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Saudi Arabia opens its first liquor store in over 70 years as kingdom further liberalizes
By Jon Gambrell — January 25, 2024
JERUSALEM (AP) — Saudi Arabia remains one of the few nations in the world with a ban on alcohol, alongside its neighbor Kuwait and Sharjah in the United Arab Emirates.
A look at why a Saudi woman’s miniskirt sparked an outcry
By Jerome Socolovsky — July 20, 2017
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The woman was eventually released without charge, but the incident and the online debate it ignited point to the tension in Saudi Arabia between proponents of its conservative, state-enforced strictures and those pushing for greater rights.
Saudi woman in miniskirt video arrested after public outcry
By Jerome Socolovsky — July 18, 2017
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The woman was detained by police in the capital, Riyadh, for wearing 'immodest clothes' that contradicted the country's conservative Islamic dress code.
Suicide bombers hit three Saudi cities
By RNS staff — July 4, 2016
RIYADH — The explosions targeting U.S. diplomats, Shi'ite worshippers and a security headquarters at a mosque in the holy city of Medina follow days of mass killings claimed by the Islamic State group.
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