Washington Post Feed : Search - country: Saudi Arabia (Total number of items 20)

17939993

17939993 - ID: 218898
created: 2009-10-01T00:00:00
published: 2009-10-09T00:00:00
SLUG: saudi5 INPUTDATE: 2009-10-01 15:25:38.087 CREDIT: Sudarsan Raghavan/STAFF/TWP Thuwal, , Saudi Arabia May Qurashi, a Saudi student at KAUST. Sent by: Sudarsan Raghavan Photo Editor:
by: Sudarsan Raghavan

14999490

14999490 - ID: 210672
created: 2009-01-14T00:00:00
published: 2009-01-15T00:00:00
Members of a Saudi filmmaking group called Talashi, which means Fade Out, film a scene in Estaa's living room Dec.28, 2008. The young men are cinema buffs who are making films that question their country's strict, puritanical mores and customs and its ban on cinemas.
source: The Washington Post
by: Faiza Saleh Ambah

13192619

13192619 - ID: 204071
created: 2008-07-19T00:00:00
published: 2008-07-27T00:00:00
SLUG: FO/SAUDI ARABIA DATE: Downloaded 7/26/2008, MMM. CREDIT: Faiza Saleh Ambah / TWP Mecca , Saudi Arabia. Salem al-Hasnani, a retired police officer, in the Hasnani home in Mecca on Saturday July 19. He has been trying to raise blood money to save his son, Badr al-Hasnani, who is on death row for stabbing a man to death. (L-R) Yasser Hasnani, the eldest son, Salem al-Hasnani, and the little girl is Yasser's cousin. Saturday July 19 in the Hasnani home in Mecca.
source: TWP
by: Faiza Saleh Ambah

12669107

12669107 - ID: 202259
created: 2004-01-21T00:00:00
published: 2008-06-08T00:00:00
SLUG: FO/FOOD CRISIS - SAUDI ARABIA DATE: Downloaded 6/7/2008, MMM. CREDIT: Faiza Saleh Ambah / TWP Jiddah, Saudi Arabia . Leah Escorpizo used to food price increases in the Phillipines. But in the 9 years Leah Escorpizolived in Saudi Arabia Leah Escorpizonever noticed such a price spike. We never experienced anything like this before. It was a sudden increase. The prices of basic commodities have gone way up, a tray of 30 eggs went up from 12 riyals ($3.2) to more than 16 riyals (4.3).
source: TWP
by: Faiza Saleh Ambah

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

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

5205218

5205218 - ID: 167917
created: 2006-05-22T00:00:00
published: 2006-06-01T00:00:00
SLUG: FO/Saudi-Women DATE: Downloaded email 05/24/2006 (EEL) CREDIT: Faiza Saleh Ambah/TWP Dr. Faten Khorshid, a cancer researcher, works at the lab at the King Fahd Medical Research Center in Jiddah, Saudi Arabia. Khorshid is a religious conservative who does not want Western-style female emancipation in Saudi Arabia.
source: The Washington Post
by: Faiza Saleh Ambah

5056366

5056366 - ID: 167262
created: 2006-05-07T00:00:00
published: 2006-05-22T00:00:00
SLUG: Saudi Music INPUTDATE: 2006-05-08 08:10:48.933 CREDIT: Anthony Shadid/STAFF/TWP Jidda, , Saudi Arabia Hassan Hatrash, right, sits with musician friends, Amer Tashkandi, center, and Islam Abu Jebara, left. Sent by: Anthony Shadid Photo Editor:
by: Anthony Shadid

5035004

5035004 - ID: 166864
created: 2006-05-01T00:00:00
published: 2006-05-14T00:00:00
SLUG: Saudi-Talal INPUTDATE: 2006-05-05 15:42:43.963 CREDIT: Anthony Shadid/STAFF/TWP Riyadh, , Saudi Arabia Prince Talal of Saudi Arabia. Sent by: Anthony Shadid Photo Editor:
by: Anthony Shadid

1086824

1086824 - ID: 158686
created: 1991-02-17T00:00:00
published: 2004-10-20T00:00:00
02/17/91 - PERSIAN GULF WAR - - M1A1 Abrams tanks move across the Saudi Desert. Tanks with the 3rd armored Cavalry Reg. Based in El Paso, TX. - Photo By Lucian PerkinsTWP
by: Lucian Perkins

139068

139068 - ID: 149788
created: 1991-02-17T00:00:00
published: 1998-08-13T00:00:00
02/17/91 - PERSIAN GULF WAR - - M1A1 Abrams tanks move across the Saudi Desert. Tanks with the 3rd armored Cavalry Reg. Based in El Paso, TX. - Photo By Lucian PerkinsTWP
by: Lucian Perkins

137746

137746 - ID: 148951
created: 1991-02-17T00:00:00
published: 1999-10-01T00:00:00
02/17/91 - - M1A1 Abrams tanks move across the Saudi Desert. Tanks with the 3rd armored Cavalry Reg. Based in El Paso, TX. - Photo By Lucian PerkinsTWP
by: Lucian Perkins

1579872

1579872 - ID: 135758
created: 2005-02-06T00:00:00
published: 2005-02-08T00:00:00
FO/SAUDI date: ?? Riyadh, Saudi Arabia photo by Scott Wilson/TWP Hamod Zoiaib (in gray tunic at left), owner of a rental car agency, greets guests who attended the forum and feast he sponsored in a tent on the edge of the city. Hes running for one of seven seats on RiyadhҒs municipal council - one of 640 candidates doing so.
by: Scott Wilson

221314

221314 - ID: 106744
created: 1999-12-07T00:00:00
published: 1999-12-13T00:00:00
slug: fo/unicef ?? date: 12/7/99, received via email 12/8/99 tfc photographer: Howard Schneider/TWP - Mohammed Hamdan, manager of greeting card sales for Unicef in Saudi Arabia, shows off some of this year's selection. Seasonal sales have to be handled carefully, because displays of religion other than Islam are prohibited.
by: Howard Schneider

221179

221179 - ID: 106659
created: 1999-12-08T00:00:00
published: 1999-12-09T00:00:00
12/08/99 - slug: fo/ramadan - Received via email tfc - Photo By Howard Schneider TWP - Saudi astronomer Salih M. Al-Saab, head of astronomy at the King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology, prepares to hunt for the crescent moon on the first night of Ramadan. -
by: Howard Schneider

369964

369964 - ID: 98508
created: 2001-09-08T00:00:00
published: 2001-09-11T00:00:00
FO/COLOMBIA fo/chengue photo by Scott Wilson/TWP date downloaded from email: 9/8/01 Grafitti written by the United Self-Defense Froces of Colombia, the paramilitary group known as the AUC, in the village of Chengue. Yolanda Paternina was investigating the Jan. 17 massacre, whihc left more than two dozen farmers dead and more than 20 homes burned. Original Filename: a.jpg
source: TWP
by: Scott Wilson/twp

366655

366655 - ID: 97273
created: 2001-08-21T00:00:00
published: 2001-09-03T00:00:00
fo/police photo by Scott Wilson/TWP date shot: 8/21/01 San Vicente, Columbia A member of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, the country's largest guerrilla force that controls San Vicente, stops Ayala (on right) to advise him to take more care in registering visitors to the city. The guerrillas, known as the FARC, are the only ones allowed to carry guns in the city. Original Filename: a.jpg Original Filename: copsa.jpg
source: TWP
by: Scott Wilson/twp

714889

714889 - ID: 73366
created: 2004-03-23T00:00:00
published: 2004-04-21T00:00:00
SLUG: FO/Saudi DATE: March 23, 2004 CREDIT: David B. Ottaway/TWP United States Counsul General/Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, Gina Abercrobie-Winstanley. She is seen in her office in Jeddah. Gina Aberscombie-Winstanley, the U.S. Consul General in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, has become a subject of a controversy in the kingdom because of her meetings with Saudi reformers, some of whom were recently arrested.
by: David Ottaway

755947

755947 - ID: 67527
created: 2004-08-04T00:00:00
published: 2004-08-19T00:00:00
SLUG: INV/Saudi CREDIT: David Ottoway/TWP Sheik Saleh Al al-Sheikh, the Saudi minister of Islamic affairs, is a direct descendant of Sheik Mohammed ibn Abdel Wahab, the 18th Century founder of Saudi Arabia's dominant Wahabi Islamic sect. The Al al-Sheik family , which controls the religious establishment, provides the ruling Saud royal family with crucial political support.
by: David Ottoway

755945

755945 - ID: 67526
created: 2004-08-04T00:00:00
published: 2004-08-19T00:00:00
SLUG: INV/Saudi CREDIT: David Ottoway/TWP At the Primary Section of the Prince Sultan School in Riyadh, the Saudi capital, a class of boys study the Koran. The boys recite Koranic verses four times a week to learn about Islam and the Arabic language.
by: David Ottoway

574445

574445 - ID: 34149
created: 2003-02-14T00:00:00
published: 2003-02-16T00:00:00
SLUG: NA/MILITARY. DATE: downloaded E-mail 02/14/2003. (mmm). CREDIT: Tom Ricks / TWP. Prince Sultan Air Base, Saudi Arabia. Boot Hill at Prince Sultan Air Base. ORG XMIT: DIGITAL FILE
source: The Washington Post
by: Tom Ricks