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  • Saudi female rapper denies arrest by authorities

    The Saudi Arabian female rapper behind music video Mecca Girl, which went viral on YouTube last month, has denied being detained by authorities. Asayel Al-Bishi was reported to have been arrested after the video, which featured shorts of young girls and boys dancing to her song, was taken down from the social platform.

  • The rise of Cosmicat, former dentist, to Saudi Arabia first female DJ

    In 2014, 22-year-old Saudi dental student Nouf Sufyani was attending an industry conference in Dubai when she heard a song that made her stop in her tracks. "I was hit in the face by the most beautiful house music, out of nowhere. It took me places. I spent the rest of the year, and the years since, looking for this specific type of music," she said.

  • How This Saudi Arabian Female Entrepreneur Broke Barriers To Champion Women In Motorsports

    Aseel Al-Hamad, founder of IDegree Design, an integrated interior design agency, became the first female to be appointed as a board member of the Saudi Arabian Motor Federation. She champions the voice of female drivers in the Kingdom.

  • Women on the Road
    Saudi female bikers get ready to hit the road

    While Saudi women are building their skills at the Bikers Skills Institute, women bikers on the Kingdom’s roads are still a rare sight. “We don’t expect any increase in number, especially because women form only 3 percent of bikers in the world,” Bukaryeva said.

  • Film and Entertainment
    The Red Sea International Film Festival Backs a New Film Project by 5 Female Saudi Directors

    In early 2019, Saudi Arabia set its sights on launching another first, announcing the launch of The Red Sea International Film Festival in 2020, with the focus of its inaugural edition on showcasing emerging talent from the Kingdom and beyond. This week, the landmark festival is already making waves in the Kingdom’s film sector, as its organizers announce that they have given support for a new film project by five female Saudi directors – Hind Alfahhad, Jowaher Alamri, Noor Alameer, Sara Mesfer and Fatima Al-Banawi.

  • Dakar Rally
    Dakar Rally’s only female winner excited to teach Saudi girls

    Having performed in the Dakar Rally in Africa, South America and now in Saudi Arabia, Kleinschmidt said: “I was quite surprised by the beautiful nature when I came to Saudi Arabia. This country has so many different landscapes. That it’s possible to find everything in one country was very surprising.”

  • Women
    Film festival breakthrough for five female Saudi directors

    Film festival organizers have given their backing to five female Saudi directors for a unique new movie project. Hind Alfahhad, Jowaher Alamri, Noor Alameer, Sara Mesfer and Fatima Al-Banawi will make five short films that will be combined into an omnibus documentary feature, with the award-winning Palestinian filmmaker Suha Arraf selected as screenwriting supervisor.

  • Kuwait
    Gulf’s first female finance minister named in new Kuwait government

    Ms Al Aqeel is one of three women among the eight new faces in Kuwait’s latest Cabinet, headed by Sheikh Sabah Al Khaled Al Sabah. The reshuffle comes after Kuwait’s Cabinet resigned last month over a dispute with Parliament.

  • Reema Bint Bandar
    Podcast: How will Saudi Arabia’s first female ambassador mend relations with the US?

    Elise Labott speaks with Madeleine Brand about recently appointed Saudi ambassador to the United States Princess Reema bint Bandar Al Saud. Princess Reema is deeply entrenched in the Saudi royal family. She’s the great-granddaughter of the country’s founder, Ibn Saud, and a cousin of Saudi Arabia’s de facto ruler, Mohammed bin Salman.

  • Women
    Saudi Women’s Driving School Documents The Lives Of The Kingdom’s First Female Drivers

    HBO was there to capture the first moments of it in the new documentary Saudi Women’s Driving School, which will debut on October 24.