Our project is in the closing stages ... Professors, students, administration staff etc have already started settling in ... the Campus area has been handed over to the proponent ... only some residential buildings are remaining ....
For those of you who dont know, "project" refers to King Abdullah University of Sciences and Technology (KAUST), a multi million dollar project near Jeddah .. at the shore of the Red Sea ...
Its a well known fact that Saudi Arabia is the only country, where strict Shariah Laws are applied ... the shops close during prayers, women have to wear hijab when in public, they are not allowed to drive (I dont know if its according to Shariah or not), the punishment for adultery or involvement in narcotics, in any way , is ultimately .. death.
But lets focus on the women and hijab part ... these rules do not apply inside the premises of KAUST ... and did I mention that it is the first co-ed institution in the Kingdom ... women can drive ... dress as they like ... it's a funny spectacle when a girl goes out for her morning jog in her shorts ... and the workers leave their work .. all gawking at her ...
Getting back to the subject .... this royal decree of "freedom" has created unrest in the clerical faction ... one of the clerics who openly opposed against co-ed has been relieved of his duties ...
I, like many others believe that soon a time will come when Saudia will be as open as (why go far) ... say UAE and this is just the beginning ...
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hmm.
ReplyDeletei have a problem with such a choice by these girls...she is stretching the freedom granted to her to a breaking point..who knows these scantily clad women might find themselves under draconian rules again, only because they themselves abused the "freedom of dress" by showing too much skin..
that is highly unlikely ..
ReplyDeleteu shud understand that most of these girls r from the West ... European, South American, Australian etc ... so its normal for them ... but its not normal for the rest ... who r used to seeing women covered from head to toe in black cloaks ...
oh okkk..i thought these were saudi girls
ReplyDeleteoye maulvi..hope u dnt gawk at em :P
ReplyDeletenah ... u know same old KKG ;D
ReplyDeleteI finally got a temporary access ... but didnt witness any jogging ... just some awfully gorgeous European girls cycling ;D
beginning of an end?????
ReplyDeleteexactly!!
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