UK and US news programmes hailed the potential change in the law on the female operation of car radios in Saudi Arabia as ‘potential progress we can appear to endorse without damaging the billion dollar arms trade with Saudi Arabia.’ [read...]
Human rights campaigners have condemned the British government’s decision to show solidarity with mourning Saudis by hanging prisoners at half mast. Shoplifters, car thieves and a woman who was once caught dancing are among those currently hoisted over palaces and government buildings. [read...]
New laws in Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates will require that every Blackberry user dress their phone a miniature burqa and face veil. [read...]
The Saudi Arabia women’s beach volleyball team has refused to wear the official uniform of 12-inch heels, crotchless micro-thongs and nipple-baring bikini tops at the Olympics this summer. Instead they’ll be covered head-to-toe in baggy black burqas which show off absolutely no flesh at all. [read...]
Saudi women will be given the same freedom to criticise their male drivers as their Western counterparts. [read...]
