Saudi society's "institutionalized segregation" is a huge drag on that transformation, says Hatoon Ajwad al-Fassi, a professor of history at King Saud University.

沙特社会的“制度化隔离”是转型的一个巨大阻力，沙乌德皇家大学历史学教授哈顿·阿加德·阿尔法西表示。

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Al Faisal, nephew of Saudi Arabia's King Khalid, teamed up with French engineer Georges Mougin to create an ill-fated company based on tapping iceberg water.

在费萨尔，沙特阿拉伯国王哈立德的外甥和法国工程师乔治·摩根一起创建了一家命运多舛的公司，以挖掘冰山为主业。

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"King Abdullah has a strategy: he's trying to empower women as much as he can," says Fawziah al-Bakr, a King Saud University professor.

“阿卜杜拉国王有自己的策略：尝试尽可能的赋予妇女权利”，沙乌德皇家大学教授法兹·阿尔巴卡尔表示。

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Many shouted "Down with Khalifa" -- Bahrain's King Hamad bin Isa al-Khalifa.

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Saudi Arabia's Justice Minister Abdullah Bin Mohammad al-Sheikh told al-Jazirah newspaper that the king felt the pardon would be in the best interests of the Saudi people, and the decision did not reflect any lack of confidence in the Saudi justice system.

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Shia discontent often boiled over in the 1980s and 1990s, but abated after King Hamad al-Khalifa took power in 1999, freed prisoners in an amnesty, pardoned exiles and brought in reforms.

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On March 19th, six days after the schoolgirls were killed, Jordan's prime minister, Abd al-Karim Kabariti, submitted his resignation, which the king accepted with little grace, replacing him with Abd al-Salam Majali, a former prime minister who signed the 1994 treaty with Israel.

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