When Haifaa al-Mansour made her first film in Saudi Arabia women in the country were not allowed to drive. Now, they are solving murders.
In 2012 Haifaa al-Mansour wrote and directed Wadja the first movie to be filmed entirely in Saudi Arabia. During filming for Wadja, al-Mansour directed from a van as to not intermix with male members of her crew. With The Perfect Candidate, al-Mansour returns to Saudi Arabia, this time without the van, to focus on the evolving role of women in Saudi Arabian society.
We have heard many different rules in Saudi Arabia that we probably wouldn’t find in other parts of the world. However, while you can still debate about the efficacies of the other rules, there is one rule that has caught even the most conservatives by surprise.
28 pages of a Congressional inquiry into the 9/11 attacks were made public on Friday, displaying reports which could point to direct Saudi Arabian government connections to the al-Qaeda terrorists who planned the attack.
Suicide bombers have hit three Saudi Arabian cities in the past 24 hours; ISIS is believed to be responsible for the attacks.
Vogue Italia will be hosting a fashion show in a growing fashion country, Saudi Arabia.