Women in Saudi Arabia: A long road to equality | Reporters • FRANCE 24 English

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    In Saudi Arabia, women are considered second-class citizens. They cannot drive or travel without the authorisation of a male guardian: a brother, father, cousin or even a son. But faced with the fall in oil prices and the aspirations of a young generation hooked on social media, the authorities are gradually relaxing the rules. FRANCE 24’s team reports from the kingdom.
    In December 2015, amid much publicity, Saudi Arabia held historic elections for municipal councils. For the first time, women had the right to vote and to run for office. Although this was a clear step forward, it remained symbolic as only 21 women were elected to a total of more than 2,000 seats. Since then, things are not necessarily going smoothly for these women in the town halls where they are supposed to have a voice.
    In reality, the change is mainly driven by the Saudi authorities’ need to diversify the economy, which is completely dependent on oil revenues. Today, Saudi women are obtaining access to areas that were previously forbidden to them. Some are now lawyers, pharmacists or even appointed to the head of the stock exchange or a large bank.
    Another factor that explains this feminine revolution is the demographic reality of the kingdom. Currently, 70 percent of Saudis are under 30 years of age. They are seeking room to breathe in a society suffocated by tradition and religion. Faced with these aspirations, the authorities have decided to relax certain rules and promote sports and entertainment for women. They have also ordered the infamous religious police to slightly loosen their grip on society. Young people are now able to take some liberties with traditional outfits and customs.
    For the few activists who continue to fight for true female emancipation, these changes are largely cosmetic. They say the country needs drastic measures, including the end of the male guardianship system and the ban on women driving. Although these subjects appear ultra-sensitive, even some figures close to power admit the changes are necessary. But the road to equality for Saudi women is still long and full of pitfalls.
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  • @extro4773
    @extro4773 Před 4 lety +215

    Saudi:*allows women to walk on footpaths without being accompanied by a male.*
    Advancement made:stone age.

    • @b121
      @b121 Před 4 lety +2

      Did you believe it? Or are you stupid enough !! . I always go walking without a man and I don't know why I explain it to someone like you

    • @teskilatzehrafan9592
      @teskilatzehrafan9592 Před 3 lety +21

      @@b121 then you are not Saudi

    • @b121
      @b121 Před 3 lety +1

      @@teskilatzehrafan9592 then u r stupid kid

    • @mentalcelandproud
      @mentalcelandproud Před 3 lety

      @Somali Waaqale and you being a public property

    • @Uyiiouuoiuiiuyi
      @Uyiiouuoiuiiuyi Před 3 lety

      @Sabir what’s is the problem

  • @parthkathuria1838
    @parthkathuria1838 Před 4 lety +274

    permission from son? omg🤣🤣 my mom would choke me to death before asking for permission

    • @halima2030
      @halima2030 Před 4 lety +21

      thats how it should be lmaooo

    • @mayab2859
      @mayab2859 Před 3 lety +15

      halima no

    • @kindnessandgracestaysmilin5990
      @kindnessandgracestaysmilin5990 Před 3 lety +17

      @@halima2030 omg what?!

    • @sudiptadas145
      @sudiptadas145 Před 3 lety +16

      It's all about orthodox 🖕 Shari law 😂,,, freedom with women's don't coexistence in their society ,😂,I fill sorrow after seeing to this kind of circumstances of Saudi women

    • @ankur3222
      @ankur3222 Před 3 lety +5

      Haha. Bachpan yaad aa gaya mujhe, rocket chappals. Lol

  • @malaabb1037
    @malaabb1037 Před 6 lety +226

    ask son for permission?????????? what

    • @catwiss5725
      @catwiss5725 Před 4 lety +51

      Malahat Abb yes this very demeaning to a women she has to ask son ?!because he is male better then her because she is female disgusting

    • @pyukumuku-6645
      @pyukumuku-6645 Před 4 lety

      fatima arshad, can you enlighten us with what that is?

    • @lolatoa581
      @lolatoa581 Před 3 lety

      And also ask brother????

    • @adellaadella3044
      @adellaadella3044 Před 3 lety +7

      @@catwiss5725 You say women are disgusting but what is your mother?

    • @Nora-vo9vq
      @Nora-vo9vq Před 3 lety +1

      Mala Abb im Saudi women it’s not true not all women go through this there’s a lot of open minded families .. only women with strict family go through this

  • @andersliljevall2946
    @andersliljevall2946 Před 5 lety +447

    Saudi women seem to be quite educated and intelligent. So of course they are threatening to saudi men that don't seem to be too bright, honestly!

    • @XtoCee
      @XtoCee Před 4 lety +14

      But wouldn't intelligent women give birth to intelligent men?

    • @sverkauu
      @sverkauu Před 4 lety +45

      X if they have a baby with a stupid man, then the man they will give birth to won’t be as smart :)

    • @Beamshipcaptain
      @Beamshipcaptain Před 4 lety +9

      @@XtoCee Their culture of apartheid between men and women is unnatural, so they cannot excel at art, mathematics, science, or medicine. Sad.

    • @waseemsheikh982
      @waseemsheikh982 Před 4 lety +4

      @Tai Lopez you are wrong women are very strong

    • @maryryanroman2399
      @maryryanroman2399 Před 4 lety +5

      @syncmaster913b Interesting comment. Do they really have small penises, or were you just joking? Nevertheless, if it IS true, maybe you're right. Maybe that IS why they feel compelled to control the women.

  • @tisbutascratch2045
    @tisbutascratch2045 Před 6 lety +332

    it's crazy that all of the things that these Saudi women are saying are revolutionary are actually just basic things that women in western countries have had for the past 150 years.

    • @Tziumannu87
      @Tziumannu87 Před 5 lety +62

      welcome to Islam

    • @Abdetmr
      @Abdetmr Před 4 lety +12

      Tis'ButAFleshWound I’m not sure women had the right to vote 150y ago in western countries 🧐

    • @Beamshipcaptain
      @Beamshipcaptain Před 4 lety +17

      @@Abdetmr Western religions reformed 100 years ago. What's holding up Muslims?

    • @Beamshipcaptain
      @Beamshipcaptain Před 4 lety +25

      @@sutrisno6270 If other man-made religions can reform to be compatible with progress, so can Islam. If Islam does not reform from within, it faces obliteration in the near future. And it will be Atomic. Jews invented Nuclear weaponry, not Arabs.

    • @hammsgems908
      @hammsgems908 Před 4 lety +3

      Let's live under tunnel of las vegas of usa where is very freedom for retired porn stars. Let them go under tunnel and have freedom for rest of there life and u won't need to cover your face because the tunnel will cover u for the rest of your life( yes girls can do anything).

  • @matihari79
    @matihari79 Před 7 lety +582

    When guys from Saudi Arabia coming to europe then spend half of the day with prostitutes, another half onparties drinking alcohol and taking drugs

    • @vivaciouslyla9294
      @vivaciouslyla9294 Před 6 lety +9

      Mati Hari What is the logic behind that hideous statement?

    • @iceflake7853
      @iceflake7853 Před 6 lety +176

      +Lyla Sheikh To expose their hypocrisy.

    • @kayem3824
      @kayem3824 Před 5 lety +95

      @@vivaciouslyla9294 What is the logic for denying that truth? Chop chop chop.

    • @mariastim6629
      @mariastim6629 Před 5 lety +32

      It s true

    • @candy_crush21
      @candy_crush21 Před 5 lety +59

      These ppl should be banned from all countries

  • @axisporcinus1861
    @axisporcinus1861 Před 6 lety +350

    Poor Saudi women in black sheets. You might as well put them in chains. Truly sad.

    • @noufalmousa9330
      @noufalmousa9330 Před 5 lety +76

      i myself a saudi female sadly agree with what u say..

    • @hurtzburtz991
      @hurtzburtz991 Před 5 lety +31

      They are in chains.

    • @catwiss5725
      @catwiss5725 Před 4 lety +49

      Men in white cool clothes women in black everything covered sweating in hot desert heat sad

    • @hurtzburtz991
      @hurtzburtz991 Před 4 lety +4

      @@littledovee_3198 theres nothing to envy about slavery

    • @littledovee_3198
      @littledovee_3198 Před 4 lety

      Hurtz Burtz 😒

  • @annasu8557
    @annasu8557 Před 6 lety +88

    discrimination against woman

  • @siamajidi
    @siamajidi Před 7 lety +329

    No way anybody can make this place look civilized no matter how you dress it up. Shameful land.

    • @hurtzburtz991
      @hurtzburtz991 Před 4 lety +1

      @Cheddering in a wayyyy but not reeeeallllyyy

    • @jd5351
      @jd5351 Před 4 lety +1

      Oh really? Make sure to ask your family to not wear any masks or covering - now that there is a virus and all.

  • @deniseg-hill1730
    @deniseg-hill1730 Před 6 lety +114

    Can anybody explain why women's outerwear is black, why cant it be in different colours, but the men can wear white which is much cooler in hot countries

    • @ms.altareb9935
      @ms.altareb9935 Před 6 lety +48

      Denise G- Hill it's just black can cover as much as possible .. men wear white because this was the favorite clothes color to profit Mohammed ( pbu). Anyways, I think it's a very bad idea to wear black when it's hot!

    • @deniseg-hill1730
      @deniseg-hill1730 Před 6 lety +49

      Sarah Sadiq
      Well it's about time all this was dragged into the 21st century. Still wearing what was worn more than 1400 years ago, ridiculou.

    • @salimalmahry
      @salimalmahry Před 6 lety +8

      Denise G- Hill ridiculous to you but cherished to others.. Stupidity is taking your values then impose and judge other people of different cultures. We're different, we shouldn't be the same but we should understand one another not despise each other.

    • @deniseg-hill1730
      @deniseg-hill1730 Před 6 lety +18

      El Mahry.
      Where did I mention the word stupid in my question?

    • @salimalmahry
      @salimalmahry Před 6 lety +5

      Denise G- Hill my point humans are of different background and ethnicities. Our cultures and values are different its stupid to impose your way of thinking to other people's cultures and values.

  • @Rahul-cu4bz
    @Rahul-cu4bz Před 7 lety +254

    a country where women r not allowed to drive.shame,shame,shame

    • @abirabusulayman6904
      @abirabusulayman6904 Před 6 lety +13

      Rakesh Mahato driving is not essential and it is not a matter of life. We don't have killing or raping issues. Women can go out anytime and anywhere not fearing anything. We don't have homeless people. We are really lucky

    • @gabbygirl3951
      @gabbygirl3951 Před 6 lety +101

      Abir AbuSulayman you do have raping and killing, it just goes unreported because you have no rights. Driving is not essential but convenient and why are men only allowed the convenience. And no you cant go anywhere you like, can you go ANYWHERE that the men are allowed to go? It is so sad that you have accepted this as acceptable way for women ro to live

    • @iceflake7853
      @iceflake7853 Před 6 lety +50

      +Abir AbuSulayman Women can't even go outside without permission from a male guardian.

    • @cathmarieantoinette
      @cathmarieantoinette Před 6 lety +47

      I can't imagine my life without driving, if you can't drive you must rely on others. This is why Saudi women can't drive, men don't want them to be free and self-reliant. Shame, shame, shame!

    • @sifrah5072
      @sifrah5072 Před 6 lety +25

      Rakesh Mahato u r talking about drive but they can't even leave home for a second with out male they will be in jail or killed 😕

  • @perfection3iea220
    @perfection3iea220 Před 3 lety +35

    This is why separation of religious institutions from the state is important.

  • @ScarlettM
    @ScarlettM Před 5 lety +166

    Real life Handmaid's Tale.

  • @strawberriesblueberries2258

    I would hate to live in that place. It’s like a prison.

    • @nay5344
      @nay5344 Před 3 lety +16

      It is . You are lucky that you weren’t born here

    • @ma_h33n
      @ma_h33n Před 3 lety +5

      My cousins just shifted to Pakistan a few months ago i am so happy for them they would always tell me how they weren't allowed to go out side with out wearing a burka

    • @hatasakuta8012
      @hatasakuta8012 Před 3 lety +1

      It's one of rich country in the arabian gulf, so far better than north korea

    • @realnamehidden11
      @realnamehidden11 Před 3 lety +2

      It is actually literally a prison and u r so lucky

    • @ElenaKomleva
      @ElenaKomleva Před 2 lety

      You'd rather be a workhorse, and slave away at your job 9-5 every day..

  • @newnormtrump7519
    @newnormtrump7519 Před 6 lety +224

    THIS DAY AND AGE WOMAN SHOULD BE ALOUD TO MARRY WHOM THEY CHOOSE DRIVE AND STUDY WHERE THEY WANT

  • @javieraramirez4289
    @javieraramirez4289 Před 6 lety +455

    what a horrific place to live, seriously

    • @nadav5913
      @nadav5913 Před 6 lety +67

      Javiera Ramirez YES i live there it's like hell💔

    • @deserteffect1001
      @deserteffect1001 Před 6 lety +10

      Nada , no you don't ! you're a liar !

    • @naefnaef7910
      @naefnaef7910 Před 6 lety

      Javiera Ramirez wawa,

    • @shourav2368
      @shourav2368 Před 6 lety +1

      Hell

    • @jacquelinehadid8043
      @jacquelinehadid8043 Před 5 lety +17

      Rather live in Saudi than in France where women are forced to be sexual objects for every men to look at whenever they please

  • @danily2607
    @danily2607 Před 5 lety +86

    I am truly happy and grateful to have so much freedoms and not have anyone own me. I hope one day the law will change for the Saudi women. It’s so shameful that they have to be told what to do or permission by their guardianship ? Effin sick I must say!

    • @meganesergerie5382
      @meganesergerie5382 Před 4 lety +3

      Dani Ly
      The laws must change, yes. But primarily the mentalities of men and also women for this to happen.
      I doubt it won’t happen before many generations, sadly

    • @hammsgems908
      @hammsgems908 Před 4 lety

      @@hilmaedith7088 yes true they should need to get out of this darkness and follow the western style so that they can live under the tunnel like some porn star live under tunnel after they become old and poor we need to make more feminist movment in saudi too so they can be free to uncover their face and end up under tunnel so the tunnel can cover them. Yes also we need rape rate like western in saudi too so that we can be more better like west you are right.

    • @hammsgems908
      @hammsgems908 Před 4 lety

      @@hilmaedith7088 yes i got your point

    • @hammsgems908
      @hammsgems908 Před 4 lety

      @@hilmaedith7088 i also agree that not any one should be forced neither there religion don't give permission to force any one just like some bad things happen in church which has nothing to do with relegion. There leaders make awful law which make islam look horrible

    • @hammsgems908
      @hammsgems908 Před 4 lety

      @@hilmaedith7088 yes we have seen your human rights very much that women are very happy to be living in paradise

  • @JenovaRC
    @JenovaRC Před 6 lety +498

    Not allowed to swim?!!!WTF?!

    • @xolo2282
      @xolo2282 Před 6 lety +8

      Julien 😅😂😂"

    • @Nana-wi1ze
      @Nana-wi1ze Před 6 lety +114

      This is true im a Saudi woman 😞

    • @Theplayer-kc3rl
      @Theplayer-kc3rl Před 6 lety +69

      Ugh I live in Saudi Arabia since birth so we are only allowed to swim in private

    • @BIackDynamite
      @BIackDynamite Před 5 lety +1

      The player 2005 that nice df

    • @jacquelinehadid8043
      @jacquelinehadid8043 Před 5 lety +27

      Can swim in women's pool and beach. not men and women swimming together

  • @gs..6160
    @gs..6160 Před 5 lety +174

    Still leaving in stone ages

    • @nemamodgeddi5338
      @nemamodgeddi5338 Před 5 lety +31

      Living. And I agree.

    • @hirsizvar9835
      @hirsizvar9835 Před 5 lety +4

      Nema 2014 shut up look at your own country im not a saudi but everyone should look at their own land

    • @ilugenn
      @ilugenn Před 4 lety

      Hirsiz Var
      That's right
      I'm Saudi
      Thank you☺️

    • @MuhammadAhmad-qc4fz
      @MuhammadAhmad-qc4fz Před 4 lety +5

      You are going toward the dark age. Islam is a perfect code of life

    • @humairaziauddin5382
      @humairaziauddin5382 Před 4 lety +1

      tina k no that’s not true every person have different thinking no matter where they live I think you agree ? So don’t make your mind set behalf of a video please 🙏🏻.

  • @nini7886
    @nini7886 Před 4 lety +48

    I will never in my life step foot in the Middle East. It’s a shame because there’s so much history that I would like to see. I will never feel safe even if they do change.

    • @ImLiterallyYourDaddy
      @ImLiterallyYourDaddy Před 2 lety +1

      Come to Lebanon! All religions welcome.

    • @NubianGirl7
      @NubianGirl7 Před 2 lety +3

      Especially as a female as well your life is so disposable…

    • @Julia-py8il
      @Julia-py8il Před 2 lety

      @@ImLiterallyYourDaddy not what were talking about

  • @_aidid
    @_aidid Před 5 lety +47

    This place has long way to go to become civilised.

  • @reabetsweimanmoabi7911
    @reabetsweimanmoabi7911 Před 6 lety +130

    So sad :( no freedom for women at all

    • @saharali1139
      @saharali1139 Před 4 lety +4

      Is freedom removing clothes for you

    • @Beamshipcaptain
      @Beamshipcaptain Před 4 lety +25

      @@saharali1139 Yes, among other things. What do Muslims have against human skin and hair?

    • @hammsgems908
      @hammsgems908 Před 4 lety

      @@Beamshipcaptain yes let's make naked civilization and tunnels which porn stars live after they retire and become poor like las vegas in usa it's very nice role model.

    • @hammsgems908
      @hammsgems908 Před 4 lety

      Lets clean with tissue after using toilet too

    • @Beamshipcaptain
      @Beamshipcaptain Před 4 lety +15

      @@hammsgems908 Why are you obsessed with porn stars? No one watches porn anymore. We don't want your religious life or theocracy in the rational modern world.

  • @NewYorkCityBoxing
    @NewYorkCityBoxing Před 4 lety +15

    I had no idea this was happening. Men there are trying to solve so many problems -- and yet, there are woman all around them with intelligent solutions. A country will never reach its fullest potential without exepting women and men as equals.

  • @rebeccameister3825
    @rebeccameister3825 Před 6 lety +82

    it's beastly they way they're treated.

  • @gaaraofddarkness
    @gaaraofddarkness Před 4 lety +25

    Religion blinds humans.

  • @littlemissnala315
    @littlemissnala315 Před 6 lety +103

    They all speak English so well.

    • @sh7502
      @sh7502 Před 5 lety +18

      We do learn to speak English from an early age but its not like all of us are fluent but most of us understand it pretty well more than speaking it im talking about us girls cuz I cant say the same thing about the boys in here.

    • @hannah1535
      @hannah1535 Před 3 lety

      I mean they're pretty educated XD

  • @paganpoet3
    @paganpoet3 Před 7 lety +105

    A long road to equality?...How about NO WAY TO EQUALITY?

    • @andili9946
      @andili9946 Před 5 lety +4

      paganpoet3 best comment

    • @9littlebutterfly
      @9littlebutterfly Před 5 lety +5

      There is a way to equality and it's long way , they started to allow women now to drive which is a small step towards it

    • @mitjellk2186
      @mitjellk2186 Před 5 lety +2

      That's what they said in Europe just 200 years ago. Things can change.

    • @hirsizvar9835
      @hirsizvar9835 Před 5 lety +1

      Mitjell K europe will never make us westernized im turk we will make ottoman with erdogan and take middle east back from americans Saudi arabia is puppet of america women should have rights but absolutly not like WEST

    • @hammsgems908
      @hammsgems908 Před 4 lety

      @@andili9946 yes we need to make saudi more like west where girls are used for porn (since women can do any thing) and later thrown in to las vegas tunnel when there job end and live very freely under tunnel

  • @francismausley7239
    @francismausley7239 Před 5 lety +18

    Would not gender equality benefit the country? "Consider the animal kingdom, where no distinction is observed between male and female. They are equal in powers and privileges. Among birds of the air no distinction is evidenced." ~ Baha'i Faith

    • @Beamshipcaptain
      @Beamshipcaptain Před 4 lety +3

      But you see, Muslim men are deeply and pathologically insecure.

  • @nesloubasilio4694
    @nesloubasilio4694 Před 4 lety +30

    iam super blessed and lucky coz i lived in democratic country,freedom, i can wear whati want.i can marry who i loved....fair everything...sorry to saudi women....thanks Papa Jesus😇😇

    • @sherifgabr6480
      @sherifgabr6480 Před 4 lety +2

      Hahaha

    • @laumajakobsone1878
      @laumajakobsone1878 Před 4 lety +1

      Neslou Basilio same

    • @meldrakalnina2844
      @meldrakalnina2844 Před 4 lety +1

      Thanks to whom ???Santa Claus? in what stone age country believe in such tales!

    • @vickneswaran198
      @vickneswaran198 Před 3 lety +10

      @@meldrakalnina2844 at least she doesn't believe in wearing hijab🤭

    • @s46kflmha2
      @s46kflmha2 Před 3 lety +5

      Thank you we live in hell and I wish I had more power to leave

  • @MOONCAT666
    @MOONCAT666 Před 4 lety +17

    Poor women, I hope many of them can escape. 💙 I'm so lucky not to be forced into religion

  • @Mario-zd4lk
    @Mario-zd4lk Před 4 lety +28

    Everything is forbidden,, what a sad world..

  • @jonezmontenegro3916
    @jonezmontenegro3916 Před 5 lety +22

    Someone please tell me this is a joke.

    • @hell7262
      @hell7262 Před 3 lety +3

      no its not i live like this everyday.

  • @hehehehe644
    @hehehehe644 Před 5 lety +22

    And people say gay rights are bad
    I’m not homophobic I’m just saying
    The way the women get treated there is horrible

  • @katjahartung4797
    @katjahartung4797 Před 6 lety +310

    I like this Video.. i feel sorry for the women in Saudi

    • @Hanvvn
      @Hanvvn Před 6 lety +68

      Yea im from saudi arabia i feel sorry to us

    • @the_nafs
      @the_nafs Před 6 lety +16

      Katja Hartung im from Saudi Arabia and i love my Abaya no one is oppressing me rather i feel free to wearing Abaya

    • @randomstuff8027
      @randomstuff8027 Před 6 lety +61

      EqraMehmood but not every women is like you sister , they should give choice

    • @saacidsalebaan.bukhaari4694
      @saacidsalebaan.bukhaari4694 Před 6 lety +8

      the precious diamond is kept out of sight and is hidden , and we believe our women are like diamonds, pretty beautiful so they hide it, unlike the women in western countries they expose it so they become worthless.
      REPLY

    • @bw926
      @bw926 Před 6 lety +44

      أبو مسلم ساعد الإسحاقي I don’t agree, I think that women should have their own choice and shouldn’t be made to do anything,

  • @samanthalopez3614
    @samanthalopez3614 Před 4 lety +11

    Women should be listened, they must have a place in government without been segregated. Time have changed and patriarchal laws must be abolished.

  • @OnlyBelters_
    @OnlyBelters_ Před 4 lety +17

    5:15 just look at the way that guy is holding her

    • @imaneamouna681
      @imaneamouna681 Před 4 lety

      Hhh he's passing her the road cause she's not use to maybe😜

    • @hk-nm8ox
      @hk-nm8ox Před 4 lety +1

      @@imaneamouna681 no, in a disrespectful dismissing, intimidating way.
      anyone w common sense can see that

    • @imaneamouna681
      @imaneamouna681 Před 4 lety

      @@hk-nm8ox are serious I grab my friend like that when we're passing the road 😅😅 you've never been to an Arab country passing roads ain't a joke hh

    • @hk-nm8ox
      @hk-nm8ox Před 4 lety +3

      @@imaneamouna681 yeah hes grabbing her like a piece of garbage
      ive been saudi before and dubai sooo

    • @ss-se4fs
      @ss-se4fs Před 3 lety +1

      hk lmao maybe Saudi women are only allowed to pass the streets with male guardians🤣🤣

  • @haroutghazar4725
    @haroutghazar4725 Před 4 lety +13

    Women in soudi arabi are only for produce baby

  • @judahbenhur1343
    @judahbenhur1343 Před 4 lety +8

    And yet they called this the birth place if islam the religion of peace..

    • @hammsgems908
      @hammsgems908 Před 4 lety

      Yes they need to come to west culture and see our church which nuns are raped and also our equal rights which is some people are soo rich and other are on street begging in cold weather.

    • @fkfjjegngnrk5299
      @fkfjjegngnrk5299 Před 4 lety

      there is a big difference between saoudi arabia and islam, those rules are from the arab traditions not the islam rules, please don't talk about a religion if you don't know nothing about it.

    • @hammsgems908
      @hammsgems908 Před 4 lety

      @@fkfjjegngnrk5299 no no america is christianity and saudi is islam so what ever america do is what bible says and what ever saudi do is what quran says😆.

  • @margaretlim9180
    @margaretlim9180 Před 6 lety +44

    Please come to malaysia where muslim women drive, work, shop freely, be with their partners openly and hold parliamentary positions.

    • @ndgnatoo6677
      @ndgnatoo6677 Před 6 lety

      margaret lim no it sucks

    • @yosratag918
      @yosratag918 Před 6 lety +1

      they love to show Islam like that unfortunately :/ just edit and add you are from Muslim country a lot of media followers will get shocked 😂

    • @yosratag918
      @yosratag918 Před 6 lety

      Alev Orgiy really? go read the history of Africa 😂

    • @maresgoez
      @maresgoez Před 6 lety +1

      margaret lim Let's hope wahabism doesn't ruin your country.

    • @dreamlawacademy9621
      @dreamlawacademy9621 Před 6 lety

      true

  • @lordess.
    @lordess. Před 4 lety +6

    Roses are red
    Violet is blue
    There is no man in this world
    Who can tell me what to do

  • @sxdxex
    @sxdxex Před 4 lety +10

    I really take my American privileges for granted 😒

    • @Cryptoinfinity
      @Cryptoinfinity Před 4 lety

      this video is old KSA changed since the crown prince

  • @christonngoveni8438
    @christonngoveni8438 Před 3 lety +3

    This abuse of women in the name of religion, let this women do what they like, what makes them happy. Religion should be a choice not oppression. I had 3 male friends from Saudi as a student in London, they were drinking Sunday to Sunday, and too much partying

  • @MichaelLantz
    @MichaelLantz Před 4 lety +3

    Did you know that Women in America were were forbidden to do these things in 1967?Here is a list of 13 things that were off limits to American Women.American women were in the same boat a women in Saudi Arabia are now.
    13 things American Women could not do in 1967
    1. Serve On A Jury
    2. Get A Credit Card
    3. Easily Accessible Birth Control
    4. Run The Boston Marathon
    5. Buy Women's Athletic Shoes
    6. Have The Option Of Attending Co-Ed Ivy League School
    7. Keep Their Job If They Became Pregnant
    8. Attend A Military Academy Or Fight In Combat
    9. Practice Law
    10. Refuse Sex With Their Husbands
    11. Legally Obtain An Abortion
    12. Take A Stand Against Sexual Harassment
    13. Take Legally-Mandated Maternity Leave

  • @jamiealdridge2388
    @jamiealdridge2388 Před 6 lety +9

    Saudi Arabian women should be treated as equals 😲😲😲😲😲😲😲😲

  • @genevievematte9048
    @genevievematte9048 Před 5 lety +12

    How iinsane is this!!! We are in 2019 for God's sake!!

    • @jd5351
      @jd5351 Před 4 lety

      Welcome to 2020....and put a mask on - aka islamic niqab....any questions on the year?

  • @adorkable1186
    @adorkable1186 Před 5 lety +26

    the head covering would fall off me in a millisecond.

  • @ibbano1
    @ibbano1 Před 6 lety +29

    without watching the video which i am SURE that is FULL of LIES.
    i must ask the one who uploaded the video to CHANGE the title to read as :
    Women in Saudi Arabia..a long way to be treated as HUMAN
    forget the equality man...first let them treat their women as HUMAN

  • @oldones59
    @oldones59 Před 7 lety +36

    Someone should ask a few female Saudi expats who practice Islam, how they define "equal." Peace:-)

  • @rmorgan5001
    @rmorgan5001 Před 4 lety +5

    What happens if Saudi Arabia women took over Saudi Arabia that would be cool

  • @Beamshipcaptain
    @Beamshipcaptain Před 4 lety +7

    This leads to economic inequality, class stigma, social divisions and a segregated society. The arranged marriage system is also unusually hard on women and their families, who have more to lose - financially, legally and in terms of social standing - from an arranged marriage gone wrong

  • @tling3389
    @tling3389 Před 5 lety +10

    I think that all Saudi Arabia women wear Abaya in the summer alway feel hot, honestly

  • @wd3185
    @wd3185 Před 5 lety +7

    It just... you know, it just makes me so sad to see women have to cover themselves up. If it's something they want to do, that's one thing, but being forced to by the male-oriented government of Saudi Arabia? It's just depressing. The world wants to see how beautiful they are, wants to see them grow and flourish as independent women, not sit back and have their worth be judged through their man! More needs to be done about this.

    • @BulkyHealthyCat
      @BulkyHealthyCat Před 5 lety

      They feel uncomfortable if not covered they are more happier than westren women

    • @catwiss5725
      @catwiss5725 Před 4 lety +3

      Samurai Jack how do you know ?? Like a caged bird is happy ?

    • @BulkyHealthyCat
      @BulkyHealthyCat Před 4 lety

      @@catwiss5725 my wife and mother and sisters are one of them well my wife doesn't wear

    • @Beamshipcaptain
      @Beamshipcaptain Před 4 lety +3

      @@BulkyHealthyCat Western women do sports and sunbathing, and therefore western women are stronger and more beautiful, and they have spirit. Hijabi women walk around as if they are afraid of their own shadows; their spirit is broken.

    • @BulkyHealthyCat
      @BulkyHealthyCat Před 4 lety

      @@Beamshipcaptain lmao whats the big deal in playing sports muslim women play sports and bout sunbath it's a time waste talking bout beauty womens are beautiful here not every muslim women wears hijab and in some states of saudia arabia it's allowed for muslim women not to wear hijab afriad of shadow? Lmao my both sisters went to university alone and their marriage is love marriage get some knowledge before you say something my wife wears jeans and shirt sometimes and I don't mind mostly she wears arabian traditional dress without hijab search for arabian traditional dress and you will see how it looks it's not black it has variety of colors and desgins + you have 0 knowledge

  • @charlyBrown7
    @charlyBrown7 Před 4 lety +4

    I see a lot of Saudi Arabia Woman with shopping bags and good shoes but what’s the point of them dressing up if they have to wear those black depressing drapes. So sad.

    • @hamzabinamjad
      @hamzabinamjad Před 4 lety +2

      Dressing up isnt prohibited actually its is necessary to be done according to islam
      The difference is only whom they can show it and whom they cant
      Isnt it awesome that some guy who havent met you "The non mehram" should not be allowed to judge you based on your looks
      And the person whom you are going to live your whole life with should have the privilage to see you in best of your looks?

  • @beefnomo7590
    @beefnomo7590 Před 3 lety +3

    Lost it when the comedian said he’s a woman who studies in college of Wisdom and everyone else laughed

  • @dattebayo10
    @dattebayo10 Před 6 lety +16

    saudi has longer journey to achieve gender and equality specially in women.

  • @mytoesarecurly4982
    @mytoesarecurly4982 Před 4 lety +2

    In Islam it never said for women that they can't swim or drive lmao wtf is wrong with Saudi Arabia

  • @evaa6106
    @evaa6106 Před 6 lety +18

    The suffix "phobia" denotes an irrational fear of something. A fear of Islam isn't irrational. Fear or cautious skepticism of any celestial religion is a fully healthy and rational thing.

  • @jackiekearney
    @jackiekearney Před 7 lety +8

    Wow it's so different now. I was in Jeddah in 1996-98. And I love Jeddah.

    • @samc2324
      @samc2324 Před 6 lety +1

      move there then

    • @unknownfrvr6767
      @unknownfrvr6767 Před 4 lety +1

      If you love Jeddah so much why don't you marry it

    • @jd5351
      @jd5351 Před 4 lety +1

      Sam C and Unkown Fvr676 are both a bit jelous....especially now that women can drive - it was never about "womens rights" ...but rather criticism of SA. LOL

  • @seanberthiaume3279
    @seanberthiaume3279 Před 5 lety +3

    See what a lot of these countries have in common:They were ALL DISARMED!

  • @jefrreyjeffery2192
    @jefrreyjeffery2192 Před 3 lety +2

    A Muslim majority nation, Saudi Arabia: Women are treated 2nd class citizens
    Also a Muslim Majority nation, but it's Turkey: Women there got right to vote in 1930's, long before France and Switzerland

  • @BlueEyesBrittany
    @BlueEyesBrittany Před 4 lety +4

    well done girls ... it is completely outrageous that in the 21st century the fate of women is so horrendous in so many places..; and their treatment shameful in most parts of the world

  • @NightShift-ci5vn
    @NightShift-ci5vn Před 5 lety +16

    And women in the US saying their oppressed. They have no idea

  • @9uu009
    @9uu009 Před 3 lety +5

    One day I will escape..

  • @sacovenzetti8546
    @sacovenzetti8546 Před 7 lety +31

    islam is not ever the problem here . other islamic nation have a choice on how to dress and women do not have to be with a damn chaperon , to go shoppin g .it is not islam ,it is uniquely a saudi oppressive regime doctrine

    • @paganpoet3
      @paganpoet3 Před 7 lety +9

      Un huh, is their testimony equal to a man's? Are they allowed to date
      who they like? Are they allowed to marry whom they wish or not marry at
      all? Are their husbands allowed to beat them? Are they allowed to walk
      about in whatever clothing they desire? Can they go to school without
      parent permission? Can they choose whether to mutilate their own
      genitals or NOT? Not being allowed to drive in Saudi is just 1 more
      extreme example of the inequality inherent in Islam.

    • @wantamadwalaylabot6607
      @wantamadwalaylabot6607 Před 7 lety +2

      paganpoet3 THATS WHY ISLAM IS THE NO. 1 RELIGION IN THE WORLD! THOUSANDS ARE CONVERTING IN ISLAM EVERYDAY! IF U WANT ILLEGAL VICES, REMAIN CHRISTIAN!

    • @boris75723
      @boris75723 Před 6 lety +6

      Wantamad Walaylabot converting? Haha...only population of muslim..more births..religion of peace...joke of the day!)))))

    • @carrotcake3368
      @carrotcake3368 Před 6 lety

      Islam is the problem, read your Quran critically

    • @stevecool21iscool55
      @stevecool21iscool55 Před 5 lety

      Ok

  • @elijahwilliams381
    @elijahwilliams381 Před 4 lety +4

    Women in America can do as they please and not be killed! I love 🇺🇸

  • @nainasaikia6680
    @nainasaikia6680 Před 3 lety +3

    Who is watching this video after 3 years they are legends 😂🎃

    • @zahoor4488
      @zahoor4488 Před 3 lety

      Are you Muslim and living in Saudi Arabia ??!!!!!

  • @zaldyr1235
    @zaldyr1235 Před 4 lety

    Hey... Do you have a follow up report in regards to development of rules and woman rights for Saudi ladies/women...?

  • @atejohbeauTV
    @atejohbeauTV Před 3 lety +1

    I'm working here in Saudi Arabia,as my observation,experience and personal opinion. This country is the safest country for everyone...

  • @abhishekdas4612
    @abhishekdas4612 Před 5 lety +12

    Damn 😡

  • @ronadominictepania7318
    @ronadominictepania7318 Před 6 lety +12

    It is extremely important for all women in the world particularly in Saudi Arabia to be treated as equal and equality. Furthermore; there is development araising within the walls of Council decisions, policy planning and management to allow women to drive (as seen on other CZcams videos). Women should allow the freedom to marry who they fall in love with and not by arranged marriages or by greed and money. I certainly would not like to marry a man who I did not love or do not know obviously this creates problems. Love is a gift where two people are not forced but to develop their relationship in peace and harmony.

  • @robertojanuartheopilus8653

    Hi, im intern in Malaysia now, and now is Middle east season, which is there so many saudi women come to holiday and honeymoon, but some guest in the hotel, the husband just let the wife not wearing abaya, and what i heard from they which not wearing abaya is 'i comfort with this and my husband just proud of me, because im beautiful' and i answer 'yes of course you are mam' and the husband smile and say thank you very much brother.

  • @Tziumannu87
    @Tziumannu87 Před 5 lety +2

    This is Islam at its purest, wake up people !

  • @santinikranz1644
    @santinikranz1644 Před 5 lety +9

    How can you be a muslim woman when you're clearly treated like this...

    • @santinikranz1644
      @santinikranz1644 Před 5 lety +5

      @D not saying that at all and western values are not those traditionally. I would think that being treated like property and getting assaulted from men is not ok. Its not so much the women that need to change it's the role of men in islam that needs to change. Amongst other things. Ive been studying the quran and honestly not onpy it contradicts itself but it presents itself as a cultish joke. Talking ants, flying carpets, genies and the devil himself making Mohammed speak his teachings and then Mohammed admitting it in the quran and saying that satsn will onpy guide him in the right.... Just to name a dew

    • @uenwadw6675
      @uenwadw6675 Před 5 lety

      Fake report , Before 2 hours i came out from huge mall i saw the women everywhere, almost mall wearing black sheets they have a lot of money to spend on clothes, jewelry, watches and restaurants inside the mall 😂
      Saudi women like to stay home no like the work just spend the money and visit friends or relatives .
      I am from Pakistan and i love Saudi Arabia 🌷

    • @santinikranz1644
      @santinikranz1644 Před 5 lety +5

      @@uenwadw6675 you mean like the princess that made a run for it because she was a prisoners in her own home? They hunted her down off the gold of india and no one has heard of her since. The other people aho tried to help her got tortured in jail before having to release them cause they arent Saudis

    • @Beamshipcaptain
      @Beamshipcaptain Před 4 lety +1

      @D Which is why 500 women a year flee Islam to Freedom in other countries, risking their lives to do so.

    • @Beamshipcaptain
      @Beamshipcaptain Před 4 lety +1

      @@uenwadw6675 THese days you need two incomes to make ends meet. How can they have any money if they don't WORK?

  • @RM-uc4mf
    @RM-uc4mf Před 4 lety +5

    My heart and head aches so much. Birds in golden cages or crappy cages.

  • @robinquery8000
    @robinquery8000 Před 3 lety +2

    please god help this king to be fair and kind and let people be free to choose and also have the same rights as a man in saudi amen

  • @phucdinhhong3365
    @phucdinhhong3365 Před 4 lety +2

    This country is really a hell. They behave one another not by love, but by hard rules.

    • @dheerendrasingh5751
      @dheerendrasingh5751 Před 4 lety

      Yeah it's totally hell but where do you belong from? 😍

    • @phucdinhhong3365
      @phucdinhhong3365 Před 3 lety

      @@dheerendrasingh5751 it seems that you are waiting for my answer "China"? But I'm not from China, but Vietnam. And sure, I have enough rights to know where is hell and where is not.

  • @miguelsureda9762
    @miguelsureda9762 Před 5 lety +4

    Tsunami of exmuslims on youtube. Coming out of the closet massively

  • @ebubechukwuemmanuel9994
    @ebubechukwuemmanuel9994 Před 7 lety +6

    great at least make saudi comfortable for women

  • @hamadishee4636
    @hamadishee4636 Před 5 lety +1

    For those who know what exactly behimd those restriction means

  • @Beamshipcaptain
    @Beamshipcaptain Před 4 lety +1

    Freedom is music, movies, TV, Dancing, and no more male-female apartheid.

  • @raashidiinabdullahi5583
    @raashidiinabdullahi5583 Před 5 lety +6

    Religion is 1st above all as they regard it...and follow to the latter
    But its esentially common for every human to be free

    • @vincenzo279
      @vincenzo279 Před 2 lety

      Freedom of choice is basic human right✋🏼if your religion is not providing you freedom of choice. Then it is going agaist the values of humanity

  • @gauravbk2931
    @gauravbk2931 Před 5 lety +3

    This is real islam for u

  • @VinodkumarBhandari-vq9vt
    @VinodkumarBhandari-vq9vt Před 3 lety +2

    good to see this transformation. Saudi Arabia will change completely in next couple of years.

  • @jesuschrist6884
    @jesuschrist6884 Před 6 lety

    Amazing

  • @saudiarabia4753
    @saudiarabia4753 Před 6 lety +7

    I’ve only watched a minute if this nonsense and it’s all wrong already

    • @vivenomada
      @vivenomada Před 5 lety +1

      care to elaborate?

    • @vickneswaran198
      @vickneswaran198 Před 3 lety

      @@vivenomada the ID is pretty suspicious. Probably a gatekeeper

  • @zelik654
    @zelik654 Před 4 lety +8

    Wow these women are so well educated 😍

    • @dheerendrasingh5751
      @dheerendrasingh5751 Před 4 lety +1

      🤣 Why did you say that? 😍

    • @vickneswaran198
      @vickneswaran198 Před 3 lety +2

      @@dheerendrasingh5751 just to prove that education got nothing to with freedom in saudi

  • @muhammadbabul7953
    @muhammadbabul7953 Před 6 lety

    very nice news thanx france 24 news

  • @atenes283
    @atenes283 Před 4 lety +2

    This is not islam i am muslim in turkey i know from quran this is not islam please don think this is islam in turkey we say this arabic culture

  • @matthewscott1091
    @matthewscott1091 Před 5 lety +3

    This is why all governments should be secular. Religion has no place in politics, period.

  • @mellihdz3636
    @mellihdz3636 Před 5 lety +26

    THEY ARE SOOOO BEAUTIFUL im so jealous

  • @titaniumsteel9114
    @titaniumsteel9114 Před 6 lety +1

    When you see a female dressed in a manner that is unacceptable Islamically,do not for a moment think she is lower than you spiritually.She might have a heart that is tons better than yours.She might have one weakness that is outward, and you have 50 weaknesses that are hidden.

  • @verdisquoi6862
    @verdisquoi6862 Před 4 lety +2

    What is even sadder is those atrocious jokes at that stand-up.

  • @indarapatraindarapatra5889

    ....this is very very BAAAAAAAAAD

  • @desislavakambova4230
    @desislavakambova4230 Před 4 lety +4

    I am better then any man

  • @c.a.1929
    @c.a.1929 Před 4 lety

    Listen carefully and if you are truly sincere, then take this answer as the most upright answer to this matter. 14:24 Nothing more, nothing less. Don’t forget that this Sheikh is aware and considerate about the words his using. He will not lie as he is regarded an authority about this matter. If you merely looking towards it from a western standpoint, you will never be satisfied.

  • @prince0443
    @prince0443 Před 6 lety +1

    Where IS THE FREEDOM you called about ?
    When I traveled to somewhere in the world , a few sick people asked me like in sorry way , how we deal with women ? I say so it's not ur f***ing problem , you've ur culture and you free to practice it , and I've mine and I'm FREE to practice. Respect

    • @iceflake7853
      @iceflake7853 Před 6 lety +5

      Correction: you're free to practice your culture *on yourself*. You have no right to practice it on people who don't want it.

    • @Beamshipcaptain
      @Beamshipcaptain Před 4 lety

      Your culture is antithetical to freedom, and is not "free".

  • @yosraal3mri379
    @yosraal3mri379 Před 2 lety +3

    I am from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and the video has nothing to do with reality. It is true that this is our dress, but our lives are filled with happiness and comfort. Being a woman does not prevent me from working, striving and studying at all. But what separates me from the rest of the women in the world is that my family does not abandon me in times of difficulties. My father is required to provide me with housing and a healthy life. If I provide it myself with my money, I don’t mind, but the father cannot abandon his daughter, as the regime requires him to provide her with a house, a car, etc... But as usual, the American and British media always insult Islam and other Muslims. Look in the right way for Islam, and you will know what it is honestly.

  • @rosaparksdriedandstretched11

    And women in the U.S. scream "WERE OPPRESSED!"

  • @nellymovsisyan6739
    @nellymovsisyan6739 Před 4 lety

    Editor in chief for Gazette was amazing woman

  • @davidmcmahon7463
    @davidmcmahon7463 Před 4 lety +1

    In Dubai It's customary for the Arab's to wrap a napkin round their alcoholic drinks as this i would imagine would make them feel a whole lot better about getting pissed!