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Saudi Human Rights Commission details efforts to end violence against women

November 26, 2019 rayhanania No Comments

Saudi Human Rights Commission details efforts to end violence against women Head of Saudi Human Rights Commission Reaffirms The Kingdom’s Commitment to Ending All Forms of Violence Against Women Women’s rights in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia have seen an unprecedented transformation, due to the historical decisions made under the leadership of Custodian of…

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CSO from US State Department and SDRPY Complete 2nd Stabilization Workshop

October 24, 2019 rayhanania No Comments

CSO from US State Department and SDRPY Complete 2nd Stabilization Workshop Workshop trained more than 80 professionals from a number of Saudi ministries and government agencies A workshop focused on key challenges to stabilization operations and organized by the Saudi Development and Reconstruction Program for Yemen (SDRPY) in partnership with the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau…

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Saudis denounce Iranian-backed attack against oil fields

September 17, 2019 rayhanania No Comments

Saudis denounce Iranian-backed attack against oil fields King Salman: Cowardly Attack Threatens Stability of Global Economy The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud chaired the Cabinet’s session at Al-Salam Palace in Jeddah on Tuesday afternoon. At the outset of the session, the King expressed his appreciation to heads of…

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Saudi Arabia Issues Sweeping Changes to Enhance Role of Women in Society

August 5, 2019August 5, 2019 rayhanania No Comments

Saudi Arabia Issues Sweeping Changes to Enhance Role of Women in Society The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has announced a series of sweeping legal changes to enhance the role of women in society, including an end to restrictions on travel and far-reaching labor provisions that guarantee women equal pay in the workplace and protection against…

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Some perspectives and notes from Kushner’s Peace to Prosperity Confab

July 2, 2019July 2, 2019 rayhanania No Comments

Some perspectives and notes from Kushner’s Peace to Prosperity Confab An Overview of the Bahrain Peace to Prosperity Conference, June 25-26, 2019. Here is a series of Op-Eds, segments of important comments, and links toi interesting information. What you will find below in this post: Op-Ed by Ray Hanania: Empowering Palestinians means delivering the promises…

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UN Human Rights agency releases report on Khashoggi murder

June 19, 2019June 19, 2019 rayhanania No Comments

UN Human Rights agency releases report on Khashoggi murder The United Nations Human Rights Council released a 99 page report detailing the gruesome murder of former Saudi advocate and later Washington Post columnist and critic of the Saudi Government, Jamal Khashoggi, on Wednesday, June 19, 2019. Khashoggi had been an insider with special access and…

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26 civilians, including 3 women and 2 children, injured in Houthi attack on Saudi airport

June 12, 2019June 12, 2019 rayhanania No Comments

26 civilians, including 3 women and 2 children, injured in Houthi attack on Saudi airport Colonel Turki Almalki, the official spokesman of the Coalition to Restore Legitimacy in Yemen, said that at (02:21 am) Wednesday morning a hostile projectile fired by Houthi militia hit the arrivals hall at Abha International Airport in Asir Province in…

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Saudis arrest 13 suspects and prevent terrorist attack

April 22, 2019April 22, 2019 rayhanania No Comments

Saudis arrest 13 suspects and prevent terrorist attack Saudi Arabia Foils ISIS Terrorist Attack on Intelligence Center in Zulfi, Arrests 13 Terrorists Saudi security authorities arrested on Monday 13 terrorists who were planning to carry out criminal attacks, targeting the Kingdom’s security and its capabilities. According to the spokesman of the Presidency of State Security, the arrests were made as a…

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Racist Arab Hater Senator Bob Menendez demands answers on Khashoggi

February 27, 2019February 27, 2019 rayhanania No Comments

Racist Arab Hater Senator Bob Menendez demands answers on Khashoggi U.S. Senator Robert Menendez, who has introduced legislation to deny justice to Christian and Muslim Arabs, defended Israel’s militarist oppression and land theft, and has spoken publicly against the interests of Arab Americans, Arab Muslims, and the Arab World, has incredulously demanded details into the…

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Saudis donate $500 Million to Yemen Humanitarian relief

February 26, 2019February 26, 2019 rayhanania No Comments

Saudis donate $500 Million to Yemen Humanitarian relief The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia announced on Tuesday that it is contributing USD $500 million in new funding for the UN-approved Yemen Humanitarian Response Plan (YHRP) for 2019. This donation increases the support provided by the Kingdom to help the Yemeni people to more than USD $14…

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Media bias against Arabs comes out at Saudi press conference

February 14, 2019February 20, 2020 rayhanania No Comments

Media bias against Arabs comes out at Saudi press conference Upfront at the table of mainstream news media bias and hypocrisy at a press briefing held at the Saudi Embassy in Washington D.C. The event only reinforced my belief that the U.S. news media is anti-Arab, anti-Muslim and anti-Palestinian. By Ray Hanania I had the…

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Saudi Arabia Ushers in a Year of Entertainment in 2019

January 28, 2019January 28, 2019 rayhanania No Comments

Saudi Arabia Ushers in a Year of Entertainment in 2019 The head of Saudi Arabia’s General Entertainment Authority (GEA), His Excellency Turki Al-Sheikh, unveiled a plan to transform the Kingdom’s entertainment industry on January 22. The announcement marked the latest progress under Saudi Arabia’s Vision 2030 platform to create a more vibrant and fulfilling society…

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Saudi Arabia appoints Fahad Nazer as new spokesman

January 23, 2019January 23, 2019 rayhanania No Comments

Saudi Arabia appoints Fahad Nazer as new spokesman The Embassy of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Appoints Fahad Nazer as Official Spokesperson The Embassy of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in Washington, D.C., has appointed Mr. Fahad Nazer as its new Official Spokesperson. Nazer replaces Ms. Fatimah Baeshen, who served in the role since September…

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Polarization of Privately Funded Arab Media is Firing Back

November 24, 2018November 24, 2018 Maen Alhusseini No Comments

Polarization of Privately Funded Arab Media is Firing Back By Maen Alhusseini The recent events in the Middle East have had their impact on several macro factors in the region whether political, economic, social, and even on the media. When you turn on your TV on an Arab news channel, it’s either a pro Saudi…

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President Trump stands with Saudi Arabia

November 20, 2018November 20, 2018 rayhanania No Comments

President Trump stands with Saudi Arabia President Donald Trump released the following statement reinforcing his administration’s support of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in the face of the investigation into the Saudi killing of Washington Post contributing columnist Jamal Khashoggi on October 2, 2018, in the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul, Turkey: The world is a…

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Saudis identify suspects in murder of Jamal Khashoggi

November 15, 2018November 15, 2018 rayhanania No Comments

Saudis identify suspects in murder of Jamal Khashoggi Saudi Arabia officials announced that 11 suspect’s have been indicted by the Saudi Arabian prosecutor in the murder of Jamal Khashoggi on October 2, 2018 during a visit to the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul, Turkey. The Public Prosecutor issued a statement following the two previous statements issued…

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The Rise and the Fall of the Prince: Fear & Cruelty

October 19, 2018October 19, 2018 Abdennour Toumi No Comments

The Rise and the Fall of the Prince: Fear & Cruelty A ruler needs then to be a fox to recognize traps and a lion to frighten away the wolves. The mysterious and gruesome stories about the disappearance of anti-Saudi Washington Post writer Jamal Khashoggi has left many people wondering and afraid. A former insider…

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Amnesty International urges Saudi Arabia to drop death penalty for protestors

August 22, 2018September 24, 2018 rayhanania No Comments

Amnesty International urges Saudi Arabia to drop death penalty for protestors Saudi Arabia: Appalling plan to execute female activist must be stopped Responding to news that Saudi Arabia is seeking the death penalty for five individuals who face trial before Saudi Arabia’s counter-terror court, including Israa al-Ghomgham, who would be the first woman ever to…

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