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Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman of Saudi Arabia, front second right, during a visit to the Kaaba shrine at the Grand Mosque in Mecca, February 12, 2019. (Twitter screen capture)
February 13, 2019, 10:13 pm
Saudi crown prince climbs atop Mecca’s Kaaba, angering foes
Mohammed bin Salman criticized at home and abroad by both Islamists and liberals after personally inspecting holy site
By TOI staff
Mariah Carey poses in the press room at the American Music Awards on October 9, 2018, at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles. (Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP)
January 31, 2019, 3:32 pm
Mariah Carey shakes off boycott calls for her Saudi concert
Activists say performance a diversion from Yemen war and attempt by kingdom to rehabilitate tarnished image after Khashoggi killing
By Aya Batrawy
These two undated photos provided by the New York City Police Department (NYPD) show sisters Rotana, left, and Tala Farea, whose fully clothed bodies, bound together with tape and facing each other, were discovered on on the banks of New York City's Hudson River waterfront on Oct. 24, 2018. (NYPD via AP)
January 23, 2019, 6:20 am
NY medical examiner says two drowned Saudi sisters committed suicide
Rotana Farea, 22, and her sister Tala, 16, were found beside the Hudson River in late October, tied together at the ankles and waist by duct tape
By AFP
An illustrative photo of three Saudi women (screen capture, YouTube)
January 17, 2019, 5:36 pm
Saudi women runaways rebel against system of male control
Hundreds, perhaps thousands, of women flee their homes in desperation each year in the kingdom, many risking their lives to do so
By Aya Batrawy
An illustrative photo of three Saudi women (screen capture, YouTube)
January 6, 2019, 6:56 pm
Saudi courts to notify women of divorce by phone message
New measure aims to curb rampant cases of men secretly ending their marriages without informing their wives
By AFP
A picture taken on January 19, 2018 shows Saudi women clad in the Abaya robes and men walking during the King Abdulaziz Camel Festival in Rumah, some 160 kilometers east of Riyadh. (AFP Photo/Fayez Nureldine)
November 17, 2018, 8:26 pm
Saudi women mount ‘inside-out’ abaya protest
Women in Gulf kingdom post photos of themselves wearing the full-body robe in reverse to protest Saudi Arabia’s strict dress code
By AFP
Saudi women practice yoga at a studio in the western Saudi Arabian city of Jeddah on September 7, 2018. (AFP Photo/Amer Hilabi)
September 30, 2018, 9:42 am
Saudi Arabia embraces yoga in pivot toward ‘moderation’
Once outlawed in the conservative Muslim kingdom and still facing threats and harassment, enthusiasts say the exercise is transforming women’s lives
By Anuj Chopra
Saudi Arabia's first nightly newscaster Weam Al-Dakheel (screenshot)
September 24, 2018, 11:31 pm
Saudi woman first to anchor nightly bulletin on state TV
Weam Al-Dakheel’s appointment seen as part of crown prince’s major reforms of kingdom’s attitude towards women
By TOI staff
Iraqi singer Majid al-Muhandis in 2013. (Screen capture: YouTube)
July 15, 2018, 7:09 pm
Woman may face Saudi sex charges and jail for hugging pop star
Woman in full-length abaya and niqab dared by friends to jump on stage and hug Iraqi singer Majid al-Muhandis
By AFP
Hala Hussein Alireza, a newly-licensed Saudi motorist, drives a car in the Red Sea coastal city of Jeddah early on June 24, 2018. (AFP Photo/Amer Hilabi)
June 26, 2018, 9:23 am
‘Look, a woman driver!’ – Saudis tackle onslaught of sexism
120,000 women have applied for licenses, though many fear the reactions of men unused to the sight of a woman at the wheel
By Anuj Chopra
Aseel Al-Hamad, the first female member of Saudi Arabia's national motorsport federation, takes the wheel in a Twitter video posted on June 24, 2018, the day Saudi women gained the right to drive in the kingdom. (Twitter screen capture)
June 24, 2018, 5:09 pm
Saudi woman drives Formula 1 car to mark end of ban
Aseel Al-Hamad, the first female member of the Saudi motorsport federation, says taking the wheel at France’s Le Castellet circuit ‘shows what you can do if you have the passion’
By AFP
A Saudi woman uses an electronic driving simulator during a driving workshop for women in the Saudi capital Riyadh on June 21, 2018 (AFP PHOTO / FAYEZ NURELDINE)
June 22, 2018, 9:36 am
Saudi Arabia gears up to end women driving ban on Sunday
Potentially thousands of female drivers set to take the wheel in long-awaited rite of passage
By Anuj Chopra
A Saudi woman, "Noura," preparing for a training session at the Bikers Skills Institute, a motorcycle driving school on the outskirts of Riyadh, June 3, 2018. (AFP Photo/Fayez Nureldine)
June 12, 2018, 4:33 pm
Saudi women rev up motorbikes, as end to driving ban nears
Lifting of decades-old prohibition slated for June 24, but celebrations are muted as government detains well-known women’s rights activists
By Anuj Chopra
Illustrative: A Saudi woman tours a car showroom for women in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, on January 11, 2018. (AFP/Amer Hilabi)
June 4, 2018, 8:28 pm
First Saudi women get driver’s licenses
Kingdom detains 17 activists, including campaigners for women’s right to drive, despite lifting of ban set for June 24
By AFP
Illustrative: This November 30, 2014 image made from video released by Loujain al-Hathloul, shows her driving toward the United Arab Emirates - Saudi Arabia border before her arrest on December 1, 2014, in Saudi Arabia. (AP Photo/Loujain al-Hathloul, File)
May 19, 2018, 12:55 pm
Saudis detain 7 women’s advocates ahead of driving ban lift
Riyadh accuses the women, who continue to protest restrictive guardianship laws, of ‘attempting to undermine the security and stability of the kingdom’
By AFP
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