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‘New Launching-Off Point’ for U.S.-Saudi Ties: U.S. Imposes Sanctions, Visa Bans on Saudis for Khashoggi Killing, but Crown Prince Not Sanctioned
The Biden administration announced sanctions and visa bans on Friday targeting Saudi Arabian citizens over the 2018 killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, but stopped short of imposing sanctions on Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman himself, Reuters reports. A senior Biden administration official, speaking on condition of anonymity to Reuters, said the approach aims to create […]
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In Op-Ed, Ambassador Princess Reema bint Bandar Says Gender Equality Must Be A Global Priority
In a passionate op-ed published by Harper’s Bazaar Arabia, Saudi Ambassador to the U.S., H.R.H. Princess Reema Bint Bandar Al Saud urges leaders and others around the world to do more to support gender equality and argues “there is no better time to advance women’s roles in society than now.”
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Road to the G20: G20 Leader’s Summit Publication Released Ahead of Virtual 2020 Summit
Organizers of the G20 in Riyadh released the summit’s Annual Publication ahead of the G20 leadership summit, beginning tomorrow and taking place virtually due to the Coronavirus pandemic. Saudi Arabia as host has prioritized empowering people, safeguarding the planet and shaping new frontiers as themes for this year’s event, the first G20 to be chaired by a nation […]
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Saudi Arabia Bids to Host 2030 Asian Games in Riyadh
Saudi Arabia’s sports minister Prince Abdulaziz bin Turki Al-Faisal on Sunday launched the Kingdom’s official campaign to help secure enough votes from members of the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) to host the 21st Asian Games in 2030, according to reports.
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Road to the G20: This Week’s Events Include Civil Society (C20), Tourism Meetings
SUSTG is covering the events and meetings taking place in the run up to the G20 in November as part of our “Road to the G20” series of posts and featured items. This week, Saudi Arabia will host virtual meetings on Civil Society (C20), as well as meetings on tourism and a workshop on sustainable mobility.
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Road to the G20: 2-Day Science-focused S20 Summit Begins Today
Saudi Arabia today convenes the S20 engagement group of the G20 nations, a science-focused group lead this year by the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) in Thuwal, Jeddah.
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Road to the G20: L20 Summit, Focused on Workers and Labor, Emphasizes Inclusion of Women and Youth
On the 7th and 8th of September, the Labor 20 engagement group launched its Saudi L20 Summit, titled “A New Social Contract for Recovery and Resilience,” which was held in the Saudi capital Riyadh in accordance with COVID-19 safety measures, and was streamed online to allow the participation of international speakers and audience.
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New Digital Art Museum, with ‘Crowdpleasing Immersive Experiences’, to Launch in Jeddah in 2023
Tokyo-based multimedia collective group teamLab has signed a partnership agreement with Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Culture to provide immersive experiences for a new digital art museum in Jeddah, according to reports, the latest investment by the Saudi government into the culture and lifestyle industry in the Kingdom.
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Saudi Arabia Continues Steady Progress against Coronavirus Spread as Officials Emphasize Safety of Future Vaccine Trials
Saudi Arabia continues to make steady progress in preventing the spread of the the Coronavirus after overcoming two waves of new cases and deaths, according to official government data.
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Saudi Mega-city NEOM Signs Agreement with US-based Bechtel for Executive Project Management Work
Saudi Arabia’s futuristic mega-city NEOM has awarded a contract to U.S.-based Bechtel for executive project management work on the development of the primary, base infrastructure for NEOM, according to a press release issued by NEOM.
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Saudi cartoonist on ‘reflecting society’ back to readers
But he says it is the balancing act of avoiding what he deemed as “short-lived red lines” and for Saudis to recognize the difficulties in doing so that he strives for in his cartoons.
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Saudi cartoonist on ‘reflecting society’ back to readers
“In our region, caricature is surrounded by numerous short-lived red lines which drive the cartoonist to maneuver and overcome a myriad of restrictions. On the other hand, readers today value smart ideas that respect their intellect and renouncing, at the same time, the one-dimensional ideas. This is the reason why my cartoons are mostly coded and symbolic of ideas I can carry on,” Jaber told Al Arabiya.
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Saudi Society Dips a Toe Into the 21st Century
“Welcome to the new Saudi Arabia,” says the youthful minister of the country’s newly minted Ministry of Entertainment. We are sitting in darkness watching the LED-lit bodies of New York dancers gyrating on an arena stage to deafening hip-hop music. Behind us, some 1,300 Saudis of all ages—robed men and abaya-covered women sitting side by side—are whooping their approval.
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Algeria is debating the value of Arabic versus French in modern society
More than anything, Boudras’s video has become the latest symbol representing the divide amongst Algerians over the direction of their country.
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Renewed Yemeni fighting points to society broken beyond repair
The whitewashed dome of a Sufi shrine in the Yemeni city of Taiz gleamed for centuries until a band of hardline Sunni Islamist gunmen blew it up last month, victim to a civil war that may have disfigured a once-tolerant society beyond repair.
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‘Poor girls, they cannot play’: Pokémon Go holds a mirror up to Saudi society
Pokémon Go fever has spiked as high in Saudi Arabia as anywhere. But in the conservative kingdom, the addictive game isn’t just a game — it’s a social mirror.
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Saudi society warns of $133,000 fine for harming others on social media
Warning comes as the country is ranked among the heaviest social media users in the world.
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CIA Chief Says Saudi Arabia Must Adapt Society to 21st Century
While Saudi Arabia is a U.S. ally in the fight to defeat Islamic State, the Gulf Arab nation must modernize a traditional society that has been exploited in the past to spawn terrorists, according to the chief of the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency.
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Saudi society will decide if women can drive: prince
"So far the society is not persuaded -- and it has negative influence -- but we stress that it is up to the Saudi society," he said, adding that change cannot be forced.
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New Saudi Law Maintains State Control Over Civil Society Organizations
This is a particularly important law since the right to association is an activity closely monitored and controlled by the state. The new law does not ease the restrictions imposed on associations
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