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Badria al-Bishr
Badria al-Bishr

Dr. Badria al-Bishr is a multi-award-winning Saudi columnist and novelist. A PhD graduate from the American University of Beirut, and an alumnus of the U.S. State Department International Visitor program. Her columns put emphasis on women and social issues in Saudi Arabia. She currently lectures at King Saud University's Department of Social Studies.

Why should we defend ‘hypocritical’ Saudi clerics?

A recording of a preacher dating a young girl and engaging in an obscene conversation with her spread in the media recently....

 Terrorists and their corrupted religious message

It’s enough to use the words “God’s sharia” and “Islam” to divide Muslims...

 Exposing the Saudi fatwa on travel to ‘lands of the infidels’

Such ideas have become like a bacteria, growing through our education system....

 In Saudi Arabia, domestic violence fine gets laughs

A debate erupted among Saudis after the ministry of social affairs issued a decision to penalize men who beat up their wives, fining them 50,000 royals, or around $10,000. Most of those debating the...

 Saudi youths live out their lives online

Saudi youths have expressed anger over a recent decision to block a torrent website...

 Listening to your logic to shun fanatical fatwas

No one today denies the earth’s rotation and spherical shape. However, fatwas prohibiting new technologies and concepts are not totally gone...

 One Saudi woman’s death brings into question the value of life

The story of a Saudi girl who died due to male paramedics being barred from the building...

 Unraveling an absent part of Syria’s history

“King of the Sands” is a recently-released movie by famous Syrian director Najdat Anzour. Anzour decided to screen the movie in Britain. Although I've only watched few parts of it so far,...