Saturday, May 06, 2006
The Saudi religious police pick up a college girl
Saudi Jeans tells the story of Ammena Al Maskeen, a Shiite 19-year-old female university student, and her arrest. The story is scary in its casual banality, and interesting for its transparency: Ammena and the police tell different stories, and Wahhabi and Shiite web sites are arguing over what really happened.
How long will Saudi Arabia's closed society endure arguments over the actions of the religious police? Will blogging be a social solvent even in Arabia?
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