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Commentary | What To Do About the Saudi Religious Police? – Sharif
Editor’s Note: Last week King Abdullah made it illegal for Saudi citizens to engage in hostilities abroad or to belong to “radical religious or intellectual currents or groups, and the like, or those...
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Commentary | Exposing the Corrupt in Saudi Arabia – Al Maeena
Editor’s Note: SUSRIS periodically shares perspectives from columnists in Saudi Arabia and around the Gulf. Here today for your consideration is a recent column by Tariq A. Al Maeena published in the...
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A Glimpse At Some Exceptional Women in Saudi Arabia – Fatany
Editor’s Note: SUSRIS recently provided an exclusive interview with Samar Fatany, broadcaster, journalist, commentator and author, about her new book, “Modernizing Saudi Arabia.” We recommend you read...
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“Qaderoon Business Disability Network”
Editor’s Note: We were very pleased to see friend of SUSRIS and distinguished Saudi businessman Amr Khashoggi’s Facebook post about today’s launch of the Qaderoon Business Disability Network in Riyadh,...
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Newspaper Editor, Another First for Saudi Women
Editor’s Note: The press and social media in Saudi Arabia are “livelier than ever,” according to an Economist report last month. It said, “For a country reputed to be dry and dull, Saudi Arabia is...
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Commentary | The Internal Debate Saudi Arabia Needs to Have – Nazer
~~ In Brief ~~ The United Nations is not known for championing religious purposes so when King Abdullah’s personal efforts to build interfaith dialogue and understanding — conferences in Mecca and...
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Ministers Take Pledge After Cabinet Shuffle
Editor’s Note: The Government of Saudi Arabia introduced nine new ministers appointed by King Abdullah in a Cabinet shuffle of various domestic affairs posts. This week the ministers pledged an oath of...
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The King’s Speech, Delivered to Shura by Crown Prince
Editor’s Note: The Majlis Al-Shura, or Consultative Council, inaugurated the 3rd year of its 6th session today and listened to an address from King Abdullah delivered by Deputy Prime Minister, Crown...
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For the Record | Statement on the Sentence of Saudi Human Rights Activist
Today the United States Government expressed its position privately and publicly about concern with the punishment decided in the case of human rights activist Raif Badawi: U.S. State Department Press...
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For the Record | Saudi Cabinet Session – Mar 16th
SUSRIS serves as your chronicle of developments in the Saudi-US relationship, in the Kingdom and in the region. As part of our service we archive the daily news reviews produced by the Saudi-US Trade...
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