Saudi Arabian Women
More Freedom Less Limitation Saudi Arabian women should feel free about the way they present themselves in public places. There’re a lot of rules and regulations about what women can wear and do in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Women aren’t allowed to drive, they must always have a guardian, and there are separate buildings and lines for women and men. For example, women must cover her whole body in public and in front of men. In the essay “Saudis in Bikinis” by Nicholas D. Kristof, talks about a time where he was in Saudi Arabia, and women were wearing a abayas. An abayas is a long black cloak worn by Muslim women, it covers the whole body head to toe, but their eyes. Kristof calls them, “black ghost”, it’s part of the women’s culture to wear abayas, "’it's the way God wants us to dress’" says Umm Ranya, an Iraqi who lived in Baghdad”. The women feel it’s a must to cover their bodies, to show respect to men and to God. But if an Arabian women didn’t believe in God would she still wear an abaya. We have the freedom to wear any type of clothing no matter what religion or gender. But how the Arabian women are required to wear an abayas, they have no choice. My thoughts on being a women in Saudi Arabia are unbelievable, there are so many boundaries. A women’s main priority it to cook, clean, and take care of their children while their husband are at work. It appears that women have so many restrictions because of their gender. They are not able to do things like a Saudi Arabian man could do. An Arabian man can drive, work, have the freedom to wear what she pleases and have the ability to be independent. “Nicholas D. Kristof, in his essay “Saudis in Bikinis” provides a substantial argument that Saudi Arabian women should be able to have the same equal rights as men in their own country. For a women to be treated differently because of her gender makes no sense to me. Women in Arabia have set rules and laws they can’t break. For example, Saudi Arabian women aren’t allowed