News | April 7, 1998
Creating a sea of white robes, more than 2 million Muslims stood in prayer Monday in 100-degree heat at Arafat, the mount overlooking Mecca where the prophet Muhammad delivered his last sermon 14 centuries ago.
News | John Daniszewski | January 31, 1997
When the body of nurse Yvonne Gilford was found Dec. 11, fear rippled through the walled compounds where foreigners live in Saudi Arabia. The 55-year-old Australian had suffered a grisly death.
News | Kim Murphy | May 21, 1993
Declaring that Islamic law "underlines the necessity of preserving man's dignity and his legitimate rights," a group of Saudi Arabian scholars earlier this month formed the conservative kingdom's first human rights organization.
News | Kim Murphy | December 27, 1992
A professor at King Abdulaziz University was giving a lesson last month on politics and activism, terrorism and tolerance. The recent killing of Egyptian secularist author Farag Foda by Islamic extremists came up.
News | Tracy Wilkinson | March 31, 1991
Almost five months after their bold crime, the women who dared to drive are still jobless and trapped in a country where they have suffered scorn and ridicule.
News | Tracy Wilkinson | March 19, 1991
Their black cloaks and veils hanging neatly in the marble foyer, Omaima Khamis, her sisters and girlfriends gathered in the parlor to eat dates, drink spiced coffee and discuss fashion, family and astrological signs.
News | March 16, 1991
American and British commanders Friday warned soldiers not to eat, drink or smoke in public during daylight when the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan begins Sunday.