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Riyadh-mission ticket

I think an excellent opportunity has been given by the Kingdom . Being a lawyer in London for last 11 years I have not seen much opportunities even offered to women here too and solicitors and barristers are mostly men. I was born in Saudi Arabia forty years ago and stayed there until age of 18 and my mother used to practice as a doctor while my father also worked as doctor in the royal team . Through ages King Faisal introduced Laws that women can work and then King Khalid and King Fahad introduced many concessions to women. It takes on gradually since then and there is nothing barbaric or unusual. Women did not had a say in England until 1930,s and they did not had a right to vote thus their rights were derived gradually. Immense work is being done in Saudi Arabia and credit goes to present King Abdullah. I had personally met King Khalid and noted he was very progressive and noble King. I even met his Queen and she had all the rights in palace. The picture depicted outside is not real and Saudi Arabia is governed by Shariah laws and if a woman gets married she has to stay in ambit of her family laws and nothing restraints her to do the job just saying that husband do not like them to continue profession is wrong and I strongly deny this as one has to live in Saudi Arabia and study its culture in detail to give a comment . Segregation is not the right word to use but we can say both men and women have their own liberties in their own spheres .

27-Jul-2012

4:44 pm