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, ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Amanda Wright is a Tuskegee native and Howard University alumna. In 2021, the 38-year-old relocated from Atlanta to South Korea.

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia – Women will be allowed to drive for the first time next summer in Saudi Arabia, the ultra-conservative kingdom announced Tuesday, marking a significant expansion of women’s ...

Rally Jameel is a desert rallying event for women, in a country where less than five years ago women weren’t even allowed to sit in the front seat, let alone drive. Several American teams participated ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. She went home for a vacation. Now a Saudi woman is facing 34 years in prison for sharing her views on social media, human rights ...

A Saudi woman was quietly sentenced to over three decades in prison last week over tweets critical of the way women are treated in the country, according to reports. Salma al-Shehab, 33, was sentenced ...

The Saudi Arabian Women's National Team participated in the WAFF Women's Championship for the first time ever. The eighth edition of the WAFF Women’s Championship wrapped up last week marking the ...

CANCUN, MEXICO - OCTOBER 30: Storm Hunter of Australia and Elise Mertens of Belgium during a match against Shuko Aoyama and Ena Shibahara of Japan in the women's doubles on Day 2 of the WTA Finals ...

Saudi Arabia has released an American woman it took into custody early this week after she tweeted and otherwise spoke out about her efforts to leave the country with her young Saudi-American daughter ...

Saudi Arabian television news anchors aren’t supposed to smile too broadly. After all, the news is serious business in this country. But when presenter Fouz Auwadh al-Khmali delivered the morning news ...

The 8th Arab Women Sports Tournament will unveil its new official anthem, Arab Women, during the opening ceremony at Al Majaz ...