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  • Wider world opened to Saudis studying abroad
     

    Wearing the black face-covering veil favoured by Saudi women, Maha Mazyad looked through leaflets for prospective jobs with some of the Islamic kingdom’s largest companies at a recent career fair in Riyadh. A few years ago she would have worried about the disapproving reaction of friends and parents to the notion of a young woman […]

     
  • The Gulf Military Balance in 2012
     

    The Burke Chair at CSIS is issuing a new report called the Gulf Military Balance in 2012. The report shows that the Gulf military balance is dominated by five major groups of military forces: the Southern Gulf states, Iran, Iraq, outside powers like the US, and non-state actors like the various elements of Al Qa’ida, the […]

     
  • Saudi Women Tackle Everest to Advance Breast Cancer Awareness
     

    To the ten Saudi women attempting a punishing ascent to a major milestone on the world’s highest peak, the dangers of reaching the Mount Everest base camp are no match for their cause. As a part of an ever-growing effort in Saudi Arabia, the campaign, “A Woman’s Journey: Destination Mount Everest,” intends to raise awareness […]

     
  • Saudi ‘tops in mobile users’
     

    Saudi Arabia has the highest proportion of mobile phone users in the world with 188 per cent, followed by Vietnam and Oman in the second and third places respectively, according to a recent study. The study which was conducted by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) indicated that this percentage is by far […]

     
  • Saudi tops in job creation in GCC
     

    The Gulf region continued to create jobs despite the impact of Arab Spring in 2011 with the regional powerhouse Saudi Arabia topping the list followed by Qatar and Oman, according to a new survey. The oil and gas industry, healthcare and retail sectors enjoyed the largest headcount expansion in 2011, while banking and construction fared the […]

     
  • Saudi Arabia Jeddah Weddings
     

    I was approached, a couple of months ago by a media company, about the wedding video I made for my cousin’s wedding. The company makes documentaries and would like to make a documentary about modern day Saudi couples in Jeddah getting married. They were, in my opinion, too optimistic, but then again I am a […]

     

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  • Iran’s foreign minister in Qatar for talks after visiting Oman

    Iran’s foreign minister has held high-level talks in Qatar after a visit to Oman, countries that have a history of trying to mediate between Iran and the United States on their 2015 nuclear deal. Hossein Amirabdollahian landed in Doha in the early hours of Tuesday and met with both Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani and Foreign Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani.

  • Oman’s budget, its deficit, and where the spending will go

    Oman has approved its annual budget for 2022, allocating 12.13 billion Omani riyals ($31.5bn) for spending, with a focus on basic public services, from health to social support, stimulating investment

  • Meet the Woman Helping to Restore Jeddah’s Historic Al-Balad Quarter

    “Your performance is low,” Dr. Rawaa Bakhsh tells me with a laugh, referring to the fact that we’ve hardly made a dent in the piles of food sitting in front of us. The table is groaning with breakfast dishes—three types of Egyptian foul bean stew, Indonesian martabak pancakes, Afghan tameez bread, pots of milky Adeni tea, and Royal Masoub, a Yemeni banana pudding made with bread, cashews, clotted cream, and honey, topped with grated cheddar cheese that I mishear as “Jeddah cheese.” It may as well be. “We love that stuff,” Bakhsh says. “We put it on everything.”

  • Red Sea International Film Festival: A Saudi woman’s triumph

    Al-Mansour is not just one of the most prominent names in Saudi film, she also pioneered championing female empowerment across the region. Her debut feature, the multi-award winning Wadjda (2012), was the first film ever to be shot in the kingdom. She has since gone on to direct internationally, making films like Mary Shelley (2017) and Nappily Ever After (2018), before returning with the Saudi film The Perfect Candidate (2019).

  • Omani military leader visits Iran

    Brig. Gen. Abdulaziz Abdullah Al Manthari met with the commander of Iran’s navy, Rear Adm. Shahram Irani. Manthari, who is assistant to the Omani military’s chief of staff for operations and planning, led a delegation to promote military cooperation with Iran. He also met the chief of staff of the Iranian military, Maj.-Gen. Mohammad Bagheri, the official Islamic Republic News Agency reported.

  • 100% network set for new direct land route between Saudi Arabia and Oman

    The Communications and Information Technology Commission (CITC) announced on Saturday that it would cover the new direct land road between Saudi Arabia and Oman with 100% of telecommunications networks. The CITC said that the coverage would include the part located inside the Kingdom. Thirty-four telecom towers have been installed in the new land road, which is distributed over a length of 564 km within Saudi Arabia.

  • New Oman-Saudi Arabia desert road opens, cutting 16 hours of driving time

    A 725-kilometres long road from Oman to Saudi Arabia opened on Wednesday, marking “a new life of prosperity” for people living in the towns of the Empty Quarter. Cars took to the road through a new border crossing in the north-west Dhahirah region of the sultanate, which authorities said was equipped to handle visitors, passports and tax clearance for trade goods.

  • Saudi Arabia and Oman open first direct land road

    It facilitates traffic and the movement of citizens and residents between the two countries and opens wide logistical lines to support the various commercial, economic, tourism and investment sectors. The road network in Oman links the new road with Omani ports, free zones and airports, which will contribute to activating the movement of transport and goods and increasing trade exchange between Saudi Arabia and Oman.

  • Omani, Saudi firms sign $30 bln in MoUs amid Saudi crown prince’s visit

    Omani and Saudi firms signed 13 memoranda of understanding (MoU) valued at $30 billion, the Saudi state news agency (SPA) reported on Tuesday, as Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman sets off on a Gulf tour. Saudi firms and Omani firms owned by Oman's investment authority and the private sector signed 13 MoUs in sectors including energy, renewable energy, pharmaceutical industries and investments in Oman's Duqm area, SPA said.

  • Saudi crown prince heads to Oman on tour of Gulf Arab states

    The diplomats told the AP that Prince Mohammed's meetings with Arab rulers will stress the importance of self-reliance among the GCC. The kingdom and UAE are investing in homegrown defense industries and increasingly looking to countries such as France, Russia and China for military hardware, though the U.S. remains the top arms and defense supplier in the region.