DUBAI (Reuters) - Saudi women need not wear the abaya - the loose-fitting, full-length robes symbolic of religious faith - a senior member of the top Muslim clerical body said, another indication of ...

Saudi tailor Habib Mohammed has been turning out high-end cloaks all his working life, but now the 60-year-old struggles to make a profit in the face of competition ...

Her high heels clacking on marble tiles, a defiant Saudi woman turned heads and drew gasps as she strutted through a Riyadh mall -- without a body-shrouding abaya. Mashael al-Jaloud, 33, has stopped ...

Sitting forward on a powder blue chair in his ornate living room, Mohammed al Ammari makes his campaign pitch to a dozen men all clad in the traditional Saudi robe and headdress. As a member of Riyadh ...

Saudi tailor Habib Mohammed has been turning out high-end cloaks all his working life, but now the 60-year-old struggles to make a profit in the face of competition from China. — Fayez Nureldine Saudi ...

Saudi tailor Habib Mohammed's shop once made ornate, hand-woven cloaks for royals, a time-honoured craft he is determined to preserve even as mass-produced garments flood the market, threatening his ...