Gulf kingdom

Saudi university to open driving school for women

Kuwait - Muslimchonicle

Saudi Arabia on Tuesday said it would allow driving permits for women under a royal decree to take effect in June. Princess Nourah University in Saudi Arabia has said it will open a driving school for women, in a first for the ultra-conservative country after a ban on women driving was lifted. A university in Saudi Arabia has said itRead more

Saudi women will also be allowed

Jeddah - Muslimchronicle

Saudi Arabian women will be able to drive trucks and motorcycles, officials have said three months after the kingdom announced a historic decision to end a ban on women driving. In September, King Salman issued a decree saying women will be able to drive from next June as part of an ambitious reform push in the conservative kingdom. The SaudiRead more

Saudi university to open driving school

Riyadh - Muslimchronicle

A university in Saudi Arabia has said it will open a driving school for women, in a first for the ultra-conservative country after a ban on women driving was lifted. "Princess Nourah University is preparing to set up a driving school in cooperation with the relevant authorities," the women's university said on Saturday. "This is the first such announcement followingRead more

In a first, women throng Saudi stadium

Riyadh - Muslimchronicle

Hundreds of women thronged a sports stadium for the first time to mark Saudi Arabia's national day Saturday, celebrated across the conservative kingdom with a raucous display of concerts, folk dance and fireworks. The presence of women at the King Fahd stadium marks a departure from previous celebrations in the Gulf kingdom where they are effectively barred from sports arenasRead more

Banned Bahraini newspaper fires staff

Dubai - Muslimchronicle

A independent Bahraini newspaper has sacked its staff three weeks after Sunni-dominated authorities banned it on accusations that it "sows division" in the Shiite-majority Gulf kingdom. "We regret to inform you that the board of directors... has decided to terminate the employment contracts with the employees," board chairman Adel al-Maskati wrote in English in a message addressed to "all staff"Read more

Bahrain bans newspaper for 'sowing division'

Dubai - Muslimchronicle

The government in Sunni-ruled Bahrain announced Sunday an indefinite ban on the independent Al-Wasat newspaper on accusations that it publishes "what sows division" in the Shiite-majority Gulf kingdom. The ministry of information affairs said it had decided to bar the publication and stop its circulation "until further notice", according BNA state news agency, without specifying if the ban affects theRead more

Top human rights activist rearrested in Bahrain

Dubai - Arab Today

Bahraini security forces on Monday rearrested the leading human rights activist Nabeel Rajab in a dawn raid, his family said on Twitter. Detained in 2014 for tweets deemed insulting to the Gulf kingdom's authorities before his release on health grounds, Rajab, 51, was apprehended at his home in the mainly Shiite village of Bani Jamra, near the capital Manama, hisRead more