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Saudi Arabia

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Wheels on fire »

Women in Saudi Arabia are simply not allowed! And this includes not being allowed to drive. Driving their way to equality began in the 1990’s, and this form of protest has developed momentum in recent months. And as hundreds of undeterred women w...

Wed 19 Oct 2011 by Professor Susan Edwards | Read more »

Saudi women vote »

With the Saudi government's announcement that Saudi women will be able to vote and run in municipal elections from 2015, I think they have seen the writing on the wall. For many years Saudi women have been articulate and effective in various sectors of...

Wed 19 Oct 2011 by Professor Marilyn Booth | Read more »

Saudi 'Freedom University' breaks new ground »

Saudi Arabia's 'freedom university'

That the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology is to be positioned on a remote, reclaimed peninsular and segregated from the rest of Saudi Arabia comes as no surprise. The institution will be a cultural anomaly within wider Saudi society, ...

Tue 26 Feb 2008 | Read more »

"Hate" literature found at Edinburgh mosque »

Edinburgh Central Mosque

The King Fahd Mosque attached to the Islamic Centre of Edinburgh (ICET) has been named as the only Mosque in Scotland to disseminate so-called "hate" literature. ICET, which is based close to the University of Edinburgh's George Square ca...

Mon 05 Nov 2007 by Paul Traynor | Read more »

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