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Screenshot from a France24 YouTube video showing Saudi activist Loujain al-Hathloul.
Prominent Saudi human rights defender Loujain al-Hathloul, whose detention since 2018 had stoked global criticism, was sentenced to nearly six years in prison on December 28 by the kingdom’s notorious terrorism court in an alarming development to her years-long fight for freedom.
According to her sister, Lina, Loujain should be released by March 2021, having already served the majority of her sentence as pre-trial detention, as she shares in a tweet:
BREAKING : Today @LoujainHathloul was sentenced to
-5 years and 8 months in prison
– A suspension of 2 years and 10 months in addition to the time already served (since May 2018) which would see her release in approximately two months.
Saudi’s $360bn sovereign wealth fund PIF rejigs top leadership
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The reshuffle comes as the PIF and its subsidiaries prepare to significantly increase domestic spending
December 23, 2020
Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund overhauled some of its top management as it prepares to take a greater role in the local economy.
The $360bn Public Investment Fund on Tuesday said that Fahad Alsaif, chief executive officer of the country’s National Debt Management Center and adviser to the finance minister, will become head of corporate finance and a member of its management committee.
Pretty in pink: Saudi Arabia’s summer capital is adorned with millions of spring roses
For the next two months, farmers in Taif head out to gardens and orchards to harvest the roses in full bloom
Updated 03 April 2021
April 03, 2021 00:04
TAIF: Throughout the year, rose gardens and farms in Taif are kept well cultivated, waiting for the spring to arrive and welcome visitors with a charming bloom.
In Saudi Arabia, there are two traditional types of pink roses that are widely adored and sold for various purposes, both significant in their smell, cultivation standards, and price. The light blush pink of the Madinah rose is available all through the year, and it grows in cool to warm weather, while the Taif rose, also known as the Jory or Damascus rose, is a seasonal type that grows only during the spring months for 45 to 60 days in cold to cool weather.
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The sovereign fund, which had around 40 employees in 2016, told Reuters in an email that 80 new recruits have been drawn from this year s cohort of its Graduate Development Program.
DUBAI: Public Investment Fund (PIF), Saudi Arabia s sovereign wealth fund, said on Thursday its total employee count surpassed 1,000 as of December, marking an addition of about 300 employees since the start of the year despite the COVID-19 pandemic.
The sovereign fund, which had around 40 employees in 2016, told Reuters in an email that 80 new recruits have been drawn from this year s cohort of its Graduate Development Program.
The new hires also include Fadi al-Said, the former head of Lazard Asset Management Middle East and North Africa (MENA), who joined as a senior director in PIF s local equity funds department in September, the fund said.