Woman with skirt sparks outrage in Saudi Arabia

[Melech 9,900]

"A young woman is at the center of a controversy about clothing in Saudi Arabia, after she posted videos of herself in one of the nation's most conservative provinces wearing a short skirt and a cropped top.

Saudi outlets report that local officials are demanding an investigation, with social media users saying the unidentified women should face arrest.

The brief videos, originally posted to the social network Snapchat over the weekend by a popular user named Khulood, show the woman walking through an ancient fort in Ushayqir, a village in Najd province about 95 miles from the capital, Riyadh.

The women wears a skirt that stops above her knees and a top that shows her midriff; her head is also uncovered.

Such an outfit runs afoul of conservative Islamic ideas about women's dress that are prevalent in Saudi Arabia. The country legally requires women to cover themselves while in public by wearing an abaya, a loose fitting cloak. Traditionally, Saudi women are also expected to wear some kind of hijab or head covering, and some opt to cover their face with a niqab.

Ushayqir appears deserted in the videos, but Khulood's video soon spread online and quickly drew criticism — with many Saudis using a hashtag that says the woman should face trial for the videos.

Some argued that as the woman lived in Saudi Arabia, she should accept its laws. “Just like we call on people to respect the laws of countries they travel to, people must also respect the laws of this country,” Saudi writer Ibrahim al-Munayif wrote on his Twitter account.

But others offered their support for the woman, suggesting her behavior was brave and that prominent foreigners sometimes dress similarly when visiting Saudi Arabia and they are exempted from the country's dress codes. Many of them pointed out that Melania Trump and Ivanka Trump did not wear abayas when they visited the country in May to little public outcry.

The fate of the woman is unclear. Saudi newspaper Okaz reported Sunday that local officials had written a letter to the region's governor and police asking to take action against those who made the video. Saudi Arabia's religious police also released a statement on Twitter saying they were aware of the video and looking into the matter.

Saudi Arabia has some of the strictest laws for women in the world. In addition to the restrictions on their dress, adult women need to have permission of a "male guardian" to do things such as work or travel, and they are prohibited from getting driver's licenses, meaning in practice they cannot drive.

One poll conducted in 2014 found that 63 percent believed that women should wear a niqab that covers all of their face except their eyes and just 3 percent thought women not covering her hair at all were dressed appropriately."

 

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2017/07/18/a-video-of-a-woman-in-a-skirt-sparks-outrage-in-saudi-arabia/?utm_term=.2ef7ab1307eb

inb4 SJW's here defend Saudi arabia

 

 

[Melech 9,900]

 

thats the vide

[Supersonic 49,376]

sis, rock means stone in english, it's skirt.

[merlot 5,772]

it's still 1920 in saudi arabia 

[SlayGagaloo 16,152]

3 minutes ago, merlot said:

it's still 1920 in saudi arabia 

B.C.? 

[Melech 9,900]

6 minutes ago, Supersonic said:

sis, rock means stone in english, it's skirt.

damn it, its morning

 

[He8MyHeart 9,869]

She looks amazing in that outfit! If you got it, flaunt it. Even if that means imprisonment...

[Delusional Aura 5,129]

12 minutes ago, merlot said:

it's still 1920 in saudi arabia 

That's their culture. It's the same way they think the western world is disgusting 

[ZiggyZiggs 30,067]

not defending Saudi Arabia in any way but ya'll are such ****ing Hypocrites I can't even. Just last week everybody was talking about how when someone from a conservative country (in that context, refugees) moves to a more liberal place, they should follow the rules of THAT country (taking off the hijab for example) . You know the same things apply when someone moves/visits from a liberal place to a more conservative place too 

[Sam Dey 1,847]

what?? ok if you don't want us to dress like that in your country then don't come into western civilisation wearing a burqa 

[Ferrer Zorola 3,966]

I'm so glad she did that.  

Their women oppression rules are the ones that need to change.

Besides, those walls look fab for photo shoots and not to be all covered up and with your head down thinking you aren't as important as men and all of that bs. 

 

[Pacify Him 9,073]

You know they get off upon seeing that much skin, right?  That they get so frustrated 

[Pacify Him 9,073]

17 minutes ago, He8MyHeart said:

She looks amazing in that outfit! If you got it, flaunt it. Even if that means imprisonment...

Even if that means getting stoned, raped, or both  

[RAMROD 116,989]

 she brave, man! Hope nobodys harm her because of this. 

[gagagoogoose 30,952]

This thread is about to get messy.

Seriously, of all the things they should be worrying about, they are triggered because a girl wore a skirt.

In Saudi Arabia's defense, I agree that it's a sign of disrespect to the country and its culture for not adopting to their laws.