Saudi Female can fly but not drive

I have chauffeurs.. called the bus drivers..

Saladin wrote:  Salaam brother,  I undertand your frustration at your country being targeted for criticism, sometimes falsely but i dont think Saudi gets anymore than the US or China get. Reason is that Saudi is the birthplace of Islam and there's always going to be attention. When you get something wrong, for some motivated along religious, sectarian and racist lines, its a chance to get a shot at you. Some criticize coz it may be against their standards of rights and equality. For some, me included, wanting to see Saudi as the ideal Islamic state, do it because we perceive your mistakes as not befitting the ideal Islamic state. That said i dont think anyone else is any better or holier than the Saudis. Brother, i've heard and read of some amazingly good things about Saudi and its people, by people, muslims and non muslims who have lived there, for which i could find no parallel anywhere else. Sadly these dont make it to mainstream news.

Sister Maryiah you wrote:

You may knock the US, but we can live here more Islamically than we could in Saudi Arabia!
The Qur'an gurantees a woman her own property

Have you been to Saudi Arabia to pass such judgment, my wife is a German revert, she defends Saudi Arabia to the bone because she has seen first hand that the way Saudi Arabia is portryaed in the west is anything but the truth, and why do think that women don't own property in Saudi Arabia?
i agree about living in the states being a better option for you with regards to your situation, ma sha Allah sister, we are really proud of you, may Allah give you power and reward in this life and the life after, but apart from the driving no way can you live more islamically in the states than in Saudi Arabia.
when the issue of women arises people have the view that Saudi's are heartless wife beaters, you can ask my wife if this is true, my father has been with my mother more than 40 years, she was orphaned at the tender age of 1 week, so she has no brothers or father to protect her, my father by her own admission has never raised his voice or his hand at her, while i have heard her shout at him a few times but only a few times :), may Allah forgive us all, my sisters where always treated better than us, when i forwarded my and my brothers observations to my dad he said: Daughters are like guests, you bring them up and then they end up in another house, you should treat them like guests, with more tolerance and compassion, while you aint going no where now hit the floor and give me 100 push ups, hehehe
most men i know are the same, most Saudi's contrary to what people think respect their women for a few simple reasons:
1- Religion: we may not be the perfect nation but many people fear Allah.
2- Family: the families here are large, you take us for example, we are an everage family, 6 boys and 3 girls, 2 of my sisters are married, their husbands will think twice before disrespecting them.

As for the system as i said in my post above it does make it hard for families not just for women, because when women are not allowed to drive it affects us too!

Finally may Allah bless you and your family and gather you in Janna like he brought you together in this life, ameen.

Edited by Hamzah - 13 June 2008 at 3:44am

 Agree with all what was written above, it's funny when people from outside our country speaks on behalf of our people, and i find it funny and sad at the same time Saudi Arabia gets so much mention, i mean i have never read someone writting something like:
this arabic or islamic country legalises prostitution, or allows the opening of bars and people posting how sad such things can happen, or the fact that a woman can not wear a niqab in Tunis, no!
but i guess those things are ok!!!
Subhan Allah.

 Salaam brother,