Saudi Arabia will continue its tradition of separate and unequal when it begins construction on a women-only city next year, designed to boost the economy while meeting the stringent standards of the country's Sharia law. (Women are allowed to work in an expanded capacity, so long as "their essential duties of homemaking should not be neglected.")
No word on when women will be granted the right to drive.
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(Heads up -- video is extremely graphic.)
The latest hobby among bored teens in Saudi Arabia -- where strict Muslim customs limit their opportunities to really let loose -- is drifting, and it's all fun and games until someone loses a limb. Or their life:
[It's] the "sport" of accelerating like you're trying to break the light barrier and then slamming on the brakes. Doing so creates two possible outcomes: 1) having the vehicle slide around like a crazy-cool doodlebug while the tires ferociously screech and smoke, or 2) prompting a massive car wreck that maims or kills everyone involved, often in the most gruesome way possible.
Obviously, the latter scenario is captured in this video, filmed in Riyadh on May 25. The 2012 Camry was going 125 mph when it flipped; all four occupants died instantly.
What Year Is This of the Day: According to an interior ministry statement published by Saudi state media, a woman from the northern province of Jawf was beheaded for the crime of "practising witchcraft and sorcery."
A high-ranking member of the country's religious police was quoted in the London-based al-Hayat daily as saying that the w
Say What Now of the Day: Members of Saudi Arabia's highest religious council, the Majlis al-Ifta' al-A'ala, have submitted a report to the country's legislative body claiming that allowing women to drive would ultimately result in there being "no more virgins."
According to the Egyptian publication BikyaMasr, the Majlis, working with former King Fahd University pr
This Is All Kinds Of Wrong of the Day: Saudi Arabia's Committee for the Promotion of Virtue and the Prevention of Vice (CPVPV) has the authority to order women with "tempting eyes" to cover them up, according to a committee spokesman.
Righted Wrong of the Day: A woman sentenced to ten lashes for violating Saudi Arabia's prohibition on female drivers has had her punishment nullified by the country's ruling monarch.
The unusual decision by King Abdullah follows a string of women's rights reforms, which include allowing women to serve on the royal advisory council and both vote and run in local elections.
Follow Up of the Day: Manal al-Sharif, the 32-year-old Saudi woman who was arrested after bravely flouting her country's ban on female drivers, was released from the women's prison in Dammam after signing her name to a statement saying she will no longer drive nor en
