Archive: saudi arabia
10th May 2015
Photograph published by the Yemen Times, said to show Yemenis rounded up for deportation from Saudi Arabia in 2013.
In 2013 millions of foreigners living or working in Saudi Arabia were ordered to regularise their legal status or leave the country. Since then, hundreds of thousands have been… Read more
2nd May 2015
Imagine that while filling in an application form you come across a question with a YES/NO tick box which asks "Are you black?" or "Are you a Jew?" You would be right to view the question as offensive and assume it had probably been included for discriminatory purposes.
The same can be said of the… Read more
21st April 2015
An Iranian “armada” is heading towards Yemen, according to a report last Friday. A couple of days later, the American aircraft carrier Theodore Roosevelt set sail from the Gulf, also heading in the direction of Yemen. Fox News is in no doubt about what this means; a headline on its website says “US… Read more
7th April 2015
Saudi Arabia has asked Pakistan to support its military intervention in Yemen by providing combat planes, warships and soldiers. But according to an article in the Pakistani newspaper, The Nation, Saudi Arabia has a further request: that any troops sent by Pakistan should be Sunni Muslims, not Shia… Read more
2nd April 2015
Have British-made weapons been used by Saudi Arabia in air strikes that caused mass civilian casualties in Yemen this week? The question was raised yesterday in the Daily Telegraph, a popular newspaper among Britain’s military top brass.
While the Telegraph merely reported calls for an… Read more
25th March 2015
Almost constantly since its foundation in 1932, Saudi Arabia has been involved in Yemen politically and sometimes militarily – often with negative consequences for Yemen. The article below looks at the history of this relationship. Click on the links to jump to different sections of the… Read more
20th March 2015
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Sweden's cancellation of its military cooperation agreement with Saudi Arabia on human rights grounds has triggered a Saudi propaganda… Read more
15th January 2015
In Britain last Tuesday, the House of Lords spent almost eight hours debating the Counter-Terrorism and Security Bill. Opening the debate on behalf of the government, Lord Bates said the bill "will enhance our ability to monitor and control the actions of those in the UK who pose a threat, and it… Read more
12th January 2015
In a video posted on Twitter yesterday, British prime minister David Cameron described the Charlie Hebdo march in Paris as inspirational and went on to talk about "tackling the poisonous ideology" behind the murders:
"We have to confront it in our own country, keeping our security strong ... but… Read more
9th January 2015
Last Wednesday, an official statement from Saudi Arabia condemned the shootings at Charlie Hebdo's office in Paris. "This cowardly terrorist attack," it said, "is incompatible with Islam".
The Saudi statement, like others from the Gulf Cooperation Council and the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation… Read more
ARAB ART ONLINE: Susan Hefuna: Al Sabr Gamil (Patience is Beautiful) 2007. Ink stained on wood 140 x 170 cm. More information | Click to enlarge
