Maryam Aldossari
@maryamaldossari.bsky.social
Academic. Writing/complaining mostly about women’s inequality in the Middle East, especially in Saudi Arabia!
‘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.’
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
Saudi Arabia promotes climate plans that raise doubts due to its heavy reliance on oil and the lack of serious action, while internally political tensions, repression, declining rights, and economic or social crises continue to escalate. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
November 17, 2025 at 8:20 AM
Saudi Arabia promotes climate plans that raise doubts due to its heavy reliance on oil and the lack of serious action, while internally political tensions, repression, declining rights, and economic or social crises continue to escalate. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
“Lower oil prices in recent years have affected the government’s budget and added pressure on the fund to deliver on its domestic projects” — and those childish projects that fail just add to the strain. on.ft.com/4r4s2uO
November 16, 2025 at 2:41 PM
“Lower oil prices in recent years have affected the government’s budget and added pressure on the fund to deliver on its domestic projects” — and those childish projects that fail just add to the strain. on.ft.com/4r4s2uO
Mohammed bin Salman was sending gifts to Jeffrey Epstein #SaudiArabia
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November 13, 2025 at 7:42 AM
Mohammed bin Salman was sending gifts to Jeffrey Epstein #SaudiArabia
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People executed in Saudi Arabia from 1 Jan to 3 Nov 2025. Many of those sentenced to death were probably innocent or forced into drug trafficking, say human rights groups.. www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
November 13, 2025 at 7:28 AM
People executed in Saudi Arabia from 1 Jan to 3 Nov 2025. Many of those sentenced to death were probably innocent or forced into drug trafficking, say human rights groups.. www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
Guardian has been speaking to family members of a group of Egyptian migrants held in Tabuk ( Saudi Arabia) , the notorious “death” prison. They describe forced confessions, torture and an inability to afford lawyers to defend themselves. www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
November 12, 2025 at 8:34 AM
Guardian has been speaking to family members of a group of Egyptian migrants held in Tabuk ( Saudi Arabia) , the notorious “death” prison. They describe forced confessions, torture and an inability to afford lawyers to defend themselves. www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
NEOM’s The Line was supposed to change the world.500m high. 170km long. 9 million people. But according to more than 20 former NEOM insiders, the project has hit a wall—both financially and physically. @alisonkilling.bsky.social breaks down how Saudi Arabia’s utopian dream unraveled ⬇️
November 6, 2025 at 8:05 AM
NEOM’s The Line was supposed to change the world.500m high. 170km long. 9 million people. But according to more than 20 former NEOM insiders, the project has hit a wall—both financially and physically. @alisonkilling.bsky.social breaks down how Saudi Arabia’s utopian dream unraveled ⬇️
End of The Line: Mohammed bin Salman’s utopian city was undone by the laws of physics and finance. ‘One former employee has said that everyone knows the project won’t work; it is now just a matter of letting MBS down gently.’ By @alisonkilling.bsky.social ig.ft.com/saudi-neom-l...
November 6, 2025 at 7:37 AM
End of The Line: Mohammed bin Salman’s utopian city was undone by the laws of physics and finance. ‘One former employee has said that everyone knows the project won’t work; it is now just a matter of letting MBS down gently.’ By @alisonkilling.bsky.social ig.ft.com/saudi-neom-l...
Another grandiose Saudi project falls apart — after the much-touted Winter Games idea, now the Olympics and Saudi Arabia’s esports deal has been scrapped. One by one, the regime’s unrealistic, PR-driven ventures are collapsing under their own weight. www.bbc.com/news/article...
October 31, 2025 at 9:19 AM
Another grandiose Saudi project falls apart — after the much-touted Winter Games idea, now the Olympics and Saudi Arabia’s esports deal has been scrapped. One by one, the regime’s unrealistic, PR-driven ventures are collapsing under their own weight. www.bbc.com/news/article...
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October 29, 2025 at 9:07 AM
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On Nov 3, 2025, at 5:30 PM (EST), I’ll join a panel at NYU’s Center for Global Affairs on Human Rights & World Sports: The Saudi Arabia Case and Sport-washing. We’ll discuss how investigative journalism and international law can challenge state power.
October 25, 2025 at 9:20 AM
On Nov 3, 2025, at 5:30 PM (EST), I’ll join a panel at NYU’s Center for Global Affairs on Human Rights & World Sports: The Saudi Arabia Case and Sport-washing. We’ll discuss how investigative journalism and international law can challenge state power.
Serve the Saudi regime right — bending over backwards to normalize with an apartheid state that openly insults them.
October 24, 2025 at 7:20 AM
Serve the Saudi regime right — bending over backwards to normalize with an apartheid state that openly insults them.
Right title — Zionist, split-out feminist group. Twisting the truth, spreading lies. At the Palestine vigil outside FiLiA, Zionist attendees came up to us, spewing genocide denial.
October 13, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Right title — Zionist, split-out feminist group. Twisting the truth, spreading lies. At the Palestine vigil outside FiLiA, Zionist attendees came up to us, spewing genocide denial.
2025 executions by month in Saudi Arabia.
October 6, 2025 at 2:37 PM
2025 executions by month in Saudi Arabia.
We are about to start our Third People Vision Conference @PeoplesVisionSA @The_NAAS
#الشعب_أولاً
#الشعب_أولاً
October 5, 2025 at 1:55 PM
We are about to start our Third People Vision Conference @PeoplesVisionSA @The_NAAS
#الشعب_أولاً
#الشعب_أولاً
At the UN with @alqst.bsky.social , I raised the ongoing discrimination against women in #SaudiArabia: detained in ‘care homes’ for ‘disobedience.’ Enough. Saudi women are not props for diplomacy or branding tools for Vision 2030. #HRC60
September 12, 2025 at 2:43 PM
At the UN with @alqst.bsky.social , I raised the ongoing discrimination against women in #SaudiArabia: detained in ‘care homes’ for ‘disobedience.’ Enough. Saudi women are not props for diplomacy or branding tools for Vision 2030. #HRC60
In Geneva today, Friday 12 Sept at 14h — we will share our concern for human rights in #SaudiArabia
September 10, 2025 at 4:02 PM
In Geneva today, Friday 12 Sept at 14h — we will share our concern for human rights in #SaudiArabia
Elderly people arrested just for holding signs. Shame on this government and its police.
September 6, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Elderly people arrested just for holding signs. Shame on this government and its police.
This is what today looks like: elderly people arrested just for holding signs. Shame on this government and its police.
September 6, 2025 at 5:13 PM
This is what today looks like: elderly people arrested just for holding signs. Shame on this government and its police.
Our friend Rohan was arrested today for standing against genocide in Palestine.
September 6, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Our friend Rohan was arrested today for standing against genocide in Palestine.
Happening now.
September 6, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Happening now.
We are by RAF High Wycombe – stop arming Israel.
August 16, 2025 at 11:50 AM
We are by RAF High Wycombe – stop arming Israel.