MUST-READS

• Saudi Telecoms
  Mobily on Bringing Innovation to Saudi Arabia: Video

  Mobily CEO Ahmad Farroukh talks to Steve Saunders about the realities of being a mobile operator in Saudi Arabia.

• Saudi Retail: Malls
  Saudi Mall Builders Ignore Oil Rout as Shoppers Want More

  “The market is nowhere near saturation even though there is awful lot of development,” said Richard Morley-Kirk, country manager for Dubai’s Al Futtaim Group, which also plans to build a mall in Riyadh. “Do I think there will be growth next year? Absolutely.”

• Mina Stampede
  AP count: Over 2,400 killed in Saudi hajj stampede, crush

  The AP count is based on state media reports and officials' comments from 36 of the over 180 countries that sent citizens to the hajj. Hundreds of pilgrims remain missing. The official Saudi toll of 769 people killed has not changed since Sept. 26, and officials there have yet to address the discrepancy.

• Saudi Economy
  Moving Saudi Arabia’s economy beyond oil

  Eight sectors—mining and metals, petrochemicals, manufacturing, retail and wholesale trade, tourism and hospitality, healthcare, finance, and construction—have the potential to generate more than 60 percent of this growth opportunity.

  • FT - Saudi Arabia's pace of reform must quicken to avoid rapid slowing
• Paris Climate Talks
  In last days of climate talks, Saudi Arabia not the only spoiler

  Despite Saudi Arabia’s reputation as a spoiler, many countries at the Paris talks continue to resist consensus, but not all for the same reasons. In fact, the biggest divisions at COP 21 continue to be among countries that agree on the principle of capping global warming, but can’t agree on what the cap should be.

  • Independent - Saudi Arabia accused of 'blocking' climate change deal at Paris summit
• Saudi Soft Power
  Hey Iran, Saudi Arabia Has Some News For You

  As for soft power, he says, "This is what we are lacking," and it is time to "catch up with the world." Al-Toraifi says this is part of a larger effort by the Saudis planned to include a web site in Russian, Chinese and Farsi — and coming up next — TV channels in English, Farsi and Urdu, the language of Pakistan.

• Municipal Elections
  Saudi women are voting and running for office for the first time ever

  “I tell them this,” Alhababi said. “This is a young country. It may seem developed because of the oil money. But it’s really just finding its way. This election is another step — even if a baby step — for women. Don’t discount it.”

  • FP - What if Saudi Arabia Threw an Election for Women and Nobody Came?
  • Guardian - Saudi women can run for public office, but they’re far from equal to men
  • Washington Post - Saudi officials once jailed this woman for driving, but she found her way back on the ballot.
  • WSJ - Saudi Women Get the Vote: An Explainer
  • Saudi Gazette - Saudi women still remain sidelined
  • BBC News - How much do you know about life as a woman in Saudi Arabia?
• Islamophobia
  Tom Brokaw blasts Donald Trump

  Tom Brokaw compares Donald Trump's call to bar Muslims from America to Japanese internment, Nazi Germany, McCarthyism, and Jim Crow - and he didn't stop there.

  • Facebook - Paul Ryan Comments on Trump Remarks
  • Defense One - In Town Where Refugees Depart, Trump's Ideas Feel Even More Ludicrous
• U.S. Customs
  House tightens controls on visa-free travel to U.S.

  Driven by the Paris terror attacks, the House voted overwhelmingly Tuesday to tighten controls on travel to the U.S. and require visas for anyone who's been in Iraq or Syria in the previous five years.

• Anti-ISIS Campaign: Kurds
  The Kurds Trying to Beat Islamic State Have Lots of Other Problems

  Last year’s sweeping offensive by Islamic State militants through northern Iraq thrust one community in particular to the fore – the Kurds.

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