Washington Post Feed : Search - author: Faiza Ambah (Total number of items 7)

12060096

12060096 - ID: 199752
created: 2008-04-11T00:00:00
published: 2008-04-15T00:00:00
SLUG: Saudi Arabia-Womens Basketball Team INPUTDATE: 2008-04-13 16:09:13.457 CREDIT: Faiza Ambah/STAFF/TWP Jiddah, , Saudi Arabia Special Education teacher Marwa Ashrour, practicing at the Jiddah United Women's basketball court recently for an upcoming tournament. Saudi women have recently taken up basketball but are not allowed to represent their country abroad. Sent by: Faiza Ambah Photo Editor:
by: Faiza Ambah

11722344

11722344 - ID: 198776
created: 2008-02-01T00:00:00
published: 2008-03-24T00:00:00
SLUG: Saudi-Former Militant INPUTDATE: 2008-03-14 09:40:04.210 CREDIT: Faiza Ambah/STAFF/TWP Jiddah, , Saudi Arabia Khalid al-Hubyshi, a 32-year old former militant who once interviewed for a job with Osama bin Laden, now works as a controller at a utilities company. Sent by: Faiza Ambah Photo Editor:
by: Faiza Ambah

11626634

11626634 - ID: 198032
created: 2008-02-20T00:00:00
published: 2008-03-07T00:00:00
SLUG: Saudi-Hip Hop Competition INPUTDATE: 2008-03-06 08:37:12.970 CREDIT: Faiza Ambah/STAFF/TWP Jiddah, , Saudi Arabia Saudi hip-hop group Dark2Men outside the MTV Arabia studios in Dubai in the United Arab Emirates, the day before a finale competition. From left to right, Tamer Farhan, who raps in English, Maan Mansour, English and Arabic-language vocalist, and Tamer Farhan, Arabic-language rapper. Sent by: Faiza Ambah Photo Editor:
by: Faiza Ambah

11425304

11425304 - ID: 197473
created: 2008-02-04T00:00:00
published: 2008-02-22T00:00:00
SLUG: Saudi-Hip Hop Finalists INPUTDATE: 2008-02-18 16:08:02.687 CREDIT: Faiza Ambah/STAFF/TWP Jiddah, , Saudi Arabia Saudi MTV Arabia Hip Hop contestants Dark2Men from left to right Maan Mansour, vocalist, Hani Zain, Arabic rapper, and Tamer Farhan, English-language rapper. The group went from years of obscurity to the limelight after they were one of eight semi-finalists of a hip-hop competition on MTV Arabia, the latest MTV network, which was launched in November. Sent by: Faiza Ambah Photo Editor:
by: Faiza Ambah

11187646

11187646 - ID: 196721
created: 2008-01-29T00:00:00
published: 2008-01-31T00:00:00
SLUG: Saudi-Women Driving INPUTDATE: 2008-01-30 14:01:33.037 CREDIT: Faiza Ambah/STAFF/TWP Jiddah, , Saudi Arabia Haifa Osra, on the left, a women's rights campaigner, tries to convince a group of women sitting in a coffeeshop to sign a petition to the king requesting a lift on the ban on women driving in Saudi Arabia, the only country women are not allowed to drive. Sent by: Faiza Ambah Photo Editor:
by: Faiza Ambah

9767182

9767182 - ID: 190883
created: 2007-08-16T00:00:00
published: 2007-09-23T00:00:00
SLUG: Saudi-Graffiti INPUTDATE: 2007-09-08 07:42:54.027 CREDIT: Faiza Ambah/STAFF/TWP Jiddah, , Saudi Arabia Abdullah Alwani paints flourescent graffiti on a black wall at the Star Billiards pool hall with a friend. Alwani, 20, formerly notorious for spray-painting his nickname, X 5, all over the city's walls, now paints graffiti for profit. Sent by: Faiza Ambah Photo Editor:
by: Faiza Ambah

9836040

9836040 - ID: 190882
created: 2007-08-01T00:00:00
published: 2007-09-23T00:00:00
SLUG: Saudi-Graffiti INPUTDATE: 2007-09-15 09:36:48.113 CREDIT: Faiza Ambah/STAFF/TWP Jiddah, , Saudi Arabia Abdullah al-Alwani, a 20-year old college dropout and graffiti artist, in front of one of his last drawings before he accepted a municipality amnesty and promised to stop spray-painting his chosen nickname, X 5, on public property. Sent by: Faiza Ambah Photo Editor:
by: Faiza Ambah