In recent years, women in Arab markets during Ramadan have been increasingly wearing the abaya, a traditional, loose-fitting ...

not talking sex because we're in Saudi Arabia. It shouldn't go into those topics." Sara, who wears a traditional Saudi abaya, ...

Saudi teacher Asaad al-Ghamdi was given 20 years in prison for criticising the government online -- one of a wave of heavy ...

So, while I did pack abayas (all-encompassing loose robes), I barely ever used them.” The Saudi Arabian Tourism Board advises that there are separate rules in place for visiting religious sites ...

Below are some facts you should know about female solo travel: You don’t need a guardian to tour Saudi Arabia (it’s not a law, it’s more of a cultural thing). You don’t have to wear traditional Arabic ...

challenging male guardianship laws and requirements for women to wear the body-shrouding abaya robe. The draconian punishments jarred with efforts to repackage ultra-conservative Saudi Arabia, the ...