Saudi Arabia is the most profoundly ... all of which are black. Abayas in colors are starting to proliferate in Jeddah, the less conservative port city in the west, but in Riyadh a nonblack ...

Open abayas over long skirts or jeans are also becoming more common in some parts of the country. On March 8, a group of women in the Saudi city of Jeddah marked International Women's Day by ...

a few in traditional white robes and abayas. The setting bears scant resemblance to the venues where Dish Dash -- the Jeddah-born brothers Abbas and Hassan Ghazzawi –- began performing more than ...

Saudi social media has been set alight with debate this morning after a video purporting to show a teacher forcing female students to leave without their abayas was shared widely. According to ...

Lulwa Shalhoub Lulwa Shalhoub, who lives in Jeddah, says lifting the travel ban will give Saudi women hope For a ... women wearing colourful abayas - turning this long loose garment into a fashion ...

At the stadium in Jeddah, female ushers were employed ... with some even offering the traditional abaya robe in team colours. Saudi Arabia's royal family and religious establishment adhere to ...

Cruise Saudi has partially opened its new private island cruise destination, Saba Beach on Jabal AlSabaya. Passengers onboard ...

Meanwhile, young Saudi women are enjoying their newfound freedoms. In Jeddah, the port city on the Red Sea, almost 1,000 kilometers from Riyadh, you hardly see any black abayas on the streets.