A small sign of progress in Saudi Arabia

An attempt to ban a relatively honest and liberal novel about the lives of young women in the Saudi capital, Banat al-Riyadh (“The Girls of Riyadh”) has failed.

There are some interesting comparisons in this piece and the comments between Fifties/Sixties Britain and Saudi Arabia. Now who has their proper, respectable hat on?

Posted on October 9, 2006 by . This entry was posted in Feminism. Bookmark the permalink.

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