The Voices Of Saudi Women

States of America, women in Saudi Arabia have little to no freedoms and are treated as property. Saudi women are just as entitled to basic human rights as other men and women around the world, which leads to the question of what restrictions are placed upon them, and how these affect their lives. The second class status of women in Saudi Arabia has a significant negative impact on their lives and results in the desperate actions they take. The second class status of women in Saudi Arabia has a significant

As a Saudi Muslim, the two social identities I want to talk about are Islam as a religion and Saudis. Religion is an organized set of beliefs, cultural systems and worldviews relating humanity to an order of existence. Religion contains various laws and prohibitions that guide people in every-day life. Muslims who share the same religion see themselves having a communicative relationship with one another. Interpersonal communication and social relationships are two-way processes of exchanging ideas

Women Can Finally Vote in 2015 - Say What? It's not even 2016 yet and I'm already confused by the upcoming presidential campaign and the current candidates who are bidding and bartering for one of the most powerful positions in the world. Between Donald Trump's sometimes offensive yet forthright tactics, Hillary Clinton's email scandal and Bernie Sanders' surprising grassroots-takeover, mixed in with an immense potluck of other POTUS suitors - it's no difficult task to get overwhelmed. With the intense

Rights in Saudi Arabia Being born and raised in America, I and many other Americans have been taught that we live in a country of freedom. Women and men are treated equally; every human being has rights, and you have the freedom to move at will and without restrictions. Women have come a long way in our country, gaining rights ever since the dawn of patriarchy and proving that they are just as good as men with the ability to think, speak, and act for themselves. However, discrimination of women still

years ago I went to a video store to rent a Mean Girls DVD since there are no movie theaters in Saudi Arabia. I was so excited to get the film, and see if I find other new “cool” titles I would enjoy. A man in his thirties approached me, and rambled with few words, I could not understand at first, then I realized that he wants me to leave the store. Outside he pointed at a sign, the sign read: “women are not allowed inside”. American films were my only source of entertainment, though I did not think

Westerners often hear of how oppressed women are in Saudi Arabia. As a result, one might expect these women to be vocal about their challenges living in such a country. However, contrary to the assumption that they are unhappy, they are quick to defend their country, saying that their often overbearing abayas are parts of their tradition. These women say that they still enjoy freedoms and that “[i]t is Western women… who have been manipulated into becoming the toys of men” (Kristof 272). Even so

Women in society have faced exclusion and secondary status over the course of many centuries and across most cultures and societies. Sherry B. Ortner’s Is Female to Male as Nature is to Culture breaks the evidence for this universal subordination of women into three sets: cultural ideology, symbolism, and social structures.1 Using these data sets, the lower status of modern Muslim women in Saudi Arabia can be broken down and analyzed. However, there has been a recent call to change by Saudi Muslim

of Saudi Arabian culture in a profound way. She became connected with Saudi Arabia and the Bin Laden family through marriage, and subsequently became a subject of hatred from United States citizens following the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001. Her life was changed forever following this event, and she speaks her truth and the backstory surrounding her association with Saudi Arabia and the Bin Laden family in her memoir, Inside the Kingdom: My Life in Saudi Arabia

religions, and rules can make two women different in their lifestyles. That is the case between the country of Saudi Arabia and United States women. Saudi Arabia is a country located in the continent of Asia, in the Middle East. Saudi Arabia is considered, as one of the strictest countries in terms of religion. Its makes its citizens, especially women, live in a capture, were women have special rules and traditions to follow, that make them so different, from the women that live in the US. . The different

Civil discourse is at the basis of progressing society. Without it, the world could perhaps remain stagnant. We live in a fast paced world that is always morphing and changing. As the world evolves, so does science and we need to be able to create new laws and re-evaluate old ones to ensure that they are appropriate for modern day. We also need to be able to address ideas and topics with many different perspectives, with all parties being respected and considered. To oppose civil discourse