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    After driving ban ends, Saudi women taste thrill of speed

    At least 12 leading human rights activists, including eight women, have been arrested in Saudi Arabia since May,...

    29 Aug 2018 12:09 AM IST

    Participants, including Saudi women, attend a hackathon in Jeddah prior to the start of the annual Haj pilgrimage in the holy city of Mecca. (Photo: AFP)World
    Saudi hackathon seeks high-tech solutions to Haj calamities

    The scheme for the post-oil era aims to draw six million Haj pilgrims annually.

    6 Aug 2018 12:39 AM IST

    The most immediate worry for female motorists is the dress code which conflicts with the norm. (Photo: AFP)World
    Saudi women rev up motorbikes as end to driving ban nears

    For both women, biking is not just an adrenalin-fuelled passion, but also a form of empowerment.

    13 Jun 2018 1:20 AM IST

    Saudi gas station supervisor Mervat Bukhari (right) talks to a worker at her workplace in Khobar, 400 km east of Riyadh. (Photo: AFP)World
    Saudi women will drive, but face bumpy road to empowerment

    Government statistics also put more than one million Saudi women as currently looking to enter the workforce.

    7 March 2018 1:43 AM IST

    The site of an archaeological discovery north of the city of Sakaka in Saudi Arabias northwestern Al-Jouf province, with a carved sculpture of a camels legs seen in the foreground. (Photo: AFP)World
    Rock art and mystery: Ancient camel sculptures in Saudi desert

    Camels for centuries venerated as the ship of the desert are a familiar motif in artworks from the kingdom.

    28 Feb 2018 12:40 AM IST

    The main entrance of the Ritz Carlton hotel in the Saudi capital Riyadh following its reopening for business, three months after it became a holding place for princes and ministers detained in the biggest anti-graft purge of the kingdoms elite in its modern history. (Photo: AFP)World
    A night at the Ritz: Riyadh 5-star prison' is now back in business

    It was impossible to know whether a detainee had stayed there or the room had been refurbished.

    13 Feb 2018 5:00 AM IST

    (Representational image)World
    Saudi Arabia's next revolution: Female taxi drivers

    An instructor stood next to the screen, holding up a smartphone to show the inner workings of the app.

    13 Oct 2017 12:32 AM IST

    One of the many boys held as a sex slave at a restaurant in an unidentified location in Afghanistan. (Photo: AFP)World
    Bacha bazi: How Afghans struggle to save boy sex slaves

    Young boys dressed effeminately have an ornamental value in a society where the genders are tightly corralled.

    20 Dec 2016 1:26 AM IST

    The light within youLife
    The light within you

    Being in a loving and respectful relationship can be nourishing to our overall well-being and happiness quotient beyond...

    8 Jun 2016 10:18 PM IST

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