MUST-READS

• Haia
  Gaming Social Media

  Saudi Arabia’s Commission for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice is crying “Foul!” over a video clip that has been appearing on various social media sites. The clip purports to show a member of the Commission uttering threats against blackmailers and homosexuals while presenting himself as a member of the vice police. His is not a part of the Commission but an imposter, authorities say, and they are determined to find out who he is and to punish him.

• Extremism
  Saudi jails 17 for up to 33 years for terrorism offenses

  A Saudi special court sentenced 17 people to between nine and 33 years in jail for joining a "terrorist cell" in the kingdom and fighting abroad, state news agency SPA reported Monday.

• Labor
  Contractors in Saudi Arabia welcome foreign firms, demand equal treatment

  Several Saudi contractors have said they are not against the Council of Ministers’ decision to allow foreign contractors to enter the Saudi market as long as they are given equal opportunities.   They said all local contractors are hoping for the same treatment foreign contractors will be given and that the Ministry of Labor should grant local contractors the necessary visas to allow them to recruit workers. 

• Art
  Saudi artist relates the human impact of Mecca’s redevelopment

  Ahmed Mater, one of Saudi Arabia’s leading artists, showed an audience at Sotheby’s London last night, Tuesday 12 August, the rampant development in Mecca that has transformed Islam’s holiest site into a luxury destination. Even the official logo of the municipality features a bulldozer alongside Islamic iconography.

• Housing
  Saudis second-biggest investors in Dubai real estate sector

  DLD’s report revealed that citizens of Saudi Arabia were ranked in second place on the list of GCC real estate investment after making 1,121 transactions worth AED3,371 billion in the first half of 2014.

• Infrastructure
  GCC to spend $86bn on infrastructure projects

  Infrastructure project awards across the GCC are forecast to exceed $86billion in 2014, an increase of 77.8 percent over 2013. New figures released by construction intelligence firm Ventures Onsites how a dramatic increase in contract awards across the region, in every country except Saudi Arabia.

• Tadawul Opening
  Saudi Stock Market Foreign Opening: A Conversation with John Sfakianakis

  Last week the Saudi Capital Markets Authority announced the stock market, the Tadawul All Shares Index TASI, with a $530 billion capitalization, will open to foreign investment in less than 12 months. The announcement last week came as the Saudi economy continues to demonstrate strong performance with a recent IMF assessment noting it was one of the “best performing G-20 economies.”

• Questions of Weapons and Warnings in Past Barrage on a Gaza Shelter

• MH17
  U.S. discloses intelligence on downing of Malaysian jet

  Senior U.S. intelligence officials cited sensors that traced the path of the missile, shrapnel markings on the downed aircraft, voiceprint analysis of separatists claiming credit for the strike, and a flood of photos and other data from social-media sites.

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• Islam
  Turkey’s Culture Wars

  Turkey is replete with political confrontations and cultural clashes, and way too often, unfortunately, the battleground is women’s bodies. Men of all political persuasions feel free to lecture women on how to dress and how to live.

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