Comments on: No Country for Young Men

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

Mon, 14 Jun 2010 10:32:34 +0000

[...] soda 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 [...]

By: Trisket

Trisket — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 21:09:52 +0000

I think its interesting to hear about what other social standards affect Saudi men, because in the US we mostly just hear about the women of Saudi Arabia. Are all young unmarried Saudi men affected by this, or does it vary with different groups??

By: Adnan

Adnan — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 11:44:43 +0000

That incident is called “Jehiman” in 1979!!!

By: Fahad

Fahad — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 10:36:18 +0000

I remember Riyadh in the 70s and 80s..Malls were full of young guys seeking fun..Something happen after that turn the table upside down to the extreme that young guys as little as 13&14 were chased out of the malls ..I guess we love radical solutions .

By: Chiara

Chiara — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 15:25:19 +0000

Congratulations Ahmed–this post is referenced in an Agence Presse article (with info from Reuters):

Braggart upsets conservative Saudis
http://www.nationalpost.com/todays-paper/story.html?id=1883022

By: Adnan

Adnan — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 10:56:00 +0000

Men and women have a much easier time mixing together in Jeddah…
In restaurants, malls, lounges, and the workplace…

“Most” Saudi men have to eventually learn that not all women are sexual baits, and “most” Saudi women must eventually learn that not all men what to “get together with them”…

People most realize that this is progress, equal viewing of both sexes.

Now I realize that not all families in Jeddah or otherwise are “ok” with mixing, but that is essentially the root of the problem. If you raise you daughter to to talk to or meet men in a decent manner, then how will she ever know how to deal with them!
And if you do not teach your son how to talk and treat women as he does with other men, how will he ever know not to just view women as sexual objects!

Jeddah is definitely liberal that the rest of the Kingdom, and it is clearly misunderstood by outsiders, who fill the Jeddah streets and malls and either abuse these freedoms by jumping on every girl they meet, or these wretched old women who finger point at our tables when men and women friends mix…

Simply just ” GROW UP”

By: Sara F

Sara F — Sat, 08 Aug 2009 22:53:18 +0000

Amusing. Every single restaurant/outlet/coffee shop/ice cream place/donut house/sandwich shop/shawarma stand I’ve been to in Riyadh is singles-only. And of the countless examples one can gather, you choose to talk about single men in restaurants? hah. The only places that truly dont allow single men in are malls, and even there you see men make it through the hyermarket entrances.

Something to really worry about; The BK outlet closest to my home has the “mamnoo’ dakhool bedoon mahram” sign on in the families’ section entrance. Many CD stores in Riyadh still don’t allow unaccompanied females to enter. I mean CD shops, seriously?!

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No Country for Young Men at simoncolumbus — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 22:48:43 +0000

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By: No Country for Young Men – i like patterns

No Country for Young Men – i like patterns — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 21:34:26 +0000

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By: Chiara

Chiara — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 02:07:08 +0000

Haroun x2–a belated AGREED

Mohamd and Noname–well said.

Susie– a perfect example of low expectations breeding conformity to the negative beliefs.