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  • SACM Career Fair and Graduation Ceremony Begins in Washington
     

    Saudi students from around the United States are descending on the U.S. capital for a graduation ceremony and career fair organized by the Saudi Arabian Cultural Mission (SACM) on May 26-27. SACM, in coordination with the Saudi Ministry of Higher Education, will host the SACM Career Fair and Graduation Ceremony this weekend at the Gaylord […]

     
  • Saudi Arabia’s Bond With U.S. ‘Goes Beyond Energy’
     

    The U.S. and Saudi Arabia have a close relationship with a bond “that goes far beyond energy,” Saudi Oil Minister Ali al-Naimi said. The minister told graduates during his commencement speech at Lehigh University in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, that “We seek together a world of greater understanding, mutual tolerance, and respect for human dignity and personal […]

     
  • 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 […]

     
  • Statement on the Temporary Ban on Beef Imports from the U.S. to Saudi
     

    The Saudi Food & Drug Authority has issued a temporary ban on beef imported to Saudi Arabia from the United States. On May 2, 2012, the Saudi FDA issued decision 33/90 preventing the import of all beef products from the U.S. due to a confirmed case of BSE, bovine spongiform encephalopathy.

     
  • The Surprising $100 Billion Solar Investment
     

    If you thought Germany and California were aggressively trying to add solar power to the grid, the oil state of Saudi Arabia is giving both of them a run for their money with recent plans to enter the solar market. The country is looking for investors in a $109 billion plan to build 41 GW […]

     
  • Effat University on the Forefront of Change in Saudi Arabia
     

    I was also impressed to see Effat graduating a quarter of its students from its College of Engineering, which it established in partnership with Duke University’s Pratt School of Engineering. When I first visited Effat seven years ago, it was still in the early stages of establishing engineering as a degree, a first for women […]

     
  • Saudi Arabia’s First Female Director Brings ‘Wadjda’ to Cannes
     

    Wadjda, the first-ever film shot in Saudi Arabia, hits the Cannes market as The Match Factory begins pre-sales at Cannes’ Marche du Film on the coming-of-age drama from Haiffa al Mansour, the first female Saudi filmmaker. Haifaa wrote and directed Wadjda, which tells the ordinary but uplifting story of Wadjda, an 11-year-old girl growing up in […]

     
  • Global Markets Drag on TASI
     

    The TASI has dipped over the past month, primarily due to global factors. First quarter results of listed companies point to ongoing strength in the domestic economy, with profits 14.9 percent higher than in the first quarter of 2011. Nonetheless, the TASI is down by 10 percent since the end of March, mirroring falls on […]

     
  • Baseball and Saudi Economic Policy
     

    Dr. Muhammad Al-Jasser, Minister of Economy and Planning, recently spoke to the Young Businessmen’s Committee of the Riyadh Chamber of Commerce and Industry. Though the setting would appear innocuous, Dr. Al-Jasser’s remarks were not. The theme was the Future Vision of the Saudi Economy and they are worth reading in full.

     
  • Opening the TASI: What You Need to Know
     

    Saudi Arabia, the world’s largest oil exporter and the Middle East’s biggest economy, is about to complete a gradual process to open its stock market, known as the Tadawul or TASI, directly to international investors for the first time.  The initial step toward this action was to give other GCC countries the right to invest […]

     

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  • Dubai Inflation: Consumer Prices Skyrocket Less Than Year After Steep Deflation

    Consumer prices in Dubai are increasing faster than in Singapore and approaching levels seen across much of Europe, capping a sharp reversal after almost three straight years of deep deflation. Inflation in the Middle East’s business hub reached an annual 7.1% in July, the fastest since Bloomberg began compiling the data in 2016. The higher costs of transportation, recreation and entertainment, and food and beverages were the biggest contributors to the upswing, according to the city’s statistics authority.

  • 60 young Saudi women join fishery training for first time

    Al-Kinani said that the selected Saudi women will be trained in the ‘Solutions’ track, which specializes in sales and marketing of fish products, at the hands of experts and specialists in the field for the first time. “The initiative aims to train and qualify young Saudis for the fishery profession, and that the ministry has many strategic plans, which contribute to creating job opportunities for young men and women in a number of technical and craft sectors.

  • Iran calls for release of haj pilgrim detained in Saudi Arabia

    Some Iranian media said the man was arrested for holding a picture of Qassem Soleimani, a commander of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps killed in a U.S. drone strike in January 2020.

  • Saudi Arabia launches the high-level SDG data webinar to accelerate the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals

    His Excellency Faisal F. Alibrahim, Saudi Arabia's Minister of Economy and Planning, and the Chairman of the Sustainable Development Steering Committee (SDSC) launched the first National SDG Data Webinar today. Developed in partnership with the United Nations Resident Coordinators Office in Riyadh, the new series of sessions aims to explore the best ways to report and measure data on the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

  • Jordan’s Crown Prince engaged to Saudi Arabia’s Rajwa Al-Saif

    Rajwa Al-Saif was born in Riyadh on April 28, 1994, to Saudi businessman Khalid bin Musaed Al-Saif and Azza bint Naif Al-Sudairi. She is the youngest sister of Faisal, Naif and Dana. Rajwa received her secondary school education in Saudi Arabia, and her higher education at the School of Architecture at Syracuse University in New York. Prince Hussein, 28, is a graduate of the British military academy Sandhurst. He is also holder of a degree in international history from Georgetown University in the US. He holds the rank of captain in the Jordanian armed forces and can fly a military helicopter. Prince Hussein was officially named crown prince in 2009 by a royal decree.

  • A renewed Iran nuclear deal may be closer than ever, but problems remain

    Iranian negotiating team adviser Mohammad Marandi said on Monday that “we’re closer than we’ve been before” to securing a deal and that the “remaining issues are not very difficult to resolve.” And the European Union’s “final text” proposal for the deal, submitted last week, has been approved by the U.S., which says it’s ready to quickly seal the agreement if Iran accepts it.

  • Who is Rajwa Al Saif, the Saudi fiancee of Jordan’s Crown Prince Hussein?

    Jordan's Crown Prince Hussein bin Abdullah and Rajwa Al Saif announced their engagement on Wednesday, much to the family's delight. The engagement took place at the home of Al Saif's father in Riyadh. It was announced on Twitter with four photos showing the couple, with Prince Hussein's parents, King Abdullah II and Queen Rania, pictured alongside members of Al Saif's family.

  • Saudi Scholar Muna Al-Ghuraibi Wants Social Science Faculties to Update Methods

    The scholar Muna Al-Ghuraibi welcomes the new freedoms that social scientists in Saudi Arabia now enjoy, but believes the field remains too theoretical in its teaching and research methods. Benefiting from her postgraduate studies in political sociology at Australia’s University of Sydney, Al-Ghuraibi wants to identify modern research methods and employ them in social science research to understand the cultural changes Saudi Arabia has experienced following the recent decisions to open up its society and diversify its economy.

  • OPEC Chief Haitham Al Ghais Sees High Risk of Oil Squeeze Amid Bullish Demand

    Global oil markets face a high risk of a supply squeeze this year as demand remains resilient and spare production capacity dwindles, the new head of OPEC said. Fears over slowing consumption in China and the wider world -- which have pushed crude prices 16% lower this month -- have been exaggerated, OPEC Secretary-General Haitham Al-Ghais said in an interview with Bloomberg Television.

  • Saudi Arabia Struggles to Hire CEO for Second National Airline

    Saudi Arabia has struggled to recruit a chief executive officer for the new national airline it’s looking to establish amid confusion over the carrier’s strategy, according to people with knowledge of the situation. Current and former chiefs at American, European and Middle Eastern airlines have been approached before deciding not to get involved, two people said, asking not to be named because the matter is private. A board has been selected and advisers retained to help move things forward, they said.