Maryam Aldossari
@maryamaldossari.bsky.social
Academic. Writing/complaining mostly about women’s inequality in the Middle East, especially in Saudi Arabia!
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The message is clear: don’t ask for change; you’ll get what I decide to give. My view on the hollow tokenism of MBS’s so-called reforms⬇️
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Saudi Arabia’s Violence Against Women Isn’t Culture — It’s Policy
Read Saudi academic and ALQST Board Member @maryamaldossari.bsky.social's latest article on the reality facing women inside Saudi Arabia.
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Read Saudi academic and ALQST Board Member @maryamaldossari.bsky.social's latest article on the reality facing women inside Saudi Arabia.
alqst.org/en/post/saud...
Saudi Arabia’s Violence Against Women Isn’t Culture — It’s Policy
As Saudi Arabia is hailed abroad for its ‘reforms,’ the reality for women inside the kingdom grows ever more repressive.
alqst.org
November 27, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Saudi Arabia’s Violence Against Women Isn’t Culture — It’s Policy
Read Saudi academic and ALQST Board Member @maryamaldossari.bsky.social's latest article on the reality facing women inside Saudi Arabia.
alqst.org/en/post/saud...
Read Saudi academic and ALQST Board Member @maryamaldossari.bsky.social's latest article on the reality facing women inside Saudi Arabia.
alqst.org/en/post/saud...
Reposted by Maryam Aldossari
. @sbsisters.bsky.social are organising a public meeting on Black Feminist Resistance on 10 Dec in central London. Please book asap as hall capacity is smaller than expected numbers.
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November 27, 2025 at 11:30 AM
. @sbsisters.bsky.social are organising a public meeting on Black Feminist Resistance on 10 Dec in central London. Please book asap as hall capacity is smaller than expected numbers.
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/black-femi...
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/black-femi...
It is easy to call Saudi Arabia “the place to be” when you have a return ticket; the women who live its reality do not… 'The lie moves freely; the truth is detained at the border.' morningstaronline.co.uk/article/saud...
Saudi Arabia’s violence against women isn’t culture – it’s policy
WHEN Donald Trump declared that Mohammed Bin Salman had done “incredible things for human rights,” Saudi women could be forgiven for wondering what country he was talking about. But that’s hardly new....
morningstaronline.co.uk
November 27, 2025 at 5:36 AM
It is easy to call Saudi Arabia “the place to be” when you have a return ticket; the women who live its reality do not… 'The lie moves freely; the truth is detained at the border.' morningstaronline.co.uk/article/saud...
Under campaigns like #FreeYourFace they circulate melodramatic tales of Saudi women fleeing Sharia — stories that, to anyone who actually grew up in the kingdom, read like bad fiction…But accuracy is beside the point. - Read here ⬇️
morningstaronline.co.uk/article/saud...
morningstaronline.co.uk/article/saud...
Saudi Arabia’s violence against women isn’t culture – it’s policy
WHEN Donald Trump declared that Mohammed Bin Salman had done “incredible things for human rights,” Saudi women could be forgiven for wondering what country he was talking about. But that’s hardly new....
morningstaronline.co.uk
November 25, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Under campaigns like #FreeYourFace they circulate melodramatic tales of Saudi women fleeing Sharia — stories that, to anyone who actually grew up in the kingdom, read like bad fiction…But accuracy is beside the point. - Read here ⬇️
morningstaronline.co.uk/article/saud...
morningstaronline.co.uk/article/saud...
Reposted by Maryam Aldossari
This is such a good piece. Really recommend reading it
‘Saudi women do not need rescuing by those who misunderstand them; they need the world to stop helping the state drown them out. On this day, the most radical act is painfully simple: listen — and finally hear the voices the regime has spent decades trying to bury.’
November 25, 2025 at 1:18 PM
This is such a good piece. Really recommend reading it
Reposted by Maryam Aldossari
"Saudi women do not need rescuing by those who misunderstand them; they need the world to stop helping the state drown them out."
On International Day for the #EliminationofViolenceAgainstWomen, read
@maryamaldossari.bsky.social's latest piece.
morningstaronline.co.uk/article/saud...
On International Day for the #EliminationofViolenceAgainstWomen, read
@maryamaldossari.bsky.social's latest piece.
morningstaronline.co.uk/article/saud...
Saudi Arabia’s violence against women isn’t culture – it’s policy
WHEN Donald Trump declared that Mohammed Bin Salman had done “incredible things for human rights,” Saudi women could be forgiven for wondering what country he was talking about. But that’s hardly new....
morningstaronline.co.uk
November 25, 2025 at 11:30 AM
"Saudi women do not need rescuing by those who misunderstand them; they need the world to stop helping the state drown them out."
On International Day for the #EliminationofViolenceAgainstWomen, read
@maryamaldossari.bsky.social's latest piece.
morningstaronline.co.uk/article/saud...
On International Day for the #EliminationofViolenceAgainstWomen, read
@maryamaldossari.bsky.social's latest piece.
morningstaronline.co.uk/article/saud...
‘Saudi women do not need rescuing by those who misunderstand them; they need the world to stop helping the state drown them out. On this day, the most radical act is painfully simple: listen — and finally hear the voices the regime has spent decades trying to bury.’
November 25, 2025 at 6:41 AM
‘Saudi women do not need rescuing by those who misunderstand them; they need the world to stop helping the state drown them out. On this day, the most radical act is painfully simple: listen — and finally hear the voices the regime has spent decades trying to bury.’
On the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women,I wrote: When Donald Trump declared that Mohammed bin Salman had done ‘incredible things for human rights,’Saudi women could be forgiven for wondering what country he was talking about. morningstaronline.co.uk/article/saud...
Saudi Arabia’s violence against women isn’t culture – it’s policy
WHEN Donald Trump declared that Mohammed Bin Salman had done “incredible things for human rights,” Saudi women could be forgiven for wondering what country he was talking about. But that’s hardly new....
morningstaronline.co.uk
November 25, 2025 at 6:32 AM
On the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women,I wrote: When Donald Trump declared that Mohammed bin Salman had done ‘incredible things for human rights,’Saudi women could be forgiven for wondering what country he was talking about. morningstaronline.co.uk/article/saud...
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'The Saudi bourgeoisie celebrates the American president’s remarks as a license to escalate their abuses...'
Here, 'Saudi Whisperer' speaks about the terrible effect of Trump's support on dissenters.
Don't let her courage go unheard!
saudiwhisperer.substack.com/p/americas-b...
Here, 'Saudi Whisperer' speaks about the terrible effect of Trump's support on dissenters.
Don't let her courage go unheard!
saudiwhisperer.substack.com/p/americas-b...
“America’s Betrayal of Press Freedom: A Green Light for Saudi Repression”
Thanks for reading!
saudiwhisperer.substack.com
November 23, 2025 at 4:52 PM
'The Saudi bourgeoisie celebrates the American president’s remarks as a license to escalate their abuses...'
Here, 'Saudi Whisperer' speaks about the terrible effect of Trump's support on dissenters.
Don't let her courage go unheard!
saudiwhisperer.substack.com/p/americas-b...
Here, 'Saudi Whisperer' speaks about the terrible effect of Trump's support on dissenters.
Don't let her courage go unheard!
saudiwhisperer.substack.com/p/americas-b...
The gaslighting is relentless:Saudi Arabia is changing, women are thriving, empowerment is the new norm. And because loyalty is the currency of their privilege, they take on the regime’s dirtiest work:attacking dissidents, dismissing critics, and teaching ordinary women to doubt their own suffering.
November 24, 2025 at 8:51 AM
The gaslighting is relentless:Saudi Arabia is changing, women are thriving, empowerment is the new norm. And because loyalty is the currency of their privilege, they take on the regime’s dirtiest work:attacking dissidents, dismissing critics, and teaching ordinary women to doubt their own suffering.
“It’s painful” to see MBS “received like a hero and have the red carpet rolled out by Trump”, says Abdullah al-Oudah a Saudi activist whose father, a prominent cleric, has been detained since 2017. on.ft.com/4a5YlDC
November 24, 2025 at 8:26 AM
“It’s painful” to see MBS “received like a hero and have the red carpet rolled out by Trump”, says Abdullah al-Oudah a Saudi activist whose father, a prominent cleric, has been detained since 2017. on.ft.com/4a5YlDC
“I am the one who is regularly called a ‘fucking Paki’ and told to ‘go back home’.” She knows – better than virtue-signalling white people – what the trenches actually look like. And so she must protect immigrants by hurting them.” www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Shabana Mahmood is an avatar of open Britain – that’s what makes her fable about immigration so seductive | Nesrine Malik
‘She is the daughter of immigrants,’ supporters of her cruel asylum policies say. ‘How can she be wrong?’ Let me put them straight, says Guardian columnist Nesrine Malik
www.theguardian.com
November 24, 2025 at 7:31 AM
“I am the one who is regularly called a ‘fucking Paki’ and told to ‘go back home’.” She knows – better than virtue-signalling white people – what the trenches actually look like. And so she must protect immigrants by hurting them.” www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Israel kills over 300 Palestinians in nearly 500 violations of Gaza ceasefire.
www.middleeasteye.net/news/israel-...
www.middleeasteye.net/news/israel-...
Israel kills over 300 Palestinians in nearly 500 violations of Gaza ceasefire
Palestinian authorities in Gaza say violations have been ‘systematic’ and threaten ‘prospects for stability’
www.middleeasteye.net
November 24, 2025 at 7:25 AM
Israel kills over 300 Palestinians in nearly 500 violations of Gaza ceasefire.
www.middleeasteye.net/news/israel-...
www.middleeasteye.net/news/israel-...
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The Trump administration is enabling and exploiting the Saudi regime's repression.
Following Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman's visit to Washington, read the latest article from ALQST founder Yahya Assiri in @dawnmenaorg.bsky.social.
dawnmena.org/the-trump-ad...
Following Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman's visit to Washington, read the latest article from ALQST founder Yahya Assiri in @dawnmenaorg.bsky.social.
dawnmena.org/the-trump-ad...
The Trump Administration is Enabling and Exploiting the Saudi Regime’s Repression
This visit embodies a deeply cynical alliance: MBS gains political and security protection while Trump profits politically and financially.
dawnmena.org
November 20, 2025 at 4:59 PM
The Trump administration is enabling and exploiting the Saudi regime's repression.
Following Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman's visit to Washington, read the latest article from ALQST founder Yahya Assiri in @dawnmenaorg.bsky.social.
dawnmena.org/the-trump-ad...
Following Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman's visit to Washington, read the latest article from ALQST founder Yahya Assiri in @dawnmenaorg.bsky.social.
dawnmena.org/the-trump-ad...
Money talks: the deep ties between Twitter and Saudi Arabia – podcast | X | The Guardian www.theguardian.com/news/audio/2...
Money talks: the deep ties between Twitter and Saudi Arabia – podcast
Saudi Arabia’s investment in Twitter increased its influence in Silicon Valley while being used at home to shut down critics of the regimeBy Jacob Silverman. Read by Nezar Alderazi
www.theguardian.com
November 21, 2025 at 6:42 AM
Money talks: the deep ties between Twitter and Saudi Arabia – podcast | X | The Guardian www.theguardian.com/news/audio/2...
'We can't sleep because of the cold': displaced Palestinians worry about winter – video.
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'We can't sleep because of the cold': displaced Palestinians worry about winter – video
Displaced Palestinians living in makeshift tents across Gaza prepare for winter as Israel's bombardments continue despite the agreed ceasefire
www.theguardian.com
November 21, 2025 at 6:37 AM
'We can't sleep because of the cold': displaced Palestinians worry about winter – video.
www.theguardian.com/world/video/...
www.theguardian.com/world/video/...
What happened to Jamal Khashoggi? Trump resurfaces memories of journalist’s brutal murder. President’s claim that Mohammed bin Salman had nothing to do with 2018 killing contradicts US intelligence.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
What happened to Jamal Khashoggi? Trump resurfaces memories of journalist’s brutal murder
President’s claim that Mohammed bin Salman had nothing to do with 2018 killing contradicts US intelligence
www.theguardian.com
November 20, 2025 at 8:01 AM
What happened to Jamal Khashoggi? Trump resurfaces memories of journalist’s brutal murder. President’s claim that Mohammed bin Salman had nothing to do with 2018 killing contradicts US intelligence.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Saudi Arabia releases US retiree jailed over critical tweets. Almadi, 75, was sentenced to 19 years of incarceration in the kingdom in 2021 after he wrote 14 tweets critical of the Riyadh government. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Saudi Arabia releases US retiree jailed over critical tweets
Saad Almadi’s family thanks Trump and state department as announcement comes after meeting with crown prince
www.theguardian.com
November 20, 2025 at 7:59 AM
Saudi Arabia releases US retiree jailed over critical tweets. Almadi, 75, was sentenced to 19 years of incarceration in the kingdom in 2021 after he wrote 14 tweets critical of the Riyadh government. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Saudi Prince Mohammed is being lavished with praise by Trump. It’s clear why. ‘Autocrats like Prince Mohammed are eager to benefit from Trump’s brazen effort to use the presidency to enrich himself and his family.’
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Saudi prince Mohammed is being lavished by Trump. It’s clear why | Mohamad Bazzi
Autocrats like Prince Mohammed are eager to benefit from Trump’s brazen effort to use the presidency to enrich himself and his family
www.theguardian.com
November 20, 2025 at 7:51 AM
Saudi Prince Mohammed is being lavished with praise by Trump. It’s clear why. ‘Autocrats like Prince Mohammed are eager to benefit from Trump’s brazen effort to use the presidency to enrich himself and his family.’
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Trump shrugged off Khashoggi’s killing. This is a new low. " Jamal Khashoggi was dismembered in a Saudi consulate. The president says ‘things happen’
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Trump shrugged off Khashoggi’s killing. This is a new low | Jodie Ginsberg
Jamal Khashoggi was dismembered in a Saudi consulate. The president says ‘things happen’
www.theguardian.com
November 19, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Trump shrugged off Khashoggi’s killing. This is a new low. " Jamal Khashoggi was dismembered in a Saudi consulate. The president says ‘things happen’
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Trump and Mr Bone Saw stage love-in as Saudi’s $1tn wipes the bloody slate clean. ‘In a gruesome coda, it later emerged, the Saudi agents dismembered Jamal Khashoggi body with a bone saw in order to dispose of the evidence.’ www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Trump and Mr Bone Saw stage love-in as Saudi’s $1tn wipes the bloody slate clean
In the Oval Office the US president dismissed the murder of the columnist Jamal Khashoggi, saying: ‘things happen’
www.theguardian.com
November 19, 2025 at 7:43 AM
Trump and Mr Bone Saw stage love-in as Saudi’s $1tn wipes the bloody slate clean. ‘In a gruesome coda, it later emerged, the Saudi agents dismembered Jamal Khashoggi body with a bone saw in order to dispose of the evidence.’ www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
President Trump brushed aside a reporter’s question about the role Saudi Arabia’s crown prince, Mohammed bin Salman, played in the death and dismemberment of a Washington Post journalist in 2018. www.nytimes.com/live/2025/11...
Live Updates: Trump Praises Saudi Prince and Dismisses Question About Killing of Journalist
www.nytimes.com
November 18, 2025 at 10:23 PM
President Trump brushed aside a reporter’s question about the role Saudi Arabia’s crown prince, Mohammed bin Salman, played in the death and dismemberment of a Washington Post journalist in 2018. www.nytimes.com/live/2025/11...
A senior official in Mohammed bin Salman’s entourage, has previously been accused by US prosecutors of playing a central role in a conspiracy to infiltrate Twitter and identify users who were posting critically about the Saudi regime. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Saudi entourage for US visit may include official implicated in Twitter spy plot
Senior aide to Mohammed bin Salman allegedly led campaign to identify users who were posting critically about Saudi regime
www.theguardian.com
November 18, 2025 at 10:06 PM
A senior official in Mohammed bin Salman’s entourage, has previously been accused by US prosecutors of playing a central role in a conspiracy to infiltrate Twitter and identify users who were posting critically about the Saudi regime. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
'Things happen' - Trump defends Saudi crown prince over Khashoggi killing - BBC News www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
'Things happen' - Trump defends Saudi crown prince over Khashoggi killing
The US president's claims that the crown prince
www.bbc.co.uk
November 18, 2025 at 9:57 PM
'Things happen' - Trump defends Saudi crown prince over Khashoggi killing - BBC News www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Reposted by Maryam Aldossari
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman visits the United States today, his first since he approved the #JamalKhashoggi killing.
See our statement with NGO partners, calling on the US government to address #SaudiArabia’s rights abuses during the visit.
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See our statement with NGO partners, calling on the US government to address #SaudiArabia’s rights abuses during the visit.
alqst.org/en/post/join...
Joint Statement: US: Prioritise rights during Saudi leader’s visit
The United States government, including Congress, should address Saudi Arabia’s human rights abuses during Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s expected visit to Washington on 18 November 2025.
alqst.org
November 18, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman visits the United States today, his first since he approved the #JamalKhashoggi killing.
See our statement with NGO partners, calling on the US government to address #SaudiArabia’s rights abuses during the visit.
alqst.org/en/post/join...
See our statement with NGO partners, calling on the US government to address #SaudiArabia’s rights abuses during the visit.
alqst.org/en/post/join...