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25-Year-Old Saudi Arabian Woman Makes History By Reaching Everest Summit
Raha Moharrak has broken not one, but two records with her summiting of Mount Everest. The 25-year-old Saudi Arabian made it to the top of Everest — along with 34 other climbers from around the world...
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Saudi Man Escapes Punishment Of Full Paralysis For Stabbing His Friend
A Saudi man escaped a sentence of paralysis for stabbing and paralyzing his friend when they were kids, AFP reports.The family of Ali Al-Khawahir, 24, will instead pay the family of Mohammed al-Hazim,...
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The Saudis Do NOT Want To Talk About America's Shale Revolution
American oil inventories are at all-time highs thanks to shale production.And the Saudis do not want to talk about it.At OPEC's biannual meeting Friday, the Wall Street Journal's Summer Said and James...
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Saudi Prince Reportedly Dropped $19.5 Million On A 3-Day Extravaganza At...
A Saudi prince reportedly spent €15 million (or $19.5 million at today's conversion rates) for a three-day celebration at Disneyland Paris, AFP reports.Prince Fahd al-Saud supposedly booked whole areas...
View ArticleSaudi Guy Casually Uses Phone While Sitting On Hood Of Speeding Car
This video, which appears to show a shemagh-wearing Saudi man sitting on the hood of a speeding car, has been viewed almost a million times since it was uploaded to YouTube last week.According to...
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For Only The Second Time In History, The World Health Organization Calls An...
While the Middle Eastern Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (MERS CoV) hasn't yet reached pandemic potential, the World Health Organization (WHO) is worried enough about the virus to call its second-ever...
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A Saudi Princess Has Been Charged With Human Trafficking
Kenyan woman hails Calif. bus, leads police to Saudi princess charged with human traffickingSANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — Suitcase in hand, the 30-year-old domestic worker from Kenya managed to flag down a...
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PRINCE ALWALEED: Fracking Is Going To Crush The Saudi Economy If Nothing Is Done
Billionaire Saudi Prince Alwaleed bin Talal has warned shale oil and gas development poses a threat to the kingdom's economy, the Wall Street Journal's Summer Said reports.In an open letter to Saudi...
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15 Charts That Should Terrify Saudi Arabia
Billionaire Saudi Prince Alwaleed has sounded the alarm about the threat shale oil and gas development poses to the petro-kingdom's barely diversified economy. It's taken a while for such a prominent...
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Saudi Arabian Web Editor Sentenced To 600 Lashes For Making A Liberal Site
DUBAI (Reuters) - The editor of a Saudi Arabian social website has been sentenced to seven years in prison and 600 lashes for founding an Internet forum that violates Islamic values and propagates...
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A Saudi General Asked Lynn Tilton To Run For President Of The United States...
Private equity goddess Lynn Tilton, the founder of Patriarch Partners, is featured in Bloomberg Businessweek's interview edition. As part of her job, Tilton—who is known for wearing tight and short...
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The US Is Well On Its Way To Replace Saudi Arabia As The World's Largest Oil...
This post originally appeared on LinkedIn. See more of Christoph Rühl's LinkedIn Influencer posts. The impact of the US shale “revolution” has people all around the world scratching their heads – over...
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Dubai And Saudi Stock Markets Getting Totally Smoked
There's a lot of ugly stuff today.Emerging markets (India, Indonesia, Turkey, etc.) are getting crushed on all the standard emerging market worries.Plus there's all the Syria stuff that seems to be...
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Defying International Concerns, US To Sell Cluster Bombs To Saudi Arabia
The international community is not happy with the United States and Saudi Arabia amid news that they have inked a deal for hundreds of millions of dollars of controversial and potentially unethical...
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REPORT: The Saudis Offered Mafia-Style 'Protection' Against Terrorist Attacks...
Buried inside a Telegraph post about secret Russian and Saudi talks was a strange passive-aggressive alleged quote from the Saudi head of intelligence about terrorist attacks at the Sochi Olympics in...
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Naptha Is The Key Ingredient For A Saudi Petrochemicals Boom
Although plans are well advanced for constructing one of the world's biggest combined cycle petrochemicals plants in the kingdom, being built by the Sadara Chemical Company (a joint venture between the...
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Young Saudi Men Are Mounting Their Cars On Piles Of Rocks In A Strange New...
There's a new automotive art form catching on in Saudi Arabia, and it has nothing to do with driving.It's called "Tahjir," or "Stoning," and it involves putting cars on pedestals by stacking piles of...
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A Saudi Arabian Man 'Divorced' His Wife Over Texting App WhatsApp And A Judge...
An anonymous Saudi man divorced his wife by way of smartphone app after spending just 10 sweet months together, reports Arabian Business.The messages were sent via texting app WhatsApp, and the man...
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Construction In The Middle East Is Booming Again
After nearly three years of oil prices comfortably above US$100/barrel, the Gulf is awash with liquidity and a renewed confidence, similar to that seen in 2006‑08, which is manifesting itself in a...
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Video Shows A Brave Saudi Woman Defying Her Country's Driving Ban
Saudi Arabia is one of the few countries in the entire world where women are prohibited from driving. While there is no specific law banning it, women are not allowed driving lessons and religious...
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