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POPSSaudis lift ban on women drivers Mohammad al-Zulfa, a reformist member of the Saudi consultative Shura Council, which scrutinises official policies in the oil-rich state, said reversing the ban was part of King Abdullah's "clever" strategy of incremental reform. "When it was first raised, the extremists were really mad," he said. "Now they just complain. It is diminishing into a form of consent." (DT)
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POPSrun girls, run!!! It couldn’t possibly be that these young girls see clearly the life that awaits them in the loving arms of Saudi Arabia and don’t want to live like an identity-less being, someone else’s third-rate possession and be doomed to a life of beatings, unending labor, and even death if they step out of line, could it? :rolleyes:
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POPS Breaking repression, Saudi style About 150 gang members emerged from Jeddah's shadows. The graffiti died down after the scheme was introduced but some rogue graffiti artists remain Jeddah gangs benefit from being from powerful families. Ordinary Saudis who dare to paint graffiti can pay a heavy price. A teenager in the northern desert town of Hafr Al Baten was sentenced in February to 60 lashes of the whip and fined 2,000 riyals for defacing walls in his school
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POPS Call to tap hidden water under desert Al Baz said radar images of Arab deserts have revealed numerous courses of rivers and streams that led to depressions where lakes have formed. Al Baz is behind the recently announced 1000 Wells For Darfur programme.
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POPS Families 'will refuse to hire a Saudi housekeeper' "Not a long time ago, Al-Riyadh, the Arabic newspaper published an advertisement stating, 'Saudi female house manager ...wanted,' at that time many people expressed their anger about it and asked: Have Saudi women reached the point where they have to work as housemaids?" whats so special about Saudi women? what do they have that women from other Asian countries dont have?
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POPS UAE will get access to Interpol database The database holds information on 15 million stolen or lost travel documents, including passports, four million stolen vehicles and more than 20,000 wanted criminals in around 125 countries across the world
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POPSSaudis waking up I don't in any way support violence, but I'm glad to see that young Saudis are waking up. I think the time has come for a major rebellion of sorts so that the Saudis can join the modern world. I was very happy to read about the number of women increasing in their workforce
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POPSThings beginning to look up for Saudi women Observers believe that the Saudi society's view to type of works undertaken by women began to change as a number of women have been seen working as security guards in some companies and government departments
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POPSSaudi Arabia gears up to welcome Haj pilgrims "Overcrowding is a perennial worry but this time, regional tension between Shiites and Sunnis has heightened security concerns while authorities remain on the look-out for Al Qaida-linked militant violence - a fear in recent years."
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POPSGCC seeks nuclear energy The GCC or Gulf Cooperation Council consists of the 6 Gulf States, namely: UAE, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Bahrain, Kuwait. All this talk of nuclear gives me the creeps. also check out http://archive.gulfnews.com/articles/06/11/22/10084359.html
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