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Saudi Arabia: A view from behind the veil

June 7, 2007

I highly recommend you all take some time to read this incredibly excellent piece by an American reporter who has spent extensive time in the Saudi kingdom. While there, she had to respect the Saudi cultural attitudes toward women, which as most of us know involves covering the body from head to toe in robes and fully submitting to men, among other things.

What is most interesting about the article is not just her personal experiences — which are, in and of themselves, fairly amazing for a country that is considered “civilized” and has a comfortable relationship with the United States — but how being immersed in that culture affected her. It’s somewhat sad, and reminds you of how different other places can be…and how much it is tolerated by the rest of the world just because they have oil.

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