Saudi Arabia

Finally, a real beauty contest

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You know what’s troubling? How we always objectify women in beauty contests. I mean isn’t the point of beauty contests to find the best person? Oh right, it isn’t. Stupid Saudi Arabia. Read more

8 year-old girl gets divorce from 47 year-old husband

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Saudi Arabia had a rare showing of logic in the case of women’s (girls’?) rights by allowing an 8 year-old girl a divorce from her 47 year-old husband who didn’t want to see her go Read more

Quote of the Day

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Want to learn something nifty about another culture? Check this out…the first divorce in Saudi Arabia orchestrated by text message. A Saudi man has divorced his wife by text message, a newspaper said on Thursday. The man was in Iraq when he sent the SMS informing her she was no longer his spouse. He followed ... Read more

Saudi Arabia is progressive in its views on 1 year-old girls getting married

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I like camels and I like babies (not like that) so imagine how excited I am for Saudi Arabia that a marriage official says it’s totally cool to marry a 1 year-old! Saudi marriage officiant Dr. Ahmad al-Mu’bi told Lebanese television viewers last week that it’s permissible for girls as young as 1 to marry ... Read more