05-11T04:00:00Z In the 2012 Summer Games, Brunei, Qatar and Saudi Arabia became the last three countries competing at the Olympics to send women. Nike Reveals the ‘Pro Hijab’ for Muslim Athletes 2017-03-08T05:00:00Z The concerts in the al-Ula desert site were among the last big public events in Saudi Arabia before authorities imposed a virtual lockdown to curb the spread of coronavirus. At Saudi music festival, Iran rivalry takes the stage 2020-03-18T04:00:00Z The series is broad, with films from around the world, including the United States, Germany, Saudi Arabia and Australia. Things to Do With Kids in N.Y.C. This Summer 2019-08-01T04:00:00Z The and its foreign partners tracked the plot for several weeks and then managed to get the informant to deliver the bomb outside , possibly to Saudi Arabia or the United Arab Emirates, sources said. Would-be suicide bomber was planted, or turned informant 2012-05-09T10:45:00Z His lawyers suggested that another country, such as Iran, Israel, Saudi Arabia or Jordan may have been responsible for the hacking. UK High Court finds that Dubai ruler hacked ex-wife’s phone 2021-10-06T04:00:00Z Social media users in Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates — possibly orchestrated by their governments — frequently encourage others to boycott companies with links to Qatar. Why Soft Power Is in Style in Qatar 2019-04-04T04:00:00Z The second season started this fall, and it provides invaluable perspective on such current matters as Trump’s involvement with Saudi Arabia, Rudy Giuliani, and confidentiality agreements. The Best Podcasts of 2018 2018-12-05T05:00:00Z “Saudi history did not start with Islam, with all due respect.” In Saudi Arabia, a Kingdom to Myself 2016-03-03T05:00:00Z “There is a huge, untapped demand for events and cultural performances like this,” he said in an interview on Wednesday on the sidelines of an international conference promoting Saudi Arabia as an investment destination. Saudi industrial city plans jazz festival as reforms take hold 2017-10-25T04:00:00Z From the perspective of women inside Saudi, dizzying changes are afoot. Shot Pakistani Teen Malala Yousafzai Writing Book 2013-03-28T14:21:44Z Finding funding and support was difficult — most assumed that it would be impossible for a woman to get a movie made in Saudi Arabia. The Remarkable Story Behind the First Movie Shot Entirely in Saudi Arabia 2013-04-22T19:59:30Z "He's lived in Saudi Arabia for most of my life." Taiye Selasi: "I'm Afropolitan dammit!' 2013-03-22T10:54:01Z This is the first time a Saudi prince appears in a television commercial. Saudi prince stars in TV commercial, marks royal change 2010-04-18T17:04:00Z King Fahd Stadium in Saudi Arabia has marble and gold boxes and carpeted stands, but it has no memory or much of anything to say. The glory and heartbreak of corporatized soccer 2014-06-10T04:00:00Z Artist Ahmad Angawi brings the Saudi public into his work by installing microphones throughout various locations in Jeddah for his project, "Street Pulse." Saudi artists test limits of expression in rare show 2012-01-25T10:33:24Z Also, poised around the room are copper pots from Lebanon and Saudi Arabia – handed down by Conklin’s mother. 10 of the best hidden bars and restaurants in New York 2015-11-16T05:00:00Z In just five decades, Saudi girls went from not knowing how to read or write to a 97 percent literacy rate, according to UNICEF. Saudi TV Just Got a Lot More Feminist 2015-07-21T04:00:00Z But he said Netflix kept that episode on YouTube and that “Queer Eye” is available in Saudi Arabia, so “real positive stuff comes out of that.” Reed Hastings Had Us All Staying Home Before We Had To 2020-09-04T04:00:00Z These are very clearly rendered, more so than the blurry image of a public beheading shown in Saudi Arabia. The perils of "dangerous" comedy, or what makes a notorious warlord laugh? 2019-03-13T04:00:00Z And while some projects, like many from the Saudis and the UAE, will probably never happen, the Al Thanis do seem bent on spending their treasure chest. Don’t censor the school-lunch blog 2012-06-15T16:15:00Z But the Bezos investigation, as echoed by the U.N. report, asserts that it has evidence of a Saudi hack of his phone. U.N. report on Jeff Bezos phone hack only adds to questions about how the National Enquirer got its scoop 2020-01-27T05:00:00Z It cannot now be shown in Kuwait, Oman, Qatar or Saudi Arabia, according to showbusiness journals. Sex, porn and toxic masculinity: the struggle to bring up better boys 2020-03-14T04:00:00Z Convincing wins against Saudi Arabia and Egypt in the group stage saw Russia through to the round of 16 for the first time in the post-Soviet era. After shock Russia win, Moscow cleans up huge party mess 2018-07-02T04:00:00Z Had you appreciated the extent to which Saudi women conspire in their own repression without the assistance of the zealous moral police? Wadjda – review 2013-07-20T23:05:26Z The map weaves words, arrows, symbols and shapes, implying a web of connections between events, people and organizations such as freemasonry, the Rothschild family, George Soros, the Saudis, “Nazi UFOs” and Pizzagate. Perspective | Art can help distinguish between conspiracy and reality, and this exhibition proves it 2018-11-03T04:00:00Z In his view IS ultimately arises from the machinations of outside powers, mainly America and Saudi Arabia. Rolling into town 2015-02-19T05:00:00Z The exhibition, which opened last week, includes more than 50 works by 22 Saudi artists giving their views on the country. Saudi artists test limits of expression in rare show 2012-01-25T10:33:24Z The United States government concluded that the killing had been carried out by a team reporting directly to Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, Saudi Arabia’s de facto ruler. You Don’t Know Much About Jay Penske. And He’s Fine With That. 2022-03-26T04:00:00Z The leaders of Saudi Arabia, he charges, have “consistently failed to prove themselves good military partners.” Battlefields: Recent Books in Military History 2019-11-05T05:00:00Z Tellingly, the meeting was held at Dumat al-Jandal, in what is now Saudi Arabia, a spot specifically chosen because it was equidistant from Iraq and Syria. Iraq and Syria’s Poetic Borders 2014-08-14T04:00:00Z Since the 1980s many alienated Saudi youths have escaped via religious radicalism. Fast and furious 2014-05-29T04:00:00Z Then they joined the country’s 1980s cropping boom which, for a while, made Saudi Arabia self-sufficient in wheat. Don’t censor the school-lunch blog 2012-06-15T16:15:00Z The current travel restrictions prevent the entry of both overseas pilgrims and Saudi citizens into the holy cities of Mecca and Medina. Coronavirus fears put a halt to the Muslim pilgrimage of umrah — but not yet the hajj 2020-03-07T05:00:00Z He is a Chadian who had been living in Saudi Arabia and had been captured in Pakistan in a raid on a mosque. Bringing Guantánamo to Park Avenue 2015-09-23T04:00:00Z Born in the United States, Abedin moved to Saudi Arabia with her Indian father and Pakistani mother as a toddler and lived there until college, visiting the U.S. during summer breaks. Huma Abedin steps out, brings her memoir to Abu Dhabi 2022-03-07T05:00:00Z Then Mr. Trump went to the nearby Olympic Tower for a dinner held by the Saudi billionaire Adnan Khashoggi, encountered a living room bigger than his own and decided to remodel. Trump Tower, a Home for Celebrities and Charlatans 2017-08-12T04:00:00Z Planning for a post-carbon future and taking advantage of the Saudi sun, the city would be powered by solar energy and staffed by so many robots that they might outnumber the human inhabitants. ‘MBS: The Rise to Power of Mohammed Bin Salman,’ by Ben Hubbard: An Excerpt 2020-03-09T04:00:00Z A tower designed by Chicago architects Adrian Smith and Gordon Gill and to be built in Saudi Arabia will be the world's tallest building if completed, according to plans unveiled today. Chicago firm to design world's tallest tower 2011-08-02T14:58:00Z Conversely, travelers should be mindful about public displays of affection when traveling in destinations where their communities aren’t generally well accepted, including Brunei, Ethiopia, Iran and Saudi Arabia. Advice for Gay and Transgender Travelers 2017-01-27T05:00:00Z The second episode, pegged to the killing of the journalist Jamal Khashoggi, was an overview of Saudi Arabian politics, with detours to critique Indian-American conservatives and the aesthetics of Saudi rap videos. Making Talk TV for a Post-TV Generation 2018-11-05T05:00:00Z “There have been some major hiccups, but the partners, government and designers are committed. They will take the rough with the smooth. This is a window into the future of Saudi Arabia.” Saudi Arabia Just Had Its First Fashion Week 2018-04-16T04:00:00Z In Al Qunfudhah, Saudi Arabia, a shop selling camel urine was shut down because it was actually selling: A. Camel urine. Style Invitational Week 1168: Asterisky business — give us nerdy humor 2016-03-24T04:00:00Z In an interview with Mary Campbell of The Associated Press in 1989, Fanshawe recalled early journeys in Saudi Arabia, Iraq and Iran, and how he was inspired by hearing pearl divers sing in Bahrain. 'African Sanctus' composer David Fanshawe dies 2010-07-10T18:31:00Z Saudi Arabia, which for decades seemed irreparably stuck in the past, is now changing by the day. Cycling in Jeddah: Saudi women embrace change 2018-04-09T04:00:00Z I reached the port of Jizan in southwestern Saudi Arabia just in time to catch the speedboat. In Saudi Arabia, a Kingdom to Myself 2016-03-03T05:00:00Z Most people reach the island aboard passenger ferries bequeathed to residents by the previous Saudi king. In Saudi Arabia, a Kingdom to Myself 2016-03-03T05:00:00Z When news circulated that Mickelson was involved in a plan to create a circuit in Saudi Arabia to compete with the PGA Tour, Shipnuck had a devastating interview waiting in his notes. Phil Mickelson, Game for Anything and All Too Human 2022-05-23T04:00:00Z Which brings it back to her first point: Saudi women are shifting the narrative and changing the rhetoric for, and about, all Saudi women. The suffragettes of Saudi Arabia: 'We try and be reasonable calling for our rights' 2015-08-28T04:00:00Z I remember doing a show and there was a Saudi kid, because they had a bunch of people opening for me before I was up. Maz Jobrani doesn't miss Trump jokes: He wasn't just bad for America, he was bad for comedy 2021-01-30T05:00:00Z Saudi companies and organizations support other Washington cultural organizations, too. Saudi-supported cultural festival goes forward at Smithsonian 2018-10-16T04:00:00Z If we saw him again, it would be pleading fealty to the Saudi leadership in a staged appearance in Riyadh, after a cloak-and-dagger rendition. The seven standout stories of 2018 2018-12-22T05:00:00Z Saudi Arabia is now trying to boost its entertainment sector as part of that plan, which aims at creating jobs and weaning the country off its dependence on oil. Comics and music shows in Saudi Arabia draw rebuke from clerics 2017-02-23T05:00:00Z Among their proposals was to open a Wolseley in Saudi Arabia; Mr. King told friends his regulars would be outraged by that because of the Saudi government’s human rights abuses. The ‘Consummate’ London Restaurateur Is Briskly Shown the Exit 2022-04-08T04:00:00Z It seems fitting that the Rosa Parks of the fight to drive in Saudi Arabia was a single mother trying to get home to her 5-year-old son. Motherlode: A Mother's Right to Drive 2011-06-21T16:41:43Z Last month, Netflix blocked an episode of Minhaj’s show from streaming in Saudi Arabia after the government there complained it was critical of the crown prince. What’s on TV Sunday: The Grammys and ‘Patriot Act’ 2019-02-10T05:00:00Z RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — Fashion week in New York, Paris and Milan can often be a surreal experience, full of towering fantasy, inflated egos and sky-high stilettos. Saudi Arabia Just Had Its First Fashion Week 2018-04-16T04:00:00Z One assessment at the end of 2009 found that Saudi Arabia and the other Gulf states were responsible for a third of the land purchased, leased, or under offer to foreigners by poorer countries. Don’t censor the school-lunch blog 2012-06-15T16:15:00Z Saudi Arabia named its first envoy in two decades, Kuwait reached a $500 million deal to end a standoff over debt, and Baghdad paid $408 million to Egyptian workers who fled the 1990-91 Gulf War. Iraq hosts Arab summit, seeking regional role 2012-03-29T13:31:04Z The first full-length film ever to have been shot entirely in Saudi Arabia, the title character of Wadjda is a girl who yearns to own a bicycle, so she can race against a neighbourhood boy. The cultural year ahead for women 2013-01-08T07:00:00Z The Saudis’ nervous allies, including the UK, are reluctant to make a fuss about this important Middle East ally and arms purchaser. Dune, Bond and Top Gun returns: Films to look out for in 2021 2020-12-29T05:00:00Z And his Saudi Arabia sounds to me note-perfect, from the soldier seated in a beach chair next to a Humvee, soaking his feet in an inflatable pool, to the secret drag races in the desert. ‘A Hologram for the King,’ by Dave Eggers 2012-07-20T17:08:36Z The most impressive work here, though, is by Reem al-Faisal, who divides her time between Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, where she was born, and Paris, where she studied photography. ‘The Middle East Revealed: A Female Perspective’ and ‘Syria in 1940’ 2014-09-04T04:00:00Z Women in Saudi Arabia were granted the right to drive in 2018. ‘The Perfect Candidate’ Review: Paving the Way 2021-05-13T04:00:00Z In 1980, he moved to Dhahran, Saudi Arabia to teach the children of US workers at the giant oil company Saudi Aramco. How did one of the worst paedophiles in history get away with his crimes? | Robert Booth 2016-06-14T04:00:00Z But young Saudis, who use the Internet, see that women in neighboring Muslim countries drive freely. Saudi Arabia grants first 10 driver’s licenses to women 2018-06-04T04:00:00Z Instead of feuding over theology, Ghattas shows, Saudi Arabia and Iran transformed latent religious divisions into weapons wielded in the pursuit of political power, by cultivating and often arming sectarian militias across the region. The Unraveling of the Muslim World 2020-01-28T05:00:00Z Only this time the princess, wife of the second in line to the Saudi throne, wasn’t just looking for exclusive clothing. Special Report: Fashion: By Royal Design 2010-09-29T03:15:00Z Every year, Muslims travel from around the world to the city of Mecca in Saudi Arabia to complete the haj, one of the five pillars of their faith. Egyptian artist paints murals on houses to celebrate haj 2019-08-07T04:00:00Z Our narrator, Jazz Bashara, is one of these lunar locals, who emigrated to the moon from Saudi Arabia at age 6. Andy Weir's 'The Martian' was a huge hit. And now he's hoping he's not a one-hit wonder. 2017-12-01T05:00:00Z Hubbard, The Times’s Beirut bureau chief, interviewed individuals inside the kingdom, until the Saudis stopped giving him visas. New in Paperback: ‘Why We Swim’ and ‘The End of October’ 2021-04-23T04:00:00Z The sticky relationships are not limited to Saudi Arabia. Museums Forced to Reassess Saudi Ties Amid Uproar Over Journalist’s Fate 2018-10-12T04:00:00Z The UK remains the company's biggest market, accounting for 82% of sales, but it now sells London taxis in 20 foreign markets including Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, Italy and France. Azerbaijan hails the black cab 2012-05-25T10:46:51Z Contracts say that 70 percent of the rice would be destined for Saudi mouths, and only 30 percent for locals. Don’t censor the school-lunch blog 2012-06-15T16:15:00Z Mr. Trump responded to the murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi with an outright admission in the Oval Office that the kingdom’s arms deals were too valuable for him to lose. How Conspiracy Theories Shape Art 2018-11-01T04:00:00Z The film then shifts, explaining how bin Laden's father, described as "a one-eyed illiterate Yemeni laborer," rose to become Saudi Arabia's biggest contractor. Tribeca film explores al Qaeda's history and culture 2010-04-24T21:18:00Z “This solution seems practical, especially in light of shortages in official swordsmen or their belated arrival to execution yards in some incidents,” said the Saudi committee in charge of the issue. 6 countries that still use lethal injection to kill prisoners 2014-05-08T12:30:00Z But the greater willingness to privately admit to being atheist reflects a general disillusionment with religion and what one Saudi called “a growing notion” that religion is being misused by authorities to control the population. Atheism explodes in Saudi Arabia (where just talking about atheism is illegal) 2014-06-12T04:00:00Z When more family members were able to escape Syria, settling in Turkey, Canada and Saudi Arabia, our group chat transformed into a venue for hosting weddings, baby showers and funerals. My Plea for a Sixth Love Language 2022-05-06T04:00:00Z Only a year ago the king attended the opening of Saudi Arabia’s first coeducational graduate school, the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, a 10-minute drive from the King Abdullah site. Critic?s Notebook: Laying Out Economic Cities, Saudis See Window to Modernity 2010-12-13T03:28:00Z On #LSSC tonight: With evangelical leaders like Pat Robertson downplaying the death of a journalist in Saudi Arabia, Moses publicly clarifies the meaning of ‘Thou shalt not kill.’ Stephen Colbert dresses like Moses to rebuke Pat Robertson for putting money over murder 2018-10-20T04:00:00Z Yet one of the biggest deals may end up being brokered with the Saudi royal family, which is moving to create a special fund devoted to restoring historic sites in Rome. To Some Dismay, Italy Enlists Donors to Repair Monuments 2014-07-15T04:00:00Z Tonight, she has in tow the obnoxious Pauline, whose accent has been mangled by residencies in South Africa and then Saudi Arabia. Tonight's TV highlights: Asian Gracefully 2011-03-04T00:05:02Z The documentary “Kingdom of Silence” is debuting on Showtime two years to the day after Saudi agents killed and dismembered the Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi inside the Saudi consulate in Istanbul. ‘Kingdom of Silence’ Review: A Spotlight on Jamal Khashoggi 2020-10-01T04:00:00Z To wit: Tony’s work for Saudi Arabia has caused some raised eyebrows among human rights activists. The rise and fall of the Podestas, Washington’s powerful political brother act 2017-11-10T05:00:00Z Iran declares that Saudi Arabia has turned Iraq into a “client state” and invades in the face of what it calls “unacceptable Saudi intervention.” Video Game Review: Defending America, the Underdog 2011-03-24T22:00:11Z “There is a huge, untapped demand for events and cultural performances like this,” he said in an interview on Wednesday on the sidelines of an international conference promoting Saudi Arabia as an investment destination. Saudi industrial city plans jazz festival as reforms take hold 2017-10-25T04:00:00Z But perhaps the biggest development to come out of his trip was the arms deal the president signed with Saudi Arabia. Trevor Noah is baffled by Donald Trump’s arms deal with Saudi Arabia 2017-05-31T04:00:00Z Saudi Binladin, one of the country's top construction conglomerates, and the the Ministry of Finance were not immediately available to comment. Saudi Arabia to restart work on $26.6 billion Grand Mosque expansion 2017-08-17T04:00:00Z Instead, it would import wheat to make Saudi bread. Don’t censor the school-lunch blog 2012-06-15T16:15:00Z Seventy percent of the Saudi people are younger than 30 years old. ‘MBS: The Rise to Power of Mohammed Bin Salman,’ by Ben Hubbard: An Excerpt 2020-03-09T04:00:00Z She recalled trying to escape across the desert into Saudi Arabia in a convoy with other Britons, and not getting very far. Radio review: A Quiet Invasion 2010-08-02T06:59:00Z Neither of them were dark-skinned, “Saudi,” bearded or brandished a fiery red trident or horns on their head. I am not the Tsarnaevs 2013-04-22T15:19:00Z For Saudi Arabia, the war is about countering perceived Iranian influence on a neighboring country. America has blood on its hands: Yemen is now the world’s worst humanitarian crisis 2016-01-18T05:00:00Z I knew the story I wanted to tell, but the more time I spent in Saudi Arabia, I felt like a journalist. "We leave these places in ruins": How the white lens on "Kandahar" reflects the human cost 2023-05-26T04:00:00Z Even Saudi Arabia, the region's most conservative country, is set for three new parks. Dubai's IMG plans another record indoor theme park 2016-12-06T05:00:00Z Saudi women rarely wear anything but black abayas in public. ‘I felt like one of my father’s songbirds, let out of its cage’: driving as a woman in Saudi Arabia 2017-06-12T04:00:00Z First used to describe a Saudi man who “forgot” to pay for a pomegranate. Style Invitational: Give it to us straight 2016-10-20T04:00:00Z One who thinks the Saudis and other Gulf countries may be funding rather than fighting IS and is ready to say so is Russian President Vladimir Putin. We’re not beating ISIS like this: America has no easy solution to its Middle Eastern crisis — and maybe none at all 2015-12-13T05:00:00Z At another point, a group of Saudi Arabian bureaucrats seeking advice about improving their country’s record on women’s rights is shown videoconferencing with Icelandic officials. Review: ‘A Room in India’ Overflows With Astonishing Visions 2017-12-06T05:00:00Z October, DEA and FBI agents disrupted a bomb plot to kill Adel Al-Jubeir, the Saudi Arabian ambassador to the United States and possibly over 100 bystanders in a busy Washington restaurant. U.S. officials see increasing threat of domestic attack from Iran 2012-01-31T15:06:00Z “I want to be optimistic for the future of the women I filmed in Saudi,” said Gornall. Saudi Women’s Driving School: behind an inspiring, frustrating documentary 2019-10-24T04:00:00Z It took two tours of duty in Saudi Arabia and Iraq, Matthew, 53, told me, to make him appreciate his Georgia roots and start thinking about keeping the farm alive. Encounters With Ghosts on Georgia’s Golden Isles 2021-06-16T04:00:00Z He has proposed bombing Mecca, Saudi Arabia, to deter terrorists, called for a moratorium on legal immigration, and called Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor a “racist.” The Colorado soap opera that could be a major 2016 headache for the GOP 2015-07-15T04:00:00Z On that now-infamous photo of Mr. Trump holding a glowing orb with Saudi and Egyptian leaders: Jimmy Kimmel Says Jared Kushner Is Making Your In-Laws Look Good 2017-05-31T04:00:00Z There is no such industry in Saudi Arabia today. Saudi TV Just Got a Lot More Feminist 2015-07-21T04:00:00Z In January, Jeddah hosted Saudi Arabia’s first major public concert in over a decade, featuring Arab music. Saudi industrial city plans jazz festival as reforms take hold 2017-10-25T04:00:00Z But Saudis are waking up to the fact that all their wealth will count for nothing if they have nothing to eat. Don’t censor the school-lunch blog 2012-06-15T16:15:00Z Although the novel targets secular nationalist Ba'athists, its title and content were seen as a coded attack on the dearth of liberties in Saudi Arabia. Ghazi al-Gosaibi obituary 2010-08-24T17:43:00Z They go to meetings and ask questions, and what they are starting to learn is another country is tapping the aquifer at a fast rate to feed their cows in Saudi Arabia. "This is where WW III starts": "The Grab" filmmaker on the urgent scarcity created by the powerful 2022-09-09T04:00:00Z The band’s website said their next world tour concert is in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia on Oct. K-Pop's BTS goes on holiday, asks fans for privacy 2019-08-12T04:00:00Z He justifiably criticizes Trump for tilting American foreign policy toward Saudi Arabia in its dispute with its gulf neighbor Qatar. Eating Away at Government From the Inside 2018-03-13T04:00:00Z Hisham Fageeh, who describes himself as a Saudi activist, rewrote Bob Marley’s “No Woman, No Cry” to call attention to Saudi Arabia’s ban on women driving. 14 protest videos that went viral and changed the world 2014-02-25T14:00:00Z The Los Angeles County Museum of Art will show the work of a Muslim lieutenant colonel in the Saudi Arabian army responding to the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11. 5 picks: What's on our radar for art, theater, music and more 2017-04-09T04:00:00Z A former Saudi insider himself, he lived in exile in Northern Virginia and was a familiar figure among Washington’s foreign-policy wonks, politicians and media figures. Why one man’s disappearance captured the outrage and media attention that war has not 2018-10-18T04:00:00Z Saudi Arabia hopes to right the ship against Uruguay after a 5-0 loss to Russia, at 11 a.m. on Fox. What’s on TV Wednesday: ‘Yellowstone’ and ‘Brockmire’ 2018-06-20T04:00:00Z Trump goes to Saudi Arabia and never once mentions radical Islamic terrorism, which is what he condemned Obama for, right? Trevor Noah is baffled by Donald Trump’s arms deal with Saudi Arabia 2017-05-31T04:00:00Z The greatest gap between perception and reality is in Saudi Arabia, where participants believe fewer than three in 10 people are overweight whereas more than seven in 10 are. Revealed: the gap between what you know about your country and the reality 2015-12-02T05:00:00Z I was a young staffer at the National Security Council, and a terrorist attack in Saudi Arabia suggested growing unrest there. The Mysteries of the American-Saudi Alliance 2020-10-16T04:00:00Z There was no official comment from Saudi Arabia about the reasons and conditions of his detention and release. Lebanese singer deported from Saudi after 50-day detention 2021-05-28T04:00:00Z The emirates became a kind of Switzerland of the Middle East, a haven of calm and prosperity surrounded by big, aggressive neighbors, Iran and Iraq to the north and Saudi Arabia to the west. Critic?s Notebook: Building Museums, and a Fresh Arab Identity 2010-11-29T19:10:00Z Saudi Arabia, joining the Biennale for the first time, is to be represented by an installation titled “The Black Arch.” Echoes of Political Unrest at Venice Biennale 2011-05-25T20:49:54Z "My father's from Ghana but he lives in Saudi Arabia" omitted the fact of his decade-long absence, while implying that I, too, was somehow "from Ghana", a tenuous claim at best. Taiye Selasi: "I'm Afropolitan dammit!' 2013-03-22T10:54:01Z Aron said his company reconsidered its plans to open dozens of theaters, which the company announced last spring, following the October murder of Washington Post writer Jamal Khashoggi in a Saudi consulate. AMC Theatres pursues Saudi expansion despite journalist's killing 2019-04-03T04:00:00Z Saudi Arabia officials also were not immediately available for comment. Netflix pulls comedy show episode in Saudi Arabia: media 2019-01-02T05:00:00Z Meures got in contact with a Saudi activist in Europe who ran a group chat with numerous Saudi women contemplating escape. Saudi Runaway: behind a suspenseful and courageous documentary 2020-01-31T05:00:00Z In part the district’s isolation stems from the Saudis’ security concerns. Critic?s Notebook: Laying Out Economic Cities, Saudis See Window to Modernity 2010-12-13T03:28:00Z Now, in Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s drive to open Saudi society and expand its economy beyond oil, Al Ula is to be reincarnated as the kingdom’s star cultural and heritage attraction. Art Rises in the Saudi Desert, Shadowed by Politics 2020-02-11T05:00:00Z Some members of the crowd sing along, loudly cheering when he asks the crowd whether journalists should be injected with the coronavirus or whether people should "chop them up like the Saudis do." What's real in "Borat 2"? 2020-10-27T04:00:00Z Cheap oil spurs economic reform in Saudi Arabia, but also weakens the cause of Kurdish independence, since a successful Kurdish state will depend on oil revenues. The Oil and Gas Sector Is Changing — and So Is Geopolitics 2017-12-28T05:00:00Z Rasheed said it was not clear whether current visa rules would permit a large foreign audience at the festival, but predicted heavy demand for tickets among Saudi citizens. Saudi industrial city plans jazz festival as reforms take hold 2017-10-25T04:00:00Z She recalls another incident under her directorship when a new assistant handed her a seating chart that placed the Israelis next to the Saudis, the Greeks next to the Turks. Cultural Studies: Arranged Seating at Parties Can Be a Source of Anxiety for Guests 2012-06-01T20:07:09Z Saudi Arabia is still one of the most restrictive countries for women in the world. Saudi women celebrate Women's Day with a jog in Jeddah 2018-03-08T05:00:00Z Zealot World premiere of Theresa Rebeck’s drama about British and American diplomats reacting to a female-led protest in Mecca, Saudi Arabia; contains profanity. L.A. theater openings, Oct. 19-26: 'Doctor Faustus' and more 2014-10-16T04:00:00Z The films also scrutinizes governments and corporations that continue to work closely with Saudi Arabia despite a crackdown on free speech. Jamal Khashoggi doc ‘The Dissident’ finds distribution 2020-09-02T04:00:00Z “Audiences around the world were treated to wall-to-wall propaganda,” Oliver said, while playing footage from this year’s Royal Rumble, taking place in Saudi Arabia for the first time. John Oliver: Trump and Bin Salman are 'similar in some of the worst ways' 2018-10-15T04:00:00Z There was a new future on the way for Saudi Arabia, and it would involve more than robots and women driving. ‘MBS: The Rise to Power of Mohammed Bin Salman,’ by Ben Hubbard: An Excerpt 2020-03-09T04:00:00Z I met my husband when he was working in Saudi as the American cultural attache. Haifaa al-Mansour: 'It's very important to celebrate resistance' 2013-07-13T23:05:04Z A document seen by Reuters showed that a Saudi prince was authorized to purchase the painting on behalf of the Abu Dhabi Department of Culture and Tourism. Abu Dhabi to acquire Leonardo da Vinci's 'Salvator Mundi': Christie's 2017-12-08T05:00:00Z The latest beneficiary is Saudi Arabia, in the Hollywood star’s ongoing expansion into the Middle East. Even if nobody else is listening, the president's son is singing the praises of Kanye West's new album 2019-10-31T04:00:00Z One of the most memorable sales I took was in Saudi Arabia. A Young Auctioneer Breaks Into the Gavel Clique 2011-10-28T22:42:28Z What did scare the Saudis was when their key grain suppliers started banning exports to protect their home consumers. Don’t censor the school-lunch blog 2012-06-15T16:15:00Z Even on YouTube, Saudis who live within the system don’t push too hard. | The TV Watch: Saudi Arabia: Ramadan TV Gently Pushes Saudi Boundaries 2012-08-20T02:22:34Z Borat sings a ditty about the Wuhan flu and chopping up journalists “like the Saudis do.” Sacha Baron Cohen: This Time He’s Serious 2020-10-17T04:00:00Z A long-serving oil minister in Saudi Arabia who led the kingdom through the 1973 oil crisis, the nationalization its state energy company and once found himself held hostage by the assassin Carlos the Jackal. Final goodbye: Recalling influential people who died in 2021 2021-12-02T05:00:00Z Anonymous Saudi Twitter accounts tell tales of royal corruption. After the Sheikhs: The Coming Collapse of the Gulf Monarchies by Christopher M Davidson 2012-12-28T22:55:04Z In Saudi Arabia, physical education is prohibited in all-girls public schools and women's gyms remain illegal in the kingdom because female athleticism is deemed un-Islamic. Women in sports ad strikes nerve in Arab world 2017-02-23T05:00:00Z Destabilized by strong medications for an undisclosed malady, she listens to language tapes, keeps a diary, works on a comic novel and visits the other wives in her building, a Pakistani and a Saudi. Hilary Mantel's short-story collection long on controversy 2014-10-03T04:00:00Z Being a Saudi woman, there are a lot of situations that I find difficult, but I don't want this to become a story because I am angry. Saudia Arabian film-maker breaks boundaries 2013-07-08T05:32:18Z He recalls a meeting in Saudi Arabia with an official at the Ministry of Information who found the comic book subversive and banned it. PBS to Show ?Wham! Bam! Islam!? on ?Independent Lens? 2011-10-12T22:48:01Z His book is not just the ABCs of Saudi Arabia; it is the DEFGs and Hs too. The Mysteries of the American-Saudi Alliance 2020-10-16T04:00:00Z On a dry-erase board in front of him was a rough outline for an episode he hoped to perform about Saudi Arabia and its crown prince, Mohammed bin Salman. Can Hasan Minhaj Make Topical Comedy Work on Netflix? 2018-10-18T04:00:00Z However, one person concerned in an off-the-record way with such Saudi funding for terror groups was Secretary of State Hillary Clinton back in 2009. We’re not beating ISIS like this: America has no easy solution to its Middle Eastern crisis — and maybe none at all 2015-12-13T05:00:00Z Instead, they chose to split the prize between The Doves' Necklace, by Saudi novelist Raja Alem, and The Arch and the Butterfly, by Moroccan politician, journalist and author Achaari. 'Arabic Booker' can't escape controversy 2011-03-15T12:42:40Z Covering the high-profile case of a subject who opposed the Saudi government outright brought challenges for the filmmakers, both during and after shooting. Two New Movies Share a Clear Message: Don’t Forget Jamal Khashoggi 2020-10-02T04:00:00Z Since it is broadcast during the Holy Month, this revolutionary show is representing millennials in a way that Saudi TV hasn’t otherwise seen. Saudi TV Just Got a Lot More Feminist 2015-07-21T04:00:00Z But for Khal, the rise of Saudi book clubs is proof of a revolution among the young. Is the Arab world ready for a reading revolution? 2010-04-16T10:19:00Z In Saudi Arabia flight searches dropped by 33% and in Bahrain by 37%, even though neither were included in Trump’s executive order. US tourism experiences a 'Trump slump' 2017-02-28T05:00:00Z I’ve never seen it rain in Saudi Arabia — it rained all day. DMX Wanted a New Beginning. Swizz Beatz Is Seeing It Through. 2021-05-27T04:00:00Z It uncovers an unreported detail: Right before his death, Khashoggi had agreed to meet with an investigator working with families of 9/11 victims that are suing the Saudi government. Two New Movies Share a Clear Message: Don’t Forget Jamal Khashoggi 2020-10-02T04:00:00Z The record also made its debut at No. 1 in other countries from Saudi Arabia to Japan, giving a much-needed lift to EMI Music, which owns the international rights. Die-Hard Fans Follow Iron Maiden Into the Digital Age 2010-09-05T18:20:00Z Initial reports that he was being held against his will soon gave way to a far grislier truth – that Khashoggi, an exiled Saudi national living, had been murdered and dismembered. "Kingdom of Silence": A wrenching look at how Jamal Khashoggi's life is a story as big as his death 2020-10-02T04:00:00Z In his Dangerous World of Comedy, Charles visits places most white Americans would fear to tread, including Somalia, Liberia, Saudi Arabia and a Native American reservation in Minnesota. Borat director Larry Charles: why I asked terrorists to tell me a joke 2019-02-20T05:00:00Z Saudi organizers said the concert will be broadcast globally. AP Exclusive: Nicki Minaj pulls out of Saudi Arabia concert 2019-07-09T04:00:00Z The writer was last seen entering the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul. Saudi-supported cultural festival goes forward at Smithsonian 2018-10-16T04:00:00Z Over the years, Holbrook took “Mark Twain Tonight!” to numerous foreign countries, including Saudi Arabia. Hal Holbrook, prolific actor who played Twain, dies at 95 2021-02-02T05:00:00Z She notes, for example, that he went to the Saudi consulate to get documents he needed to marry his fiancee. Why one man’s disappearance captured the outrage and media attention that war has not 2018-10-18T04:00:00Z One of the most borrowed titles is the Arabic self-help book Don't Be Sad, published by the International Islamic Publishing House in Saudi Arabia. A glimpse into Guantánamo Bay's library 2013-05-03T15:38:29Z A 15-year-old Saudi teenager called for the development of a hijab-clad emoji this fall, while a fully clothed Muslim journalist was featured wearing a hijab in the October edition of Playboy. Asserting Their Fashion Identity in the Muslim World 2016-11-01T04:00:00Z Here is Yergin the master storyteller transporting us to the Saudi desert in the late 1930s. The Future of Energy 2020-09-15T04:00:00Z The film’s end credits include a list of corporations tied to Saudi Arabia. Jamal Khashoggi doc ‘The Dissident’ finds distribution 2020-09-02T04:00:00Z The bride’s father retired as the managing director of United Gates, a construction contractor, in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. Sarah Aziza, Caleb Winship 2018-03-04T05:00:00Z Though Putin’s list of supposed funders was not made public, on the G20 side Saudi Arabia and Turkey are more likely candidates than South Korea and Japan. We’re not beating ISIS like this: America has no easy solution to its Middle Eastern crisis — and maybe none at all 2015-12-13T05:00:00Z One of the most exciting parts of Arab Fashion Week Riyadh, the first official fashion week hosted in Saudi Arabia, which took place last week, was the sheer amount of Saudi girl power on display. Saudi Arabia’s Female Designers to Know 2018-04-17T04:00:00Z Saudi Arabia signed an agreement earlier in the day with AMC to open 30 to 40 cinemas in about 15 Saudi cities over the next five years. First cinema in Saudi Arabia to open on April 18 2018-04-04T04:00:00Z “Instead of feuding over theology, Ghattas shows, Saudi Arabia and Iran transformed latent religious divisions into weapons wielded in the pursuit of political power, by cultivating and often arming sectarian militias across the region.” 11 New Books We Recommend This Week 2020-03-05T05:00:00Z A bit of food inflation didn’t worry the Saudis much. Don’t censor the school-lunch blog 2012-06-15T16:15:00Z Residential areas will be interlaced with the kind of open public spaces — parks, plazas and the waterfront promenades — that are generic in large Western-style developments but almost impossible to find in Saudi Arabia. Critic?s Notebook: Laying Out Economic Cities, Saudis See Window to Modernity 2010-12-13T03:28:00Z Khashoggi was killed by a team of Saudi agents who worked for the crown prince during a visit to the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul to obtain papers to marry his Turkish fiancée. Justin Bieber performs at Saudi F1 race after boycott calls 2021-12-06T05:00:00Z Well you can no longer name your kid “Linda” in Saudi Arabia. 11 countries that don’t trust their citizens to name their babies 2014-04-02T12:45:00Z In an annual speech before his advisory assembly, or Shura Council, the Saudi monarch said he ordered the step after consulting with the nation's top religious clerics, whose advice carries great weight in the kingdom. Saudi king: Women can vote in 2015 2011-09-25T16:21:00Z With assets of over $220 billion, the PIF is being used by the government to spearhead its drive to diversify the Saudi economy beyond oil. Saudi sovereign fund plans cinema venture with AMC Entertainment 2017-12-11T05:00:00Z Tension between the two regional powerhouses — Saudi Arabia and Iran — often translated into a deadlock in decision-making in Lebanese politics. Lebanese singer deported from Saudi after 50-day detention 2021-05-28T04:00:00Z Saudi Arabia sacked its previous health minister in April and his deputy in May as negative domestic opinion and global concern grew about the response to MERS. Patients recruited for vital studies on Saudi MERS virus 2014-06-30T04:00:00Z Cinemas were banned in the early 1980s under pressure from Islamists as Saudi society turned towards a particularly conservative form of religion that discouraged public entertainment and public mixing between men and women. Saudi Arabia begins screening films after decades-long ban lifted 2018-01-15T05:00:00Z “Hindistani,” filmed in India, is a lot more outré than it sounds: strict Saudi tradition bans dancing and bright colors in public as well as modern music. | The TV Watch: Saudi Arabia: Ramadan TV Gently Pushes Saudi Boundaries 2012-08-20T02:22:34Z I think it’s amazing to have the film shown in Saudi Arabia, and that’s the way to go about this. A Pioneering Saudi Director on Her New Film, ‘Mary Shelley’ 2018-05-23T04:00:00Z Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Kuwait showered Egypt with billions of dollars in aid after Sisi ousted Mursi of the Muslim Brotherhood last year, following mass protests against his rule. Top Egyptian TV comic says show pulled off air 2014-06-02T04:00:00Z According to the Financial Times, which first reported the story, Netflix received a takedown request from the Saudi government’s Communications and Information Technology Commission last month and removed the episode last week. Netflix slammed for pulling an episode of Hasan Minhaj's show that was critical of Saudi prince 2019-01-02T05:00:00Z Tens of thousands of Saudis joined the clerics in critiquing Comic Con and the GEA, elevating the hashtag "a new disaster for entertainment in Riyadh" to Twitter's list of trending topics there. Comics and music shows in Saudi Arabia draw rebuke from clerics 2017-02-23T05:00:00Z "We are hopeful Saudi Arabia would respond positively to our just demand," Qasemi said. Iran says oil ban will not halt nuclear work 2012-02-04T13:45:12Z Problematic allies the Saudis may be, but we might remember that the United States is often the most difficult ally of all. The Mysteries of the American-Saudi Alliance 2020-10-16T04:00:00Z The situation is clearest in Saudi Arabia, where the secular royal family holds power only with the shadowy permission of Wahhabist religious leaders. We’re not beating ISIS like this: America has no easy solution to its Middle Eastern crisis — and maybe none at all 2015-12-13T05:00:00Z The countries who have allegedly banned the film are Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Oman, Kuwait, Qatar, and Bahrain. Steven Spielberg’s “West Side Story” banned in multiple Middle Eastern countries 2021-12-08T05:00:00Z Ghattas tries to pinpoint the first moments when the Saudi and Iranian religious rivalries exploded into violence. The Unraveling of the Muslim World 2020-01-28T05:00:00Z Saudi Arabia and its gulf allies, especially oil- and gas-rich Qatar, reportedly pushed for some form of direct aid to the rebels, who are facing off mostly with rifles against Assad's heavily armored military. Hillary Clinton says Syrian military may oust President Assad 2012-02-25T03:47:00Z “Any statement to the contrary is purely an attempt to create a false narrative. It is further disclosed in every article any PMC brand writes about Saudi Arabia.” You Don’t Know Much About Jay Penske. And He’s Fine With That. 2022-03-26T04:00:00Z In a recent interview via e-mail, Mr. Eggers discussed his inspiration for the novel, his editing process, the people he met in Saudi Arabia and more. ArtsBeat: Waiting for the King: Dave Eggers Talks About His New Novel 2012-06-20T14:45:33Z As labour minister from 2004, he struggled to bring Saudis into the labour market, where most jobs were held by expatriates. Ghazi al-Gosaibi obituary 2010-08-24T17:43:00Z Last year a 72–pound Saudi Arabian toddler became the youngest person in the world to undergo an irreversible bariatric surgery, and in India, an obese 4 year-old underwent the same procedure. How do you save an obese baby? 2014-03-20T19:23:00Z She has written a further 11 books on subjects as diverse as Saudi Arabia, the French Revolution and a tormented medium in 2005's Beyond Black. Day-Lewis knighted in Honours list 2014-06-13T04:00:00Z The Saudi commission cited Article 6 of the country's anti-cyber crime law, which prohibits the “production, preparation, transmission or storage of material impinging on public order, religious values, public morals and privacy” on the internet. Netflix slammed for pulling an episode of Hasan Minhaj's show that was critical of Saudi prince 2019-01-02T05:00:00Z But shortly after Khashoggi’s killing, cinema chain Vue International put on hold plans to open as many as 30 locations in Saudi Arabia, Chief Executive Officer Tim Richards told The Guardian newspaper at the time. AMC Theatres pursues Saudi expansion despite journalist's killing 2019-04-03T04:00:00Z The Los Angeles County Museum of Art announced Tuesday its intention to loan more than 130 pieces of its Islamic art collection to a museum under construction in Saudi Arabia. LACMA to loan Damascus room, Islamic art to new Saudi museum 2015-01-06T05:00:00Z It is their golden ticket to leave their homes in Saudi Arabia to pursue an education in Philadelphia. Saudi TV Just Got a Lot More Feminist 2015-07-21T04:00:00Z Yet you’re still working on a Red Sea air terminal in Saudi Arabia. Norman Foster Is Still Looking Upward 2023-05-10T04:00:00Z She was born in Pakistan and spent her childhood in Saudi Arabia. Yes, Tashfeen Malik was a mother — but obsessing over how she could “leave a 6-month-old” to kill is absurd 2015-12-04T05:00:00Z Though Ms. Davis said art and politics are “two totally different areas,” she acknowledged that politics hung over the decision to work with Saudi Arabia. Art Rises in the Saudi Desert, Shadowed by Politics 2020-02-11T05:00:00Z In Saudi Arabia, al-Sharif led the charge to earn women the right to operate a motor vehicle. Homeira Qaderi Wants Her Son to Know Her, So She Wrote a Book 2020-12-01T05:00:00Z But the fighting continues to this day, accumulating a grim record of civilian casualties, many of them killed by bombs supplied by the United States to the Saudis. ‘MBS’ Chronicles the Shockingly Young, Powerful and Ruthless Saudi Crown Prince 2020-03-09T04:00:00Z The Saudi comment notwithstanding, it left me liking Mickelson more than I did going into it. Phil Mickelson, Game for Anything and All Too Human 2022-05-23T04:00:00Z Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman is behind the sweeping changes as he works to modernize society, attract foreign investment and create jobs for youth. Justin Bieber performs at Saudi F1 race after boycott calls 2021-12-06T05:00:00Z Saudi security police closely monitor Saudis with suspected connections to militants and have detained more than 15,000 suspects in the years since al Qaeda's campaign. Saudi-owned TV drama fights Islamic State propaganda 2017-06-01T04:00:00Z The Kuwaiti government has followed the Saudis in doing deals to grow rice in Southeast Asian countries such as the Philippines, Burma, Laos and Cambodia. Don’t censor the school-lunch blog 2012-06-15T16:15:00Z That exhibition is part of a two-year partnership with the center, which is funded by the Saudi national petroleum company, Saudi Aramco. Auctions, protests and controversial patrons: the three big ways art and money clashed in 2018 2018-12-20T05:00:00Z How about that Saudi Arabia got their arms deals approved in a Hillary State department coincidentally after giving lots of money to the Clinton Foundation? This feminist is sticking with Bernie Sanders: Why Hillary backers need to take another long, honest look 2016-05-04T04:00:00Z In January, Jeddah hosted Saudi Arabia’s first major public concert in over a decade, featuring Arab music. Saudi industrial city plans jazz festival as reforms take hold 2017-10-25T04:00:00Z A year ago, Saudi Arabia lifted a nearly four-decade ban on cinemas. AMC Theatres pursues Saudi expansion despite journalist's killing 2019-04-03T04:00:00Z The Saudis’ accommodation of the Westerners is as uncomfortable as those wretched one-liners, and by the time Act II opens in 1991, Hank and Tina’s marriage has turned bitter. Review: ‘Welcome to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia,’ a Musical 2015-10-20T04:00:00Z They also happen to be coordinated by organizations closely tied to or generously funded by the Saudi government, which is now accused of the gruesome killing of a dissident journalist. Museums Forced to Reassess Saudi Ties Amid Uproar Over Journalist’s Fate 2018-10-12T04:00:00Z Rowley turns up the chilliness by following the sequence with Rundell, the diplomat, offering only his assessment that the importance of maintaining America's strategic alliance with the Saudis "outweighs the death of one person." "Kingdom of Silence": A wrenching look at how Jamal Khashoggi's life is a story as big as his death 2020-10-02T04:00:00Z A Saudi spice merchant mopes at home as his wife, cloaked in a black abaya, goes to visit her aunt. | The TV Watch: Saudi Arabia: Ramadan TV Gently Pushes Saudi Boundaries 2012-08-20T02:22:34Z The human rights criticism that ensued from the Obama administration did not sit well with the Saudis, especially after Washington’s nuclear deal with Tehran left them feeling unsure about their longstanding American security guarantees. ‘MBS’ Chronicles the Shockingly Young, Powerful and Ruthless Saudi Crown Prince 2020-03-09T04:00:00Z A sample: “The Story: A U.N. report just called for the crown prince of Saudi Arabia to be investigated in a murder case. Intense. Yup.” Do millennial women really need the book ‘How to Skimm Your Life’? Give us more credit. 2019-06-28T04:00:00Z And no two states better exemplify this behavior than Pakistan and Saudi Arabia. 'The Killing of Osama Bin Laden' by Seymour Hersh details a grave threat to our democracy 2016-04-14T04:00:00Z Saudi Arabia is trying to boost its entertainment sector as part of an economic and social reform drive aimed at creating jobs and weaning the country off its dependence on oil. Saudi gamers get together at kingdom's first-ever Comic Con 2017-02-19T05:00:00Z They claim it will lead to the kind of state interference in what people can access seen in countries such as Saudi Arabia, China and Iran. Can Iceland lead the way towards a ban on violent online pornography? 2013-02-16T22:46:28Z She made her last visit to U.S. servicemen at age 84, during the 1991 Gulf War, when she performed "White Christmas" from the back of a truck in the Saudi desert. Bob Hope's wife Dolores dies at age 102 2011-09-19T21:26:13Z "It is a duty upon officials to consider God in these actions," he said, calling on Saudi citizens to boycott events like it. Comics and music shows in Saudi Arabia draw rebuke from clerics 2017-02-23T05:00:00Z Saudi Arabia has also been sending weapons, including portable anti-aircraft missiles, to the Free Syrian Army. Saudi religious leader calls for gang rape of Syrian women 2013-01-02T17:25:00Z To distinguish him from the mass of his royal relatives, Saudis and Saudi watchers referred to him by his initials, MBS. ‘MBS: The Rise to Power of Mohammed Bin Salman,’ by Ben Hubbard: An Excerpt 2020-03-09T04:00:00Z Was he a visionary leader who would drag Saudi Arabia from its conservative past or a rash upstart who would drive it into the ground? ‘MBS: The Rise to Power of Mohammed Bin Salman,’ by Ben Hubbard: An Excerpt 2020-03-09T04:00:00Z A dozen beasts have been disqualified from this year’s Saudi “camel beauty contest” because their handlers used Botox to make them more handsome. Prize camels keep tradition alive in changing Saudi, but please no Bot 2018-01-22T05:00:00Z They also mark a change in social Saudi life and the gradual relaxing of gender segregation, although restrictions persist. All that jazz: Saudis attend country's first jazz festival 2018-02-23T05:00:00Z The tower is to be built in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia and would be the tallest building in the world at more than 3,280 feet. Chicago firm to design world's tallest tower 2011-08-02T14:58:00Z That’s the church’s line, almost to the letter, and Romney’s endorsement of it I’m sure means that he has a similarly tolerant understanding of Saudi Arabian laws banning women drivers. But I’m a good Mormon wife 2012-06-01T23:00:00Z After the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan in 1979, when refugees flooded into Pakistan, covert US and Saudi aid to the Afghan mujahideen was channelled through Zia's regime. Nadeem Aslam: a life in writing 2013-01-26T10:00:03Z The death of Jamal Khashoggi has continued to raise questions, and Saudi officials have released a string of increasingly unlikely explanations. John Oliver on Fox News's pipe bombs coverage: 'A time for wild speculation' 2018-10-29T04:00:00Z Except to Katya Hijazi, the novel's Saudi heroine, who works in forensics but aspires to the man's world of the homicide department. Kingdom of Strangers by Zoë Ferraris ‑ review 2012-07-27T21:45:08Z Twenty-seventeen saw Saudi Arabia approve the citizenship of a comely humanoid cyborg – did we learn nothing about trusting hot robots from Ex Machina? Moon Nazis and sex in space: what can we learn from movies set in 2018? 2018-01-03T05:00:00Z “The United States,” he went on, “intends to remain a steadfast partner of Saudi Arabia to ensure the interests of our country.” ‘MBS’ Chronicles the Shockingly Young, Powerful and Ruthless Saudi Crown Prince 2020-03-09T04:00:00Z It highlights the story of Mohammed el Gharani, a citizen of Chad and Saudi Arabia who was arrested at the age of 14 and detained at Guantánamo Bay for seven years. Laurie Anderson In-Depth at the Hirshhorn 2019-04-25T04:00:00Z Saudi Arabia and other Muslim-majority nations, including Egypt and Indonesia, declared that Ramadan would begin Thursday. Millions of Muslims join in fasting for Ramadan 2018-05-16T04:00:00Z Comically, he did a photo-shoot at a fast-food restaurant in Jeddah where he wore overalls and a peaked cap and spent three hours turning over beefburgers to show that Saudis should be willing to work. Ghazi al-Gosaibi obituary 2010-08-24T17:43:00Z Our reviewer, Christopher Dickey, called this portrait of Saudi Arabia’s crown prince and de facto ruler, which was a 2021 PEN America finalist, “detailed and disturbing.” New in Paperback: ‘Why We Swim’ and ‘The End of October’ 2021-04-23T04:00:00Z Ebi, whom fans describe as “Iran’s Frank Sinatra”, sang in Farsi, drawing applause from a dancing crowd of Saudis and invited Iranian guests that only partially filled the 500-capacity theatre. At Saudi music festival, Iran rivalry takes the stage 2020-03-18T04:00:00Z But there were few — if any, he says — art galleries and exhibition spaces in Saudi Arabia in the early 2000s. At LACMA, the horror of 9/11 through the eyes of a Muslim artist who found a different path 2017-04-27T04:00:00Z During her tenure, she helped establish bureaus in North Korea, Myanmar and Saudi Arabia and led the news cooperative's transformation from analog to digital. Kathleen Carroll, AP's executive editor, stepping down 2016-07-20T04:00:00Z I hope that they will show it in Saudi Arabia, because it’s a story about a young woman who breaks barriers and tries to have her voice heard. A Pioneering Saudi Director on Her New Film, ‘Mary Shelley’ 2018-05-23T04:00:00Z Asked about Turkey’s accusation that the Saudis killed Mr. Khashoggi at their consulate in Istanbul, Mr. Weiss said, “We are in process of learning more, and our engagement will reflect additional information.” Museums Forced to Reassess Saudi Ties Amid Uproar Over Journalist’s Fate 2018-10-12T04:00:00Z I really wanted to set it in Saudi. Saudia Arabian film-maker breaks boundaries 2013-07-08T05:32:18Z Bahrain is connected by a causeway to Saudi Arabia. Don’t censor the school-lunch blog 2012-06-15T16:15:00Z Saudis can get deeply offended if anyone else pays for a table reserved in their name. The secrets of a maitre d’: what it’s really like feeding the 1% 2017-08-16T04:00:00Z The most compelling passages are in Saudi Arabia. In ‘A Sinner in Mecca,’ a Gay Director Ponders His Sexuality and Islamic Faith 2015-09-03T04:00:00Z This Saudi kid goes up and he is just cussing, cussing like a sailor. Maz Jobrani doesn't miss Trump jokes: He wasn't just bad for America, he was bad for comedy 2021-01-30T05:00:00Z Mr. Sharma dismisses Wahhabism, the prevailing Muslim doctrine in Saudi Arabia, as “puritanical” and promoting “an Islam of fear.” In ‘A Sinner in Mecca,’ a Gay Director Ponders His Sexuality and Islamic Faith 2015-09-03T04:00:00Z Saudi Arabia, an absolute monarchy, nationalized the oil company in 1980. Museums' disturbing transformation: relentless commercialization 2015-07-17T04:00:00Z "Even after he was cleared, the media was hounding the Saudi Arabian national and even his roommate," said investigative reporter Phillip Martin. "American Manhunt" The 6 most shocking revelations from Netflix's Boston Marathon bombing doc 2023-04-17T04:00:00Z Tulsa was the oil capital of the world in 1921, before those resources were found in Texas, California and Saudi Arabia. ‘Our history has been so consciously suppressed,’ says historian John Whittington Franklin on America’s relationship with Black history 2021-07-08T04:00:00Z While many Saudis rejoiced at the end of the cinema ban, some called on people to avoid the movies, saying they remain haram, or forbidden. Saudis flock to 'Black Panther' as first public cinema premieres 2018-04-20T04:00:00Z But his enterprise amid the singing Saudi sands is still his biggest. Don’t censor the school-lunch blog 2012-06-15T16:15:00Z Lebanon is hoping for its best tourist season since 2010, thanks to a rise in European visitors and a return of Saudis, whose government lifted a travel warning this year. Back on the map: Lebanon hopes for best tourist season in years 2019-07-11T04:00:00Z To shun the Saudis would be rash; We really need their trade, And innocent or not, there's cash In billions to be made! Style Invitational Week 1314: Bill Us Now — our ‘joint legislation’ contest 2019-01-10T05:00:00Z Meanwhile, he gained experience abroad in Lebanon, Syria and Saudi Arabia, before coming home five months ago. Iraq's racy TV in Ramadan revives an industry - and draws censure 2019-05-21T04:00:00Z Most of its international commissions — from Tokyo, Saudi Arabia, Australia — are in the tens of thousands of dollars. She bakes cakes fit for a queen. Now commoners can afford her treats, too. 2016-01-11T05:00:00Z It is not clear whether Ammar is a Saudi, or which group is being referred to. Zero Dark Thirty: a bluffer's guide 2013-01-21T12:04:50Z Film is legal, and now they are starting to give Saudi filmmakers money. A Pioneering Saudi Director on Her New Film, ‘Mary Shelley’ 2018-05-23T04:00:00Z From Saudi Arabia to Washington, D.C., where brutal enforcement is veiled only by wealth and privilege, the story remains the same. The Deaths of Teenage Cousins in a Village in India Have Global Ramifications 2021-02-12T05:00:00Z They also mark a change in social Saudi life and the gradual relaxing of gender segregation, although restrictions persist. All that jazz: Saudis attend country's first jazz festival 2018-02-23T05:00:00Z Notes arrived from all over — Saudi Arabia, Australia, Sweden. Recipes You Love 2020-10-09T04:00:00Z "A bit like her insisting on driving the Saudi king! Subtle royal politics," Simon Hix, political science professor at London School of Economics tweeted. EU sure about that hat, your majesty? 2017-06-21T04:00:00Z In the months before the disappearance of columnist Jamal Khashoggi, Saudi Arabia’s government racked up a startling record of human rights abuses. Why one man’s disappearance captured the outrage and media attention that war has not 2018-10-18T04:00:00Z Purse was charming, smart and efficient enough to have impressed Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II and Saudi Arabia’s King Saud, among others. Spy chic: What made this couple fall in love with a (possible) former safe house? 2016-09-29T04:00:00Z In Iran, Saudi Arabia and, of course, China, metal scenes are burgeoning. Why Ai Weiwei and heavy metal are a perfect match 2013-03-11T13:59:02Z What do you make of the fact that “Black Panther” was the first film to be screened publicly in Saudi Arabia? A Pioneering Saudi Director on Her New Film, ‘Mary Shelley’ 2018-05-23T04:00:00Z Saudi authorities went relatively easy on the women, who took to the roads earlier this year and gained worldwide attention through social media. Saudi king: Women can vote in 2015 2011-09-25T16:21:00Z It's not just resistance from the likes of the Saudi government but from within his own family. Meet the Islamic superheroes 2010-10-23T23:03:00Z The tournament kicks off on Thursday with a match between Russia and Saudi Arabia. Robbie Williams selling his soul for World Cup gig - Kremlin critic 2018-06-13T04:00:00Z The movie offers a rare and perhaps even unprecedented look into Saudi daily life. Venice premiers first-ever Saudi film 2012-09-01T21:46:04Z In an empty city in Saudi Arabia, a middle-aged American businessman waits day after day to close the deal he hopes will redeem his forlorn life. 10 Best Books of 2012 2012-11-30T16:00:09Z “Hopefully by next year there are going to be way more rights given to Saudi women, the ones that we deserve,” she said. Saudi women celebrate Women's Day with a jog in Jeddah 2018-03-08T05:00:00Z But it’s the audiences at the 59E59 Theaters that will have to do the adjusting to the company’s new work, “Welcome to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia,” an off-putting piece if ever there was one. Review: ‘Welcome to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia,’ a Musical 2015-10-20T04:00:00Z The kingdom banned cinemas in the early 1980s under pressure from Islamists as Saudi society turned towards a particularly severe form of religion. Saudi Arabia to launch first new cinema at private VIP event 2018-04-18T04:00:00Z The inaugural forum, which coincided with the grand opening last month, attracted thousands of guests, including Bill Clinton and Saudi Prince Al-Saud. | It Takes a Wellness Village 2012-10-12T17:00:36Z Wealth and Power In the 1950s a huge gamble on a 30-year oil concession in Saudi Arabia made Getty one of the world’s wealthiest private citizens. Self-Portrait Of the Oilman As Collector 2010-12-26T02:23:54Z The final moment is shot from his point of view, and what follows is a scene of a terrorist attack in Saudi Arabia. Movie Review: Jessica Chastain in ‘Zero Dark Thirty’ 2012-12-17T23:06:45Z An observant Muslim, born in the United States to a father raised in India and a mother in Pakistan, Abedin spent much of her childhood in Saudi Arabia. Review | Huma Abedin opens up about her marriage, the 2016 election and her #MeToo moment 2021-10-31T04:00:00Z "We’re not very good with art advisers, because we’re not very good at listening," admits the wife, who was born in Saudi Arabia and is part Turkish. Art Shines in a François Catroux–Designed Residence 2014-11-04T05:00:00Z “The best breakfast we’ll find anywhere is here,” said Zeeb as he waited with his children at Beirut airport for a relative flying in to join them from Saudi Arabia. Back on the map: Lebanon hopes for best tourist season in years 2019-07-11T04:00:00Z That Anfanar is a venture philanthropy organization; it is not the Saudi manufacturing and construction company of the same name. Review: In ‘Soufra,’ a Women-Run Food Truck Grows in Lebanon 2017-12-14T05:00:00Z Saudi Arabia, our main regional ally, may portray itself as the leader of a “moderate Sunni block” when it comes to both Iran and terrorism, but the reality is, at best, far grayer than that. Worth dying for? 2017-09-16T04:00:00Z In one way or another, all the major broadcasters in the region rely on the Saudi market and pay obeisance to local standards of modesty and political discourse. | The TV Watch: Saudi Arabia: Ramadan TV Gently Pushes Saudi Boundaries 2012-08-20T02:22:34Z Hollywood talent agency and media company Endeavor also returned a $400 million investment to the Saudi Arabian government to protest the killing. AMC Theatres pursues Saudi expansion despite journalist's killing 2019-04-03T04:00:00Z My father's from Ghana but lives in Saudi Arabia. Taiye Selasi: "I'm Afropolitan dammit!' 2013-03-22T10:54:01Z The film deftly shows how Wahhabism, a particularly conservative and nostalgia-tinged form of Islam that grew out of the Saudi’s distaste for the European imperialism, has transformed much of the Arab world. The Documentary “Bitter Lake” Remixes the BBC 2015-02-11T05:00:00Z Some Saudis suspect Mr Menoret is a police plant or a foreign spy. Fast and furious 2014-05-29T04:00:00Z After excerpts were leaked online, an actor who played a Saudi client was wounded in a knife attack by a stranger who accused him of tarnishing Morocco’s image. Moroccan Film About Prostitution Creates Uproar 2015-06-03T04:00:00Z Other past crowd catastrophes include the deaths of 97 people in an overcrowded Hillsborough Stadium in 1989 in Sheffield, England, and numerous disasters connected with the annual hajj in Saudi Arabia. Houston leaders seek clues for concert mishap that killed 8 2021-11-06T04:00:00Z He continued: “We’ve conveniently turned a blind eye to a lot of things, from human right abuses to the Saudi leadership’s role in funding religious extremism, even while partnering with us to fight it.” John Oliver: Trump and Bin Salman are 'similar in some of the worst ways' 2018-10-15T04:00:00Z During Trump's Riyadh visit, Saudi King Salman unveiled a Global Center for Combating Extremism to monitor and rebut extremist material online, and now maintains a new Ideological War Center within its defense ministry. Saudi-owned TV drama fights Islamic State propaganda 2017-06-01T04:00:00Z Only after my publisher and I called attention to the error was the copy changed to identify him as “an extremely well-connected Saudi.” The History of Hollywood, Home Economics and Other Letters to the Editor 2021-06-25T04:00:00Z The top executioners for the year were China, Iran, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and the U.S, in that order. World executions reach highest toll in 25 years — and the U.S. is the fifth highest on the list, according to Amnesty International 2016-04-06T04:00:00Z She had not been detained — perhaps she was from Saudi Arabia, which was not on Trump’s list of banned countries — but she got an effusive reception anyway from ralliers. Shock. Outrage. Resistance. Repeat. Is this the new normal in Trump’s America? 2017-01-29T05:00:00Z Another Saudi user said that the behaviour of the Khans was characteristic of any Pakistani family that moves to the West, but still labelled the show "racist". Citizen Khan - view from abroad 2012-09-07T07:31:55Z Such concerts are a stark change from when Saudi morality police would raid establishments that played loud music. Hip-hop star Nicki Minaj to perform in Saudi Arabia 2019-07-03T04:00:00Z But it's as much about marketing, about feeding western expectations of progress needed to sell the film, as it is about the rights of Saudi women. Wadjda illustrates how Arab cinema is just beginning to come of age 2013-07-24T13:01:47Z No, writes Hersh; Pakistan’s intelligence service had captured the al-Qaeda leader years earlier and was holding him as a bargaining chip, with Saudi Arabia’s support. The ever-iconoclastic, never-to-be-ignored, muckraking Seymour Hersh 2015-05-15T04:00:00Z Ross is either unaware or morally irresponsible in refusing to acknowledge that protesting in Saudi Arabia is punishable by death. Are the politics of “incivility” paving the road to an American fascism? Part 2 of 2 2018-09-02T04:00:00Z The antebellum South was tantamount to a rich, expanding, authoritarian power — what the historian Sven Beckert has called “a kind of Saudi Arabia of the early 19th century.” How Fugitive Slaves Exposed the Idea of the ‘United’ States as a Lie 2018-11-21T05:00:00Z The ban was only lifted a month before he died by the Saudi information minister. Ghazi al-Gosaibi obituary 2010-08-24T17:43:00Z Wadi Rum is vast, the largest in Jordan, taking up 280 square miles, nearly the area of New York City, and extending south to Jordan’s border with Saudi Arabia. Camping with the Bedouins in southern Jordan 2019-12-05T05:00:00Z Twenty-six feature films, about a quarter of the total to be presented during the two-week festival, are by women directors, including the first feature film by a female Saudi filmmaker shot entirely in her country. Women directors growing presence at Tribeca Film Festival 2013-04-22T15:13:10Z Thousands of camels crossed Saudi Arabia's desert border into Qatar on Tuesday and were reunited with their owners after being stranded for days at a frontier shut because of a feud among Arab powers. Camels caught up in Qatar feud reunited with their owners 2017-06-20T04:00:00Z Thousands of Saudis currently travel to Bahrain, the United Arab Emirates and other countries for entertainment. Saudi Arabia begins screening films after decades-long ban lifted 2018-01-15T05:00:00Z Woven through Hubbard’s recounting of these events is the story of Khashoggi, his exile from Saudi Arabia, and his gruesome murder. ‘MBS’ Chronicles the Shockingly Young, Powerful and Ruthless Saudi Crown Prince 2020-03-09T04:00:00Z The second hour-long installment introduces us to Muslim pilgrims from Boston who are making a grand pilgrimage to Mecca, Saudi Arabia. TV highlights: Robin Roberts reflects on 2014 on the ABC special ‘The Year: 2014’ 2014-12-22T05:00:00Z “But here in Saudi, you won’t see people on the beach in bikinis.” In Saudi Arabia, a Kingdom to Myself 2016-03-03T05:00:00Z Still, life in Saudi Arabia, particularly in the military, Gharem says, was a world populated with procedures, protocol and the omnipresent rustle and thump of bureaucratic paperwork — “rejected,” “accepted,” “check paid,” he says. At LACMA, the horror of 9/11 through the eyes of a Muslim artist who found a different path 2017-04-27T04:00:00Z Gharem, a soldier in the Saudi Arabian army, is now one of the most prominent contemporary Saudi artists. Saudi Arabia showcases modern art 2015-03-03T05:00:00Z “Hopefully by next year there are going to be way more rights given to Saudi women, the ones that we deserve,” she said. Saudi women celebrate Women's Day with a jog in Jeddah 2018-03-08T05:00:00Z It’s unclear where the painting is, but speculation abounds that Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman is its new owner. Louvre exhibit acclaims Da Vinci, 500 years after his death 2019-10-21T04:00:00Z Ayatollah Khomeini raised no objection when Salman Rushdie’s 1988 novel “The Satanic Verses” was translated into Farsi and first sold in Iran — not until Saudi Arabia started to campaign against it. The Unraveling of the Muslim World 2020-01-28T05:00:00Z Before starting your blog, you spent Ramadan in Saudi Arabia, Morocco and Egypt. Q&A: In 30 Days, 30 Mosques 2012-07-19T19:23:46Z To boost tourism and Saudi Arabia’s image, the kingdom is promising quick electronic visas for international visitors who want to attend. Hip-hop star Nicki Minaj to perform in Saudi Arabia 2019-07-03T04:00:00Z Change, many Saudis say, is inevitable because market forces will oblige the powers that be to adapt to a huge population under 25 and a growing middle class educated abroad and steeped in Western values. | The TV Watch: Saudi Arabia: Ramadan TV Gently Pushes Saudi Boundaries 2012-08-20T02:22:34Z Saudi Arabia crushed a campaign of al Qaeda attacks in 2003-06 but has been hit by Islamic State bombings in the past two years. Saudi-owned TV drama fights Islamic State propaganda 2017-06-01T04:00:00Z The characters are from key parts of Saudi and represent different lifestyles and social temperaments. Saudi TV Just Got a Lot More Feminist 2015-07-21T04:00:00Z She will be in Denmark one night and Saudi Arabia the next. Elton John: father figure 2012-06-01T19:00:01Z Saudi Arabia breathed a sign of relief on Monday as the haj pilgrimage neared its close without the militant attacks or deadly epidemics that threatened to upset the huge annual Muslim journey of faith. Saudi Arabia relieved as well-protected haj nears close 2014-10-06T04:00:00Z Kinsara is studying film, a major she will be able to use at home this year as Saudi Arabia lifts a 35-year-old ban on cinemas. Saudi women celebrate Women's Day with a jog in Jeddah 2018-03-08T05:00:00Z He said the members of Saudi Arabia's clerical council, or Ulema, praised and supported his decision. Saudi king: Women can vote in 2015 2011-09-25T16:21:00Z Her film Saudi Automobileevokes her frustration at the Saudi ban on women driving through the act of painting a crashed car pink. Saudi artists escape from the desert to find outlet in Britain 2012-10-04T10:51:50Z A Saudi official said the government did not tap into Bezos’s phone and played no role in the Enquirer’s reporting on the Amazon founder. National Enquirer expected to be sold imminently as parent company faces pressure 2019-04-10T04:00:00Z Mr. Penske did not publicly address the investment, even as his publications reported on the pressure faced by companies with financial ties to Saudi Arabia. You Don’t Know Much About Jay Penske. And He’s Fine With That. 2022-03-26T04:00:00Z And Saudi women competed for the first time ever, one doing judo while wearing a hijab. The Olympics’ delicate gender politics 2012-08-11T16:00:00Z Saudi Arabia denied Rowley’s team journalism visas, so he sneaked in on a tourist visa and shot under the radar. Two New Movies Share a Clear Message: Don’t Forget Jamal Khashoggi 2020-10-02T04:00:00Z In addition to the New York run, the musical has had thousands of productions in more than 60 countries outside the United States, including Saudi Arabia, Afghanistan and Iran. ‘The Fantasticks’ Is Set to Close Off Broadway in June 2017-03-21T04:00:00Z His Saudi Arabian family has a deep tradition of telling oral stories. We Need to Talk (Just as Soon as I Consult ChatGPT) 2023-03-24T04:00:00Z RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — A decade and a king ago, Saudi Arabia started talking about, of all things, energy conservation, global warming and clean alternatives to oil. Zaha Hadid’s Desert Think Tank: Environmental Beauty and Efficiency 2018-03-16T04:00:00Z Saudi Arabia's intelligence agency, working closely with the CIA, used an informant to pose as a would-be suicide bomber. Double agent brought down underwear plot 2012-05-08T22:52:00Z Keija Parssinen, born and raised in Saudi Arabia, is an assistant professor of English at Kenyon College and the author of the novels “The Ruins of Us” and “The Unraveling of Mercy Louis.” Review | Eman Quotah’s engrossing debut, ‘Bride of the Sea,’ offers Americans a nuanced view of the Saudi Kingdom 2021-02-01T05:00:00Z Though it depicts the severe separation of men and women in Saudi Arabia, it's a subtle, largely optimistic film in which the girl, Wadjda, strives to simply own a bicycle. 'Wadjda' prompts women's rights talk at Tribeca 2013-04-22T18:48:08Z In June, as the first Saudi women received driver’s licenses, I opened a form for driving school on my laptop and downloaded a permit exam practice app on my phone. License to Not Drive 2018-09-06T04:00:00Z But music was so vilified in Saudi for so long, it took on many of the aspects of American underground music. Haifaa Al-Mansour Rocks Out to Punk and Cooks With TikTok 2021-05-11T04:00:00Z And some of that news seems more important: Certainly the apparent murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, a Post global opinions columnist, deserves our immediate attention. Perspective | The planet is on a fast path to destruction. The media must cover this like it’s the only story that matters. 2018-10-08T04:00:00Z It also knows that a person known only as the American is trying to sell the Saudis $100 million worth of something. Review: It’s 1996, and Jack Reacher Is Playing Nice With Others 2016-11-03T04:00:00Z After applying for hundreds of jobs at every level in Hull, he took his search nationwide until he finally found a job … in Saudi Arabia. Top ten lies and half-truths about Hull 2013-07-19T10:02:21Z “Roads to Arabia,” a landmark exhibit about the history and archaeology of Saudi Arabia, debuted at the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery in 2012. Saudi-supported cultural festival goes forward at Smithsonian 2018-10-16T04:00:00Z I woke early, too, to the sounds of large Saudi families mobilizing for the beach. In Saudi Arabia, a Kingdom to Myself 2016-03-03T05:00:00Z Other cinema chains are also eyeing the Saudi market. Saudi sovereign fund plans cinema venture with AMC Entertainment 2017-12-11T05:00:00Z Iran, Saudi Arabia’s nemesis, was taking advantage of the region’s turmoil to expand its influence. ‘MBS: The Rise to Power of Mohammed Bin Salman,’ by Ben Hubbard: An Excerpt 2020-03-09T04:00:00Z A document seen by Reuters showed that a Saudi prince was authorized to purchase the painting on behalf of the Abu Dhabi Department of Culture and Tourism. Abu Dhabi to acquire Leonardo da Vinci's 'Salvator Mundi': Christie's 2017-12-08T05:00:00Z This is neither the literalist translation propagated by the Saudis nor the rationalist one composed by Jewish convert Muhammad Asad, nor the stilted interpretation popularized by the Victorians. ‘American Qur’an’ is an old/new masterpiece 2016-01-21T05:00:00Z When he points out that not enough people criticize Saudi Arabia for torturing and murdering political dissidents on fake charges, he is completely right. Bill Maher, atheist fundamentalist: Why he gives nonbelievers a bad name 2015-10-10T04:00:00Z That, in a nutshell, is our problem with Saudi Arabia. The Mysteries of the American-Saudi Alliance 2020-10-16T04:00:00Z Take Saudi Arabia, for instance, where floggings and beheadings, often for apostasy or blasphemy, are routine events. They really want a theocracy: The GOP candidates who want to make you bow to their lord 2015-10-25T04:00:00Z Prophet Mohammad was born in Mecca, Saudi Arabia in the year 570 AD. Egyptians celebrate Prophet Mohammad's birth but miss sugar dolls 2018-11-19T05:00:00Z Still, the book artfully reveals a Saudi kingdom that is “not only deserts and camels and oil sheikhs,” as one character wryly states. Review | Eman Quotah’s engrossing debut, ‘Bride of the Sea,’ offers Americans a nuanced view of the Saudi Kingdom 2021-02-01T05:00:00Z Still, as Saudi Women’s Driving School demonstrates, on a micro level, the end of the driving ban is no small event for numerous women in the country, offering new opportunities for employment, mobility and passion. Saudi Women’s Driving School: behind an inspiring, frustrating documentary 2019-10-24T04:00:00Z The U.S. government’s story proposed that a devious and precocious child could somehow find his way from Saudi Arabia to London and link with a major terrorist operation. Bringing Guantánamo to Park Avenue 2015-09-23T04:00:00Z “Wadjda” was hailed in the West as a sensitive, poignant story that highlighted the largely invisible lives of Saudi women. A Pioneering Saudi Director on Her New Film, ‘Mary Shelley’ 2018-05-23T04:00:00Z It provides nutritious and healthy feed for cattle and dairy cows, which means there’s significant demand for it both in the United States and overseas in places like Saudi Arabia. Arizona is evicting a Saudi alfalfa farm, but the thirsty crop isn’t going anywhere 2023-10-17T04:00:00Z The Saudi embassy in Washington declined to comment. A Leonardo Made a $450 Million Splash. Now There’s No Sign of It. 2019-03-30T04:00:00Z The Saudi Embassy in London organized a push to ban the book. The Unraveling of the Muslim World 2020-01-28T05:00:00Z These stories are attached to topics that travel just as widely, including the varieties of nomadic living, ancient Saudi ruins and Joseph Eichler’s Northern Californian tract housing. Essay Collections on Home, Culture and Everything in Between 2020-11-17T05:00:00Z Until recently, foreign programs dominated; now Saudis are making their own shows. | The TV Watch: Saudi Arabia: Ramadan TV Gently Pushes Saudi Boundaries 2012-08-20T02:22:34Z During Ramadan Saudis are barred from eating or drinking anything from sunup to sundown. Glimpses: Saudi Arabia, 2008 2011-02-02T23:00:00Z Saudi women dressed in abayas, the traditional loose black robes, and full face-veils, rode alongside tank-top wearing British tourists and Indian families on the park’s roller coasters and attractions. Dubai opens massive Marvel-branded indoor theme park 2016-09-02T04:00:00Z He estimated that Archery Tag has 170 licensed locations, mostly in the United States, but also in Russia, Peru and Saudi Arabia. Urban Athlete: Archery Tag Offers a Tame Version of ‘The Hunger Games’ 2014-05-08T22:15:54Z After watching The Emoji Movie with his wife and daughter on Sunday evening, 28-year-old Sultan al-Otaibi said Saudis are happy to see movies in the theater instead of staying at home. Saudi Arabia begins screening films after decades-long ban lifted 2018-01-15T05:00:00Z One, in a piece called "Food for Thought," displays baking trays lined with hundreds of cassette tapes of religious lectures recorded and distributed in the 1980s, when Saudi Arabia experienced a wave of religious extremism. Saudi artists test limits of expression in rare show 2012-01-25T10:33:24Z Khashoggi fled Saudi Arabia and moved to the United States after the rise to power of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. Top U.S. diplomat meets with Saudi leaders to discuss journalist’s disappearance 2018-10-16T04:00:00Z Cities from Port-au-Prince in Haiti and Mecca in Saudi Arabia to Cardiff are soon to climb on the bandwagon. Urban cable cars: from transport solution to tourist attraction 2015-06-06T04:00:00Z That has led to fears that masterpieces will disappear from public view to adorn the living room walls of a Saudi prince or hedge-fund billionaire. Seeing a Cash Cow in Museums’ Precious Art 2015-04-04T04:00:00Z There are also elements in Israel and Saudi Arabia working against normalized relations between the two countries. What Has Gone Wrong Between Iran and the United States? 2021-01-22T05:00:00Z Saudi Arabia was after all, the first foreign country Trump visited as president, leading to the viral image of him touching a glowing orb. John Oliver: Trump and Bin Salman are 'similar in some of the worst ways' 2018-10-15T04:00:00Z The 124-room Crillon, owned by a Saudi Prince and run by Hong-Kong based New World Group's Rosewood Hotels, is looking to attract guests from the United States, the Middle East and Asia's fast-growing wealthy elite. Hotel de Crillon banks on recovery in Paris pulling power 2017-05-18T04:00:00Z Saudi Arabia’s state-owned sovereign wealth fund — steered by Prince Mohammed — is among the largest institutional holders in Live Nation, with a stake worth some $1.4 billion. Justin Bieber performs at Saudi F1 race after boycott calls 2021-12-06T05:00:00Z Mr. Hastings took heat last year for bowing to Saudi censors and pulling an episode of the comedy show “Patriot Act,” starring Hasan Minhaj, which was critical of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. Reed Hastings Had Us All Staying Home Before We Had To 2020-09-04T04:00:00Z Saudi Arabia and Iran vie for influence across the Middle East. The Future of Energy 2020-09-15T04:00:00Z The Saudi role is indicative of the geopolitical importance of Syria, a neighbor of Israel and a close ally of Iran, Saudi Arabia's fierce rival in the region. Hillary Clinton says Syrian military may oust President Assad 2012-02-25T03:47:00Z Saudi Arabia says the blockade is preventing weapons from reaching the Houthis. America has blood on its hands: Yemen is now the world’s worst humanitarian crisis 2016-01-18T05:00:00Z The ones who have found themselves suddenly in the sun, thanks in part to Mr. Trump’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner, are the emissaries of Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates. Donald Trump Has Drained the Swamp (of Good Christmas Parties) 2019-12-20T05:00:00Z In so doing, Rundell illustrates why Saudis react to events so differently from Americans and how dangerous the American penchant for mirror-imaging is when applied to them. The Mysteries of the American-Saudi Alliance 2020-10-16T04:00:00Z We meet them again in 1991, and both they and Saudi Arabia have changed. Theater Listings for Oct. 23-29 2015-10-22T04:00:00Z My mother’s brownies were legendary among my elementary school classmates in Jiddah, Saudi Arabia. The appetite for Mom’s cooking remains, long after the plates are cleaned 2017-05-08T04:00:00Z While few books are explicitly banned in Saudi Arabia, if the censor's stamp is withheld, imports are barred. Is the Arab world ready for a reading revolution? 2010-04-16T10:19:00Z He and his mother fled from Syria to Saudi Arabia after his father was murdered. Yahya Hawwa, voice of the Syrian revolution 2013-02-17T19:00:02Z But I portray the contemporary scene within the general discussion in Saudi Arabia.” Women of Saudi Arabia Emerge on the Bosporus 2010-11-24T18:30:00Z The CIA and some Western countries suspect Saudi Arabian Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman ordered the killing just over six months ago. AMC Theatres pursues Saudi expansion despite journalist's killing 2019-04-03T04:00:00Z MBC, the Arab world’s largest private broadcaster, said that according to its data the show is the top-rated Gulf drama in Saudi Arabia for Ramadan and among the top five dramas across genres. Ramadan period drama with Jewish characters stirs debate in Middle East 2020-04-27T04:00:00Z Authorities announced this week that the headline act, Saudi superstar Mohammed Abdo, would perform in the more conservative capital Riyadh in March. Comics and music shows in Saudi Arabia draw rebuke from clerics 2017-02-23T05:00:00Z The annual overnight raves draw mixed crowds of Jordanians, Lebanese, Iraqis, Saudis and Palestinians. Arts & Leisure Preview: Red Sea Rave, Ryan Murphy, Brooklyn Museum and More 2010-08-06T18:36:00Z It is also one of the not-to-be-missed attractions of Oman, an oil-rich and peaceful sultanate, bordered by Saudi Arabia to the west, Yemen to the south and the United Arab Emirates to the north. Next Stop: Luxury Camping in the Oman Desert 2011-02-25T21:55:00Z Bieber’s concert in Saudi Arabia comes shortly before he opens a world tour next year. Justin Bieber performs at Saudi F1 race after boycott calls 2021-12-06T05:00:00Z Keeping to the film’s small-scale focus, Saudi Women’s Driving School visits the issue of driving, and women’s rights at large, in individual conversations and family discussions. Saudi Women’s Driving School: behind an inspiring, frustrating documentary 2019-10-24T04:00:00Z Are there dangers in exposing the connections you do with the Saudi Prince or with Putin? "This is where WW III starts": "The Grab" filmmaker on the urgent scarcity created by the powerful 2022-09-09T04:00:00Z “Yet at the same time I say that it’s very important for the stability of the world, for the region and of the world, that Saudi Arabia remain stable,” Netanyahu said. Netanyahu condemns killing of Saudi journalist but keeps focus on Iran 2018-11-02T04:00:00Z Russia faces Saudi Arabia, which is celebrating its first World Cup appearance in 12 years and squeaked in thanks to some canny shotmaking by the striker Mohammad al-Sahlawi. What’s on TV Thursday: The World Cup and ‘Girlfriends’ Guide to Divorce’ 2018-06-14T04:00:00Z Its subject was American weapons sales to Saudi Arabia, and Mr. Jarrar was to speak at the event. Love, Not War, Resonates for Two Activists 2018-04-28T04:00:00Z After automatically qualifying as host country and entering the tournament as the lowest-ranked side, Russia reached the World Cup knockout stage for the first time in post-Soviet history after victories against Saudi Arabia and Egypt. Russia says to mint half-rouble coin if team reaches World Cup semis 2018-07-06T04:00:00Z He wore the standard outfit for Saudi men: a long white gown with snaps down the front, known as a thobe; a red-and-white-checkered headdress held in place with a black cord; and black sandals. ‘MBS: The Rise to Power of Mohammed Bin Salman,’ by Ben Hubbard: An Excerpt 2020-03-09T04:00:00Z There are many social barriers for women in Saudi Arabia. The suffragettes of Saudi Arabia: 'We try and be reasonable calling for our rights' 2015-08-28T04:00:00Z Because people are fasting during the day and obsessed with food, there are also lots of cooking shows, including “Saudi Chefs,” which stars two young, quirky alumni of “Top Chef Middle East.” | The TV Watch: Saudi Arabia: Ramadan TV Gently Pushes Saudi Boundaries 2012-08-20T02:22:34Z While looking at Saudi Arabia’s role in the Yemeni conflict, the “Frontline” journalists were the only foreign reporters allowed into Houthi-controlled northern Yemen last year. What’s on TV Tuesday: ‘Thor: Ragnarok’ and ‘Born in Flames’ 2018-02-20T05:00:00Z Overnight, planes and cargo ships were diverted, all diplomatic links were cut, and Qatar’s sole land border, a 40-mile stretch of desert with Saudi Arabia, was closed. Why Soft Power Is in Style in Qatar 2019-04-04T04:00:00Z The women are in the U.S. on an academic scholarship, called the Saudi Scholarship. Saudi TV Just Got a Lot More Feminist 2015-07-21T04:00:00Z After a cover-up, Saudi Arabia issued verdicts in a secret trial that absolved Prince Mohammed of any wrongdoing. Two New Movies Share a Clear Message: Don’t Forget Jamal Khashoggi 2020-10-02T04:00:00Z These days debates about Syria focus on western intervention, opposition divisions, the role played by jihadis and the motives of the Saudis and Qataris in arming the rebels. Revolt in Syria by Stephen Starr - review 2012-10-05T21:55:07Z Disney+ original programming, including hit show ‘The Mandalorian’, will be available on OSN’s pay television and online streaming services in 17 regional markets, including Egypt, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates. Disney+ to make exclusive Middle East debut on OSN 2020-04-02T04:00:00Z Saudi Arabia follows the ultra-conservative Wahhabi school of Sunni Islam, but sees the Islamist militants as posing a threat to its own stability. Saudi-owned TV drama fights Islamic State propaganda 2017-06-01T04:00:00Z Nobu Hotels is also scheduled to open a location in Riyadh next year, though recent events involving Saudi Arabia may complicate that development Nightly rates still being determined. Nine Hotel Openings to Look Out For in the Coming Year 2018-10-23T04:00:00Z In the author’s view, Mecca turned in on itself long before the birth of modern Saudi Arabia in the 1930s. Sacred and profane 2014-10-23T04:00:00Z In a lottery-minded, American Idol culture, workers are loath to give up the chance for a Saudi Sheik to tip them a million dollars as reward for preparing a great smoothie. Tipping breeds indentured servitude 2013-09-09T12:00:00Z There were apparently no Saudis working at this Saudi hotel. A Hologram for the King – extract 2013-01-26T21:00:02Z Often perceived as conservative and requiring women to be covered from head to toe, the rules range from strict interpretations of modesty in Saudi Arabia and Afghanistan to more moderate versions in Malaysia and Indonesia. Indonesian designers defy stereotypes of Muslim fashion 2013-10-24T04:25:56Z Despite limited access, the screenings mark another milestone under reforms spearheaded by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman to open up Saudis’ cloistered lifestyles and diversify the economy of the world’s top oil exporter. Saudi Arabia to launch first new cinema at private VIP event 2018-04-18T04:00:00Z Al Mansour, who made the movie with the permission of the Saudi government, also struck a positive tone Sunday. 'Wadjda' prompts women's rights talk at Tribeca 2013-04-22T18:48:08Z Halfway through two years of research in the sprawling, aesthetically bleak, politically and socially stifling capital of Saudi Arabia, the French academic, currently at NYU Abu Dhabi, found himself feeling profoundly tufshan. Fast and furious 2014-05-29T04:00:00Z Fatima, a young Saudi woman, seeks to start a business selling the traditional abaya cloak that women must wear in Saudi Arabia, but in colors other than the standard black. Saudi youths in trouble over MTV reality show 2010-06-01T12:01:00Z And yes, this column will feature a separate item about Lindsay Lohan’s “platonic and respectful” friendship with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. Even if nobody else is listening, the president's son is singing the praises of Kanye West's new album 2019-10-31T04:00:00Z In October, the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Brooklyn Museum of Art announced that they would not use Saudi government funds they had received for programs on Middle Eastern Art. Auctions, protests and controversial patrons: the three big ways art and money clashed in 2018 2018-12-20T05:00:00Z If the roles compete against each other, our money is on this one to net him a nomination; here Hanks plays a desperate American salesman waiting an eternity to meet a Saudi Arabian billionaire. And the Oscar may go to … 40 key movies in contention for 2016 awards 2015-07-21T04:00:00Z Cinemas were banned in the early 1980s under pressure from Islamists as Saudi society turned towards a particularly conservative form of religion that discouraged public entertainment and public mixing between men and women. Saudi Arabia begins screening films after decades-long ban lifted 2018-01-15T05:00:00Z Not even the Saudis, or even the Daily Mail, get everything wrong. Porn is like meat. Ask how it is made before consuming it 2013-03-18T09:30:01Z In India, Saudi Arabia and Moldova, women riot with lightning shooting out of their hands, and men counterattack with bullets and bombs. ‘The Power’ is our era’s ‘Handmaid’s Tale’ 2017-10-10T04:00:00Z Based on Dave Eggers’s novel of the same name, “Hologram” tells the story of “an American consultant visiting Saudi Arabia to sell a holographic teleconferencing system to the Saudi government.” What You Should Watch This Weekend: ‘Game of Thrones,’ ‘Veep’ and Anything Prince 2016-04-22T04:00:00Z Americans also consume plenty of oil from Saudi Arabia, whose wealthy rulers claim similarly dubious legal ownership of the country’s oil, this time “from the Holy Koran and the sayings and customs of the Prophet”. Corrupted bounty 2015-12-10T05:00:00Z Qatar is a small thumb-shaped peninsula of desert sticking out into the Persian Gulf from Saudi Arabia. Don’t censor the school-lunch blog 2012-06-15T16:15:00Z At Art Port, across a parking lot from the Istanbul Modern, the photographer Manal al-Dowayan documents real Saudi women in their real jobs, from computer scientist, to doctor, to teacher, to petroleum engineer. Women of Saudi Arabia Emerge on the Bosporus 2010-11-24T18:30:00Z The reason: Its area of origin, Saudi Arabia, hires skilled workers in various fields from all over the world. Worried about MERS in South Korea? Visitors can (mostly) breathe easy. 2015-06-18T04:00:00Z The video shows the unnamed teenager wearing earphones and dancing the “Macarena” — a dance associated with the 1990s pop hit of the same name — in the middle of a crosswalk in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. Boy detained in Saudi Arabia after dancing the Macarena 2017-08-23T04:00:00Z In Saudi, the dress code is about honour. Haifaa al-Mansour: 'It's very important to celebrate resistance' 2013-07-13T23:05:04Z The Committee to Protect Journalists ranked Saudi Arabia as the third-most censored country in the world. Netflix slammed for pulling an episode of Hasan Minhaj's show that was critical of Saudi prince 2019-01-02T05:00:00Z Ominous as that sounded to some, he was also using his power to break through barriers that many young Saudis found suffocating. ‘MBS’ Chronicles the Shockingly Young, Powerful and Ruthless Saudi Crown Prince 2020-03-09T04:00:00Z You can audit courses at Stanford and MIT through your computer screen from Saudi Arabia or South Dakota, and every middle-size city features its own locally brewed beer and locally distilled whiskey. Home-schooling: You’re doing it too! 2013-09-14T18:00:00Z When German producers signed on, the next hurdle was in finding a girl to play Wadjda, as many Saudi women are wary of being photographed. The Remarkable Story Behind the First Movie Shot Entirely in Saudi Arabia 2013-04-22T19:59:30Z Pioneering Saudi director Haifaa al-Mansour returns with a drama about a female doctor whose bid for public office exposes the country’s sexism and cynicism. The best films of 2020 so far 2020-05-12T04:00:00Z In his 26-year career at CBS News, he spent a year in Saudi Arabia alongside the late Bob Simon in the run-up to Operation Desert Storm, covering Iraqi missile attacks. 'CBS Evening News' anchor Scott Pelley is all about the journalism 2015-02-26T05:00:00Z Ms. Dowayan, who was born and raised in the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia and works full time as an artist, addresses still other restrictions in her ongoing project, “The Choice.” Women of Saudi Arabia Emerge on the Bosporus 2010-11-24T18:30:00Z As UN special rapporteur, he’s reported on dire poverty and its impact on human rights in Saudi Arabia and China among other places. A journey through a land of extreme poverty: welcome to America 2017-12-15T05:00:00Z She founded Saudi Arabia’s first gender-inclusive cycling community and business, Spokes Hub, last year, and now runs the kingdom’s only cycling shop, with a cafe and workshops, for women. How cycling is keeping the fight for women’s rights moving in Saudi Arabia 2017-09-11T04:00:00Z Saudi Arabia and Qatar have taken a hawkish line, calling for the rebels to be armed. Dozens of Syrian civilians killed in Homs 2012-03-12T13:02:02Z Continuing through Nov. 30 is the 5th Fukuoka Asian Art Triennale, featuring the work of 36 artists or teams from as far away as Pakistan, Nepal and Saudi Arabia. Japan’s Fukuoka and South Korea’s Busan: Sister cities a hydrofoil ride apart AFC wants to introduce fashion courses, internships and scholarships to Saudi Arabia and develop a fashion district in Riyadh. Fashionably late: Saudi Arabia hosts its first-ever fashion week 2018-04-11T04:00:00Z In the spring of 2017, when M.B.S. became the official heir apparent to the Saudi throne, his operations to consolidate personal power went into high gear. ‘MBS’ Chronicles the Shockingly Young, Powerful and Ruthless Saudi Crown Prince 2020-03-09T04:00:00Z Aron said his company had a “significant number” of theaters under lease in Saudi Arabia and many will open in 2019. AMC Theatres pursues Saudi expansion despite journalist's killing 2019-04-03T04:00:00Z One of the first suspects who was detained in connection to the bombing was an unnamed Saudi man whom police said was seen wearing tattered clothes and exhibited questionable behavior. "American Manhunt" The 6 most shocking revelations from Netflix's Boston Marathon bombing doc 2023-04-17T04:00:00Z The current season began in March with 27 contestants from across the Arab world, including Tunisia, Egypt, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Syria and the Palestinian territories. Politics commandeer stage in Mideast TV contest 2013-05-12T18:29:08Z She also thinks Bezos’s letter was overly complex, noting his decision to raise the possibility that the National Enquirer’s relationship with Saudi Arabia might have something to do with the sequence of events. What happens when billionaires battle gossipmongers? Prepare for explosions. 2019-02-08T05:00:00Z His father works in Mumbai as the managing director at Armaco, an international chemicals and fertilizers engineering firm based in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia. Darshini Mahadevia, Auloke Mathur 2017-11-26T05:00:00Z Nor has he expressed much concern about the role of Saudi ruler Mohammed bin Salman in the murder of Washington Post contributing columnist Jamal Khashoggi inside the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul last October. Perspective | Trump joking with Putin over eliminating journalists is a betrayal of America. So is ignoring it. 2019-06-28T04:00:00Z One infuriating example is how Saudi Arabia has invested in farmland in La Paz County, Arizona where there are no regulations for pumping water. "This is where WW III starts": "The Grab" filmmaker on the urgent scarcity created by the powerful 2022-09-09T04:00:00Z And she drew upon historical horrors like the Nazis’ Lebensborn program and public executions in countries like North Korea and Saudi Arabia to delineate the malign machinery of the Gilead regime. The Handmaid’s Thriller: In ‘The Testaments,’ There’s a Spy in Gilead 2019-09-03T04:00:00Z Confusingly for experts on Middle East construction firms, Saudi Group is the name of a vast building business in the kingdom, but this is a red herring. Zero Dark Thirty: a bluffer's guide 2013-01-21T12:04:50Z Is there any real evidence that President Trump or Saudi Arabia was involved? Michael Sanchez is in the middle of the salacious National Enquirer story about Jeff Bezos’s affair 2019-02-26T05:00:00Z Next week's After Hollywood will look at the reaction to Saudi Arabian success Wadjda. The World's End is the latest standard-bearer for British bathos 2013-07-17T16:27:53Z Saudi youth are the main attendees of these concerts, enjoying the country’s newfound social changes. Justin Bieber performs at Saudi F1 race after boycott calls 2021-12-06T05:00:00Z After several interrogation sessions by different Saudi investigators, Sfeir was released and sent to Lebanon. Lebanese singer deported from Saudi after 50-day detention 2021-05-28T04:00:00Z Back then, this was before Saudi was doing public shows. Maz Jobrani doesn't miss Trump jokes: He wasn't just bad for America, he was bad for comedy 2021-01-30T05:00:00Z Wadjda comes from a female Saudi director and War Witch follows a teenager into Congo's civil war. This week's new film events 2013-03-09T06:00:09Z "She just looks like a girl who is going to end up being owned by a Saudi prince and living in a cage," says Rivers as Megan Fox prowls the red carpet. Let's hear it for Joan Rivers 2010-09-27T23:05:00Z In Saudi Arabia he fought for women's rights, but failed to win their right to drive, a highly symbolic issue. Ghazi al-Gosaibi obituary 2010-08-24T17:43:00Z “But overall, it was a lot easier to film in Saudi Arabia than I thought it would be.” Saudi Women’s Driving School: behind an inspiring, frustrating documentary 2019-10-24T04:00:00Z It promises to recruit Thai rice experts to help West Africa cut its rice imports while simultaneously supplying the Saudis. Don’t censor the school-lunch blog 2012-06-15T16:15:00Z For now, the priority is encouraging Saudis to visit their own country. In Saudi Arabia, a Kingdom to Myself 2016-03-03T05:00:00Z The program debuted on June 17, the first day of Ramadan, and was broadcast in Saudi Arabia every night through the Holy month which ended in mid-July. Saudi TV Just Got a Lot More Feminist 2015-07-21T04:00:00Z One film documents how Grindr has been used by government vice squads to track gay men, as in Saudi Arabia, where Mr. Jaque said individuals can face prison sentences for same-sex activity. In Venice, Center of Cruising, a Biennale Show About Hooking Up 2018-06-20T04:00:00Z The result: After a deadly backlash, YouTube blocked the offending videos in multiple countries, including Egypt, Libya and Saudi Arabia. Pop culture online: The Internet’s influence has never been greater 2013-01-03T20:31:56Z The 28-year-old, who volunteered helping diplomatic families settle in Washington, lived near the ambassador of Saudi Arabia. Ballgowns, tuxedos, champagne: The last real ball in Washington is a relic of the past 2018-10-14T04:00:00Z The guests in Marlow were primarily family members and friends, including people from the bride's law firm as well as others who'd traveled from Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and Lebanon, her home country, People said. George and Amal Clooney celebrate wedding again with party in England 2014-10-27T04:00:00Z "Fix this on your own, and I won't say a word," she told the Saudis. Hillary Clinton's 'Hard Choices' makes for compelling reading 2014-06-10T04:00:00Z There are some surprise omissions like films from Iran, Chile and Saudi Arabia. The Carpetbagger: Academy Releases Foreign-Language Shortlist 2013-12-20T17:55:40Z But to many free speech advocates, it's a sweeping law that allows the Saudi government wide reach to censor any online speech. Netflix slammed for pulling an episode of Hasan Minhaj's show that was critical of Saudi prince 2019-01-02T05:00:00Z The greatest danger today stems from Putin, both because he is uncontrollable and because his staying in power serves to encourage the worst impulses of all the Saudi, Arab, and other dictators. Garry Kasparov Says We Are Living in Chaos, But Remains an Incorrigible Optimist 2018-12-04T05:00:00Z Here’s the full list of Saudi Arabia’s banned names. 11 countries that don’t trust their citizens to name their babies 2014-04-02T12:45:00Z It’s because Brennan was the target of a successful “counterintelligence operation against him” in Saudi Arabia and converted to “Islam when he served in an official capacity” there. Virginia county sheriff hosting anti-Muslim training by disgraced conspiracy theorist 2014-02-17T14:00:00Z Rasheed said it was not clear whether current visa rules would permit a large foreign audience at the festival, but predicted heavy demand for tickets among Saudi citizens. Saudi industrial city plans jazz festival as reforms take hold 2017-10-25T04:00:00Z Pilgrimage is also the backbone of a Saudi plan to expand tourism under a drive to diversify the economy away from oil. Muslims at haj converge on Jamarat for ritual stoning of the devil 2018-08-21T04:00:00Z In this case, the events in question occurred in Turkey, a country with an adversarial relationship with Saudi Arabia and thus an incentive to expose what happened, he said. Why one man’s disappearance captured the outrage and media attention that war has not 2018-10-18T04:00:00Z Protesters were planning a demonstration outside Buckingham Palace Thursday to condemn Saudi Arabia's role in quashing dissent in neighboring Bahrain. Britain revokes wedding invite for Syria envoy 2011-04-28T12:27:19Z Eventually, as he boasted to Pound’s wife, Dorothy, he became “chief of all our Political Intelligence in Persia, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, etc.” The Improbable Life and Prescient Poetry of Basil Bunting 2016-08-02T04:00:00Z Analysts say Saudi officials are keen to see Assad replaced by a government reflecting Syria's majority Sunni population, which would presumably be hostile to Tehran. Hillary Clinton says Syrian military may oust President Assad 2012-02-25T03:47:00Z "I don't know why it's so hard to believe women. I mean, you go to Saudi Arabia and you need two women to testify against a man; here you need 25," he replied. Comedian Jay Leno voices support for Cosby accusers 2015-01-22T05:00:00Z If you had a difficult year romantically, be relieved that you are not trying to date in parts of Saudi Arabia. Moments in Reading That Salvaged an Often Sour Year 2019-12-16T05:00:00Z "Then you're going to have to watch your children being tortured by the Saudis," said the CIA. Merry Christmas, Alex Cross by James Patterson – digested read 2012-12-16T18:30:01Z Underneath the modern gloss, however, the city’s architecture reflects the strictures of the Saudis’ severe Wahhabi brand of Islam. Critic?s Notebook: Laying Out Economic Cities, Saudis See Window to Modernity 2010-12-13T03:28:00Z Dareen, who lives in Saudi Arabia, used to wear one but stopped as it exacerbated her asthma, particularly in summer. ‘Remember to smile with your eyes’: how to stay safe and look great in a face mask 2020-07-18T04:00:00Z The American resident, who wrote critically about his native country of Saudi Arabia, was brutally killed in October by agents of that regime. Perspective | ‘Can you imagine anyone other than Trump?’ Time magazine published a perfectly fitting answer. 2018-12-11T05:00:00Z Public entertainment, including music and dancing, is rare in Saudi Arabia because of the kingdom’s austere Wahhabi brand of Islam. Saudi industrial city plans jazz festival as reforms take hold 2017-10-25T04:00:00Z Bieber was the biggest name performer to take the stage as part of Saudi Arabia’s Grand Prix, which saw Lewis Hamilton win ahead of the last race of the Formula One season. Justin Bieber performs at Saudi F1 race after boycott calls 2021-12-06T05:00:00Z And I hope also we see more films coming out of Saudi Arabia. A Pioneering Saudi Director on Her New Film, ‘Mary Shelley’ 2018-05-23T04:00:00Z It begins with a protracted sequence at a drug-fueled party in which they cavort with wealthy visiting Saudis. Big Issues (and, Yes, Amour) Hit Rendez-Vous With French Cinema 2016-03-02T05:00:00Z Months after the alleged hack, Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi, who was a prominent critic of the Saudi kingdom, was slain at the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul in October 2018 by agents of the Saudi government. U.N. report on Jeff Bezos phone hack only adds to questions about how the National Enquirer got its scoop 2020-01-27T05:00:00Z In addition, Saudi Arabia and the Gulf States are similarly allied with Bahrain’s Sunni royal family in their repression of the great mass of their subjects, who are Shiite. A worthy, necessary Nobel honoring the Arab Spring — and much more 2013-01-11T01:00:00Z She lived in Botswana for five years and Saudi Arabia for four before returning to Britain in the mid-1980s. Man Booker 2012: Shortlist at a glance 2012-09-11T15:43:40Z He also said he was forgiving of the authorities in Saudi Arabia, telling The Associated Press in a telephone call that he is holding no grudge. Lebanese singer deported from Saudi after 50-day detention 2021-05-28T04:00:00Z Other cinema chains are also eyeing the Saudi market. Saudi sovereign fund plans cinema venture with AMC Entertainment 2017-12-11T05:00:00Z Saudi art, she conceded, is not well known globally. Women of Saudi Arabia Emerge on the Bosporus 2010-11-24T18:30:00Z Hanks plays a desperate American salesman waiting an eternity to meet a Saudi Arabian billionaire. Tribeca film festival: Tom Hanks and Michael Shannon in 2016 lineup 2016-03-08T05:00:00Z The United States government has been watching a Saudi cell in Hamburg and knows it has been communicating by courier with the tall guy. Review: It’s 1996, and Jack Reacher Is Playing Nice With Others 2016-11-03T04:00:00Z “Paul’s faithful mistress, Lady Luck, showed up and kissed him on the whiskers,” Mr. Hotchner says about the Saudi contributor who donated that sum. Books of The Times: Close-Up Portraits of Paul Newman and Martha Stewart 2010-03-21T23:35:00Z Faced with a devastating challenge to its credibility as the divinely sanctioned custodian of Mecca’s holy places, the Saudi royal family was forced to rely on a team of French commandos to recapture the mosque. The Unraveling of the Muslim World 2020-01-28T05:00:00Z On Thursday, the Louvre Abu Dhabi opened another show, “Roads of Arabia: Archeological Treasures from Saudi Arabia,” which will end Feb. 16. Louvre Abu Dhabi Draws One Million People in Debut Year 2018-11-11T05:00:00Z But Fogel is also clear-eyed about the potential dangers associated with distributing “The Dissident,” musing about the possibility of Saudi hacking or a Middle East boycott of a distributor. Khashoggi doc, too explosive for streaming, debuts on-demand 2021-01-05T05:00:00Z Why is a Saudi prince on a television commercial? Saudi prince stars in TV commercial, marks royal change 2010-04-18T17:04:00Z For perhaps obvious reasons, the producers did not find a Saudi actress to play the heroine. | The TV Watch: Saudi Arabia: Ramadan TV Gently Pushes Saudi Boundaries 2012-08-20T02:22:34Z It’s among the first and largest U.S. shows featuring a group of contemporary Saudi Arabian artists. US show of Saudi art aims to share ideas, test perceptions 2017-06-15T04:00:00Z Saudi Arabia and Kuwait denied "West Side Story" a release certificate, which means the film cannot be publicly distributed, while the remaining countries asked for parts to be censored, which Disney refused. Steven Spielberg’s “West Side Story” banned in multiple Middle Eastern countries 2021-12-08T05:00:00Z A two-day celebration of Arab culture funded by a state-owned Saudi Arabian oil company opens Saturday at the Smithsonian, just as pressure mounts for organizations to sever ties with the nation. Saudi-supported cultural festival goes forward at Smithsonian 2018-10-16T04:00:00Z A Colombian man pleaded guilty to fraud and identity theft after successfully pretending to be a Saudi prince for the past three decades. The Fiends and the Folk Heroes of Grifter Season 2018-06-05T04:00:00Z Gornall said she was careful, however, not to underestimate the mettle of Saudi women. Saudi Women’s Driving School: behind an inspiring, frustrating documentary 2019-10-24T04:00:00Z Visiting the surrounding region in the province of Asir, there is evidence of a quirky visual culture and heritage, which perhaps illustrates why it became the birthplace of Saudi conceptual art. Saudi artists escape from the desert to find outlet in Britain 2012-10-04T10:51:50Z After passing the bar exam, he practiced equity law in London for a time, then started a commercial translation company that mostly translated contracts with Saudi companies. Denys Johnson-Davies, Translator of Arab Writers, Is Dead at 94 2017-07-05T04:00:00Z After Paul is kidnapped, the scene shifts to Saudi Arabia in 1948, where Getty Sr. is laying the foundation for an even greater fortune. Review: Christopher Plummer Dominates ‘All the Money in the World’ 2017-12-24T05:00:00Z The State Department had Saudi on the highest alert. A Hologram for the King – extract 2013-01-26T21:00:02Z Why, it's the Black Arch – the inaugural pavilion from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia for the Venice Biennale. Divine dispatches: a religion roundup 2011-03-23T17:06:04Z Millions of Muslims visit the Saudi kingdom around the year for pilgrimage. Coronavirus fears put a halt to the Muslim pilgrimage of umrah — but not yet the hajj 2020-03-07T05:00:00Z The show highlights how these Saudi women fluidly adapt to a Western world while maintaining their Eastern ideals. Saudi TV Just Got a Lot More Feminist 2015-07-21T04:00:00Z Saudi Binladin, one of the country's top construction conglomerates, and the the Ministry of Finance were not immediately available to comment. Saudi Arabia to restart work on $26.6 billion Grand Mosque expansion 2017-08-17T04:00:00Z Ms. Dowayan, the photographer, sees an even wider potential audience for Saudi art. Women of Saudi Arabia Emerge on the Bosporus 2010-11-24T18:30:00Z EEC, an affiliate of Dubai real estate firm Emaar Properties, is one of half a dozen projects in Saudi Arabia that aim to create industrial and urban zones known as “economic cities”. Saudi industrial city plans jazz festival as reforms take hold 2017-10-25T04:00:00Z Morality policing here is starting to rival Saudi. Why do our paranoid, anti-fun police seem to think they run the country? | George Monbiot 2010-03-29T20:00:00Z In April, Saudi Arabia lifted its ban on women cycling, albeit in controlled areas. Haifaa al-Mansour: 'It's very important to celebrate resistance' 2013-07-13T23:05:04Z And the book originated with the sound of a voice heard by a man named Muhammad ibn Abdullah near Mecca, the city in what is now Saudi Arabia. ‘The Art of the Qur’an,’ a Rare Peek at Islam’s Holy Text 2016-11-10T05:00:00Z The television series being produced outside Damascus is about a Sufi cleric called Muhiy al-Din bin Arabi, and is set in historic Mecca, the holiest city of Islam located in modern-day Saudi Arabia. Film cameras start to roll again in Damascus studios 2019-03-26T04:00:00Z He studied Arabic in the Army and was assigned to a desert outpost in Saudi Arabia after he joined the CIA in 1960. 'Good Spy' scrutinizes Middle East CIA officer Robert Ames 2014-05-16T04:00:00Z The film looks at Khashoggi’s reporting on Osama bin Laden in the 1980s, his work as an adviser to Saudi officials and his relationship with the Arab Spring revolutionaries. What’s on TV This Week: ‘Saturday Night Live’ and the First Presidential Debate 2020-09-28T04:00:00Z On Monday, Saudi Arabia issued the first 10 driver’s licenses to women as the kingdom prepares to lift the world’s only ban on women driving. Saudi Arabia grants first 10 driver’s licenses to women 2018-06-04T04:00:00Z Al-Mansour added the scene as a punch-the-air moment for female audiences in Saudi Arabia, an invite to a collective whoop of victory. Haifaa Al-Mansour: 'Female leaders are crushed. Look at Hillary Clinton' 2020-03-26T04:00:00Z Taleb says the least antifragile state in the world at the moment is Saudi Arabia, a plausible claim though one it would be nice to see argued out. Antifragile: How to Live in a World We Don't Understand by Nassim Nicholas Taleb – review 2012-11-21T10:15:01Z The show was “a vessel that transcends all boundaries, that transcends time,” said Raneem Farsi, one of the two female Saudi curators. Art Rises in the Saudi Desert, Shadowed by Politics 2020-02-11T05:00:00Z “You’re constantly communicating with people who are the targets of surveillance themselves, or who are working for intelligence agencies, or who might actually be assets of the Saudi intelligence themselves.” Two New Movies Share a Clear Message: Don’t Forget Jamal Khashoggi 2020-10-02T04:00:00Z In North America, Air Canada rerouted its flight from Toronto to Dubai through Egypt and Saudi Arabia to avoid traveling over Iraq. US, Iran tensions lead commercial airlines to reroute flights through Middle East 2020-01-09T05:00:00Z Bin Laden was a Saudi, but his closest associates were not all fellow countrymen. Zero Dark Thirty: a bluffer's guide 2013-01-21T12:04:50Z I met a number of absolutely fierce Saudi women who are nudging the country toward progress, through incredible feats of bravery on the one hand, and then simple subterfuge on the other. ArtsBeat: Waiting for the King: Dave Eggers Talks About His New Novel 2012-06-20T14:45:33Z That event was funded by MoMA and did not involve Saudi donations. Met and Brooklyn Museums Will Not Use Saudi Money for Programs on the Middle East 2018-10-18T04:00:00Z “The camel,” explained the chief judge of the show, Fawzan al-Madi, “is a symbol of Saudi Arabia. We used to preserve it out of necessity, now we preserve it as a pastime.” Prize camels keep tradition alive in changing Saudi, but please no Bot 2018-01-22T05:00:00Z He added the Saudi Arabia because otherwise Americans might not know where he was. A Hologram for the King by Dave Eggers – digested read 2013-02-10T13:00:01Z The goal, Meures said, is to offer “a more multifaceted image of Saudi Arabia”. Saudi Runaway: behind a suspenseful and courageous documentary 2020-01-31T05:00:00Z It was the Saudi Arabia’s first Unesco World Heritage site and where the astronaut prince took Prince Charles when he visited the kingdom last year. In Saudi Arabia, a Kingdom to Myself 2016-03-03T05:00:00Z That keeps the kingdom off the list of where most Westerners — and even many Saudis — want to spend spring break. In Saudi Arabia, a Kingdom to Myself 2016-03-03T05:00:00Z Born in Saudi Arabia, Ms. Ali grew up in London and moved to Dubai with her family when she was 15. Women of Saudi Arabia Emerge on the Bosporus 2010-11-24T18:30:00Z But as they seek to transform the conservative kingdom, the Saudi authorities are trying to smooth the path for reform by emphasizing traditional aspects of their culture. Prize camels keep tradition alive in changing Saudi, but please no Bot 2018-01-22T05:00:00Z The crew arrived in Saudi Arabia in mid-October 2018, and filmed on and off for three months. Saudi Women’s Driving School: behind an inspiring, frustrating documentary 2019-10-24T04:00:00Z A PG-rated “Sex and the City,” “The Girls’ Room” created a stir merely by depicting Saudi single women being saucy. | The TV Watch: Saudi Arabia: Ramadan TV Gently Pushes Saudi Boundaries 2012-08-20T02:22:34Z I replied that I remembered being in Riyadh airport, standing in line, when a Saudi immigration officer threw the passport of a Pakistani labourer right into his face. Mohsin Hamid: 'Islam is not a monolith' 2013-05-19T19:00:07Z She set up the borders of Iraq, Jordan and Saudi Arabia. Pattinson 'to play Lawrence role' 2012-08-15T13:29:50Z Throughout the Muslim world, purple-black ajwa dates from Medina in Saudi Arabia, where the prophet lived and died, are considered the finest of all. During Ramadan, Dates Are a Unifying Staple 2015-06-16T04:00:00Z That’s a stark change from when Saudi morality police would raid establishments that played loud music. AP Exclusive: Nicki Minaj pulls out of Saudi Arabia concert 2019-07-09T04:00:00Z A few Saudis were liberal, a few conservative, but "the majority are moderate." Saudi entertainment chief sees cinemas returning, eventually 2017-04-27T04:00:00Z Others view it as a regional sectarian war between Muslims, fuelled by the proxy conflict between Iran’s Shia rulers on one side and on the other the Sunni states of Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Qatar. Divided country, divided narratives 2015-07-09T04:00:00Z Initially, social-media users in Saudi Arabia and across the globe hailed the teen’s public dance online. Boy detained in Saudi Arabia after dancing the Macarena 2017-08-23T04:00:00Z At its height the city was the centre of an empire that covered, among other territories, all of modern Syria and Israel and parts of Iraq and Saudi Arabia. Stones that speak 2015-05-28T04:00:00Z Saudi businessman Mohammed Jameel sued the newspaper in the English courts after the report appeared in the Wall Street Journal Europe in 2002. UK gov't prepares to offer changes to libel law 2011-03-15T15:49:08Z However, Salafi and Wahabi schools, promoted by Saudi funding in the 1990s, argue that the tolerance taught by Alkhairaat was the “wrong kind of Islam.” The mosques that survived Palu’s tsunami and what that means 2018-11-04T04:00:00Z Iran, Morocco, Saudi Arabia and Turkey come in at numbers four, five, seven and eight, respectively. Why porn is exploding in the Middle East 2015-01-15T05:00:00Z Saudi Arabia is still one of the most restrictive countries for women in the world. Saudi women celebrate Women's Day with a jog in Jeddah 2018-03-08T05:00:00Z He predicts the share of Saudi spending on entertainment will triple to 8 or 9 percent by 2030. Saudi entertainment chief sees cinemas returning, eventually 2017-04-27T04:00:00Z This is morality policing of the kind you'd expect in Iran or Saudi Arabia. Why do our paranoid, anti-fun police seem to think they run the country? | George Monbiot 2010-03-29T20:00:00Z The allegations followed earlier claims, also reported by the Sunday Times, that the charity’s chief executive, Michael Fawcett, helped a Saudi donor secure a knighthood and British citizenship after he gave a large donation. Chair of Prince Charles’ charity quits amid donor scandal 2021-09-15T04:00:00Z The movements of the Saudi hit team were caught on surveillance cameras as well. ‘MBS’ Chronicles the Shockingly Young, Powerful and Ruthless Saudi Crown Prince 2020-03-09T04:00:00Z Or perhaps I will leave Syria and move to Saudi Arabia. Happy birthday, Gen Z: celebrating with 16-year-olds around the world 2016-12-10T05:00:00Z But with even that being chipped away, it is hard to overstate how much Saudi women’s lives are being transformed. Saudi women celebrate Women's Day with a jog in Jeddah 2018-03-08T05:00:00Z But now he was in Mecca to award the king, Saudi Arabia’s land-grabber-in-chief, his organization’s Agricola Medal “in recognition of his support for improving world food security.” Don’t censor the school-lunch blog 2012-06-15T16:15:00Z So, like the Saudi sheikhs, they have gone on a buying spree for farmland, calling on their Muslim brothers to open up their borders to Gulf land grabbers. Don’t censor the school-lunch blog 2012-06-15T16:15:00Z Both female and male, these constitute perhaps a third of the Saudi population, and they give this novel its title. Kingdom of Strangers by Zoë Ferraris ‑ review 2012-07-27T21:45:08Z They even stored away the keys they had been given to the cities of North America and a camel saddle from Saudi Arabia. Album of discarded Johnny Cash songs comes out of vault 2014-03-20T14:12:50Z Within half an hour of the fist bump, the Saudi Press Agency tweeted a photo of it — an indication that the kingdom saw it as a useful image. Biden greets MBS, and we once again obsess about a fist bump 2022-07-15T04:00:00Z An experimental film about what it means to be young artist in a dynamically changing Saudi Arabia. “Eyes of Exodus”: Humanizing the Syrian refugee crisis through one Greek island’s dynamic 2018-06-29T04:00:00Z Ghattas, a Lebanese-born journalist and scholar, takes a sweeping look at the unrest in the Middle East, arguing that much of it is the result of the competition between Saudi Arabia and Iran. 11 New Books We Recommend This Week 2020-03-05T05:00:00Z There’s a stripper pole in the faculty lounge, and the dean, voiced by Hulk Hogan in full-tilt wrestling monologue mode, hosts an office party attended by what looks to be a Saudi prince. Critic?s Notebook: In ?China, IL? on Cartoon Network, Authority Figures Go Wild 2012-02-18T01:27:28Z Other past crowd catastrophes include the deaths of 97 people at a soccer match in Hillsborough Stadium in 1989 in Sheffield, England, and numerous disasters connected with the annual hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia. Barriers, crowd control in focus in Houston concert deaths 2021-11-07T04:00:00Z The price, paid by the Saudi royal family on behalf of the Louvre Abu Dhabi, was a high for any work of art ever offered at auction. Value Soars for Leonardo da Vinci Drawing After ‘Salvator Mundi’ 2018-11-09T05:00:00Z Tribal customs, domineering male relatives and lingering religious conservatism keep many Saudi women from accessing basic rights. Cycling in Jeddah: Saudi women embrace change 2018-04-09T04:00:00Z A 2012 poll by WIN-Gallup International of about 500 Saudis found that 5 percent described themselves as “convinced atheist.” This was well below the global average of 13 percent. Atheism explodes in Saudi Arabia (where just talking about atheism is illegal) 2014-06-12T04:00:00Z I don’t think it was that on her 18th birthday she’d start working Saudi princes or something. Keri Russell Discusses ‘The Americans,’ Her Pregnancy and Life at 40 2016-03-18T04:00:00Z Wadjda makes a catchy girl-power headline, but it's interesting that al-Mansour has been more circumspect about its purpose in interviews, stressing that her earlier version of the script attacked Saudi life more directly. Wadjda illustrates how Arab cinema is just beginning to come of age 2013-07-24T13:01:47Z Whether you live in Saudi Arabia or Sweden, the average differences pertain. Are our children really trapped by gender stereotypes? 2017-08-18T04:00:00Z Take a good, hard look at the region and it’s obvious that Washington mainly supports the interests of Israel, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Egypt’s military dictator, and various Gulf State autocracies. Worth dying for? 2017-09-16T04:00:00Z Her parents still fly to Saudi Arabia or Jordan every year and bring back desserts they save especially for Eid. The Menu Evolves for a Muslim Holiday Built Around Food 2021-07-09T04:00:00Z Rather than offer imprecations against capitalists or deluded “reformers,” Dabiq jeers at “crusaders,” “apostates,” Jews, the countries of Iran and Saudi Arabia, and other strands of Islam. The Perfect Children of ISIS: Lessons from Dabiq 2015-11-24T05:00:00Z He later held a news conference in Saudi Arabia without informing American reporters. Analysis | Your A-to-Z guide to the media mayhem during President Trump’s first six months in office 2017-07-20T04:00:00Z According to Mr. Stapleton, that event did not involve Saudi money. Met and Brooklyn Museums Will Not Use Saudi Money for Programs on the Middle East 2018-10-18T04:00:00Z As her plans solidify, “Saudi Runaway” progressively resembles a thriller, one filled with harrowingly close calls and an exhilarating countdown. At Sundance, a Glorious Diversity of Voices Breaks Through 2020-01-31T05:00:00Z She retweeted defenders, hit back at harassers and claimed that she thought Jarrett was white and/or Saudi — meaning her tweet couldn’t be racist. Exhausting and entirely predictable: How the 60-hour Roseanne-Samantha Bee outrage cycle unfolded 2018-06-04T04:00:00Z The documentary series “True Life” recently broke the mold to follow four young people defying the rules in Saudi Arabia, including a young woman who makes abayas in bright colors instead of the traditional black. Television Review: A Spoonful of Exotica Makes the Geography Go Down 2010-12-05T22:47:00Z A Yemeni security official said Awlaki, who is of Yemeni descent, was hit in a Friday morning air raid in the northern al-Jawf province that borders oil giant Saudi Arabia. American-born al Qaeda leader killed 2011-09-30T10:07:00Z The technological bravado is breathtaking, but Saudis are slowly realizing that it cannot go on. Don’t censor the school-lunch blog 2012-06-15T16:15:00Z As conservative Saudi Arabia loosens social restrictions, some of the tour guides in al-Ula will be women. Saudi antiquities site, long seen as haunted, tries to woo visitors 2019-02-04T05:00:00Z The terrible nickname that emerged this year is “Mr. Bone Saw,” the moniker applied to Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman after the October killing and dismemberment of Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi in Istanbul. Perspective | Here are the best and worst things that happened to journalism in 2018 2018-12-23T05:00:00Z If the plan works, at best it would transform Saudi Arabia into a technologically advanced society controlled by a slightly more tolerant religious autocracy. Critic?s Notebook: Laying Out Economic Cities, Saudis See Window to Modernity 2010-12-13T03:28:00Z And, on top of that, he signs the biggest arms deal in American history with the Saudis. Trevor Noah is baffled by Donald Trump’s arms deal with Saudi Arabia 2017-05-31T04:00:00Z He said the alleged smear campaign was launched after he posted a picture of himself receiving a vaccine in Saudi Arabia — something his detractors thought he did not deserve. Lebanese singer deported from Saudi after 50-day detention 2021-05-28T04:00:00Z “I was thinking of the modern, elegant yet conservative girl when I designed this collection, especially someone who is Saudi and proud of it,” Ms. Al. Saudi Arabia’s Female Designers to Know 2018-04-17T04:00:00Z At the time, Mohammed was eleven and living in Saudi Arabia with his very poor family, tending goats. Bringing Guantánamo to Park Avenue 2015-09-23T04:00:00Z Admission, which this year included campers from across the country as well as 19 nations including Thailand, Lebanon, Russia and Saudi Arabia, is not based on talent but simply on a first-come, first-served basis. Plenty of (sleep-away) drama in the Catskills 2012-08-23T11:33:10Z Other countries, including the US, fare even worse – and the league table ends with Oman, Qatar and Saudi Arabia, all of whom have no women representatives. Women, Power and Politics: script for a revolution 2010-06-08T21:00:00Z The Saudi government communications office did not immediately respond to a request to comment. AMC Theatres pursues Saudi expansion despite journalist's killing 2019-04-03T04:00:00Z She is optimistic that Saudi Arabia’s strict social rules will ease further. Saudi woman designs abayas for freer lifestyles 2018-06-28T04:00:00Z Saudi rice farmers could also get an angry reception in neighboring Mauritania, where the president has promised them nearly 100,000 acres of land on its northern banks of the River Senegal. Don’t censor the school-lunch blog 2012-06-15T16:15:00Z According to the company’s website, BTS is scheduled to perform in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, and Seoul in October. K-pop superstar group BTS will take ‘extended’ break 2019-08-11T04:00:00Z Corker, according to two people familiar with the meeting, was there to help the president take a tough line on the Saudis’ actions in Qatar. Bob Corker is free to speak his mind about Trump. If he could only make it up. 2018-04-16T04:00:00Z Wadjda, the first feature film to have been shot entirely in Saudi Arabia. The cultural year ahead for women 2013-01-08T07:00:00Z In a lobby gallery, a Saudi artist named Ahmed Mater hits the same target on a more modest scale. ‘Here and Elsewhere,’ Contemporary Work From the Middle East 2014-07-17T04:00:00Z Hubbard interviewed contacts inside the kingdom until the Saudis stopped giving him visas in 2018. ‘MBS’ Chronicles the Shockingly Young, Powerful and Ruthless Saudi Crown Prince 2020-03-09T04:00:00Z Current and former French officials, though, say that the Saudis were eager for their newly acquired trophy to hang at the Louvre, as long as it was placed beside the world’s most famous painting. A Clash of Wills Keeps a Leonardo Masterpiece Hidden 2021-04-11T04:00:00Z The Saudi project is less overtly political in content. Echoes of Political Unrest at Venice Biennale 2011-05-25T20:49:54Z Partly as a gag and partly as an unsuccessful ploy to become an actor, Mr. Blatty passed himself off as the wayward son of a Saudi prince, fooling many people in L.A. high society. William Peter Blatty, author of ‘The Exorcist,’ dies at 89 2017-01-13T05:00:00Z During Ramadan it is marketed to Saudis as a way of preserving tradition. | The TV Watch: Saudi Arabia: Ramadan TV Gently Pushes Saudi Boundaries 2012-08-20T02:22:34Z She was also the first Saudi to be nominated for the Woolmark Prize, in 2016, and a recent collaboration with Nike made her the first designer to bring a Nike hijab onto the runway. Saudi Arabia’s Female Designers to Know 2018-04-17T04:00:00Z Following the 2001 terrorist attacks, the family quickly learns that “the hijackers were Saudi, that their names were the same names that belonged to people in their community.” Sarah Jessica Parker Has a Book She Wants You to Read 2018-06-01T04:00:00Z Women of color have embraced the words feminism and feminist as their own, along with women all over the world, including Afghanistan and Saudi Arabia. Robin Morgan on Why Feminist Is a 21st Century Word 2014-11-17T05:00:00Z And I wanted to prove that the Saudi authorities would not stop a woman driver. ‘I felt like one of my father’s songbirds, let out of its cage’: driving as a woman in Saudi Arabia 2017-06-12T04:00:00Z However, the Saudi authorities are sensitive to any suggestion that their people might emulate the uprisings, making it difficult for artists to address a subject that held the whole Arab world rapt. Saudi artists test limits of expression in rare show 2012-01-25T10:33:24Z Andrea Rose, the council's director of visual arts, said the Saudi art scene was undergoing evolution rather than revolution. Saudi artists escape from the desert to find outlet in Britain 2012-10-04T10:51:50Z "He wanted to support me and live my dream and it's hard to find something like this in Saudi." Woman directs first Saudi movie 2012-10-18T07:45:00Z With assets of over $220 billion, the PIF is being used by the government to spearhead its drive to diversify the Saudi economy beyond oil. Saudi sovereign fund plans cinema venture with AMC Entertainment 2017-12-11T05:00:00Z “Too many in the West, she insists, wrongly attribute the rivalry between Saudi Arabia and Iran to age-old theological differences between Sunnis and Shiites,” David D. Kirkpatrick writes in his review. 11 New Books We Recommend This Week 2020-03-05T05:00:00Z After studying literature at the American University in Cairo, she got a marketing job at a Saudi oil company. Haifaa Al-Mansour: 'Female leaders are crushed. Look at Hillary Clinton' 2020-03-26T04:00:00Z Like that bomb, this device bears the forensic signature of feared Al Qaeda bomb maker Ibrahim Hassan Asiri, who was born in Saudi Arabia and is believed to be hiding in Yemen. Double agent brought down underwear plot 2012-05-08T22:52:00Z But al Mansour still says there is a system in Saudi for shooting dramas which creates a "vibrant scene". Woman directs first Saudi movie 2012-10-18T07:45:00Z MBS dismissed the idea that intolerance was part of Saudi history, insisting that the kingdom sought to engage with the rest of the world for the benefit of everyone. ‘MBS: The Rise to Power of Mohammed Bin Salman,’ by Ben Hubbard: An Excerpt 2020-03-09T04:00:00Z They touch down in locations as diverse as Jeddah, Saudi Arabia; Addis Ababa, Ethiopia; and Buenos Aires just long enough to show us a salient detail or two. Art in Review: Wolfgang Tillmans: ‘From Neue Welt’ 2013-05-16T20:41:55Z On the bike, the 30-year-old wears an abaya, the loose-fitting, full-length robe symbolic of religious faith and still required public dress for Saudi women. Cycling in Jeddah: Saudi women embrace change 2018-04-09T04:00:00Z Saudi Arabia would become a global shipping and transport hub. ‘MBS: The Rise to Power of Mohammed Bin Salman,’ by Ben Hubbard: An Excerpt 2020-03-09T04:00:00Z Tom Tykwer’s movie centres on a desperate US businessman who arrives in Saudi Arabia hoping to sell a holographic teleconferencing system to the titular monarch. The Huntsman: Winter's War beaten by still-swinging Jungle Book at US box office 2016-04-25T04:00:00Z “The camel,” explained the chief judge of the show, Fawzan al-Madi, “is a symbol of Saudi Arabia. We used to preserve it out of necessity, now we preserve it as a pastime.” Prize camels keep tradition alive in changing Saudi, but please no Bot 2018-01-22T05:00:00Z This year, national pavilions will include those from Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Turkey, the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, and a “Pan-Arabian” group show organized as a collateral event. Echoes of Political Unrest at Venice Biennale 2011-05-25T20:49:54Z Saudi Arabia issued final verdicts in September; Turkish prosecutors filed a second indictment against six suspects last week; and a human-rights watchdog organization that was the brainchild of Khashoggi was just unveiled in Washington. Two New Movies Share a Clear Message: Don’t Forget Jamal Khashoggi 2020-10-02T04:00:00Z Having moved to the Netherlands, and then America, after a childhood in Africa and Saudi Arabia, the Somali-born writer is now a fellow of Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government. Thoughts on its future 2015-04-16T04:00:00Z As in much public space in Saudi Arabia, including Hardee’s and Starbucks, the passengers were divided, with single men on the left and families and single women on the right. In Saudi Arabia, a Kingdom to Myself 2016-03-03T05:00:00Z For the first time, Saudi Arabia is officially opening its doors to tourists interested in visiting the kingdom for more than religious reasons. Saudi Arabia Invites Tourists: What You Need to Know 2019-09-27T04:00:00Z The full scale of his crimes would only emerge in the coming months: four decades of abuse at 10 international schools in eight countries from Saudi Arabia to Indonesia, and from Venezuela to the UK. How did one of the worst paedophiles in history get away with his crimes? | Robert Booth 2016-06-14T04:00:00Z The bill named “the Justice Against Sponsors of Terrorism Act,” would stop Saudi Arabia and other countries with possible terrorist ties from invoking sovereign immunity in federal court. White House threatens to veto 9/11 bill, saying it would put U.S. at “significant risk” 2016-04-19T04:00:00Z Now it looks like the black Mauritanians may lose more of their land to the Saudis. Don’t censor the school-lunch blog 2012-06-15T16:15:00Z Last month, in Jeddah, Saudi officials unveiled a £16bn development plan for the city, increasing its pilgrim capacity, strengthening its transport links and overhauling its appearance. British Museum to stage exhibition dedicated to hajj pilgrimage 2011-07-19T14:57:26Z But in 2008, the Saudi government announced it would end wheat subsidies, with the aim of phasing out all production by 2016. Don’t censor the school-lunch blog 2012-06-15T16:15:00Z Instead, the Saudis turned to the United States and bin Laden's "pride was hurt," Wright says. Tribeca film explores al Qaeda's history and culture 2010-04-24T21:18:00Z There was a Saudi kid and the guy, the promoter come back, said, "You just keep it clean and no sex, no religion." Maz Jobrani doesn't miss Trump jokes: He wasn't just bad for America, he was bad for comedy 2021-01-30T05:00:00Z The government said the detentions were a crackdown on corruption, and many Saudis welcomed the idea. ‘MBS: The Rise to Power of Mohammed Bin Salman,’ by Ben Hubbard: An Excerpt 2020-03-09T04:00:00Z Francis and Trump are due to meet at the Vatican on May 24 while the president is on a tour Saudi Arabia, Israel, Italy and Belgium. Mural of saintly pope kissing devilish Trump appears in Rome 2017-05-11T04:00:00Z Asked about criticism that she was helping whitewash Saudi Arabia’s stained reputation, Ms. Davis protested, “We’re a tiny organization. We ain’t the Metropolitan Museum.” Art Rises in the Saudi Desert, Shadowed by Politics 2020-02-11T05:00:00Z He insisted publicly he was innocent of any wrongdoing, but Saudi officials said he agreed to an undisclosed financial settlement after admitting to unspecified “violations”. Building world's tallest tower going ahead after Saudi corruption purg 2018-02-07T05:00:00Z Dumped as a child in an orphanage in Mogadishu, he later made good in Saudi Arabia and then London, and returned to Somalia in 2010 to become the capital’s dynamic mayor. A rare ray of light from Somalia 2016-11-17T05:00:00Z The entertainment plans are largely motivated by economics, part of a reform program to diversify the economy away from oil and create jobs for young Saudis. All that jazz: Saudis attend country's first jazz festival 2018-02-23T05:00:00Z “Experts on the Saudi system, including those who admire Mohammed bin Salman, say that his efforts are being carried out with one overriding goal: to preserve the House of Saud.” Sunday Reading: The Khashoggi Affair 2018-12-16T05:00:00Z He teaches the language at home in Saudi Arabia and is spending a year in the United States improving his skills. Top bunk for $30 a day: Life inside one of Airbnb’s modern boardinghouses 2018-05-07T04:00:00Z He and Raghavan made two trips to Yemen last year, the second one shortly after Khashoggi's murder by government agents from Saudi Arabia, which is leading a coalition fighting rebels in Yemen's civil war. Washington Post wins Pulitzer Prizes for criticism, photography; affiliated cartoonist also honored 2019-04-15T04:00:00Z It’s about a struggling American salesman who travels to Saudi Arabia to sign a contract with a wealthy monarch, but instead finds himself entangled in a series of misadventures. Tom Hanks in Egypt to film ‘Hologram for the King’ 2014-07-19T04:00:00Z “Saudi Runaway” is a starkly complementary story of incarceration, liberation and self-determination. At Sundance, a Glorious Diversity of Voices Breaks Through 2020-01-31T05:00:00Z The hardline Islamist movement also said it had no plans to hold preliminary peace talks with Afghanistan's government in Saudi Arabia, dismissing media reports of talks in the kingdom. Taliban "poised to retake Afghanistan" after NATO pullout 2012-02-01T13:22:02Z The most likely explanation, which Johnston fails to discuss, is that the Saudis convinced Trump that Qatar is too close to Iran. Eating Away at Government From the Inside 2018-03-13T04:00:00Z The royals were most popular in Romania, Saudi Arabia, India and the United States and viewed most negatively in Spain and Argentina. Harry is most popular UK royal, but world not bothered by wedding:... 2018-05-14T04:00:00Z In a very real way, Saudi Arabia is supporting an ideology that threatens its own survival. We’re not beating ISIS like this: America has no easy solution to its Middle Eastern crisis — and maybe none at all 2015-12-13T05:00:00Z “With artists in the 2000s, in the 10 years preceding the Arab Spring, we start to see art on issues such as refugees and women’s rights in Saudi Arabia,” he explained. Exhibitions in Qatar Celebrate Syria Before the War 2018-10-26T04:00:00Z But there has also been talk of efforts to hold separate negotiations in Saudi Arabia because Karzai fears his government could be sidelined by U.S. talks with the Taliban. Taliban "poised to retake Afghanistan" after NATO pullout 2012-02-01T13:22:02Z Only last month, the kingdom barred all fresh produce arriving from Lebanon from entering Saudi Arabia after drug smuggling was found in such shipments. Lebanese singer deported from Saudi after 50-day detention 2021-05-28T04:00:00Z But for one night Jordanians, Lebanese, Iraqis, Saudis and were interested only in dancing from dusk until dawn. Music: Arabian Night: Distant Heat Music Show in Jordan 2010-08-06T22:08:00Z The awards’ judges cited Ignatius and Attiah’s “eloquence and resolve in demanding accountability” from the Saudi government and from the Trump administration following Khashoggi’s death. Who ordered the slaying of Jamal Khashoggi? It was personal for two Post staffers. 2019-02-19T05:00:00Z Location: Qatar is located on a peninsula in the Persian Gulf, sharing a land border with Saudi Arabia. Instead of luxurious, bustling Dubai, try underrated Doha 2019-12-04T05:00:00Z A lot of Saudis don't want their girls to be in front of camera. Haifaa al-Mansour: 'It's very important to celebrate resistance' 2013-07-13T23:05:04Z What did he learn from the fallout after he downplayed the Khashoggi execution by Saudi leaders, who are major shareholders in Uber, as “a serious mistake”? Dara Khosrowshahi, Dad of Silicon Valley 2021-07-16T04:00:00Z Last week, Saudi state security court sentenced 31-year-old Loujiain Al-Hathloul to more than five years in prison for tweets that advocated women’s right to drive and argued against male guardianship regulations. Khashoggi doc, too explosive for streaming, debuts on-demand 2021-01-05T05:00:00Z I wish every American pondering the frictions of our long relationship with the Saudis would read it simply to understand. The Mysteries of the American-Saudi Alliance 2020-10-16T04:00:00Z It was fossil water — and like Saudi oil, once it is gone it will be gone for good. Don’t censor the school-lunch blog 2012-06-15T16:15:00Z Human Rights Watch and others, however, have called on celebrities to boycott the kingdom, saying such events are aimed at diverting attention and deflecting scrutiny from Saudi Arabia’s human rights record. Justin Bieber performs at Saudi F1 race after boycott calls 2021-12-06T05:00:00Z Columbia University said it was postponing its portion of the initiative, a talk with the Saudi artist Ahmed Mater originally scheduled for next Monday. Met and Brooklyn Museums Will Not Use Saudi Money for Programs on the Middle East 2018-10-18T04:00:00Z He is a senior systems integration engineer and a principal engineer for a subway construction project in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Karyne Messina, Shehzad Akhtar 2018-10-07T04:00:00Z Even better, he got to obliquely reference the news of missing journalist Jamal Khashoggi, stating that he was cancelling a planned trip to Saudi Arabia as a result. Gerard Butler's Pentagon briefing and other grandiose film campaigns 2018-10-18T04:00:00Z To the American imagination, Saudi Arabia is not a country so much as a collection of shocking headlines. Review | Eman Quotah’s engrossing debut, ‘Bride of the Sea,’ offers Americans a nuanced view of the Saudi Kingdom 2021-02-01T05:00:00Z This exhibition focused on art and material culture from what is now Israel, Lebanon, Syria, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Iraq and Iran, creating a rich picture of cultural exchange and aesthetic diversity. Perspective | In a year of upheaval, the best art was also the bravest 2019-12-09T05:00:00Z The Saudi journalist, a U.S. resident, was often critical of the Saudi government under de facto leader Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. Perspective | USA Today gave Trump ‘leeway’ for his opinion. Instead, he deceived in almost every line. 2018-10-10T04:00:00Z This eventuality, after all, was the nightmare that pushed the Saudis into attempting self-sufficiency in the first place. Don’t censor the school-lunch blog 2012-06-15T16:15:00Z Even on state television gentle social satire about Saudi life is permissible and also welcome during Ramadan, a monthlong religious celebration when people pray, fast all day and then feast throughout the night. | The TV Watch: Saudi Arabia: Ramadan TV Gently Pushes Saudi Boundaries 2012-08-20T02:22:34Z The losers have been the United States, Saudi Arabia and Turkey — and, of course, the hundreds of thousands of people killed or displaced. Fighting Wars Past, Present and Future 2018-05-25T04:00:00Z Malone states, in reference to Minhaj’s story about the fallout from "Patriot Act’s" Saudi Arabia episode, “But it didn’t happen to you.” Off with his head: The manufactured scandal over Hasan Minhaj 2023-10-30T04:00:00Z In photographs and a video, Ahmed Mater, who is based in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, surveys the holy city of Mecca from a similar angel’s-eye height, though there’s nothing celestial about the perspective. The Guggenheim Is Going Global. Kind Of. 2016-08-25T04:00:00Z Much is changing in Saudi Arabia: the country is getting its first movie theaters. Prize camels keep tradition alive in changing Saudi, but please no Bot 2018-01-22T05:00:00Z Beirut is a party town but to get from the Gulf you have to cross Saudi Arabia, Jordan and Syria. Arab road trip movie tackles taboos 2014-10-27T04:00:00Z They sent me the press breakdown of countries where I am supposed to go to promote the film, and one of them was Saudi Arabia. A Pioneering Saudi Director on Her New Film, ‘Mary Shelley’ 2018-05-23T04:00:00Z “All the Saudis come by plane to the local airport to bring their horses, or to buy some.” Visiting France?s C?te Fleurie 2010-08-06T15:19:00Z An elaborate Iranian-backed plot to assassinate the Saudi ambassador to the United States was disrupted by and DEA agents, officials said Tuesday. U.S. accuses Iran of plot to kill ambassador 2011-10-11T19:06:00Z Kinsara is studying film, a major she will be able to use at home this year as Saudi Arabia lifts a 35-year-old ban on cinemas. Saudi women celebrate Women's Day with a jog in Jeddah 2018-03-08T05:00:00Z In November, the streamer inked a production deal with the Saudi studio Telfaz11 for eight movies. Khashoggi doc, too explosive for streaming, debuts on-demand 2021-01-05T05:00:00Z Like legions of New Yorkers who hibernate in their apartments, Melania Trump is a virtual shut-in, her refuge 58 stories above Manhattan’s hoi polloi and laden with enough gold to embarrass a Saudi prince. In New York, searching for the reclusive and elusive Melania Trump 2017-03-27T04:00:00Z “He’s openly demonstrated to the entire world, and to Saudi Arabia specifically, that an arms deal is much more important than a butchered journalist,” he said. John Oliver: Trump and Bin Salman are 'similar in some of the worst ways' 2018-10-15T04:00:00Z Nashashibi wants to grow an endowment to further his group’s work; he also hopes, for the first time, to join the Hajj, an annual Islamic pilgrimage to Mecca in Saudi Arabia. MacArthur ‘genius’ grant winners step into the spotlight: ‘Is this really happening?’ 2017-10-10T04:00:00Z In an image made from video released by Change.org, a Saudi Arabian woman drives a car as part of a campaign to defy Saudi Arabia’s ban on women driving, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Motherlode: A Mother's Right to Drive 2011-06-21T16:41:43Z Even the Saudis cannot use sea water to irrigate fields, so they are pumping up underground water reserves from beneath the desert. Don’t censor the school-lunch blog 2012-06-15T16:15:00Z There was not a chair symbolically left empty for an imprisoned Saudi activist honored at the 2019 Time 100 gala, in which he says Jared Kushner thoughtlessly sat before Minhaj shaded him in public. Tripping up the King's Jester: How is Hasan Minhaj still in the running to host "The Daily Show"? 2023-09-23T04:00:00Z Pitchaya, who grew up in Thailand but also in Saudi Arabia and the Southern United States, informs in a more conventional fashion. Two Thai Novelists Explore Bangkok’s Swirl of Remembering and Forgetting 2019-04-04T04:00:00Z One man from Saudi Arabia, however, offered us what seemed like an astronomical sum — $40,000 — but he wanted me to ship the Speedy to him first “for inspection purposes.” This is what a pre-moon Speedmaster watch is worth 2018-06-17T04:00:00Z Hajj pilgrims perform the final walk around the Ka'bah in the holy city of Mecca, Saudi Arabia. British Museum to stage exhibition dedicated to hajj pilgrimage 2011-07-19T14:57:26Z Saudi Arabia, the world’s top oil exporter, is also a leading producer of dates and the area around Buraidah is known for its large swathes of date palm trees. Saudi Arabia's 'date city' hosts annual festival dedicated to delicacy 2018-08-30T04:00:00Z And if you are lucky, they said, you’ll get invited to a party with Saudi women, with music, dancing, food and fashion, but no alcohol, tobacco or men. In Saudi Arabia, a Kingdom to Myself 2016-03-03T05:00:00Z Axworthy's suggestion that Saudi Arabia has backed insurgents in Afghanistan more recently is also controversial. Revolutionary Iran: A History of the Islamic Republic by Michael Axworthy – review 2013-03-25T10:00:01Z After graduation, Blair went to Saudi Arabia to work with a news agency for Desert Shield, while Hannah started graduate school in Columbia, S.C. Virginia couple married for 30 years claim they've never argued 2022-03-07T05:00:00Z In Syria, U.S. troops were recently redeployed, not withdrawn, not from the region anyway, even as more troops are being sent to Saudi Arabia. Killing me softly with militarism 2019-10-26T04:00:00Z In the days leading up to Khashoggi’s death, he and Abdulaziz were collaborating on a social media campaign to counter Saudi propaganda on Twitter. Two New Movies Share a Clear Message: Don’t Forget Jamal Khashoggi 2020-10-02T04:00:00Z More than 50 countries, including Russia, Saudi Arabia and Iran, blocked 22 groups from attending the conference. UN pledges to end Aids epidemic but plan barely mentions those most at risk 2016-06-08T04:00:00Z “Fat Cats of the Desert,” a gaudy nighttime soap on a more daring channel on the Rotana network, is in its fourth season, and it portrays rich Saudis as decadent, hard-drinking, free-spending sybarites. | The TV Watch: Saudi Arabia: Ramadan TV Gently Pushes Saudi Boundaries 2012-08-20T02:22:34Z There, surrounded by top aides, the president sat in front of a speakerphone talking to King Salman of Saudi Arabia. Bob Corker is free to speak his mind about Trump. If he could only make it up. 2018-04-16T04:00:00Z An ancient human finger bone found in the Saudi Arabian desert provides a new clue about when and how our species left Africa. Finger bone points to ancient migration from Africa 2018-04-11T04:00:00Z Saudi Arabians have grown colossally rich on the country’s oil reserves. Don’t censor the school-lunch blog 2012-06-15T16:15:00Z Urban Fortresses In many ways Saudi Arabia looks like a modern country. Critic?s Notebook: Laying Out Economic Cities, Saudis See Window to Modernity 2010-12-13T03:28:00Z In Beaverton, as in Saudi Arabia, girls were rigging their own suits, Almadhoun said: “There are some solutions, but not good ones.” Nike Takes the Plunge Into Modest Swimwear 2019-12-09T05:00:00Z There are no plans to refund the Saudi donations, a Smithsonian spokeswoman said. Saudi-supported cultural festival goes forward at Smithsonian 2018-10-16T04:00:00Z Wardrobes remove their own doors and post office boxes move about town in “Sorry to Disturb,” a quietly scathing depiction of women’s restricted lives in Saudi Arabia. Unnerving short stories by Hilary Mantel, Margaret Atwood and Joyce Carol Oates Last month, Mark Clattenburg, who is generally regarded as one of the finest referees in professional soccer, left England’s Premier League for a better-paying position in Saudi Arabia. What If We Had Perfect Robot Referees? 2017-03-30T04:00:00Z In 2013, the year The Wolf of Wall Street was released, at least $681m, money the Malaysian government said was a gift from the Saudi royal family, landed in the personal bank accounts of Razak. Murky Malaysian money trail that funded The Wolf of Wall Street – report 2016-04-02T04:00:00Z In the Gulf especially, authorities rarely understand cinema that is only just beginning to shift in less conservative regimes, like Qatar and the UAE, let alone in Saudi Arabia. Wadjda illustrates how Arab cinema is just beginning to come of age 2013-07-24T13:01:47Z A young wife living in Jidda, Saudi Arabia, is essentially confined to her house all day. Hilary Mantel's short-story collection long on controversy 2014-10-03T04:00:00Z The painting’s anonymous buyer is a close ally of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman of Saudi Arabia, and may have acted on his behalf. How the Louvre’s Leonardo Blockbuster Shows a Master’s Progress 2019-10-21T04:00:00Z “The book came out in 1971,” he said, “and he went to Saudi Arabia in 1979. Why would he take eight years to go into exile?” William Powell, ‘Anarchist Cookbook’ Writer, Dies at 67 2017-03-29T04:00:00Z “Islam,” the woman said, also telling the child that the women were from Saudi Arabia. For American Muslims, Choosing to Wear the Veil Poses Challenges 2010-06-11T23:37:00Z While chatting with her friends on social media, this Saudi teen living in Germany realised there was no emoji to represent her, so she designed one. ‘It's not about your age, it's about your ideas’: the teen power list 2016-12-10T05:00:00Z “With 150,000 men and women studying abroad, why is Saudi considered to be a ‘developing country?’ Saudi TV Just Got a Lot More Feminist 2015-07-21T04:00:00Z The book’s three hundred recipes trace the path of Islam from its seventh-century origins in present-day Saudi Arabia to the vibrant Muslim communities of Senegal, India, Indonesia, China’s Xinjiang province, and more. The Best Cookbooks of the Century So Far 2019-07-14T04:00:00Z I don’t show no taxes — the Saudis got a part of me And my greatest friend was in the KGB. Style Invitational Week 1343: We plead no contest 2019-08-01T04:00:00Z But with even that being chipped away, it is hard to overstate how much Saudi women’s lives are being transformed. Saudi women celebrate Women's Day with a jog in Jeddah 2018-03-08T05:00:00Z You were in Saudi Arabia when you heard? DMX Wanted a New Beginning. Swizz Beatz Is Seeing It Through. 2021-05-27T04:00:00Z The CIA concluded that bin Salman ordered the assassination, contradicting the Saudi government’s claims that he was not involved in the killing. Perspective | The ugly roots of the violent global crackdown on journalists 2021-07-06T04:00:00Z Most recently, the conflict between Russia and Ukraine is raising concerns that sanctions will impact production or exports from Russia, the world’s second largest exporter after Saudi Arabia. Gasoline prices have familiar look as summer nears 2014-05-24T04:00:00Z Much is changing in Saudi Arabia: the country is getting its first movie theaters. Prize camels keep tradition alive in changing Saudi, but please no Bot 2018-01-22T05:00:00Z “Nothing like sectarian and gender issues to get people distracted in Saudi Arabia,” she writes. Books of The Times: ‘Diaries of an Unfinished Revolution’: Essays From 8 Nations 2013-12-30T21:05:36Z Born in Northampton in 1974, Husain was brought up in Abu Dhabi and Saudi Arabia before she was sent to Cobham Hall boarding school in Kent. Mishal Husain: 'driven' presenter powers way onto BBC Radio 4's Today 2013-07-16T16:01:06Z Outside a few "gimmicky" liberal enclaves that are beyond the reach of the morality police, ordinary Saudis are encouraged to shop and pray, but not to think. After the Sheikhs: The Coming Collapse of the Gulf Monarchies by Christopher M Davidson 2012-12-28T22:55:04Z Maybe Ross should talk to the thousands of protesters and activists who have vanished into Saudi Arabian prisons. Are the politics of “incivility” paving the road to an American fascism? Part 2 of 2 2018-09-02T04:00:00Z One side is the sea green dome of the Mosque of the Prophet in Medina, Saudi Arabia; the other side is an 18th or 19th century Iranian battle helmet. At LACMA, the horror of 9/11 through the eyes of a Muslim artist who found a different path 2017-04-27T04:00:00Z Too many in the West, she insists, wrongly attribute the rivalry between Saudi Arabia and Iran to age-old theological differences between Sunnis and Shiites. The Unraveling of the Muslim World 2020-01-28T05:00:00Z The artist also produced key public works including the relief on the Saudi Airlines building in Jeddah and a sculpture at the entrance to Mecca. Saudi Arabia showcases modern art 2015-03-03T05:00:00Z Your debut film, Wadjda, about a 10-year-old girl living in Riyadh, who dreams of owning a green bicycle, is the first full-length feature shot entirely inside Saudi Arabia. Haifaa al-Mansour: 'It's very important to celebrate resistance' 2013-07-13T23:05:04Z Last week, the United Nations Human Rights Council denounced Saudi Arabia’s “continuing arrests and arbitrary detentions of human rights defenders” 3 Saudi women activists receive PEN Freedom to Write Award 2019-03-14T04:00:00Z It is designed by Basma Kholief, one of a growing number of of women working in the culture industry in Saudi Arabia. Saudi Arabia showcases modern art 2015-03-03T05:00:00Z Prince Mohammed attended the F1 race and social media showed him taking selfies with young Saudi men who lined up to meet the powerful heir to the throne. Justin Bieber performs at Saudi F1 race after boycott calls 2021-12-06T05:00:00Z Although I’ve lived in Saudi Arabia, Jordan and the US, wherever we were, my parents created a Syrian bubble around us. Meet the regulars: what makes people want to eat in the same place every day? 2016-12-02T05:00:00Z Even the economically mighty Saudi Arabia, considered by the west to be the religious and historical centre of gravity of the region, never succeeded in forming a core or Arab culture. Egypt has returned from the cultural backwaters 2011-02-24T16:19:39Z The tweeter in Lebanon, the blogger in Sudan, the activist emailer from Saudi Arabia, the journalist in Yemen who watches the bombs fall on an ancient city. Dealing with social media buzz: Walt Whitman might understand 2015-04-10T04:00:00Z Radwi concentrates on Saudi lifestyles and he encouraged fellow Saudi artists to keep an eye on their national identity. Saudi Arabia showcases modern art 2015-03-03T05:00:00Z The Bin Laden Group — an 80-year-old Saudi family industrial conglomerate with an infamous black-sheep son — led a consortium to grow rice on more than a million acres in the Indonesian province of Papua. Don’t censor the school-lunch blog 2012-06-15T16:15:00Z Saudi Arabia enforced control this year by cracking down on domestic pilgrims traveling to holy sites without permits, Turki said. Saudi Arabia relieved as well-protected haj nears close 2014-10-06T04:00:00Z Qatar and Saudi Arabia say it is time to arm the rebel Free Syrian Army with weapons to combat Syria's powerful, Russian-armed forces. Arab ministers urge Syria to open up to U.N. monitors 2012-04-18T11:43:03Z In Saudi Arabia, the poet Ashraf Fayadh was sentenced to death last year for his verses, which religious authorities called blasphemous. Middle Eastern Writers Find Refuge in the Dystopian Novel 2016-05-29T04:00:00Z I thought that if someone posted a video of a woman driving, it might “normalise” the experience and show Saudi citizens there was nothing dangerous about it. ‘I felt like one of my father’s songbirds, let out of its cage’: driving as a woman in Saudi Arabia 2017-06-12T04:00:00Z The target would be Muslim pilgrims going for the Hajj in Saudi Arabia, which requires visitors to be vaccinated for meningitis. Malaysia tries to parlay appeal to Muslim visitors into medical tourism push 2014-07-29T04:00:00Z Ramadan is also when Saudis talk, blog and tweet about what they are watching, and it’s a broader and spicier array of shows than outsiders might imagine. | The TV Watch: Saudi Arabia: Ramadan TV Gently Pushes Saudi Boundaries 2012-08-20T02:22:34Z They included a criminal court complex in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia; a government building complex in Changchun, China; and the campus of Fudan University in Shanghai. Albert Speer Jr., Architect and Son of Hitler Confidant, Dies at 83 2017-09-21T04:00:00Z Still, the news just a few weeks ago that as of next June Saudi women will legally be allowed to drive is due in no small part to al-Sharif’s efforts. Memoirs Take the Wheel 2017-11-10T05:00:00Z In 2009, a Saudi Arabian who made the mistake of discussing his sex life on a satellite TV programme was sentenced to a thousand lashings and five years in jail for "publicly boasting of sin". Sex and the Citadel by Shereen El Feki – review 2013-03-06T14:00:01Z He has essentially sided with the Saudi regime after the murder and dismemberment of Jamal Khashoggi, who wrote columns for The Washington Post. Perspective | If Trump doesn’t condone violence against journalists, he should stop inspiring it 2019-10-14T04:00:00Z There are many Saudi women doctors, and there are many wealthy and powerful and well-educated Saudi women who circumvent the restrictions put upon them, quietly or otherwise. ArtsBeat: Waiting for the King: Dave Eggers Talks About His New Novel 2012-06-20T14:45:33Z When the UN general assembly debated a Saudi resolution last week that followed the west in calling for sanctions and Assad's departure, Brazil, India and South Africa all objected. Why Kofi Annan had enough over Syria 2012-08-05T20:00:01Z M.I.A. released a music video for her song “Bad Girls,” and at first glance it appears to be a political statement about women drivers in Saudi Arabia. Watch M.I.A.?s ?Bad Girls? Video 2012-02-03T16:32:50Z In Saudi, we are very tribal, and too many women are afraid of what their family, their neighbours, and others in their tribe will think of them. Saudia Arabian film-maker breaks boundaries 2013-07-08T05:32:18Z De Becker said his “investigators and several experts concluded with high confidence that the Saudis had access to Bezos’ phone, and gained private information.” National Enquirer expected to be sold imminently as parent company faces pressure 2019-04-10T04:00:00Z Until recently, it was the image of disempowered womanhood in Saudi Arabia. License to Not Drive 2018-09-06T04:00:00Z But if there’s a polo match in Saudi or a polo match in Australia, I miss that interaction one thousand percent. Hurrah for Live Performances 2021-04-02T04:00:00Z Hanks' upcoming movies include Tom Tykwer's "A Hologram for the King," based on the Dave Eggers novel about an American salesman in Saudi Arabia, and an untitled Cold War thriller directed by Steven Spielberg. Tom Hanks, Lily Tomlin to get Kennedy Center Honors 2014-09-04T04:00:00Z That is when Ayatollah Khomeini heard the news and one-upped the Saudis. The Unraveling of the Muslim World 2020-01-28T05:00:00Z Perhaps the most notorious of these killings was that of Jamal Khashoggi, a contributing columnist to The Washington Post who was brutally murdered at the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul last year. Perspective | When a crusading Maltese journalist was murdered, her sons vowed justice. Almost miraculously, it’s happening. 2019-12-02T05:00:00Z Sharif, with his velvet voice and steady performances, was a firm favorite throughout the four-month competition and beat Palestinian and Saudi rivals in the final. Syrian wins Arab Idol contest, steers clear of politics 2014-12-14T05:00:00Z Other long-distance trails are currently under development in Saudi Arabia, as part of futuristic megaprojects being created by the kingdom in its western deserts, and in the autonomous Kurdistan Region of Iraq. The Austere Beauty of Egypt’s Long-Distance Hiking Trails 2022-12-19T05:00:00Z A pillar of Vision 2030, the crown prince’s blueprint for Saudi Arabia’s future, is supporting small- and medium-size businesses, particularly those owned by women. Saudi Arabia Just Had Its First Fashion Week 2018-04-16T04:00:00Z But there she was on an official trip to Saudi Arabia last year, floating down the tarmac in billowing baby-blue chiffon. Let It Flow! #PantsuitNation is Now Caftan Country 2018-09-18T04:00:00Z The Saudis provided a midnight supper complete with a belly dancer. Ballgowns, tuxedos, champagne: The last real ball in Washington is a relic of the past 2018-10-14T04:00:00Z Unesco asked the Organisation of Islamic Countries to pressurise the Taliban and three OIC members – Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates – made appeals. Afghanistan's surviving treasures 2011-03-04T09:00:01Z If Khashoggi's critiques of the Saudi regime were unsparing, "Kingdom of Silence" shows that his disillusionment was in no small part rooted in heartbreak. "Kingdom of Silence": A wrenching look at how Jamal Khashoggi's life is a story as big as his death 2020-10-02T04:00:00Z It is carried in a few multibrand stores in Russia and Saudi Arabia, Mr. Gaytten said, but a spokesman for the company declined to provide specifics. Bill Gaytten, Out From the Shadows Cast by John Galliano 2014-10-01T04:00:00Z Art has been on Drake’s mind since at least 2011, when, on the song “Dreams Money Can Buy,” he rapped, “I got car money, fresh start money/I want Saudi money, I want art money.” Drake: Rapper, Actor, Meme 2015-10-23T04:00:00Z People are really curious about Saudi Arabia and as always, art is a window to the soul of a community. Women of Saudi Arabia Emerge on the Bosporus 2010-11-24T18:30:00Z Thousands of Saudis currently travel to Bahrain, the United Arab Emirates and other countries for entertainment. Saudi Arabia begins screening films after decades-long ban lifted 2018-01-15T05:00:00Z A sign of the power of Saudi land grabbers in fellow Muslim countries could be seen at a curious ceremony at the Saudi King Abdullah’s royal palace in Mecca in September 2010. Don’t censor the school-lunch blog 2012-06-15T16:15:00Z The revelations to be found in hundreds of artifacts never before seen outside Saudi Arabia are startling. Review: 'Routes of Arabia'' Exhibition at Louvre Is Startling 2010-07-23T11:56:00Z The only other person in the garden was a man wearing a white robe customarily worn by Saudi men, sitting alone with a bucket of five beers. "We were homeless in Marrakech": When budget travel with two kids goes sideways 2022-06-20T04:00:00Z And so the press became the chief portraitist of a largely hidden society, painting Saudi Arabia with broad, journalistic brushstrokes. Review | Eman Quotah’s engrossing debut, ‘Bride of the Sea,’ offers Americans a nuanced view of the Saudi Kingdom 2021-02-01T05:00:00Z The Shanghai Expo 2010 features everything from palm trees from Saudi Arabia to Rodin sculptures from France – perhaps a bid by Paris to rival Denmark, which has brought its Little Mermaid statue from Copenhagen harbour. Shanghai Expo 2010: Tight security as city prepares for opening 2010-04-30T13:01:00Z The central hub of filming was the titular Saudi Women’s Driving School in Riyadh, a looping maze of new drivers and instructors in white cars, and the gateway to certification for aspiring female drivers. Saudi Women’s Driving School: behind an inspiring, frustrating documentary 2019-10-24T04:00:00Z He then lived in Kenya and Saudi Arabia before settling in London. Poets gather for global gathering 2012-06-25T07:52:29Z In some articles, the Penske outlets mistakenly reported that his company had received money from the Saudi Public Investment Fund, which is overseen by Prince Mohammed, rather than the Saudi Research and Media Group. You Don’t Know Much About Jay Penske. And He’s Fine With That. 2022-03-26T04:00:00Z Many others wrote about the false confidence that Gilead can’t happen here, bringing attention to the fact that it is happening in far flung places such as Saudi Arabia. Weaponized white feminism in "The Handmaid's Tale" and "When They See Us" 2019-06-05T04:00:00Z There was despair among the designers, both locals and those from countries including Lebanon, Egypt and Italy, who had traveled to show off their collections to the affluent Saudi market. Saudi Arabia Just Had Its First Fashion Week 2018-04-16T04:00:00Z Would Mishra like to see the United States withdraw entirely from the Muslim Middle East, allowing Russia, Turkey, Saudi Arabia and Iran to determine its fate? Pankaj Mishra Challenges America’s Self-Deceptions 2020-10-06T04:00:00Z The news generated an online furore and prompted several rounds of testing by authorities from neighbouring Indonesia, home to the world's biggest Muslim population, to Saudi Arabia, the birthplace of Islam. Competing halal standards leave food industry with indigestion 2014-06-15T04:00:00Z In the early 1970s, the Saudi government offered to pay Spain millions of dollars to move the cathedral out of the mosque and construct it nearby. The Enduring Echoes of Moorish Spain 2022-08-30T04:00:00Z The entertainment plans are largely motivated by economics, part of a reform program to diversify the economy away from oil and create jobs for young Saudis. All that jazz: Saudis attend country's first jazz festival 2018-02-23T05:00:00Z EEC, an affiliate of Dubai real estate firm Emaar Properties, is one of half a dozen projects in Saudi Arabia that aim to create industrial and urban zones known as “economic cities”. Saudi industrial city plans jazz festival as reforms take hold 2017-10-25T04:00:00Z Saudi Arabia is the only country that bans women drivers. Saudi women-only motorshow opens in Jeddah 2018-01-11T05:00:00Z He inspired reform-minded Saudis to stem chronic corruption and combat increasing Islamic militancy, but faced problems at every step. Ghazi al-Gosaibi obituary 2010-08-24T17:43:00Z For all the outward piety of Saudi Arabia, the kingdom has clearly not yet chased out all its demons. Fast and furious 2014-05-29T04:00:00Z A Texas couple goes to Saudi Arabia in 1981 when the husband gets a petroleum job. Theater Listings for Oct. 23-29 2015-10-22T04:00:00Z Heartbreak hovers over “Haifaa al-Mansour’s sharply observed, deceptively gentle film, reportedly the first feature ever directed by a Saudi woman,” A. O. Scott wrote in The Times. What’s on TV Tuesday: Iranian Vampires and Scientologists 2017-08-15T04:00:00Z He moved overseas in 1979 and worked in Saudi Arabia, Tanzania, Indonesia and Malaysia, teaching marginalized children and training teachers in how to better include them in the classroom. William Powell, ‘Anarchist Cookbook’ Writer, Dies at 67 2017-03-29T04:00:00Z Not far away, Almarai, a food conglomerate also owned by the Saudi royal family, has five dairy farms with 36,000 cows. Don’t censor the school-lunch blog 2012-06-15T16:15:00Z Last September, King Salman decreed an end to the world’s only ban on women drivers, maintained for decades by Saudi Arabia’s deeply conservative Muslim establishment. Saudi Arabia's women drivers get ready to steer their lives 2018-06-19T04:00:00Z Mansour is friendly to Saudi Arabia and the United States, allowing the latter to conduct its counterterrorism campaigns inside the country. America has blood on its hands: Yemen is now the world’s worst humanitarian crisis 2016-01-18T05:00:00Z “We are so excited because this is the first fashion week in Saudi Arabia, so we are making history,” model Anita Dmycroska said. Fashionably late: Saudi Arabia hosts its first-ever fashion week 2018-04-11T04:00:00Z I had a wonderful interview once with a fantastic Saudi princess about doing a large home. Talk: Peter Marino Likes Playing Bad Cop 2012-03-09T20:36:00Z It's a club that offers its members the chance to see Saudi Arabia from a different perspective through paramotoring, also known as powered paragliding. Paramotoring takes off in Saudi desert 2016-10-06T04:00:00Z Solórzano said that through trade, the plant made its way into India, Saudi Arabia and Spain. National Rum Day: The fascinating history of how the spirit came to be — and what it was originally called 2019-08-16T04:00:00Z At some point in the trial, Mr. Corvez mentioned a Saudi buyer without providing additional details. For Paris ‘Spiderman,’ Stealing 5 Museum Masterpieces Was No Sweat 2017-02-03T05:00:00Z Written and directed by the Saudi Arabian filmmaker Shahad Ameen, this feature debut is aesthetically tantalizing, presented in eerily glistening monochrome. ‘Scales’ Review: A Sensual Fable With a Feminist Bent 2021-07-08T04:00:00Z This may be because many of the other countries that impose the death penalty, like China, Iran and Saudi Arabia, do not have news media free enough to report the details of executions. Last Meals on Death Row, a Peculiarly American Fascination 2020-03-10T04:00:00Z She was also in the news last week when she prematurely pointed to a radical Saudi fundamentalist as being responsible for the Boston Marathon bombings. Top 5 investigative videos: Stoned on the job 2013-04-27T18:00:00Z Consumers sought these products not only in the global West but also in economies across the globe like Indonesia, Saudi Arabia, Malaysia, Bulgaria, Turkey, and Kyrgyzstan, according to the study. Sustainable halal meat is making inroads in Muslim communities 2019-11-10T05:00:00Z According to the outlet, major source market countries with registered passengers include India, Saudi Arabia, the United Kingdom, China, the U.S. and Russia. Dubai Airport ranked as world's busiest international air hub 2019-01-29T05:00:00Z The film censorship authorities in Saudi Arabia and China, a major market for Hollywood studios, did not respond to requests for comment. Disney’s ‘Lightyear,’ With a Same-Sex Kiss, Faces a Backlash in Some Muslim Countries 2022-06-15T04:00:00Z No big producer, not even Russia or Saudi Arabia, any longer controls the market. The Future of Energy 2020-09-15T04:00:00Z Saudi Arabia is the only country that bans women drivers. Saudi women-only motorshow opens in Jeddah 2018-01-11T05:00:00Z The museum tells the story of Qatar, from prehistoric times to the present day, including ongoing political events such as the blockade imposed by Saudi Arabia and other neighbors. Qatar National Museum Tells a Country’s Story at Every Turn 2019-03-28T04:00:00Z CIA intelligence later indicated his assassination was ordered by Saudi Arabia crown prince Mohammed bin Salman. "Kingdom of Silence": A wrenching look at how Jamal Khashoggi's life is a story as big as his death 2020-10-02T04:00:00Z In a story that leaps from the U.S. to Saudi Arabia, three adopted brothers raised by an imam on Staten Island grapple with faith, fate and a legacy of secrets. 12 New Books Coming in July 2022-06-30T04:00:00Z Though Eggers deserves credit for presenting a nuanced and sympathetic view of the kingdom, the novel's Saudi Arabians are not always successful. A Hologram for the King by Dave Eggers – review 2013-01-30T10:07:03Z But in the aftermath, the Saudis took that American threat to heart. Don’t censor the school-lunch blog 2012-06-15T16:15:00Z The message was clear: Titanic changes were afoot in Saudi Arabia, and the man driving them was a mysterious, workaholic son of the king, named Mohammed bin Salman. ‘MBS: The Rise to Power of Mohammed Bin Salman,’ by Ben Hubbard: An Excerpt 2020-03-09T04:00:00Z And her show in Riyadh last week was a tribute to the luxury and extravagance found within Saudi Arabia’s capital city. Saudi Arabia’s Female Designers to Know 2018-04-17T04:00:00Z Though originally from Damascus, the family lived for two decades in Saudi Arabia, where Husam worked as a civil engineer and Shahnaz as a social worker. Toronto Suddenly Has a New Craving: Syrian Food 2018-01-12T05:00:00Z The Saudis were ready to join the U.S. in intervening against Assad. Sebastian Junger’s New Documentary About Syria 2017-06-10T04:00:00Z But you don't need to be Frank Gardner to know that Hezbollah is a Shia organisation backed by Saudi Arabia's great enemy, Iran. Rewind TV: Homeland; Wonderland: I Was Once a Beauty Queen – review 2012-10-13T23:06:22Z Among the suspects in the abduction are Iran, Qatar, Saudi extremists and an additional assortment of Saudi royals. Review | Looking for a summer thriller? Here are 9 picks for your beach bag. 2019-06-19T04:00:00Z “It is definitely very segregated, but the Saudi people are lovely, hospitable and kind,” one said. In Saudi Arabia, a Kingdom to Myself 2016-03-03T05:00:00Z He insisted publicly he was innocent of any wrongdoing, but Saudi officials said he agreed to an undisclosed financial settlement after admitting to unspecified “violations”. Building world's tallest tower going ahead after Saudi corruption purg 2018-02-07T05:00:00Z “I’m very proud to participate in this first edition of Arab Fashion Week in Saudi Arabia, because it’s a part of the revolution of the women in this country,” he said. Fashionably late: Saudi Arabia hosts its first-ever fashion week 2018-04-11T04:00:00Z Saudi Arabia was opening up when we were filming, but it’s not like now. A Pioneering Saudi Director on Her New Film, ‘Mary Shelley’ 2018-05-23T04:00:00Z |
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