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The West might rebuff it as preposterous while the East might defend it as its tradition, but arranged marriages nonetheless cannot be ruled out in the Asian culture. Marriages in these countries are more of a contract between two families and little...
The strict Islamic laws restricting movement of women, takes preposterous dimension in Saudi Arabia where men and women are treated in a manner as if they are two different species. Shrouded in dark colored abayas or traditional Saudi attires for...
What can be called a travesty of judiciary, the Saudi Arabia’s Higher Judicial Council has actually sentenced a rape victim to receive 200 lashes and prison while the perpetrators of humanity’s most heinous crime were allowed to walk free.
The...
Despite graduating from universities at a faster rate than men, Saudi women face an array of challenges in this conservative Arab country. Women’s life in Saudi Arabia is not easy, they have to face innumerable restrictions sometimes from their...
>If a Muslim man dies, distribution of remaining estates among his heirs according to Sharia is one of the duties to be performed. But the issue of inheritance share has always been a controversial matter.
As per the suggestion of the Quran (4:11), “The...
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A statement by the Saudi Interior Ministry revealed that authorities beheaded an Ethiopian woman for killing an Egyptian over an argument.
Khadija Bint Ibrahim Moussa was found guilty of fatally stabbing Mohammad Kamal Shaheen and sentenced to death,...
Saudi Arabia is in dire need of laws that would safeguard native women’s rights especially in the present scenario where they are being deserted by their ‘shauhar’ who generally escape the legal charges.
Women of Saudi Arabia, who are married to...
Wajeha Al-Huwaider a Saudi-born writer and journalist is campaigning for women's rights in the male chauvinistic society of Saudi Arabia.
In August 2003, the Saudi Interior Ministry from writing in the Saudi press banned Al-Huwaider. Since then,...
Riyadh car dealership has opened a showroom that would completely be looked after by the native women. Now the women would help the prospective buyers in choosing their car, they’ll be talking at length about the horsepower, carburetors and related...
Sexism has so much bearing on Saudi culture and people especially the male folk that even work culture and the type of work even is being graded by them.
High traces of male chauvinism effected the working of sweets factory in Riyadh as well as now...
Saudi Culture and religion stresses for gender separation- men and women should not be together, the reason behind screening of films gradually died here, as it is the strong belief of Saudi’s that - cinema is shunning religious demand for gender...
Survey conducted by Saudi Arabia's Ministry of Planning reveals a shocking number of 'spinsters' across the nation. To be precise, the exact number of the unmarried females has been recorded at 1,529,418.
Women are slowly overpowering men in...
If you think that the job of a security guard in Saudi Arabia commands any sort of respect and fear from the common people, it would be a mistake.
Though under the disguise of the uniform these female security guards might look very calm and...
Under the reign of King Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz Al Saud of Saudi Arabia, slowly changes are coming in all over the nation. Recently the monarch released 500 Filipinos to a request made by President Arroyo.
Now it is the turn of Mrs. Arroyo to show...
In Saudi Arabia the no-obligation system of Misyar Marriages is gaining huge popularity. This is not only restricted to places like Arab, even in the western countries where lot many peoples from Arab has migrated to, there are many instances of Misyar...
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