Despite being an obviously Hindu doctor, some of my Muslim patients have verbalized a preference for me over other Muslim doctors in town because I don't tell their women to "cover up." I know, right?
Yes, that has always been true for tourists/expats. Saudi Arabian women, however, are not offered the luxury to choose what they put on their own bodies and heads. Even though the religious police are gone...citizens still police each other.https://twitter.com/mithleshdas34/status/1179006393975820289 …
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Is that because they rely so heavily on outside money to survive. Meaning they need Western dollars so they acquiesce to Westerners for this issue. They produce basically nothing, aside from oil, it's not like we all have watches with made in Saudi Arabia on them.
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They need more kicks in the walit.
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A posh American girl I know was beaten years ago by the religious police for showing ankle. Hushed up.
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It's even more extreme in the Maldives I think. Tourists are completely separated from the locals.
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Why would a female tourist knowingly go there?
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