Étiquette : Saudi Arabia

Middle East

Unusual graduation ceremony (but not that unsusual for Saudi Arabia)

Photo of a graduation ceremony of 52 female doctors in Saudi Arabia, taken from Twitter @Saudiwoman. In my opinion, this picture is scary ! I suppose that most of them will probably choose another way of dressing if they could but I want to show through this picture the paradox of Saudi society ! Intelligent and probably ambitious women full of dreams but stuck in … Continuer de lire Unusual graduation ceremony (but not that unsusual for Saudi Arabia)

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Communication, World

Get dressed advert !

Three years ago, one of my papers at Uni for my « Transnational Media in Context » class was about the adaptation of Western advertisment in the Middle East with a focus on women : To what extent has globalisation changed the features of advertising in Saudi Arabia? Saudi Arabia provides an example of a nation state that seeks to resist. In spite of the rise of modernity in the … Continuer de lire Get dressed advert !

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Middle East

I don’t understand! Saudi Arabian Women’s Conference without any women!

I have already written a few articles about women in Saudi Arabia, how the society works out according to the very strong importance of Islam and to the very deep traditions. As an Occidental woman, it is very hard to understand that women live this way in Saudi Arabia : no permission of driving, no permission of acting by themselves, no permission of going out … Continuer de lire I don’t understand! Saudi Arabian Women’s Conference without any women!

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Middle East

Saudi Arabia launches first campaign against violence towards women !

I have already written a few articles about Saudi Arabia, and today I am sharing with you the first anti-domestic violence ad ever in this country governed by Sharia Law. It is a real important step forward for the protection of women in Saudi Arabia. Let’s hope that it is only a start. The Kingdom of Saudia Arabia has launched its first campaign against violence towards women. A … Continuer de lire Saudi Arabia launches first campaign against violence towards women !

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Portrait of the month

First time ever at the Olympic Games: Two women competing under the Saudi flag!

Do you think sport and feminity are incompatible? No, we do not! That is what Saudi Arabia thinks: women cannot do sport! They are neither allowed to play nor to be spectators in all major stadiums. Saudi Arabia is the only country in the world that bans girls from doing sport! However Saudi Arabia for the time in the Olympic Games History decided to send … Continuer de lire First time ever at the Olympic Games: Two women competing under the Saudi flag!

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Portrait of the month

Is an infraction to wear nail polish in Saudi Arabia?

A Youtube video of a Saudi woman has been creating a huge buzz on online social media networks: in a mall in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, a women is stopped by the religious police for wearing nail polish! Right away, she replied back: “It’s none of your business if I wear nail polish”;  “You are not in charge of me” (source: Al Arabiya). At the beginning of the year, the … Continuer de lire Is an infraction to wear nail polish in Saudi Arabia?

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