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| Saudi Police Lift Veil on Woman Driver | |
| 2003-06-19 | |
A woman who tried to get around a ban on female drivers in Saudi Arabia by dressing up as a man was caught out when she was ordered to undergo medical checks, a newspaper reported on Thursday. Police became suspicious when they stopped the woman's car at a patrol point in the northern town of Hail. "She was sent to hospital where medical examinations proved without a doubt that she was a woman with all the natural female body parts," the daily al-Riyadh said.
It was not clear what punishment the woman would now face. Women in the strict Islamic state, where they must wear a veil in public, usually have a male driver. Although Saudi laws do not allow women to drive, police nonetheless hold them responsible for numerous traffic violations as more than 75, 000cars are owned by Saudi women, according to a report carried by Al-Watan newspaper. Some traffic violations are registered in the name of women because the law holds the owner of a car responsible when the actual violator cannot be found. (Arabnews) Translate: Can't drive but can be flogged for it anyway. | |
| Posted by:True German Ally |
| #6 What a sweetheart you are,Anon1. |
| Posted by: raptor 2003-06-20 07:21:24 |
| #5 Apologies, Old Patriot, The country: Australia The city: Sydney Hoorah hooray the americans are here and guess what? Just two weeks ago, I painted over some offensive anti-US, anti-war, anti-John Howard graffiti at Bondi with a nice panel of attractive dark blue paint so it is all looking spic and span and nice for the US Marines! I didn't even know they were coming so hooray I'm glad I did it now as I wouldn't like them to see it and get offended and think all Aussies are idiots. |
| Posted by: Anon1 2003-06-19 23:23:57 |
| #4 Anon, we'd celebrate with you, if we only knew where you were: city, country. Might even recommend a stop by some friends of mine in the blue suits! |
| Posted by: Old Patriot 2003-06-19 17:40:26 |
| #3 Can't blame her for trying. S***, if I was unfortunate enough to be imprisoned as a female citizen in Saudi , I'd be dressing up as a man every goddam day of my life until I could cross a border and get out of there! Guess what? 6 US boats have come into harbour today:::: Yipppeeeeeeee I'm gonna get my US flag, wrap it round my head and go down and make them welcome. I'm gonna take them on a siteseeing tour of Bondi on Sunday (got my phonetic alphabet test on Saturday for the Volunteer SES of which I am one). Hooray!!! They can come whalewatching if they want though no doubt they prolly just want bars and women. Well I am female but not like that... |
| Posted by: Anon1 2003-06-19 17:34:00 |
| #2 Her husband/father/brother is going to have to explain why he let her perform such hijinks. Might have his passport revoked. |
| Posted by: Michael 2003-06-19 16:17:30 |
| #1 Hey, what about un-natural female body parts? |
| Posted by: mojo 2003-06-19 16:08:34 |
