by Dahlia Rahaimy · Dec 3, 2019 · In Brief
Last month, US rapper Russ performed in Riyadh alongside hip-hop group Migos, making it his second concert in Saudi Arabia. His shows are part of the evolving entertainment strategy which the Saudi government is implementing as part of Vision 2030. People in Saudi... 
by Dahlia Rahaimy · Nov 28, 2019 · Faces
At the age of 27, Reema Al Juffali drove her first official race in Riyadh this month. The event was organized by the Saudi International Automobile Federation. This is her second car racing appearance this year; her first was international appearance was at F4... ![[Part 2] 40 years later: the 1979 Grand Mosque seizure](https://sauditimes.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/IMG_0958.jpg)
by Dahlia Rahaimy · Nov 18, 2019 · Stories
Siege Of Makkah in 1979 (Contd. from Part 1) Where it all came from In the siege of Makkah in 1979, many of Juhayman’s followers were theology students at the Islamic University of Medinah. There, Juhayman had joined a fundamentalist Salafi group that was headed by... 
by Dahlia Rahaimy · Nov 17, 2019 · Stories
On 20 November 1979, about 300 heavily armed men assaulted the Grand Mosque of Makkah, the Masjid Al Haram. Within minutes, they had transformed the holiest place in Islam into a fortress and taken thousands of worshippers hostage. The siege shocked Saudi Arabia to... 
by Dahlia Rahaimy · Nov 7, 2019 · In Brief
A member of the Saudi Scholars’ Council Sheikh Abdullah Al Manea, has issued a Fatwa confirming that women may stipulate as a condition in their marriage contracts that they have the power to divorce their husbands. Al Manea said that, if the woman stipulates the... 