Documentary on Saudi women’s driving school to air soon
- 17-Oct-2019
Saudi Women's Driving School, a documentary about changes in lives of Saudi women after lifting of a ban on driving will debut on October 24, HBO said in a statement.
Women throng Saudi stadium for Italian Super Cup
- 17-Jan-2019
Thousands of women thronged a Saudi stadium Wednesday for the Italian Supercup final between Juventus and AC Milan
Saudi women to receive divorce notice by text messages
- 06-Jan-2019
From Sunday (today), the courts of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia will be bound to notify all Saudi women about rulings on their divorce via text messages. “The new measure ensures women get their [alimony] rights when they’re divorced,” Saudi lawyer Nisreen al-Ghamdi told Bloomberg. “It also ensures that any powers of attorney issued before the […]
Saudi women allowed to become notaries for first time
- 10-Jul-2018
RIYADH: Women in Saudi Arabia have for the first time been allowed to become notaries, with 12 granted permission to start working in the profession, the justice ministry said Monday. The move comes amid a reform drive in the kingdom that saw the authorities lift a ban on women drivers in June. As notaries the […]
Saudi woman’s car set ablaze after driving ban lifted
- 04-Jul-2018
RIYADH: Saudi police are hunting for arsonists who torched a woman’s car, only a week after the kingdom lifted a decades-long ban on female motorists. Salma al-Sherif, a 31-year-old cashier based near the holy city of Mecca, told local media that her car had been deliberately set alight this week by men “opposed to women […]
Saudi female accident inspectors prepare for women driving
- 22-Jun-2018
RIYADH: Saudi Arabia’s first batch of women car accident inspectors are training to respond to incidents involving female drivers, who will be allowed to drive in the kingdom starting on Sunday when a decades-old ban ends. Forty women hired by private insurance company Najm attended a celebration on Thursday in the capital Riyadh. All of […]
Saudi Arabia to lift driving ban on women from June 24
- 08-May-2018
RIYADH: Saudi women will be allowed to start driving in the kingdom from June 24, the General Department of Traffic Director General Mohammed al-Bassami said on Tuesday. “All the requirements for women in the kingdom to start driving have been established,” Bassami was quoted as saying in a statement released by the government. In September […]
Major plot twist for students at Saudi Arabia’s first cinema school
- 13-Mar-2018
JEDDAH: Student Sama Kinsara adjusts her camera at Saudi Arabia’s only cinema school, her dream of seeing her work on the big screen coming into focus after the lifting of the country’s 35-year ban on cinema. “Everything is about to change,” the first-year student of “visual and digital production” at Effat University in Jeddah told […]
Driving not ‘be all’ of Saudi women’s rights: princess
- 01-Mar-2018
WASHINGTON: Saudi Arabia is working to address deeper issues on the path to women’s rights after allowing them to drive and attend soccer matches, one of the kingdom’s top female officials said Wednesday. “These are things that are quick wins, we know we can do them, women in stadium, women driving, that’s great, but women […]
Saudi Arabia to host first Arab Fashion Week
- 20-Feb-2018
RIYADH: Saudi Arabia is set to host in March its first ever Arab Fashion Week, the Arab Fashion Council announced Monday. Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, the powerful heir to the Saudi throne, has been leading a drive to reform the country’s dependence on oil, including expanding the private sector and empowering women. The Dubai-based […]