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Saudi Arabia to issue visas – Just not clear when
Visa of Tourist in Saudi Arabia Tourists will soon be able to visit Saudi Arabia on a tourist visa, although no clear starting date has been announced. The English language daily Arab News and the semi-official Okaz reported that citizens of 50 countries, among them...
No more boring days in Saudi Arabia
Link for EXCLUSIVE ARTISTS & SHOWS SAUDI - Better Entertainment Entertainment in Saudi Arabia has changed. For the last year and a half, the government has been offering a variety of entertainment programmes to its citizens, filling the previous void of empty,...
Guardians will not receive message on Saudi women’s travel
Travel restrictions for women in KSA. This week, English-speaking newspaper, Saudi Gazette, published an article reporting that Saudi Passport Authority Jawazat will not send messages to the guardian informing him about the trace of a female/s under his guardianship...
BBC Interview with the Daily Noon News Show – Dahlia Rahaimy
This is an interview I had with BBC Arabic Radio this month, on the daily noon news show. It was one day after the Saudi government had lifted travel restrictions for Saudi women. A number of new civil laws and regulations in favor of women were released on 6th...
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Jeddah Autism Center – 10 Years Later
JAC (Jeddah Autism Center) celebrated its 25 years anniversary on April, 2nd 2019. At that time there was little awareness and acceptance of autism in society. Today, it is a different picture. In 2009 I visited the JAC at its first location. The center was located...
Rediscovered: Abdulaziz AlKhedir’s book on Saudi Arabia
This month, I came across a book on my shelf that I had bought many years ago but never read. It is called “Saudi Arabia: Biography and Nation”, written by Abdulaziz AlKhedir. The book is only available in Arabic, no English version. I found this book very informative...
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Driving was a dream. This is freedom.
Passport for Saudi Women: The Saudi Arabian government announced this week on many different sites; AlArabiya TV news, “Akhbar AlSaudia“ portal, online newspaper "Sabq" and others that it has changed its laws and regulations to allow women to obtain passport without...
Relaxation in Guardianship Rule
Read here: Saudi Arabia weighs loosening more controls on women: https://www.economist.com/middle-east-and-africa/2019/07/18/saudi-arabia-weighs-loosening-more-controls-on-women Things take their time in Saudi Arabia to change or develop. It’s called doing The Saudi...