One more brain fart by Saudi Mutaween:
Saudi Arabian religious police call for sex-segregated sidewalks – Saudi Arabia's religious police are insisting that authorities of Medina, one of Islam's holiest cities, should build separate sidewalks for women, the Kuwaiti Al-Qabas newspaper said Friday.
The country's Committee for the Propagation of Virtue and the Prevention of Vice (CPVPV), [...]
Thumps up for the Saudi ladies.
A female engineer, Nadia Bakhourji, was the only woman who ran for a seat in the engineers' board; and she won (Link in Arabic). Yet more, Alia Hayel Aboutaiyh Al-Howaite has taken the reins as the first female Saudi jockey to compete at the international level, becoimg a World-Class Jockey.
There [...]
How come?
Well, last few days were hard on my server load. But last night I noticed that the numbers of visitors to my blog exceeded 11K. This has never happened to me. The blog average number of visitors these days are +2K a day, and with 11K, you are talking about number nearly equal to [...]
Following up on my post few days ago, here comes the good news: Two Saudi businesswomen swept to an unprecedented victory in elections to the board of the Jeddah Chamber of Commerce and Industry on Wednesday in the first polls in which women stood as candidates in the conservative Muslim kingdom.
Also tagged Arab, Breaking News, Democracy, Good News, Human Rights, Middle East, Saudi ArabiaThe much-missed Saudi blogger behind 'The Religious Policeman' blog is back. Amongst other things, he had this observation on the Saudi Justice System: The 26-year-old mother of three, called the ‘Khamis Mushayt Girl’, convicted of murdering a man six years ago is scheduled to be executed next Thursday… The details are uncertain, because all Saudi [...]
Also tagged Failures, Human Rights, Saudi ArabiaWell, not all, but 600 of them :-)
So, 600 Saudi women are expected to participate in the elections of the chamber of trade and industry in eastern Saudi Arabia for the first time.
Way to go ladies, Good luck!
Update: Since you have come that far, this late, I think I know what you are looking for. The photos are here!
Osama Bin Ladin's niece, is now called Wafar Dufour (yakhhh…). She said that she has been forced to change her name in the wake of constant taunts by people, about her family connection to [...]
(Guardian) Saudi women cannot drive, but apparently they can fly.
A Saudi woman who recently obtained her pilot's license in Jordan said Thursday she has been hired by a private aviation company to fly commercial planes.
Although proud of her career, Capt. Hanadi Zakaria al-Hindi said she expects an angry reaction when she arrives back in Saudi [...]
