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Saudi court sentences US consulate assailant to death

Saudi court sentences US consulate assailant to death

Nov 25, – A Saudi court on Monday sentenced to death an Al Qaeda member convicted of a 2004 attack on the US consulate in Jeddah, in which five people were killed. The special security tribunal sentenced 19 others to up to 25 years in jail over various charges, including supporting the attack on the […]

November 25, 2013 | By | Reply More
Saudi men quietly help campaign for women to drive

Saudi men quietly help campaign for women to drive

Nov 01, Riyadh — A growing number of men are quietly helping steer a campaign to end Saudi Arabia’s ban on allowing women to drive, risking their jobs and social condemnation in the conservative kingdom. Some of the men have even been questioned by authorities, and one was detained by a branch of the Saudi […]

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A look at advances, complications for Saudi women

A look at advances, complications for Saudi women

Oct 24, – It’s been a little more than two years since the last time women in Saudi Arabia campaigned for the right to drive. Now activists are calling for women to get behind the wheel again Saturday, and they hope reforms made by the monarchy since then have readied the deeply conservative nation for […]

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