Those pictures were taken when she was still in the presence of Arab men who are the officers (and enforcers) in a political party which is compatible with her captors.
Her best course of action was to not pi$$ any of these cockroaches off.
As I understand she had American protection at the time. The notion that there were Arab men in the room shows entirely too much deference for someone who was imprisoned.
Were there other woman hostages?
You have it almost completely correct except the Sunni political party was in fact her captors all along. Do you think it was a coincidence she was released to their office?
It was intentional. They made a big show of her kissing up to her jailers.
I'd been there, done that! Not that extreme but my family lived in Saudi, no life for a women.