A section of Muslims has started to argue that the reforms in Saudi Arabia do not necessarily reflect the teachings of Islam.

Explore how Uber is transforming the lives of Saudi women since the lifting of the driving ban, fostering economic independence and societal change.

Saudi women can now drive, travel freely without a guardian, converse with men they are not married to in public, and, yes, work. The change in the country in less than 10 years has been dramatic.

Discover how Saudi Arabia achieved a historic low unemployment rate of 2.8% in Q1 2025, and what changes are driving this ...

Two important epochs in Saudi Arabia’s modern history are highlighted in Prof. Salhi’s research as watershed moments that awakened Saudi women to the fact that their rights have long been usurped.

Loujain al-Hathloul, a prominent Saudi women’s rights activist, remains subject to a travel ban after she was detained for more than 1,000 days for her women’s rights activism.

(Coco Gauff) In Saudi Arabia, the male guardianship system was enshrined into law in 2022, which means that women must have a male legal guardian — and they cannot choose who this is.

Saudi Arabia is currently the only bidder for the 2034 men’s FIFA World Cup, but in 2023, FIFA ’s proposal of the kingdom as a sponsor for the women’s World Cup of that year received ...

But honestly, most Saudi women didn’t think to change that until the last decade or so. Growing up in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, in the 1990s, I never thought that we females should drive.

Saudi women have protested the ban for decades, but with new technology they have been able to amplify an emboldened voice of opposition. There have been broad calls for greater legal and civil ...

Saudi women can now drive, travel freely without a guardian, converse with men they are not married to in public, and, yes, work. The change in the country in less than 10 years has been dramatic.