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Saudi Arabia Prepares Female Faculty Members For Online Education
The Open Education Consortium today announced a partnership with the National e-Learning Center of Saudi Arabia to offer a year-long, comprehensive eLearning Pioneers Program. The core of the program is built on the principles of online learning in the U.S. to prepare female faculty and university leaders with skills in online and blending learning. With […]
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U.S. Secretary of Defense Ash Carter to Visit Saudi Arabia Next Week to Push Benefits of Iran Deal
U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter will travel to Saudi Arabia as part of the Obama administration’s efforts to convince skeptical allies in the region about the benefits of the Iran nuclear deal, National Security Adviser Susan Rice told Reuters in an exclusive interview on Wednesday. Carter’s trip had not been announced previously. Although Saudi Arabia […]
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Remittances from Gulf States Double in 5 Years to $100b
Foreigners working in Arab Gulf states sent more than $100 billion in remittances to their home countries last year, according to the AFP/Saudi Gazette, a figure twice as high as 2010. The remittances are estimated at 6.2 percent of the combined GDP of the six GCC states of $1.6 trillion, the AFP reports, citing IMF […]
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In Washington, A Saudi and an Israeli Share a Stage – and a Common Enemy
Anwar Eshki, a retired major general in the Saudi armed forces, and Dore Gold, a former Ambassador and close to Israeli PM Netanyahu, shared a stage at the Council on Foreign Relations in Washington yesterday as the two countries revealed a series of bi-lateral talks that have occurred for the purpose of thwarting a common […]
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Jadwa Investment June 2015 Saudi Chartbook: Strong Dollar and Low Oil Prices Affect Economy, But Non-Oil Exports See Uptick
Jadwa Investment’s June 2015 Saudi Chartbook, a detailed look at key economic performance data for the Kingdom’s economy, finds negative net monthly change to government accounts, slowing bank credit to the private sector reaching year-on-year growth is at its lowest in four years, and falling bank deposits. However, following seven months of slowdown, inflation remained unchanged for April […]
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Saudis Keep Up Production at High Levels to Drive Out U.S. Shale ‘with OPEC Backing’, Bloomberg Says
Bloomberg’s Grant Smith and Maher Chmaytelli write that Saudi Arabia will continue to push for high output levels in order to beat back U.S. shale at an OPEC semiannual meeting on June 5th, and will have OPEC backing to do it, extending a strategy that Saudi Arabia and OPEC see as working. The decision by […]
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SACM Career Fair and Graduation Ceremony Begins Tomorrow as Saudi Students Converge in D.C.
This weekend, thousands of Saudi students and their families will converge in the Washington, D.C. area at the Gaylord National Harbour hotel for the 2015 SACM Career Fair and Graduation ceremony, a unique and impressive celebration of the accomplishments of Saudi Arabia’s future workforce. Saudi Arabia’s King Abdullah Scholarship Program (KASP) sends over 100,000 Saudi […]
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PHOTOS: Crown Prince Mohammad Bin Naif, Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman Meet with President Obama Today in Oval Office
President Barack Obama will meet with Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Nayef and Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in the Oval Office on Wednesday, ahead of a summit with other Gulf Arab leaders, the White House said on Tuesday.
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Saudi Arabia’s Foreign Minister Adel Al-Jubeir Joins Twitter
Saudi Foreign Minister Adel Al-Jubeir has joined Twitter, announcing through his first Tweet: “This is the official and only account for Saudi Foreign Minister H.E. Adel bin Ahmed Al-Jubeir,” which followed an earlier Arabic version of the tweet. This is the official and only account for Saudi Foreign Minister H.E. Adel bin Ahmed Al-Jubeir — […]
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Saudi Arabia’s King Salman to Miss US-GCC Summit, Crown Prince Mohammad Bin Naif to Attend
Saudi Foreign Minister Adel bin Ahmed Al-Jubeir announced today that Crown Prince Mohammad bin Naif, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of the Interior, will lead the Saudi delegation to the United States-GCC Summit, according to a Press Release issued by the Royal Embassy of Saudi Arabia in Washington. “The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz deputized […]
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Who are the controversial Saudi social media stars?
Quickly, Saudi youth were able to present themselves on social media and set themselves apart. Some were able to gain the confidence and experience becoming viral sensations, while others faded into the spotlight.
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Are Turkey and Iraq Headed for War in Mosul?
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Are Egyptian-Saudi disputes just a passing crisis or a decisive storm?
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What Is the Islamic State Without a State?
Controlling territory is at the core of the group's ideology, but it isn't everything.
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Will “Winning” in Mosul be “Losing”?
Iraq’s central government and the United States face almost as much of a threat from their “allies” as from ISIS—keeping them from turning on each other and from trying to exploit the victory over ISIS to their own advantage at the expense of Iraqi unity is at best going to be a “close run thing.”
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Critics claimed Saudi 9/11 bill would have serious consequences. Were they right?
What follows is a breakdown of the biggest concerns and issues that will weigh on lawmakers’ minds as they consider whether to change the law in the weeks following the election.
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Did a Russian Ship Cut Syria’s Internet Cables?
A Russian ship that intelligence and military officials reportedly fear can cut undersea Internet cables is near the coast of Syria. And its appearance coincides with what researchers say is a marked uptick in the instability of Internet traffic in that country.
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A More Feminist City: Can Riyadh Shatter Stereotypes for Saudi Women?
Last week, Saudis braced the rainy Manhattan skies and took to the United Nations headquarters to discuss their country’s capital. The four-day interactive pop-up event, “A Day in Riyadh,” showcased the Saudi capital as a cosmopolitan business hub—with women often at the center.
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In Saudi Arabia: Can It Really Change?
That Saudi Arabia tries to conceal such diversity from the outside world underscores its deference to its clerical establishment, but for a journalist raised on books like those listed here the kingdom’s tentative foray into multiculturalism can be jarring.
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Perspective: What Year Is It In the Middle East?
Everyone agrees that the Middle East is in crisis, but the diagnoses of the problems—and the resulting remedies—are hotly disputed.
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