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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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.

ECONOMIST: Trouble in Bahrain

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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In Bahrain, King Hamad bin Isa al-Khalifa has convinced eight countries to convene an emergency Arab summit to discuss political unrest.

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