The Muslim Woman

For almost a decade now, it has been witnessed that there are changes that many critics feel is taking over the nation of Arab. From change in women's working condition to their participation in the electoral process, there are quite a few noteworthy.

Saudi women appear to be happy with their present status. A close aide of George Bush on a PR visit to Saudi Arabia has been told that the Saudi women are not happy with the American media for wrongly portraying their image as an 'unhappy' lot. The...

The rumour mill is buzzing with the news that employment of Saudi women is a far-fetched dream because the shop owners are not comfortable with the idea of employing women executives in the Lingerie departments. However, Labour Minister Ghazi...

This comes as a rather shocking piece of news to the elite class of Saudi community. Media is abuzz with the case of Hana Al Jader, wife of Saudi Prince Mohamed Bin Turki Alsaud for illegally enslaving two Indonesian women to work as her personal...

Women in the Middle East are trying hard to be recognized since a long time now. Despite the conservative practices imposed by the radical groups, women are gearing up to take all the rigid challenges on their stride and they are applying various...

The year 2006 remained quite eventful for the Saudi women with women emancipation gaining momentum with the help of the liberal King Abdullah. Lot of talks were going on among the higher authority regarding creating more job opportunities for the Saudi.

The highly influential voices of Saudi Arabia, the clerics are planning to impose a new restriction on the women from praying in the 'grand Mosque, Mecca'. At present, there is a cube-shaped structure inside the Mosque (Kabba), where women pray...

Women in Saudi Arabia, off late, are creating a niche amidst the watchdogs, and trying their hands in different fields and have largely met with success in their endeavor. In the kingdom of Riyadh, Azah Al-Deghather has revolutionized the Engineering...

Under the rules and regulations laid by the Islamic culture, it becomes impossible for a woman to get married outside her religion. The growing number of honor killings will be the perfect example to back up my point. A Muslim woman has to marry a man..

With the battle between the liberal and the conservatives crossing its limits, Saudi women are still hopeful that they will see better days. This new confidence is an offshoot of the step taken by the Saudi Ministry of Justice to establish a separate.