Category Archives: Gender
Top Five Fallacies about Women Driving in Saudi
Here are the common five fallacies about not allowing Saudi women driving with my respond to each one of them: Women driving will increase the traffic: Many saudi fear that streets and highways would be extremely crowded when women are … Continue reading
Filed under discussion, Gender, Politics
Saudi Arabia With No Makeup
I watched recently the MTV episode “Resist the Power! Saudi Arabia.” The episode represents an inside story of young Saudi: Fatima who fights to change the traditional clothing of Saudi women, Ahmed who fights for women rights, Aziz who wants … Continue reading
Filed under culture, discussion, Gender, Observation From Inside, Politics, reflection
Saudi Women and The World
“(Saudi) Young women bloggers are fabulous” said Kirsten Powers in talking about her trip to Saudi Arabia. I have to say that I am so proud of Saudi women who blog, who speak up, who expose their identity, who show … Continue reading
The Story of Buraidah Girl
I have been asked by one of my friends to comment on the marriage of 12 years old girl to 80 years old man in Buraidah of Saudi Arabia. The truth is that I can’t write about this story. I really can’t. … Continue reading
Another Victim of Sexual Harassment
The following post is from masstz_blog. She works as a lab specialist in one of the hospitals in Saudi Arabia. The post was written in Arabic and I translated it to English so I can share it with my readers … Continue reading
Filed under culture, discussion, Gender, psychology
July 09 Panorama
” When you have a sister, you have someone who cares about you, thinks of you, and never forgets you” said Dhiya AlSuliman when we had a conversation about the advantage of having a sister “The movie contained pornography content, you … Continue reading
Saudi Women in US
Throughout my life here in Portland, I have met many Saudi girls who are incredibly genius, creative and talented. In every discussion I have with each one of them, I always feel sorry for my society for never recognizing this … Continue reading
Do Saudi Men Understand Saudi Women?
Studying in US has given me a great opportunity to observe and understand people from different backgrounds, cultures and religions but most importantly it has enabled me to observe and study people from my own country. I was curious to … Continue reading
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A lesson that should be learned
I was watching CNN last night. It gained my attention a story about a church in Florida posting a sign of “Islam is of the devil” in front of the church building. What interesting is that people from different ages, … Continue reading
Filed under culture, discussion, Gender, Media, religions
what size ,,please!!
One of my American friend has asked me whether or not male employees still work instead of women in Women shops and clothes’ stores in Saudi. I told him that it should be obvious that anyone in my conservative society … Continue reading
Filed under culture, discussion, friends, Gender
