The Arabian Peninsula: Moudhi Al Kathiri (موضي الكثيري), also known as Moudhi Al-Lamiyah (موضي اللامية), played a crucial role in the history and politics of the Arabian Peninsula. As the wife of Imam Muhammad bin Saud (محمد بن سعود), the founder of the first Saudi state, her influence extended well beyond her household, shaping politics, religion, and society across the region. @saudi
@saudi This post is a bit flowery; important though because it was frowned on to write about the women of the Al Saud - to protect their honor. Princess Effat, wife of King Faysal for ex., quite the educator and do-er but biographical articles were discouraged or censored.
I don't know how a city that's a 100km line across the country, that's 500m tall, which will disrupt the weather and climate around it can be called a eco-anything!
The US will force SaudiArabia to recognize Israel? For what? I highly doubt this. Even though the King is allegedly mentally incapacitated & physically unwell, it would internally discredit MbS & Al Saud. @saudi
Saudi opposition figure Ali Hashem, who recently emerged in Sanaa pledging allegiance to the #Houthis & expressing a goal to overthrow the Saudi regime, posts a map of the "Great #Yemen Republic" highlighted in green color. @yemen@saudi
This scenario is unlikely. Too many armed people for any single group to dominate without consensus. The Houthis being Zaydi Shia their appeal is limited.
The House of Saud united the kingdom with tribal support. Any other government need the same tribal consensus, otherwise it will break into statelets.
Saudi Arabia says no relations with Israel before recognition of Palestinian state on 1967 borders - with east Jerusalem as its capital and Israel ends its offensive on the Gaza Strip and withdraws its troops from the enclave. @saudi
@thesquirrelfish it’s ok to agree with its regional stance and yet oppose the treatment of women, domestic opposition and some foreign workers. Saudi Arabia hosted many Palestinians but it’s not particularly easy to live where residency relies on a work permit.
Saudi Arabia announced postponement of the Arab-African Summit "in the light of critical situation in Gaza” and because extraordinary sessions of leaders of the Arab League will meet (11 Nov.) and of the OIC (12 Nov) @saudi
@Sherifazuhur@saudi She should consider herself luck that she wasn't bonesawed to death in an embassy, and then have all the governments in the world sell the people who did it weapons.
Saudi Arabia executes two military personnel for treason, state news agency reports. (Amnesty last week - KSA had executed 100 people so far this year & 196 people in 2022, the highest number recorded over the last 30 yrs) @saudi
@Sherifazuhur@saudi@egypt
A lot of things here sound like they for be cause for concern but the one that alarmed me most was Biden's intention of resetting relations with Saudi Arabia now even while they are taking over our sports leagues and paying the Trump family billions for their help in covering up the Khashoggi murder
@egypt@RnDanger@saudi I actually love and care about both Saudi Arabia and the US - having a US uni education & having worked on and in KSA. So you’ll hear no knee-jerk Saudi-bashing from me; however many, many issues are alarming (in both countries)
EC squirms as journalists ask if executive kept silent about alleged Saudi massacres on the Yemeni-Saudi border (how could they not know? Likewise the US. It’s NOT a new issue & was reported) @saudi@yemen@ethiopia
@Sherifazuhur@ethiopia@saudi@yemen This is horrible. Nothing should stop a country that claims to value human rights (mine, for example) from placing sanctions on Saudi Arabia for murdering and torturing people. I am really sick of this. Maybe instead of training killers, we should train ourselves understand what a human being is.
Women's tennis players have mixed feelings about possibly staging the WTA Finals in Saudi Arabia. Begins with “as an Arab woman, Ons Jabeur would be happy to see the WTA Finals played in Saudi Arabia.” @saudi
@Sherifazuhur@saudi And now that they've covered up their massacres of Ethiopians to the point that even the diaspora has no clue, they continue their sportswashing.
@WahbAllat@Sherifazuhur@saudi لا أعتقد أن الولايات المتحدة مستعدة للتخلي عن قواعدها في الخليج بسهولة. لقد ساومت بريطانيا عليها للحصول علي موطئ قدم ثم أشعلت حربين (الخليج الاولي و عاصفة الصحراء) لفرض تواجدها الدائم في المنطقة.
@saudi@GGMcBG IMO, all our research on al-Qa’ida showed that its cell, not the Saudi govt. carried out 9/11. It went on to attack many targets inside Saudi Arabia and killed many Muslims in various countries. The Saudi royal family is huge but not particularly like the GOP
Mujtahidd: (trans) The King's appearance in the Council of Ministers is real and not an old recording
The appearance was a remote participation from inside the palace
The king's health condition has passed the intensive care stage, but it is still bad
Bin Salman was keen on the king’s participation despite his bad situation, after there was evidence of deliberations in the family to arrange a replacement for him after the king’s death. @saudi
