The furore over the first Riyadh Comedy Festival has put the country’s human-rights record under fresh scrutiny, particularly for its treatment of women. Some of the world’s most high-profile comics, ...

A Saudi app that lets ordinary people "play the role of a police officer" may have alerted authorities to the tweets of a ...

Women's sport in Saudi Arabia has been a contentious issue for years due to restrictions on female participation imposed by conservative Islamic authorities. Until 2018, women were not even allowed to ...

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