How Saudi Arabia Infiltrated Twitter
Two well-liked Twitter employees accessed thousands of users’ private information and illegally passed it to the Saudi Royal Family, per the FBI.
Two well-liked Twitter employees accessed thousands of users’ private information and illegally passed it to the Saudi Royal Family, per the FBI.
Alex Kantrowitz Buzzfeed Feb 2020 10min Permalink
The enigmatic leader of the U.A.E. may soon emerge as the region’s most powerful figure. What does he really want?
How Saudi Arabia makes dissidents disappear.
Ayman M. Mohyeldin Vanity Fair Jul 2019 20min Permalink
Tracing an airstrike halfway around the world back to an American bomb factory.
Jeffrey E. Stern The New York Times Magazine Dec 2018 30min Permalink
Saudi Arabia thought a bombing campaign would quickly crush its enemies in Yemen. But three years later, the Houthis refuse to give up, even as 14 million people face starvation.
Robert F. Worth New York Times Magazine Oct 2018 35min Permalink
How an economic war has pushed millions to the brink of starvation.
Declan Walsh New York Times Oct 2018 25min Permalink
In his work with the White House, is Mohammed bin Salman driving out extremism, or merely seizing power for himself?
Dexter Filkins New Yorker Mar 2018 45min Permalink
Why are we still involved?
Nicolas Niarchos The New Yorker Jan 2018 20min Permalink
Conversations with the petroleum brotherhood in the UAE.
William T. Vollmann Harper's Nov 2017 30min Permalink
Accused of being part of a terror cell at age 12, Gitmo’s youngest prisoner recounts his life
Mohammed el Gorani, Jérôme Tubiana London Review of Books Dec 2011 20min Permalink
Taking a taxi across the Saudi desert.
Dave Eggers New Statesman May 2014 45min Permalink
On living in Saudi Arabia.
Hilary Mantel The Spectator Jan 1987 15min Permalink
How the contradiction-rich “country the size of Connecticut” that birthed Al-Jazeera has played an integral and surprising role in the revolutions of the Arab Spring.
Hugh Eakin New York Review of Books Oct 2011 20min Permalink
The story of three months spent training reporters in Saudi Arabia, where the press is far from free. “I suspected that behind the closed gates of Saudi society there was a social revolution in the making. With some guidance, I thought, these journalists could help inspire change.”
Lawrence Wright New Yorker Jan 2004 Permalink
On gay life in Saudi Arabia.
Nadya Labi The Atlantic May 2007 25min Permalink