The New ForeignPolicy.com
Global News : Passport : Ricks : Drezner : Walt : Rothkopf : Lynch
The Cable : The AfPak Blog : Net Effect : Shadow Govt. : Madam Secretary : The Call
Global News : Passport : Ricks : Drezner : Walt : Rothkopf : Lynch
The Cable : The AfPak Blog : Net Effect : Shadow Govt. : Madam Secretary : The Call
The hard and confusing life of the Saudi woman
Thu, 05/18/2006 - 5:17pm
A Saudi woman:
cannot exercise
66 percent of [Saudi] women are either obese or overweight, according to Saudi press reports.
should not be depicted in magazines
There are photographs published in some newspapers ... and one needs to think if he would want his daughter, sister or wife to appear like that. (King Abdullah)
but can finally buy lingerie from a female sales clerk.
Saudi Arabia confirmed on Tuesday women would replace male sales assistants in lingerie shops from next month, ending an awkward anomaly in the ultra-conservative Islamic state.
( filed under: )













Recent comments
1 day 6 hours ago
1 day 6 hours ago
1 day 11 hours ago
1 day 11 hours ago
1 day 12 hours ago
1 day 12 hours ago
1 day 12 hours ago
1 day 19 hours ago
1 day 20 hours ago
1 day 20 hours ago