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Saudi women, who are traditionally required to wear long, black abayas over their clothes, found the men's objection to the new dress code only slightly ironic.
Saudi Arabia's morality police detained a group of young men for dancing at a birthday party and referred them to prosecutors, according to a state-linked media report.
Saudi Arabian authorities have charged 67 men detained at a party for reportedly wearing women’s clothing. Most of the men were Filipino and were arrested while standing outside a private party ...
Shari'a law, as interpreted and enforced in Saudi Arabia, remains uncodified; no written and accessible legal standards exist that criminalize the wearing of women's clothing by men. Nevertheless ...
Perversity of Saudi Arabia's moral police who rigorously enforce female dress code but are happy for men to go out in their underwear Religious police say men can walk around in underwear ...
Saudi authorities are investigating a video claiming to show a gay wedding ceremony in the country, according to regional media reports. Footage of two men in Saudi dress walking down an aisle at ...
At an outdoor cafe in the Saudi Arabian capital, 28-year-old Abdullah looks nervous, but says he is happy to chat with two female reporters. As we sit down at one of the empty tables, the manager ...
Melissa Block interviews Reem Asaad, a Saudi writer and women's rights advocate, who launched a campaign in 2008 to boycott lingerie shops that only employ men. A new royal decree in Saudi Arabia ...
In Saudi Arabia, religious police enforce a strict policy of gender segregation, often harassing women who do not meet conservative standards of dress in public, according to a 2005 report by the ...
And then they burst out in super-colorful outfits and doing all kinds of silly things, ... Basically saying, by definition, "Men are mentally ill." A bunch of Saudi women singing this.