Rosary beads are no longer the preserve of the older generations, but have become something of a fashion statement in ladies' circles, with increasingly diverse designs and materials on offer to suit every taste and match the extravagance of outfits (...)
A variety of cultural factors lead to women, particularly Muslim women, being targeted in the Arab World and beyond, Bahija Bint Baha Azzi, Secretary General of the International Muslim Organization for Women and Family (IMOWF) and part-time adviser (...)
Prince Abdullah Bin Saud, a member of Jeddah's Tourism Development Council and a prominent voice in support of women, is also known for his love of diving and work to boost tourism in the regions of Jeddah and Al-Leith.
Speaking to Roaa magazine, (...)
Nobody disputes the noble goals of the Commission for Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice, but differences remain concerning how issues related to women should be dealt with by the men of the Hai'a, as the commission is popularly (...)
The Kingdom has recently witnessed signs of a greater acceptance of the possibility of opening cinema theaters for the public screening of films, but views differ not only on whether such a thing should be allowed to occur in what many describe as (...)
Parental favoritism is a common source of division in families. Elder sons enjoy greater attention from their parents, as do the youngest, while those who are left in between experience neglect. Such circumstances can lead to marginalized children (...)
Unsolicited comments, suggestive looks, persistent phone calls and attempts to make bodily contact are all part of the process of sexual harassment that many Saudi women are subjected to in the workplace.
Suggested reasons for it and the solutions (...)
Day after day Saudi women are meeting the challenges before them to play a greater part in the march of progress, and in one corner of the Kingdom particularly they have been making unprecedented strides, working with the growing influx of (...)
DESPITE Ministry of Education's ban on corporal punishment in schools and its promotion of the use of advice and guidance in creating an educational atmosphere of respect and familiarity, some teachers of both sexes continue to use physical violence (...)
The Saudi Journalists Association has come under increasing scrutiny in recent times, and many have questioned whether the organization is performing the role expected of it when compared to other civil societies, and if, indeed, it has the (...)
“My son's not the same person he used to be. If I'd known that marriage was going to affect him this much, I wouldn't have made such an effort to find him a good wife.”
So says Umm Mohammed, one of many mothers who believe that as times change (...)
Professional success is a goal for both men and women, but for the latter it takes on a different aspect, especially if they are married and have children and duties of a housewife to attend to. Some say that success in both these sides of life is (...)
Women's coffee shops are no longer just meeting places for friends or refuges for a moment's escape from the daily routine. Instead, according to some, they have become the haunts of university students and schoolgirls playing truant to indulge (...)
King Abdullah, Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, created the Centennial Fund to assist small businesses and help impoverished families with few or no means of earning an income set themselves up for a brighter future and contribute productively to (...)
