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Originally Posted by Linus

Ya.. I dunno. Rather than this being something of women, by women (which is what I expected from the title) I see this as a "Men have decided you can work but only where and when we say it's ok" kind of thing.


AFAIK (and I admit to not being muslim/Islamic and my knowledge is from reading) that women are not prohibited by the Qu'ran from working outside of the home. So not sure why the Saudis feel the need to do this, other than to remind women that it's men who grant them the right to do things (my interpretation of the Saudis actions).

Uh huh. And then only to be mocked and insulted for doing so (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/ahmed-...b_1709873.html)

That's a really interesting point about it being the men's idea and decision. I would really like to know what these women think.