September 17, 2007

And now for the "Right to Drive" Movement

Recently, I waxed airily about the "right to dry" movement and the "answer blowing in the wind." Can't resist noting, in the same (ironic) spirit, the budding "right to drive"...
Posted by Scott Harrop at 02:09 PM | Fulltext link (11 comments)

March 29, 2007

Riyadh: current center of Middle East diplomacy

We should note, first, who is at the current Arab summit meeting in the Saudi capital, Riyadh. Not merely the heads of state of just about all the Arab countries...
Posted by Helena Cobban at 07:57 AM | Fulltext link (19 comments)

February 09, 2007

The Palestinian agreement; the Saudis' new stance

Please, please, please-- let's hope that this time the Fateh-Hamas agreement can be made to stick, and the hard-pressed people of the Occupied Palestinian Territories be relieved of the economic...
Posted by Helena Cobban at 07:49 AM | Fulltext link (46 comments)

December 23, 2006

Battle for the soul of the Saud family's kingdom

I think Saudi Arabia is the only country in the world named after a single family? [Subsequent correction: More precisely: SA is one of two countries currently named for their...
Posted by Helena Cobban at 01:54 PM | Fulltext link (22 comments)

November 28, 2006

Saudi 'Mystique' alive and still writing

The Saudi woman blogger 'Mystique' left a comment on JWN yesterday pointing out that the reason her earlier blog was down for a while was because I sort of lost...
Posted by Helena Cobban at 05:13 PM | Fulltext link (12 comments)

August 01, 2005

King Fahd RIP

So they finally turned off the life-support systems for King Fahd. But not until the man formerly known as Crown Prince (now "King") Abdullah had gotten a few of his...
Posted by Helena Cobban at 10:40 AM | Fulltext link (38 comments)

April 15, 2005

The Saudi government pays money for this?

Every so often, I get an email from someone called "halah@qorvis.com". Since I vaguely remember that these are press releases from the Saudi Embassy in DC, I usually delete them...
Posted by Helena Cobban at 09:54 PM | Fulltext link (5 comments)

June 23, 2004

Saudi instability, contd.

I am not the only person judging (as I did in this recent post) that Saudi Arabia may well be on the verge of a major breakdown. Today, during a...
Posted by Helena Cobban at 10:02 PM | Fulltext link (14 comments)

June 17, 2004

Saudi implosion?

How worried should we all be about the implosion of state authority in Saudi Arabia? Personally, I think we should all be very worried indeed: The Saudi authorities have been...
Posted by Helena Cobban at 01:21 PM | Fulltext link (3 comments)

December 28, 2003

Aging gracefully...

I'm on a cross-US plane, traveling home to Virginia after a poignant visit with my 96-year-old mother-in-law, who lives in a small town in northern California. Being with Granny and...
Posted by Helena Cobban at 09:15 PM | Fulltext link (3 comments)

May 19, 2003

SAUDI LEADERSHIP ON LIFE SUPPORT:

SAUDI LEADERSHIP ON LIFE SUPPORT: Okay, call me a softie, but every so often I do feel sorry for those pampered little rich boys (and girls) called the Saudi royal...
Posted by Helena Cobban at 09:12 PM | Fulltext link (1 comments)