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Saudi women
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October 16, 2021, 6:08 am
Sun, sea and the opposite sex as Saudi Arabia slowly loosens up
At Pure Beach near Jeddah, there is music, dancing and an inflatable water park, while some women even wear once unthinkable bikinis
By
Haitham el-Tabei
August 17, 2020, 6:00 am
Saudi Arabia appoints 10 women to senior roles in holy mosques
Move aimed at boosting female employment in conservative kingdom, part of liberalization drive spearheaded by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman
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AFP
December 8, 2019, 7:47 pm
Saudi restaurants no longer need to segregate women and men
Move is latest government measure to upend a major hallmark of conservative restrictions in place for decades
By
Abdullah Al-Shihri
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Aya Batrawy
November 23, 2019, 8:39 am
In first, Saudi woman to drive race car in kingdom
Reema Juffali says she never expected to race professionally in Saudi Arabia, which lifted ban on female drivers last year: ‘The fact that I am doing it… is amazing’
By
Anuj Chopra
November 13, 2019, 12:44 pm
Saudi Arabia backpedals on video labeling feminism ‘extremism’
‘Feminism is not criminalized,’ says kingdom’s Human Rights Commission; retracted video also decried homosexuality and atheism, which are both punishable by death
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AFP
October 24, 2019, 3:54 am
Film charts how newly licensed Saudi women motorists try to drive social change
Out October 24, HBO documentary ‘Saudi Women’s Driving School’ follows female drivers who maintain cautious optimism even as gender rights activists still sit behind bars
By
Jordan Hoffman
October 6, 2019, 2:30 pm
Saudi Arabia eases restrictions on women at hotels
New guidelines allow women to rent rooms without male guardian’s presence, and foreign couples to share accommodation without proof of marriage
By
Elena Becatoros
August 3, 2019, 11:04 am
Saudi Arabia wins praise, ire as guardianship rules eased
Despite ‘progress,’ system not fully dismantled and longtime women’s rights activists still face travel bans or are on trial after a sweeping crackdown on dissent last year
By
Anuj Chopra
August 2, 2019, 6:42 am
In first, Saudi Arabia allows women to travel without male consent
Easing of guardianship rules marks potential sea change for rights in kingdom, although some restrictions still in effect
By
Aya Batrawy
July 10, 2019, 5:33 am
Nicki Minaj cancels Saudi concert over LGBT, women’s rights concerns
Raunchy rapper’s scheduled appearance at Jeddah festival triggered social media backlash over human rights in the ultra-conservative Kingdom
By
AFP
March 5, 2019, 12:35 am
Saudi talk show suspended after critical views aired
Amid wide-spread crackdown on critics, state-run channel drops veteran broadcaster who tackled treatment of women, domestic violence and poverty
By
Aya Batrawy
March 2, 2019, 9:39 am
Saudi prosecutors say women’s rights activists to face trial
Some of the women detained have reportedly been subjected to caning, electrocution and sexual assault
By
Jon Gambrell
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
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
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
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