In a recent article, Reuters reported that Nigeria has suspended flights to Saudi Arabia for the Hajj pilgrimage after more than 600 Nigerian women were deported for trying to enter Mecca without a male relative.
Posts Tagged ‘Saudi Arabia’
April 2nd, 2012
“The Rise of the Islamists”
posted by Candice ScharfThe award-winning documentary radio program, America Abroad, has recently released a new documentary entitled, “The Rise of the Islamists.”
December 13th, 2010
Urban planning in Saudi Arabia
posted by Jessica PolebaumFrom Jidda, Nicolai Ouroussoff reports on a Saudi governemnt plan to engineer four new urban centers—what the planners are calling ”economic cities”—in the Arabian desert, all to be completed by 2030. This massive endeavor is projected to create over a million new jobs and four million new homes. These new cities, the government claims, will pave the way for a less-oil dependent economic future and will open space for a new class of doctors, engineers, and businessmen to flourish, but the cities have also been designed to effect another sort of social change.
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