Comments on: Time to Wake Up

By: Today’s Links « Saudi Jeans

Today’s Links « Saudi Jeans — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 17:11:12 +0000

[...] International Women’s Day. The picture in Saudi Arabia is, of course, bleak. Here’s Fawzia al-Bakr speaking about the women’s driving demonstration in Riyadh twenty years [...]

By: Gender Apartheid « Saudiwoman’s Weblog

Gender Apartheid « Saudiwoman’s Weblog — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 09:24:26 +0000

[...] To read more about Saudi gender apartheid check a translation of Dr. Fawzia Al Bakr’s article here. [...]

By: Tiffany

Tiffany — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 22:17:17 +0000

Could you please email me the link or copy of this article in arabic? I would very much like to share it…Thank you ^_^

By: GeorgeRic

GeorgeRic — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 03:32:34 +0000

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By: مها نور إلهي

مها نور إلهي — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 22:36:20 +0000

I find this article full of exaggerations. I am a Saudi woman and I know like everyone here that Saudi Arabia needs a lot of reform, but I assure you I have never suffered any of the feelings Dr. Fawzia Al-Bakr. what really annoys me about Saudi Arabia in general is the ignorance of many of its people even the ones who hold high degrees.

I am so sorry..I can’t be objective when it comes to saudi women victimizing themsleves…I hate those who play the role of the poor victim who has no will whereas any achievement or success needs hard work and persistence; not waiting for people from the outside to help us.

Maybe this explains my point:
http://saudirevelations.wordpress.com/2009/11/28/saudi-womens-oppression-vs-muslim-womens-mission-part-i/

Our problem_Saudi men and women_ is that we are deprived of our basic rights as humans by people who are in charge…this is done on purpose to shift our attention from more important things…Busy the people with football and rice raising prices, and they won’t take notice of anything around them…
If we need to wake up, then we need to stop being addicted to fighting each other or fighting religious men; they are not the heart of the problem..they are just dummies in the hands of you know who!

Maybe my opinion doesn’t count because I live in a very healthy family environment and in a multi-cultural working atmosphere.

The question remains; is Saudi Arabia’s sole problem women?
In a country where men are oppressed, women and children will follow suit. It’s an endless circle of oppression. where to start to fix such damage? Start by the really big things; not by women who half of them are enjoying themsleves at malls!

Maha

By: SusieOfArabia

SusieOfArabia — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 07:43:27 +0000

Thank you for posting this beautifully written article by such an incredibly well-spoken Saudi woman. I get frustrated that so many Saudi women just seem to accept what life has dealt them and that they don’t want more basic rights for themselves or their daughters.

By: Immaturely Mature

Immaturely Mature — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 22:05:48 +0000

Very persuasive and well said!
However, I’m pretty sure this doesn’t cross the minds of the vast majority of the upper, upper middle and middle-class who live nonchalantly without worry for the future, because if it doesn’t effect THEM.
it doesn’t make them stay up at night worrying, dreading, anticipating because the myriad of restrictions and limitations made them so. It doesn’t cross their minds because they’ve lost the sense of empathy, connectivity which is an essential step to any reform.
I couldn’t like this article more. Great job, Dr. Al-Bakr!!!

By: Muslimah Media Watch » Friday Links — November 27, 2009

Muslimah Media Watch » Friday Links — November 27, 2009 — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 08:02:22 +0000

[...] Jeans gives Dr. Fawzia Al-Bakr’s perspective on how things are for women in Saudi [...]

By: Chiara

Chiara — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 20:18:22 +0000

An excellent article–thank you for sharing it!

By: Elizabeth

Elizabeth — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 02:24:06 +0000

In Canada, it took just five determined women (two of whom were lawyers) back in 1928, to take legal action against the government to have women declared “persons” and thus entitled to vote in federal elections.

In Saudi Arabia, the only way women will advance is through a dedication to education and a committment on the part of a few to challenge the clerics and the laws, based upon a superior knowledge of the Koran and Shariah law. One well-known Canadian women of the last century wrote: ” A women must be twice as good as a man to be thought half as good. Fortunately, that is not difficult”. Time is on the side of the women, as the barriers begin to crumble.

Good Luck!