· October, 2007

Stories about Saudi Arabia from October, 2007

Saudi Arabia: Drunk Drivers

  26 October 2007

Saudi blogger Saudi Jeans discusses the perils of drunk drivers in a country where alcohol is illegal.

Saudi Arabia: English Press Freer

  20 October 2007

“I observed .. that some of the English-language press here do a better job when it comes to reporting important and controversial local stories. Part of this has to do with the fact that they are in English so they are not under the radar of the censorship, but more...

Saudi: Back Entrance for Women

  17 October 2007

Saudi blogger Rasha draws our attention to the huge gap between the treatment of men and women in her society – where women have separate entrances to their homes, crumbling segregated university campuses and even a smaller praying area in Mecca.

Saudi Arabia: Women Activists on the Move

  11 October 2007

“I don’t know why, but apparently we get a lot of our important decisions made during the last ten days of Ramadhan…I guess our government is always inspired by the spirituality of those holy days,” writes Saudi Jeans, who adds that women activists “are planning to take field trips in...