· November, 2005

Stories about Saudi Arabia from November, 2005

Saudi Arabia: Double Win

30 November 2005

Sabbah writes that two Saudi businesswomen swept to an unprecedented victory in elections to the board of the Jeddah Chamber of Commerce and Industry on Wednesday in the first polls in which women stood as candidates in the conservative Muslim kingdom.

Pulse of the Saudi Blogosphere

24 November 2005

This week was even quieter than last week in the Saudi blogosphere. However, we can still find some interesting posts from here and there. Unfortunately, most of our featured posts for this week are in Arabic. I know that most of you can't read Arabic, so I tried my best...

Saudi Arabia: Lash, Right Away

23 November 2005

Saudi Jeans writes that the latest of Saudi religious police's creations is to lash boys who harass girls in public in the same place of the harassment, right away.

Pulse of the Saudi Blogosphere

17 November 2005

This week was a little bit quiet at the Saudi blogosphere. Probably most bloggers have decided to the chance of the very nice weather in Saudi Arabia these days by camping in the desert or going to the beach. However, there were several posts of note, so let's take a...

Pulse of the Saudi Blogosphere

10 November 2005

Eid is an occasion of amusement, a time of the year people always relate to with happiness and joy. However, for some Saudi bloggers, this Eid was a little different. For example, Nzingha did not have fun, and thinks that Eids “are generally boring anyway.” Meanwhile, Riyadhawi have decided to...

Saudi Arabia: An Eid trip to the homeland

7 November 2005

Descriping here hometwon during her Eid vists, Farah says, “I cannot begin to describe the comfort I'm instantly overcome with as soon as I set foot in to this land. It is a land where simplicity prevails, where maintaining a kind heart and an affectionate, caring and God fearing soul...