Sunday, May 03, 2009

Saudi businesswoman, unable to change "male only" law, calls it quits. Sad...

Alia Banaja is a local product. Born and raised in Jeddah, she graduated from a local university some years ago. Soon after, she established the first IT business run exclusively by women. At the time, the industry was dominated by males, but over the years Alia has validated her proficiency in the field and had signed up some long-term clients.

Her 2 The Point, formed in 2002, is a medium-sized company in the information technology sector and has worked on the successful implementation of several projects for government and private sector companies such as King Faisal Specialist Hospital and the Department of Home Economics at the King Abdul Aziz University in Jeddah, among others.

But Alia and thousands of other Saudi businesswomen faced a dilemma.  More...

See also:

  1. 50-year-old Saudi divorces 8-year-old wife...
  2. Saudi clerics want women to be banned from TV and the media!!!
  3. 75-year-old woman in Saudi Arabia to get 40 lashes for "mingling..."
  4. Saudi man cuts daughter's tongue, burns her to death...

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