The Acton princess calling for reform in Saudi Arabia

Royal runs campaign for change in her homeland from a suburb in west LondonHer Royal Highness Princess Basma Bint Saud Bin Abdul Aziz is one of the more unlikely critics of the élite that runs Saudi Arabia. The oil state boasts a 15,000-strong royal family but it is rare for a voice from within its ranks to become part of the growing clamour for reform in the desert kingdom.As the youngest

Saudi princess: What I'd change about my country

Princess Basma Bint Saud Bin Abdulaziz tells the BBC there are many changes she would like to see in Saudi Arabia - but that now is not the time for women to be allowed to drive.I speak as the daughter of King Saud, the former ruler of Saudi Arabia. My father established the first women's university in the kingdom, abolished slavery and tried to establish a constitutional monarchy that separates

Saudi woman beheaded for sorcery

Another shocking news, again from Saudi Arabia. It has beheaded a woman for practicing sorcery. A Saudi woman, in her 60s, was beheaded Monday after being convicted of practicing sorcery, which is banned in the ultra-conservative kingdom, the interior ministry said, reported AFP. Amina bint Abdulhalim Nassar was executed in the northern province of Jawf for "practising witchcraft and sorcery,"