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‘Shamoon’ Comeback: Several Saudi Government Agencies Attacked by Malware from Iranian State-Sponsored Hack
- December 1,2016
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- SUSTG Team
State-sponsored hackers have reportedly conducted a series of destructive malware attacks on Saudi Arabia over the last two weeks, including erasing data and wreaking havoc in the computer banks of the agency running the country’s airports and hitting five additional targets, Bloomberg reports. U.S. security firms said that a version of Shamoon, the computer virus […]
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Saudi Prince Alwaleed bin Talal: ‘Stop the Debate…It’s Time for Women to Drive’ in Saudi Arabia
- November 30,2016
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- Lucien Zeigler
In a 4-page essay entitled, “It’s High Time Women Started Driving Their Cars,” billionaire Saudi businessman Prince Alwaleed bin Talal urged an end to the debate about women’s driving in Saudi Arabia. The essay is as much a short treatise on modern Saudi feminism and the progress of women’s rights in the Kingdom as it […]
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Saudi Arabia Begins to ‘Inject Large Amounts of Money Into Economy’ to Boost Growth
- November 29,2016
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- SUSTG Team
Saudi Arabia’s government has begun “injecting large amounts of money into the economy to boost growth at the end of this year after a sharp slowdown due to low oil prices,” Reuters reports citing Saudi Central Bank data. After raising $17.5 billion last month in its first international bond issue, Saudi Arabia “did not hold that […]
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Government Makes Payments to Construction Companies as MMG Sends Letter to Deputy Crown Prince Warning of Operations Halt
- November 21,2016
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- SUSTG Team
Saudi Arabia has reportedly made good on $10.7 billion that it owed to private sector companies, according to Arab News, but one construction firm said on Monday that it wrote directly to the Deputy Crown Prince warning it may need to cease operations. Mohammad Al Mojil Group (MMG) said in a short statement through Saudi […]
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Saudi Student Murdered in Wisconsin Shocks Community
- November 2,2016
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- SUSTG Team
A University of Wisconsin-Stout student from Saudi Arabia died one day after being assaulted on a street in downtown Menomonie, Wis., about 70 miles east of Minneapolis, according to reports. Hussain Saeed Al-Nahdi was reportedly assaulted by a suspect whom police described as a white male about six feet tall. He died a day later […]
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Saudi Arabia Replaces Finance Minister in Continued Shift Toward Younger Technocrats
- November 1,2016
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- Lucien Zeigler
Saudi Arabia has replaced its Minister of Finance, Dr. Ibrahim Al-Assaf, with the head of the Kingdom’s capital markets regulator Mohammed Al-Jadaan in the latest move toward a younger generation of technocratic leaders in high positions. Al-Assaf was Saudi Arabia’s longest-serving active minister, having held the position of Minister of Finance since 1996. Another Royal […]
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US Customs Facilities Coming to Riyadh, Jeddah Airports to Add Convenience, Efficiency to U.S.-Saudi Travelers
- October 27,2016
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- SUSTG Team
The United States Customs and Border Protection (CBP) will soon set up facilities at Riyadh and Jeddah airports to process U.S.-bound passengers’ arrival documents before landing in the U.S., the Saudi Gazette reports, citing a person with knowledge of the situation who spoke with the Okaz Arabic daily. Long delays and extra screenings have become standard for […]
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Candor from High-Ranking Saudi Ministers on Economy Latest Example of Increased Transparency
- October 24,2016
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- SUSTG Team
Several high-ranking officials and Ministers in Saudi Arabia discussed the state of the Kingdom’s economy on a popular television show last week, according to Bloomberg, in what amounted to “an unusual attempt by a government not known for transparency to promote its plan to cope with the plunge in oil prices.” “Saudis who switched on a […]
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Government Payments to Top Companies Resume, Al-Assaf Says on Saudi TV
- October 20,2016
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- SUSTG Team
Saudi Arabia has resumed payments of its debts to contractors after long delays that imperiled company finances and hurt investor sentiment, according to Bloomberg, which cited comments made by Saudi Finance Minister Ibrahim Al-Assaf on Saudi television. In the televised interview late on Wednesday, Al-Assaf said payments have been “regularized and will rise in the coming period.” […]
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72-Hour Ceasefire in Yemen Set for Wednesday Night
- October 18,2016
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- SUSTG Team
The United Nations Special Envoy to Yemen announced a 72-hour cease-fire to begin Wednesday night, after he received commitments from all of the country’s warring factions, according to reports. Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed said the cessation of hostilities will begin at 8:59 p.m. UTC Wednesday and could be renewed after the initial three-day period. Twice […]
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A growing number of young Saudis are now publicly expressing their pride in starting from “zero” and paying their dues, saying it fills them with a sense of honor.
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TourismTourist visas for Saudi Arabia: ‘Most conservative country on Earth’ prepares for visitors
"We've been told by the tourism ministry to prepare," a hotel manager at a four-star hotel in Riyadh said. "Our staff will be allowed to shake a Western female guest's hand. They must treat her as she would be at home. "But at the same time we must not forget this is not the way to behave around Saudi women. It's a two-tier system we'll have to get used to."
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IranGroup: Iran sentences American art dealer, wife to prison
Iran has sentenced an Iranian-American art dealer and his wife to prison under a little-used law that can target dual nationals, a New York-based rights group said Wednesday, alleging their faith and Western ties made them the target of hard-liners.
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ArtCrown Prince Mohammed adds art, Silicon Valley and movies to his Saudi reforms as Wahabi influence wanes
Within the Kingdom, the Misk Art Institute, which is aimed above all at the young, intends to become Saudi Arabia’s “leading platform for grassroots cultural production, diplomacy and exchange”, bringing focus and training to the art scene that has developed almost spontaneously over the past 15 years
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Marriage in Saudi ArabiaDivorce parties are now a trend in Saudi Arabia
Parties to celebrate divorces have become a trend in the Kingdom as divorced women have become accepted by society.
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Arts and CultureSaudi Arabia Is Planning a Massive, New Arts Center
Much of the institute is still in the planning stages. There isn’t a budget or a rendering of the new building, but a team of architecture firms has been chosen to build the center (Michele De Lucchi of aMDL, Skene Catling de la Pena, together with art production company Factum Arte headed by Adam Lowe), and the institution’s organizers have already laid out an ambitious series of programs that will constitute its outreach for the rest of the year.
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Women in the Arts‘Connected To The Whole Universe’: Saudi Women Artists Show Their Work In The U.S.
"Not everything in Saudi Arabia is black and white," says photographer Dina Alhamrani, one of 11 Saudi artists whose work is featured in an exhibition this week at the Saudi Embassy in Washington, D.C. The exhibition, called "Women's Point of View," features the creations of students and recent graduates in visual communications from Jeddah's all-female Dar al-Hekma University.
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ME EconomiesDavos 2018: Middle East to benefit from pick-up in global economy, says Standard Chartered CEO
Economies in the Middle East will see more stability this year, as prices of major commodities rebound and the global economy picks up, Standard Chartered’s regional chief executive said.
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