Don’t you hate it when one of your wives tries to escape your loving and protective custody by fleeing to another country? It’s a good thing that Saudi men now get text message notifications when their children or wives try to bug out. Continue reading
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Another installment in our series on abandoned places in the world. Continue reading
Following on from the news that King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia is allowing women to vote in muncipal elections starting in 2015, comes the latest baby step in women’s rights in Saudi Arabia. The Saudi courts sentenced a woman to 10 lashes for the crime of driving. Not driving recklessly or drunk, just driving while being a woman. King Abdullah has intervened to prevent the sentence being carried out. The King’s intervention was first announced on Twitter by the wife of a billionaire Saudi Prince, in a somewhat surreal contrast to the far less modern situation on which she was commenting.
Saudi King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz al-Saud says he’ll allow women to vote and hold office in the next election cycle.
Maybe broads will get to drive next!