Maria, thanks for posting such educative videos. I have a lot of respect for that lady because she has decided to open up her home and life to the world with the goal to raise the awareness. Now, if you really look at it, her life isn't really much different from ours... She is raising a family, working and enjoying it, and sticking to her beliefs and values at the same time. Indeed, I do understand that we are talking about an educated and a well-off woman here, and that not all women have such advantages. But, even though I don't necessarily approve all those traditions, I try to understand that cultures differ, and changes develop gradually. It doesn't matter how hard we wish, tomorrow morning there will still be opressed women (and across the globe, may I add)... there will still be people thinking in racist terms... there will still be people who consider belly dance the same as stripping... etc. But we can work towards decreasing it, step-by-step.
Now, not to end at such an idealistic note... KuteNurse, I think the Saudi women have just recently been granted a legal right to drive. But I think the reasoning behind it was more of an economical one - they just didn't think they could afford importing any more foreign chaffeurs. Now we just have to hope the culture catches up with the legislation.
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"[A good bellydancer] must express life, death, happiness, sorrow, love and anger, but above all she must have dignity." -Tahia Carioca,
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