Women-only city planned - What do you think?

[Linus]

Ya.. I dunno. Rather than this being something of women, by women (which is what I expected from the title) I see this as a "Men have decided you can work but only where and when we say it's ok" kind of thing.

But despite the degree of emancipation, women's rights in Saudi Arabia are still defined by Islam and lack basic freedoms found in many Western cultures. For instance, Saudi Arabia is the only country in the world that prohibits women from driving.

Yet recently efforts have been made to change the societal structure in the kingdom.


Last September, King Abdullah announced that women will be able to vote and run in the 2015 local elections, and be appointed to the Consultative Assembly.

AFAIK (and I admit to not being muslim/Islamic and my knowledge is from reading) that women are not prohibited by the Qu'ran from working outside of the home. So not sure why the Saudis feel the need to do this, other than to remind women that it's men who grant them the right to do things (my interpretation of the Saudis actions).

This July, women also obtained the right to represent their country at the London Olympic Games.

Uh huh. And then only to be mocked and insulted for doing so (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/ahmed-...b_1709873.html)