Saudi And Other Muslim Women Poem by Saiom Shriver

Saudi And Other Muslim Women



Saudi women can't
drive but now can vote
More and more places
ban the burqa coat.
Hidden repression of
women
is a foul smelling moat.

Saudi And Other Muslim Women
Saturday, November 14, 2015
Topic(s) of this poem: women empowerment
POET'S NOTES ABOUT THE POEM
In many Muslim countries, women cannot divorce, nor inherit property. There are honor killings in which women alleged to have been raped or engaged in consensual sex are murdered. Domestic violence is often not prosecuted.

11 things Saudi women can't do. According to the article below Saudi womenca

cannot
Drive a car
Interact with men
Try on clothes when shopping
Go anywhere without a chaperone
Swim
Wear clothes or make-up that 'show off their beauty'
Compete freely in sports
Enteri a cemetery
Read an uncensored fashion magazine


http: //www.theweek.co.uk/60339/eleven-things-women-in-saudi-arabia-cannot-do


The UK recognized women's right to vote in 1918, France in 1944, Switzerland in 1971.

http: //www.vanityfair.com/magazine/2015/03/plight-of-women-islam-august-1993
http: //hereandnow.wbur.org/2014/09/22/veiling-book-amer
http: //www.news.com.au/national/burqa-bans-already-in-place-in-many-countries/story-fncynjr2-1227078762996

https: //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f9/Alif_Laam_Meem_Muslim_Fraternity_At_Domestic_Violence_Rally.JPG
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