Comments on: Saudi Gazette publishes Saudi-focused essay by Andersen ’12, Tatro ’14

By: Saud Ibn Abdul Aziz

Saud Ibn Abdul Aziz — Tue, 05 Feb 2013 02:14:18 +0000

People, come on, listen to your selves! You people are judging on how equally women are treated based on what? on the fact that they wear an abaya? that they CHOSE to wear a niqaab?

your ignorance makes me wonder, how do you sleep with yourself at night?

Sincerely,

A non-Saudi Happily living in Saudi Arabia for the past 20 years with a family (consisting of females as well, who wear an abaya and are very happy about it)

p.s. – If that too doesn’t satisfy you, my sister passed this link to me saying, and I quote, “look at what non-sense they write about women covering in the middle east. Like if we walk around naked, it would be considered as freedom”.

By: John

John — Sun, 03 Feb 2013 07:41:29 +0000

In reply to Traci. Traci, you said u've lived in Saudi Arabia and I'm sure you know that Saudi girls are one of the top most spoiled girls around the world. More than men. so what kind of equality they have a long, long way to achieve?

By: Ali Ameer

Ali Ameer — Sat, 02 Feb 2013 17:23:17 +0000

Actually I’m from saudi Arabia and I dis agree with you about the last part of your comment that says ” Saudi women have a long, long way to go to achieve any kind of equality ”

I know women’s in Saudi Arabia more successful than men there. Yes it’s hard most of the time but it’s not that “long, long way to go to achieve any kind of equality,”.

About the cover up “Hijab” it’s for religion purpose and we proud of it as islamic country.

As a men from Saudi Arabia, I found some difficulties too but women’s in Saudi Arabia getting batter.

By: Traci

Traci — Tue, 29 Jan 2013 14:46:09 +0000

I spent seven years of my childhood in Dhahran while my father was on assignment there, and I remember well the warm hospitality these students encountered. But I also remember having to cover up when we went off our compound. Saudi women have a long, long way to go to achieve any kind of equality.

–Traci LaRosa Suppa, ’90