The furore over the first Riyadh Comedy Festival has put the country’s human-rights record under fresh scrutiny, particularly for its treatment of women. Some of the world’s most high-profile comics, ...

The Evolution of Quality of Life in Saudi Arabia” report reveals how a focus on quality of life has enhanced citizen ...

Cardi B praised Saudi Arabia for its cleanliness and lack of homelessness while calling America "ghetto" and expressing ...

A few years ago, I read a memoir that has stayed with me. It tells the story of Rahaf Mohammed, a young Saudi woman who, in 2019, made headlines for escaping state-endorsed family abuse in Saudi ...

Besides clearing customs at the airport in Riyadh, where government officials searched through her luggage for non-Islamic religious books and other articles, what Marylin Krepf remembers most is her ...

Ashleigh Plumptre said she “deeply hurt” people when she became the first player to move from the Women’s Super League to the Saudi Women’s Premier League, but that Saudi life is “like a peace bubble” ...

Former Formula One world champion Sebastian Vettel has said progress has been made in the area of women's rights in Saudi Arabia and that he doesn't support boycotts of countries accused of ...

Saudi Arabian television news anchors aren’t supposed to smile too broadly. After all, the news is serious business in this country. But when presenter Fouz Auwadh al-Khmali delivered the morning news ...

Arab female film directors have helped change the landscape of Arab cinema in recent years, presenting stories that haven't ...