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Does anyone really need to hear from Saudi Arabia about women’s rights?

It’s absurd that a country whose women are ‘empowered’ to be submissive to men has [...]

Saudi Wealth Fund May Be World’s Least Transparent

By Simon Clark Updated Nov. 1, 2016 10:35 a.m. ET 1 COMMENTS A Saudi Arabian [...]

A liberal Muslim mother jailed for challenging Saudi taboos

JIDDAH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — When Souad al-Shammary posted a series of tweets about the [...]

MoD seriously misled me on Saudi arms sales, says Vince Cable

The Ministry of Defence has been accused of “seriously misleading” a cabinet minister in a [...]

UK’s Muslim Brotherhood policy ‘undermined by ties with Saudi Arabia’

MPs say appointment of ambassador to Arab state to lead review into Islamist organisation compromised [...]

A view from the Gulf of Election 2016

A couple of months ago, I was sitting in a café in Bangkok when a [...]