Comments on: Welcome to Riyadh

By: Advice to KASP boys & girls, letter to King Abdullah, more families only « Saudi Jeans

Mon, 14 Jun 2010 10:32:38 +0000

[...] bottle aka “family size” bottle. They are told they can’t buy it because, like many other things in the country, it’s for families only. Hilarious, but I won’t be too surprised if it happens [...]

By: MD, M

MD, M — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 06:33:01 +0000

Respect yourself again coward ! What is is that bothers you the most about saudies? Ah dont tell me one broke your heart !! well you dont deserve a shit ! faggot !

By: MD, M

MD, M — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 06:22:02 +0000

this is a reply to S… why are you calling saudi women as whores? i think you were referring to the slut who gave birth to you!! Respect yourself A$$HOLE

By: بنت عمان

بنت عمان — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 07:54:04 +0000

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By: saudi whores

saudi whores — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 20:00:50 +0000

saudi women are whores

By: Nasi

Nasi — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 18:39:17 +0000

I’m British and have lived in London all my life, up until a couple of months ago. I now live in Riyadh and I do sometimes see these signs up. In all honesty I love Riyadh and wish the rest of the world would take the effort to preserve the sanctity of women and stop the free-mixing between men and women that only leads to sins. If London was more like Riyadh, I would never have left it. May God preserve this beautiful City, ameen.

By: Donzel

Donzel — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 11:11:45 +0000

Fat is right that women go places in Riyadh without mahrams all the time, but also wrong about the pictures being misleading.

Drivers on Saudi streets speed all the time, talk on mobiles all the time, make left hand turns from the right hand lane all the time – but the fact that it happens all the time doesn’t mean that it’s acceptable, or that you will never get punished if you break the rules.

By: Fat al-bort

Fat al-bort — Sat, 27 Dec 2008 21:52:00 +0000

That picture is misleading. Women consistently enter family sections in restaurants without mahrams, even that particular al-Tazaj branch. That mahram thing a very old sign that carries no weight, these day.

That’s not what Riyadh is like. You are either misrepresenting it, or simply new there. When you see a woman get in trouble for entering a place without a ma7ram in Riyadh, then you have a story.

I don’t want to go on rant here, as I wish to quickly get back to procrastinating, but the fact is that a single solitary women with a driver in Riyadh has access to more places than a single man.

By: badryah

badryah — Sun, 14 Dec 2008 02:35:10 +0000

what’s so surprising?

in swaydy ( the riyadh fallojah) i saw a picture of a coffeeshop serving arabic gahwa (arabic coffee) with a sign saying (according to the haya’a orders, women are not allowed to drink)

of course ppl around this sign were so happy for these order that keep the women respect and modesty as kept gewel …:):):)

it’s riyadh..:) made to be always that bizzare and odd..

women lives in riyadh is a pure hell…espicially when it comes to poors or traditional families

i truly pray every day to get a chance for escaping anywhere

By: Sara

Sara — Sat, 13 Dec 2008 11:27:15 +0000

Hey Ahmed wish u got enough sarcastic comments u wanted by posting this :) anyways I’m a Saudi girl, live in my beloved Riyadh and I do go to resturants with my friends at any time without any problems (I’m 24 yrs and I didn’t face any prob by doing this!) and guess what? I fully deeply like it and support it (to have seperated private sections), wish this rules always.