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Saudi Astronauts Meet with HRH Ambassador Reema bint Bandar; Set to Conduct Cloud-Seeding Experiments in Space
- March 22,2023
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Two Saudi astronauts who are heading to the International Space Station met this week with HRH Princess Reema bint Bandar Al-Saud, Saudi Arabia’s Ambassador to the United States, who shared a photo of the meeting on social media.
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White House and Embassy of Saudi Arabia release statements lauding ‘landmark’ purchase of Boeing aircraft
- March 15,2023
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White House Press Secretary Karine Jean noted that the agreements will anchor Saudi Arabia’s new international airline together with support for a new international airport. The partnership is another milestone in eight decades of cooperation between Saudi Arabia.
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Riyadh-based Consultancy Mukatafa, Saudi Ministry of Economy and Planning Sign MOU to Collaborate on Private Sector Development
- March 13,2023
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Riyadh-based private consultancy firm Mukatafa has signed a MOU with Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Economy and Planning to improve the Kingdom’s development plans and enable sustainable growth, according to Arab News.
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Saudi NEOM Green Hydrogen Co. Signs $8.5bn Finance Deals
- March 1,2023
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Saudi-based NEOM Green Hydrogen Co. has signed finance agreements with several financial institutions totaling $8.5 billion, Arab News reports, to finance its clean energy facility.
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National Pride on Display Across the Kingdom as Saudi Arabia Celebrates Founding Day February 22nd
- February 22,2023
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Saudi Arabia celebrated its newest national holiday, Founding Day, for the second time on February 22nd which honors the establishment of the Saudi state and is marked by traditional demonstrations across the Kingdom.
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LEAP Conference Concludes in Riyadh with Major Deals, Focus on Tech
- February 9,2023
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The 2023 LEAP conference ended on Thursday in Riyadh, with major deals for cloud computing centers and announcements of investments into the Kingdom’s tech sector in hopes of creating a vibrant startup ecosystem.
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Saudi Arabia’s PIF, U.S.-Based AeroFarms Agree to Establish Riyadh-Based Vertical Farms Company
- February 1,2023
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Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF) has signed a joint venture agreement with New Jersey-based AeroFarms to establish a company in Riyadh to build and operate indoor vertical farms in the Kingdom with an eye toward expansion in the wider MENA region, according to a report in Arab News and a press release from the PIF.
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Saudia Travelers to Get 4-Day Visa With Ticket Purchase in New Tourism Push
- January 26,2023
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Saudi Arabia is set to relax its visa entry requirements further with a new program to boost tourism that grants a four-day visa to those who fly into the Kingdom on its national carrier, Saudia, according to reports.
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NEOM’s Oxagon Will Open First Hotel in 2025 – Report
- January 24,2023
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Neom’s OXAGON city will see its first hotel opening in 2025, according to a report, as development across the Kingdom’s giga-projects continues forward.
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Bloomberg Columnist Hussein Ibish on US-Saudi Relations, Energy and Global Diplomacy, and Much More
- January 13,2023
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Bloomberg columnist and senior resident scholar at the Arab Gulf States Institute in Washington Hussein Ibish joins The 966 to talk about global diplomacy, U.S.-Saudi relations, energy markets, Saudi Arabia as an emerging power, and so much more. Ibish is a weekly columnist for Bloomberg and The National (UAE) and is also a regular contributor […]
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Ministry of EducationWomen teach young boys for the first time in Saudi public schools
According to the ministry, women will teach 13.5 percent of young boys, saving $533 million from the education budget in space alone. Al-Mansour Said The Early Childhood Schools Project Included Kindergartens For Boys And Girls Between Aged 4-5 Years-Old And The First Three Primary Grades For Students Between 6-8 Years.
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WomenSaudi Arabia Promotes Women’s Role in Crime Investigation
Saudi Arabia’s Attorney General Sheikh Saud Al-Muajab met on Monday with 50 Saudi women, who have been recently appointed as “lieutenant investigators.”
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Saudi WomenCleared for takeoff: Saudi women start exercising their newest right
Saudi Arabia’s international airports are the scene of the latest “first” for women citizens, who can now leave the country without permission from a male relative as the kingdom chips away at its heavily criticized guardianship system.
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Women in SaudiDisbelief, Joy and Resistance as Saudi Women Get First Passports
Still, waiting in a government office in Riyadh to apply for a passport, a 34-year-old woman smiled as she talked about being able to travel for the first time in nine years. After her father died, she wasn’t able to get a new passport because her brother wouldn’t help her.
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WomenSaudi Arabia implements end to travel restrictions for Saudi women
Saudi Arabia has begun allowing adult women to travel without permission and to exercise more control over family matters, state news agency SPA reported on Tuesday, following a flurry of royal decrees approving the changes. Riyadh has long faced international criticism over the status of Saudi women. Rights groups say women are often treated as second-class citizens under rules requiring them to get the consent of a male guardian for important decisions throughout their entire lives, regardless of age.
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Women in SaudiIn one day, 1,000 Saudi women travel without the need of a guardian’s consent
Over 1,000 Saudi women above the age of 21 went through passport control in Saudi Arabia’s Eastern Province on Monday without the consent of their male guardians, according to al-Yaum newspaper, a Dammam-based Saudi daily.
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WomenSaudi Women Get a New Right: Allowing Their Kids to Travel
Saudi mothers will be able to apply for passports for children in their custody and approve travel abroad under new guidelines that represent a further chipping away of exclusive male power in the conservative Islamic kingdom. The changes, detailed on the website of Saudi Arabia’s General Directorate of Passports on Monday, spell out how a major policy change earlier this month -- which allowed women over 21 to leave the country without a male relative’s permission from the end of August -- will work in practice.
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PassportsBy 2020, More Than Half of Passport Controllers in Saudi Arabia Will Be Women
According to Arab News, Brig. Gen. Dr. Saleh bin Saad Al-Merbaa, director of general administration for training in the passport department, spoke exclusively to the news site, saying, “We are proud to have the largest number of female employees in all ports, land, sea and air, who are qualified and skilled to represent the whole country, not only the passport department. They are the first to welcome visitors to Saudi Arabia and the last to say goodbye.”
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Women in SaudiSaudi Changes to Guardianship System Ease Restrictions on Women
All of these laws show the Saudi leadership’s efforts to strike a balance between opening up the country and preserving some traditional values by differentiating between customs, Islamic laws, and gender rights.
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WomenSaudi Arabia women’s rights reforms may still be thwarted by custom
Thousands of Saudi women took to social media to celebrate royal decrees on Friday that allow women above 21 to travel without permission as of the end of August. Women also now have the right to register births, marriages and divorces, to be issued official family documents and be guardians to minors. Experts, however, say male relatives can still obstruct women defying their wishes through legal avenues or informal routes in the ultra-conservative kingdom, where it will take time to change views on gender and social customs.
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