MUST-READS

• Extremism
  9/11 terrorist Moussaoui claims Saudi involvement

  From his cell in a maximum security prison, terrorist Zacarias Moussaoui is reviving old allegations and making new ones against al Qaeda and a handful of Saudi royals.

• Real Estate
  Saudi investment firm Jadwa eyes real estate push

  Saudi Arabia's Jadwa Investment, one of the country's largest privately owned investment firms, says it is planning to invest in domestic real estate as it expands into new asset classes, hoping to cash in on booming demand for new homes. Supply of housing in Saudi Arabia lags strong demand, the result of rapid population growth and slow progress in government building programmes designed to ease the shortage.

• Afghanistan
  Well-known Afghan lawmaker and women’s rights activist survives car attack

  A suicide bomber targeted a well-known Afghan lawmaker and women’s rights activist on Sunday in the Afghan capital, killing at least three and injuring 22, officials said. Shukriya Barekzai, an outspoken member of parliament, suffered minor injuries when the attacker rammed a vehicle laden with explosives into her armored car, witnesses said.

• ISIS Killings
  U.S. hostage Peter Kassig is killed by Islamic State

  The announcement of Kassig's death, the fifth such killing of a Western captive by the group, formed part of a 15-minute video posted online in which Islamic State showed the beheadings of at least 14 men it said were pilots and officers loyal to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.

  • AP - U.S. Review of ISIS Video Confirms American's Death
  • Military Times - Ranger-turned-aid worker's 'entire life was about helping others'
  • Daily Beast - A 26 Year-Old Woman Is ISIS's Last American Hostage
  • USA Today - Kassig's hometown reacts to his death with grief, anger
• NCB
  Saudi Arabia’s NCB Shares Sharply Higher After $6 Billion IPO

  On Thursday, the shares jumped another 9.6% to 54.25 riyals.

• Islam in America
  Opinion: Jon Stewart made us more Muslim-ish

  It's not like Jon Stewart intentionally wanted us to become more Muslim. Aasif didn't come to work one day and find Jon sitting in his office holding up the Quran, saying, "Mandvi, its time you start boning up on your Islam." No, it was much more organic. In Aasif's case, covering Muslim topics for "The Daily Show" was the cause. You can read all about the experiences in hilarious detail in Aasif's new book of personal essays titled, "No Land's Man." (And yes, that was a shameless plug for the book.)

• Lebanon
  Lebanon’s politics paralyzed by regional conflict

  With Lebanon's most powerful political parties funded and often directed by regional powers, the country has for decades been affected by events in the Middle East.

• Arab Spring
  Opinion: Who are the winners and losers from the Arab Spring?

  Islamic State is being beaten back in Iraq, President Assad is getting the upper hand in Syria, Egypt is under military control again, and Libya is in a state of complete chaos.

• Women
  Permanent residency for expat mothers of Saudis

  Foreign mothers of Saudi children can now apply for permanent residency without having sponsors and regardless of whether they are married, divorced or widowed.

• Saudi Oil Production
  Saudi Oil Output Steady; OPEC Sees Lower 2015 Demand For Its Oil

  The report said Saudi Arabia reported October production to OPEC of 9.69 million bpd, little changed from 9.704 million in September. This is the last monthly report before OPEC oil ministers meet in Vienna on Nov. 27 to discuss whether to respond to the drop in prices by cutting output for the first time since the financial crisis in 2008.

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