Alwaleed bin Talal

Highest is everything!

by Haitham Sabbah February 25, 2008

If you thought that Burj Dubai is the end of the “Arabian Dream”, you are mistaken. The new race in the Arab World (to be particular, the Gulf region) is building the highest towers. Few years ago, Dubai announced that they are going to spend few “Billions” of Dollars to build the highest tower in [...]

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Saudi control on Fox News Coverage?

by Haitham Sabbah December 15, 2005

Now the good news… Al-Waleed bin Talal may now be buying his way into the good graces of news organizations — or at least into Rupert Murdoch’s FOX “News” channel and other Murdoch-owned outlets as reported by FrontPage Magazine, a rightwing website: Saudi Prince al-Waleed bin Talal boasted in Dubai earlier this week about his [...]

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Hanadi al-Hindi: The first Saudi woman to gets a pilot’s license

by Haitham Sabbah June 17, 2005

(Guardian) Saudi women cannot drive, but apparently they can fly. A Saudi woman who recently obtained her pilot’s license in Jordan said Thursday she has been hired by a private aviation company to fly commercial planes. Although proud of her career, Capt. Hanadi Zakaria al-Hindi said she expects an angry reaction when she arrives back [...]

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