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By your shoe size, ma'am, I'd judge you a C-cup

March 16, 2009 08:25Updated May 30, 2010 12:47
RIYADH — Reem Asaad finds it annoying to buy her bras and panties from a man. But she doesn’t have much choice in the matter. Although Saudi Arabia has the strictest gender segregation in the world, only men are hired as sales staff in most retail stores. “We have men selling g-strings in stores to women which doesn’t happen anywhere in the world,” said Asaad. But the 37-year-old professor of finance and banking is even more frustrated that a three-year-old regulation permitting female sales clerks has not been implemented.

Saudi driving ban a burden on men, too

February 28, 2009 09:34Updated May 30, 2010 12:46
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — It’s 5 p.m. on a weekend and Faisal Auda is at the wheel of his 2005 bright green Chevy Optra. Two of his five sisters are in the back seat. They’re on Riyadh’s Ring Road, headed for IKEA. The women’s shopping list includes mirrors, lamps, and bath mats, and since they’ve been aiming to get to the popular store for three months, Sabah, 22, and Nora, 20, are piling up the purchases.

Opinion: Gaza and the future of Israel

Marvin ZonisMarch 10, 2009 08:19Updated May 30, 2010 12:42
Surely there is no enchantment against Jacob, neither is there any divination against Israel: according to this time it shall be said of Jacob and of Israel, What hath God wrought! Numbers 23: 23 (King James Version)

Will the religious cop keep his job?

April 30, 2010 11:16Updated April 30, 2010 11:16

How Saudis really see Americans

March 27, 2010 08:44Updated October 25, 2010 13:10
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — “Have it your way!” The long-time Burger King slogan usually refers to pickles, onions and cheese. But a new series of hilarious ads for the hamburger chain created for Middle East consumers puts a whole new spin on the well-worn phrase. And in the process, the commercials make some interesting social commentary.

Bringing poetry to reality TV

April 12, 2009 11:49Updated October 25, 2010 13:09

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Why hotels have high hopes for the Middle East

Yousef Gamal El-Din, CNBCMay 13, 2013 15:18
Global hotel brands' aggressive expansion in the Arabian Gulf is helping to drive profits in the face of Europe's faltering economy and partially offset lackluster markets hit by the Arab uprisings, the CEOs of some of the world's biggest hotel groups told CNBC.
Mac DefordMay 10, 2013 12:36

Kerry-Russia deal to end Syria war a major US achievement

Commentary: Many hurdles to overcome before a conference could begin.
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John Kerry (L) and his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov. The hurdles on Syria remain high. (Mladen Antonov/AFP/Getty Images)
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The news out of Moscow that Secretary of State John Kerry and Russian Foreign Minister Sergay Lavrov are hoping to convene an international conference to seek a negotiated end to the Syrian civil war could signal the most significant American diplomatic accomplishment of recent years. But the fact that The New York Times buried the breakthrough on page 12 shows just how high the hurdles are before any conference gets off the ground, much less finds a solution. Significant outside pressure will be required to produce an arrangement that would involve the attendance of both the government of President Assad as well as a broad coalition of rebels, and an agreement on who would be in a transitional government.
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