Camels, sword-dancing as Saudis mark heritage
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Saudis crowded to camel races and sword-dancing this week at a desert cultural festival that has come to reflect growing anxiety over national unity and the loss of tribal Arab identity to Western culture.
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Saudi Arabia launches a national awareness campaign to mobilise people against Islamic militants.
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TASTUPEK, Kazakhstan -- In the cool of one recent evening, after tending to his herd of 19 camels, Puzblay Seytpembetov and four companions pushed his small single-engine boat out onto the placid waters of the Aral Sea to lay fishnets. In the morning, he predicted, he would haul in flapping carp and...
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Raising their hands to the sky, about 2 million Muslim pilgrims prayed for salvation Wednesday at Mount Arafat, where Saudi Arabia's top cleric said the greatest test for the nation of Islam comes from its sons who are "lured by the devil," a reference to violent Muslim militants.
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MUZDALIFA, Saudi Arabia  - Millions of Muslim pilgrims moved to Muzdalifa on Tuesday evening after spending the afternoon on the plain of Arafat east of Mecca at the peak of the annual haj pilgrimage.
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JIDDAH, Saudi Arabia -- Manal Fageeh never liked the abaya, the long black cloak she was forced to begin wearing at 13. She resented the fact that it was obligatory for women in Saudi Arabia, and the black absorbed heat in the often-scorching climate.
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The Shiite minority in Saudi Arabia, who have made great strides in recent years, are worried that those gains will be rolled back as sectarian tensions rise across the region.
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The Washington Post reports on the connection between the Saudi royal family and the strict brand of Islam known to the Western world as "Wahhabism." Wahhabism, which goes against much of the Koran's teaching ...
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JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia  - Saudi Arabia is hoping that the United Nations will step in to help save the historic old city of Jeddah, whose unique Red Sea architecture is in danger of disappearing.
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BERAHILE, Ethiopia  - Like his father, grandfather and generations before them, Berhe Amare has spent his life walking camels along treacherous caravan routes from Ethiopia's Afar desert to the Tigray highlands.
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The Guardian's religious affairs correspondent travels to Mecca to offer a unique insight into the rituals and mood at the world's largest pilgrimage
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RIYADH, Saudi Arabia  - The heady aroma of  oriental perfume wafts through Saudi Arabia's shopping malls,  luring customers to drop hundreds of dollars for a tiny flask  of oud, the signature scent of Arabia.
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MEDA'IN SALEH, Saudi Arabia  - Sheltered from the  world by an ancient religious curse and modern Middle East  conflict, a spectacular ruined city lies almost hidden in the  northern deserts of Saudi Arabia.
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Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah received a lavish welcome from Queen Elizabeth II on Tuesday at the start of a state visit to Britain, though human rights protestors decried his presence.
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JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia  - Muslim leaders in Saudi  Arabia rejected Friday U.S. criticism of religious constraints  in the kingdom, saying the cradle of Islam had a duty to uphold  its own faith.
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Saudi Arabia continues to support Russia's Muslim communities despite Moscow's concern about the spread of Wahhabism, the puritanical brand of Saudi Islam that many Russians believe is behind extremist attacks ...
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An audiotape message by Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden has laid the blame for recent unrest in Saudi Arabia on the country&#39;s ruling royal family.