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Middle East
Saudi Arabia: 65-year-old female scholar arrested for ‘teaching Quran’ at home
Makkah: Aisha Al-Muhajiri, a well known 65-year-old female Islamic scholar has been detained by Saudi authorities reportedly for preaching and giving Quran courses at her house, a report by Prisoners…
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Saudi Arabia to appoint women judges soon
Riyadh: Saudi Arabia will appoint women judges in the Kingdom very soon, announced Hind Al Zahid, the undersecretary for women’s empowerment at the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Development, on Friday.…
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Saudi Arabia: Women can now change their name without guardian’s consent
In Saudi Arabia, women can now apply for an official change of their names, without their guardian’s consent, said Mohammed al-Jasser, the official spokesperson for the Department of Civil Affairs…
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Women are here to stay, regardless of sector, in Saudi Arabia’s economy
Riyadh: The Ibn Zaid factory in Saudi Arabia’s Al-Ahsa eastern region which produces and sells dates is operated by only women. Inside this date-packaging factory, there are nearly 100 Saudi…
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Saudi women find more jobs as society opens up
Riyadh: Like thousands of Saudi women, Rouaa al-Mousa entered the workforce as reforms sweep the ultra-conservative kingdom and is certain that neither grumbling male bosses nor the coronavirus will change…
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Saudi women break stereotype, join men at Baloot Championship
Riyadh: Women in Saudi Arabia made history by joining Baloot Championship (card game) in Riyadh for the first time. They played the popular card game against men in the hope of…
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Saudi women get a new right; know what it is
Riyadh/Dammam: After the landmark reforms lifting restrictions on travelling without men’s permission came into effect, hundreds of Saudi women reportedly crossed into Bahrain on Monday unaccompanied. The new regulation came…
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Saudi women use wedding contracts to assert right to drive
Dammam: Saudi salesman Majd had just begun his wedding preparations when his fiancee sought to enshrine in their marriage contract a condition already guaranteed by law — her right to…
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Behind the wheel, a year on: Saudi women savour new freedom
Qatif [Saudi Arabia]: Buckling up in a pearl-silver Lexus, Sabeeha al-Fakher takes the wheel and relegates her son to the passenger seat, a role reversal the 68-year-old Saudi widow never…
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