According to some reports 800+ people have been arrested in Riyadh for wearing low-slung jeans and sporting Afros in Saudi Arabia. Mosques in the Eastern Province have warned people that they will be banned if they are caught with either at prayer time and can also be arrested.
The youth arrested were released after their parents [...]
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Arrests for Afros & Low-slung Jeans in Saudi Arabia
Women driving
It is the 18th anniversary of women protesting the ban on driving by driving through the streets of Riyadh. People keep telling me that lifting the ban will completely change things for women around here. I disagree.
I think the car sticker above explains a lot about social attitudes (I took this picture a few months [...]
