It is fitting that the two most oppressive and cruel regimes in the Middle East, and two that should not and will soon not exist, would also be the two to build walls....

The Saudi royal family often works tirelessly to make sure that there are no public rifts between the many princes. Of course, there are numerous rivalries, but the...

Besides producing oil, Saudi Arabia is a leader in internet censorship. The Guardian reports that Saudi Arabia has the dubious honor of leading the pack of Arab nations...

Saudis are not exactly the coolest people in the world, to put it nicely. And whenever they do attempt to act cool they mostly end up embarrassing themselves. But...

In the strictly puritanical nation of Saudi Arabia, alcohol is strictly prohibited. Caught wit a bottle of Jimmy Bean and you’re looking at a 100 lashes at the...

If Al Gore can get a Noble Prize for making a powerpoint presentation, why not the Saudi King Abduallah. Nadir Hariri, the cousin of Sa’ad Hariri whom is the...

The United States expects Israel to make concrete concessions to the Palestinians before U.S. President Barack Obama’s visit to Cairo on June 4, an American...

There’s always something bizarre coming out of Saudi Arabia. It would be laughable if it wasn’t for the fact that these occurrences adversely affect women,...

Insanity has taken over the world. Prejudices and dogmas have got bitter for some people with times. The ones who face the discrimination know at times what it feels to...

For simply abhorring acts of Shirk (polytheism) and bida’a (innovations) in Islam, I’m labeled a Wahabi not just by non-Muslims but also by heterodox Muslim...

One of the most prominent feuds in the Middle East is between Saudi Arabia and the tiny natural gas-rich nation of Qatar. Saudi Arabia does not look to kindly on those...

It has become an American ritual: kissing the Saudi King’s rear. We all know why. Saudi Arabia has the oil and America the thirst. That is why U.S. president show...

The Sudanese president has arrived in Saudi Arabia for a Muslim pilgrimage that will take him to Islam’s holy city of Mecca.

Saudi women are finally standing up against the repression they face in their society. And their public stand is more personal than driving: lingerie. [They call it...

It has long been known that Saudi Arabia uses its oil money to spread its vile, grotesque, obscurantist, misogynist, homophobic, and xenophobic Wahhabi doctrine to...

According to news from Egypt and Saudi Arabia, at least tree local telephone companies reported of SMS spread in that region, causing strong head pain, brain blooding...

After the now famous case of the deported British couple after they had sex on a public beach, Dubai has officially issued a code of conduct for its 1 million, more or...

U.S. policymakers should not assume Saudi Arabia will “act in lockstep” with the United States in countering Iran’s influence in the Arab world, a...

I had previously had a spat with another Instablogs member who argued that contrary to my assertion Shia Arabs in the Gulf are not discriminated against. She cited her...

Saudi Arabia hosted the leaders of Egypt and Syria on Wednesday in an effort to persuade Damascus to move away from Iran and join with U.S.-allied Arab countries in...