Think before you click, as the saying goes, when doing something online. It’s always best to be mindful when sending messages to someone on the Internet, especially if you’re sending heart emojis to girls in Kuwait and Saudi Arabia, or you might end up in jail.
You read that right. Sending a heart emoji to a girl on WhatsApp or any other social networking site in Kuwait and Saudi Arabia is now considered a crime of inciting debauchery and harassment, punishable by law.
The Middle Eastern and North Africa (MENA) region continues to be one of the worst regions in the world to be a woman. Of the 25 countries ranked by the Georgetown Institute for
Women, Peace, and Security (GIWPS), at least seven are in the MENA region. Male guardianship laws that restrict women’s rights persist, limiting the opportunities for women to grow.
Authorities in Saudi Arabia arrested and jailed a popular female fitness instructor for her posts on social media, becoming the latest victim of the crackdown against dissent in the Muslim-majority kingdom.
Saudi fitness instructor Manahel al-Otaibi latest targeted in crackdown on dissent in kingdom | AP News https://t.co/E9iC89rlAO
Human rights organization Democracy for Arab World Now (DAWN) warned that Saudi authorities could sentence six renowned Saudi judges and four former justices to death after charging them with "high treason" due to accusations they were “too soft” on women’s rights activists.
A Saudi cleric and religious scholar who went missing after criticizing the kingdom’s rulers for implementing social reforms have reportedly fled the country, reports from the Middle East Monitor and Middle East Eye say.
Saudi Arabia has released a new controversial set of rules and restrictions for Ramadan in the Kingdom this year, sparking backlash across the Muslim world.
The country’s Minister of Islamic Affairs, Abdul Latif Al-Sheikh, published and shared a document on March 3rd containing regulations for the Islamic holy month of Ramadan that everyone in the Kingdom must follow.
A cube-shaped megastructure for Riyadh in Saudi Arabia sparks controversy in social media for its similarity to the 'Kaaba.'
On February 16th, Saudi Arabia lifted the curtain on the latest architectural design of a cubic-shaped megastructure, which received criticism for strikingly resembling Islam's most sacred site, the Kaaba.
Thirty-four women were appointed to leadership positions by Saudi Arabia in the mosques of Mecca and Medina, widely considered to be the two holiest mosques in Saudi Arabia and in Islam as a whole.
The Saudi Arabian government has been allegedly infiltrating the popular online encyclopedia Wikipedia to control its editorial content, imprisoning two administrators in the process.
