by Dahlia Rahaimy · Jun 13, 2020 · Features & Reports
Branding for individuals or personal branding is such an interesting topic in Saudi Arabia. I first met Khyra when I needed help for setting-up my Twitter account in 2010.Then with her help and support I dared to establish my blog. She told me me that she dared her... 
by Dahlia Rahaimy · Jun 4, 2020 · Features & Reports
While Hajj and Umrah remain uncertain, Saudi Arabia allowed mosques to open for Friday and daily prayers. Read here: https://www.arabnews.com/node/1680266/saudi-arabia. The Prophet Mosque in Madinah will operate with 40% its capacity with restrictions being lifted in... 
by Dahlia Rahaimy · Apr 23, 2020 · Features & Reports
Due to the COVID-19 crisis, this year Ramadan in the Saudi Arabia and the entire Muslim world will not be the same. On 10 April, the government in Saudi Arabia announced it what it considers the last in a series of restrictions which it has imposed on the nation to... 
by Dahlia Rahaimy · Mar 29, 2020 · Features & Reports
At first, I could not grasp the depression that overcame me with the gradual lockdown. I tried to reason with myself, but still continued feeling trapped. Like many other cities in the world, Dubai went into lockdown. The closure happened gradually, making it easier... 
by Dahlia Rahaimy · Nov 18, 2019 · Features & Reports
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 · Features & Reports
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... 