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Saudi Arabia Eases Alcohol Ban For Rich Foreigners: Who Can Buy Booze, New Rules Explained
Saudi Arabia's new alcohol policy allows select expatriates to legally buy alcohol for the first time in decades, signalling another major step in the kingdom's social reforms.
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Saudi Arabia's Grand Mufti Who Oversaw Era Of Liberal Reforms Dies At 80
Sheikh Abdulaziz bin Abdullah al-Sheikh, Saudi Arabia's grand mufti who served the kingdom's top religious figure over a quarter century that saw the ultraconservative Muslim nation socially liberalize, died Tuesday. He was in his 80s.
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Saudi Arabia 2034 World Cup Bid 'Medium Risk' For Human Rights: FIFA
Saudi Arabia's bid to host the 2034 World Cup was considered "medium risk" for human rights by FIFA in its evaluation report, which said implementing reforms could take "significant time and effort".
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Women At Wheel, Cinemas Reopened: 5 Key Reforms Under Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince
The decision by Saudi Arabia to allow alcohol sales to non-Muslim diplomats, according to two sources, is the latest in a series of reforms aimed at projecting a more open, moderate image.
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From US Partner To Pariah And Back: Saudi Prince Salman's Journey
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, once hailed as a reformer, became a global pariah in 2018 after the gruesome murder of dissident journalist Jamal Khashoggi at the Saudi consulate in Istanbul.
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Saudi Seeks Religious Reset As Clerical Power Wanes
Muezzins issuing high-decibel calls to prayer have long been part of Saudi identity, but a crackdown on mosque loudspeakers is among contentious reforms seeking to shake off the Muslim kingdom's austere image.
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Saudi Arabia Signs MoUs With IBM, Alibaba, Huawei on AI
The Saudi Authority for Data and Artificial Intelligence on Thursday signed memorandums of understanding with IBM, Alibaba and Huawei in areas of artificial intelligence (AI) at a summit in the kingdom, state news agency SPA said.
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Saudi Arabia Ends Gender-Segregated Entrances For Restaurants
Restaurants in Saudi Arabia will no longer need to maintain entrances segregated by sex, the authorities said on Sunday, further eroding some of the world's strictest social rules as sweeping reforms take hold.
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Saudi Women "Absent" From Family Can't Travel Alone, Despite Reforms
Saudi Arabia has eased travel restrictions on women but observers say loopholes still allow male relatives to curtail their movements and, in the worst cases, leave them marooned in prison-like shelters.
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Change Comes To Islam's Birthplace, And The World Watches Warily
The world's 1.8 billion Muslims look to one country above all others.
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Saudi Arabia Eases Alcohol Ban For Rich Foreigners: Who Can Buy Booze, New Rules Explained
Saudi Arabia's new alcohol policy allows select expatriates to legally buy alcohol for the first time in decades, signalling another major step in the kingdom's social reforms.
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Saudi Arabia's Grand Mufti Who Oversaw Era Of Liberal Reforms Dies At 80
Sheikh Abdulaziz bin Abdullah al-Sheikh, Saudi Arabia's grand mufti who served the kingdom's top religious figure over a quarter century that saw the ultraconservative Muslim nation socially liberalize, died Tuesday. He was in his 80s.
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Saudi Arabia 2034 World Cup Bid 'Medium Risk' For Human Rights: FIFA
Saudi Arabia's bid to host the 2034 World Cup was considered "medium risk" for human rights by FIFA in its evaluation report, which said implementing reforms could take "significant time and effort".
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Women At Wheel, Cinemas Reopened: 5 Key Reforms Under Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince
The decision by Saudi Arabia to allow alcohol sales to non-Muslim diplomats, according to two sources, is the latest in a series of reforms aimed at projecting a more open, moderate image.
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From US Partner To Pariah And Back: Saudi Prince Salman's Journey
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, once hailed as a reformer, became a global pariah in 2018 after the gruesome murder of dissident journalist Jamal Khashoggi at the Saudi consulate in Istanbul.
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Saudi Seeks Religious Reset As Clerical Power Wanes
Muezzins issuing high-decibel calls to prayer have long been part of Saudi identity, but a crackdown on mosque loudspeakers is among contentious reforms seeking to shake off the Muslim kingdom's austere image.
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Saudi Arabia Signs MoUs With IBM, Alibaba, Huawei on AI
The Saudi Authority for Data and Artificial Intelligence on Thursday signed memorandums of understanding with IBM, Alibaba and Huawei in areas of artificial intelligence (AI) at a summit in the kingdom, state news agency SPA said.
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Saudi Arabia Ends Gender-Segregated Entrances For Restaurants
Restaurants in Saudi Arabia will no longer need to maintain entrances segregated by sex, the authorities said on Sunday, further eroding some of the world's strictest social rules as sweeping reforms take hold.
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Saudi Women "Absent" From Family Can't Travel Alone, Despite Reforms
Saudi Arabia has eased travel restrictions on women but observers say loopholes still allow male relatives to curtail their movements and, in the worst cases, leave them marooned in prison-like shelters.
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Change Comes To Islam's Birthplace, And The World Watches Warily
The world's 1.8 billion Muslims look to one country above all others.
