Robert Mayer of the global-freedom-monitoring blog Publius Pundit dropped a comment on our recent post regarding the Saudi woman who got a sex change, in part in order to get a driver's license:
Sounds like a painful way to get it, but that's not the only way. A friend of mine from Saudi Arabia, a princess (of course, one of many), is able to freely drive her father's Mercedes around Riyadh and Jeddah without a problem. And just wait till these girls get to Marbella in August, when they shed the veil for the bikini!
It's good to be the princess...
I track the Saudi funded expansion of militant, extremist Wahhabi Islam on my blog, Wahaudi -- nearly 600 stories from around the world in less than 6 months. http://wahaudi.blogspot.com/
Posted by: R Hampton | August 30, 2007 at 10:54 AM
To wealthy Saudi women feminism is the the freedom to choose -- to choose between driving or using the chauffeur to get to the mall to buy expensive sunglasses.
Posted by: anon | August 30, 2007 at 11:56 AM
Sadly, being a Princess doesn't carry much wait with US Customs.
I watched one sit beneath the wing of a Exec 767 and then be hauled off for questioning recently on arrival in the US despite the fact that the consul was there and the trip was pre arranged with fatherland security.
Not the sharpest bowling balls on the rack I'd say.
Posted by: Moknir | August 30, 2007 at 04:45 PM
Posted by: | September 04, 2007 at 10:42 AM
Or maybe they'll request Everyday is Like Sunday: "Come, come, nuclear bomb..."
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