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  • May 2008
    • Women-Only Saudi Hotel Raises Debate on Progress

      Women-Only Saudi Hotel Raises Debate on Progress

      (Newser) - Saudi businesswomen are embracing a hotel for women-only that frees them of the pressures from a society in which they can't drive and, until January, couldn't check into a hotel without permission from a male guardian. But others are concerned the Luthan Hotel & Spa simply reinforces the kingdom's gender segregation. The Christian Science Monitor profiles the hotel and the controversy. More »

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      women   Saudi Arabia   women's rights   luxury hotels   gender segregation

  • February 2008
    • 57 Saudi Men Arrested for Flirting

      57 Saudi Men Arrested for Flirting

      (Newser) - Authorities in Saudi Arabia arrested 57 young men accused of flirting with girls at shopping malls in Mecca, the BBC reports. Prosecutors say the men wore indecent clothing, played loud music, and danced to attract the girls’ attention. The arrests were prompted by Saudi’s Commission for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice, which runs its powerful religious police. More »

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      Islam   Saudi Arabia   Mecca   Valentine's Day   Wahhabism   religious police   gender segregation   flirting

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