Laura Lynch
Saudi Arabia’s Day of Rage?
Finally, after dark, it came. A thunderous rage descended over the Saudi Arabian capital Riyadh last night, an unstoppable force marching across the city. Yet it was not the “rage” some online protestors had been predicting on Facebook pages and Twitter [...]
The Kingdom waits
The young men sitting on a plaza outside a café in Riyadh represented two important sides to the story that is unfolding in Saudi Arabia. As they sipped coffee and scanned a laptop computer, they derided those who are calling Saudis to take to the streets tomorrow [...]
Women’s Rights in Saudi Arabia
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Women in Saudi Arabia are not allowed to do many things we take for granted, such as driving a car or traveling without a guardian’s permission. The World’s Laura Lynch examines what life is like for Saudi women on this International Women’s Day. Download MP3Laura’s coverage from Saudi Arabia
The Saudi way?
I am told it is the Saudi way, but it is not the way I am used to. First, the Minister of Information, Abdul Aziz Mohiddin Khojah answers his own phone. He also makes his own appointments, inviting me to meet him at his office in Riyadh today [...]
Reading between the lines in Riyadh
The art of diplomacy is being tested in capitals around the world these days as events in the Middle East and North Africa continue to thunder and roll through the region. In Saudi Arabia, it seems it is no different. I saw evidence of that today at, of all places, the opening of Saudi Arabia’s huge international book fair in Riyadh [...]
Saudi Arabia’s dueling petitions
Word today of another petition, a traditional protest platform in this country. This one carries more than 100 signatures of academics and activists and businessmen. It may not sound like much, but it stands out in a country that rarely sees dissent. I spoke to one of of the signatories , activist and academic Khalid Al-Dhakil, who said he feels this petition drive differs from those in years gone by because “circumstances are different” [...]
“The Great Game” goes to Pentagon
The World’s Laura Lynch profiles “The Great Game: Afghanistan.” It is a seven hour long play about the history of conflict in Afghanistan. The play is scheduled to head to Washington D.C., where it will be performed for high level Pentagon officials.
Ireland’s Woes Through the Lens of Art
As Ireland introduces its austerity budget today, we look at the fiscal crisis there through the eyes of the country’s artists: a painter who has created controversial images of Ireland as a third world country, as a post-apocalyptic land and as a people rising up in revolution; a stage performer/slash economist who has taken a one man show about the crisis on the road to huge acclaim and popularity. The World’s Laura Lynch reports.
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