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A music video featuring skateboarding women has Saudi Arabia entranced
Posted on 1/5/17 at 5:03 am
Posted on 1/5/17 at 5:03 am
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Perhaps the most obvious reference comes at the start of the video, when the women pile into the back of an SUV while a young boy takes the wheel. In Saudi Arabia, of course, women are largely prohibited from driving and are unable to obtain driving licenses. Although some women, especially members of Bedouin communities and those in the southern provinces, do drive anyway, the issue has become a touchstone for women's rights in the country.
The video also emphasizes the hypocrisy of disapproving Saudi men, who can drive freely and travel abroad as they wish. There are also references to President-elect Donald Trump, who leads what the video refers to as a “House of Men.” “Hwages” has earned high praise from some parts of the Saudi establishment. Shortly after the video was released Dec. 23, Amera al-Taweel, the 33-year-old ex-wife of prominent Saudi prince Al-Waleed bin Talal, shared the video on her Twitter account. Later, one of the oldest newspapers in the country, Al-Bilad, offered its own praise for the video, noting that “the new generation of women is different from the past.”
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Posted on 1/5/17 at 5:15 am to Hugo Stiglitz
Is there a point to the article?
Posted on 1/5/17 at 5:29 am to thelawnwranglers
There is about to be a bunch of women stoned to death in Saudi Arabia...
Posted on 1/5/17 at 5:54 am to Hugo Stiglitz
So fricking awesome. We should just let them all in Merica now.
Posted on 1/5/17 at 7:05 am to Hugo Stiglitz
What a stupid fricking culture.
Posted on 1/5/17 at 7:08 am to Hugo Stiglitz
Are you outraged that they scorned your prophet?
Posted on 1/5/17 at 7:17 am to Hugo Stiglitz
quote:Way to go Saudi Arabia!
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You are only 150 years behind the United States now.
Posted on 1/5/17 at 7:32 am to Hugo Stiglitz
And how much time have you spent in Saudi? Betcha I have you beat. Go sit in the corner.
Posted on 1/5/17 at 8:41 am to Hugo Stiglitz
It has a catchy beat, and you can dance to it.
Posted on 1/5/17 at 8:48 am to Hugo Stiglitz
Saudi/Muslim culture in general is so far inferior that it's laughable.
Without oil they're fricking camels and living in the stone age.
Without oil they're fricking camels and living in the stone age.
Posted on 1/5/17 at 8:54 am to wmr
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Without oil they're fricking camels and living in the stone age.
Many there still do anyways....
Posted on 1/5/17 at 8:58 am to Hugo Stiglitz
All of this was ok'd by the Saudi Government. From the women's wardrobe down to the drawing of Trump.
This post was edited on 1/5/17 at 8:58 am
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