From Saudi Corespondent Eman Al Nafjan… I normally write about Saudi but the situation is getting dire in an area that’s increasingly becoming a blind spot for the rest of the world. In Syria the death toll is 8,000 and growing and the refugee count has reached 34000. Yet instead of at least covering what’s [...]

From Saudi Arabia Corespondent Eman Al Najan… Prison, lashings and Interior Ministry phone threats, fines and pledges drove the women driving movement underground again.  This time around though, unlike in 1990, it was only for a few months before Saudi rights activists geared up again to call for this basic right of no gender discriminations [...]

From Saudi Arabia Corespondent Eman Al Nafjan… Historically Arabs are notorious for their autocratic business model, however in today’s highly competitive world companies fall over each in trying to gain consumer loyalty through quality products and better customer services. Unfortunately not all Saudi companies have caught on to this approach. In the majority of Saudi [...]

From Saudi Arabia Corespondent Eman Al Nafjan… The ministry of justice was provoked this week by an outspoken piece by Dr. Badriya Al Bishr to issue a statement to the same newspaper where Al Bishr’s piece was published. Al Bishr criticized the white washing of the Saudi justice system that took place at the International [...]

From Saudi Arabia Corespondent Eman Al Nafjan… In Saudi Arabia my gender decides whether or not I can enter certain ministries, what I can major in college and if I can name my own child. My gender mandates that I cannot drive my own car. No matter what age I am or how well I [...]

From Saudi Corespondent Eman Al Nafjan… Every accusation imaginable has been thrown at Saudi women who spoke up for their right to drive their own cars. Sheikhs and ultra conservatives have created this intricate conspiracy theory on how this whole demand is a well-planned Iranian/Shia plight to bring down the government by corrupting it’s women. [...]

From Saudi Arabia Corespondent Eman Al Nafjan… A couple of weeks back an event page was created on Facebook calling on women to drive their cars on June 17th. The page was started by a group of individuals, one of whom was Manal Al Sharif. As news of the page got around, it caused a [...]

From Saudi Arabia Corespondent Eman Al Nafjan… On January 18th, news came out that the Saudi Council has come out with a proposal to define childhood as from birth to the age of 18. And the discussion about age definition came about as a preclude to approve a new child protection system that includes protecting [...]

From Saudi Arabia Corespondent Eman Al Nafjan… These past couple of weeks have convinced me that the government has made a huge scientific discovery, the time machine, and is now using it to pull the whole country back into the eighties. The King’s decrees, which included a generous package for the ultra-conservatives and gave absolute  [...]

From Saudi Arabia Corespondent Eman Al Nafjan… Last Friday, the King made a three minute pre-recorded speech thanking Saudis for their loyalty in an obvious reference to no one coming out to demonstrate on the Friday before. After the speech, two tv presenters took turns announcing a number of royal decrees. The night before the [...]