Bayan Perazzo @BintBattuta87

Today, September 23, marks Saudi National Day - the day when King Abdul Aziz declared Saudi Arabia a kingdom in 1923. Once again, the streets of Riyadh are...

In an interview with the LA Times, Haifaa al-Mansour (director of the first Saudi film, "Wadjda") made a very simple comment about being a woman in Saudi...

The following post is from Riyahd Bureau: A video of a Saudi officer beating foreign workers at the Passport Office in Jeddah is raising concerns about...

A few days ago a controversy arose on Twitter over an article published by Your Middle East arguing that Saudi women were “not quite ready” for the right...

Until recently, the Eastern province city of Qatif was the only Saudi Arabian city to experience regular protests since the Arab Spring erupted over two years...

Failures to address the issue of child marriage in Saudi Arabia have come into the spotlight once again after a 15 year old girl forced to marry an elderly man...

Protests in Saudi Arabia’s Eastern Province began nearly two years ago. Since then, 18 lives have been taken by Saudi security forces and many more have been...

Revolutions and uprisings have been springing up in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region since Tunisian fruit seller Mohammed Bouazizi lit himself on...

A common element in the protests in the MENA region from Tunisia to Bahrain has been the presence of women. They have been an integral voice in demanding...

One need not search very intently to find that the Shiites of Saudi Arabia have been classified – in the country’s social, political and religious spheres...