Tuesday, April 19, 2011

To protect female shoppers, young Saudi men banned from malls unless accompanied by family!!!


Many shopping malls in Saudi Arabia ban or restrict youths who are not accompanied by their families from entering them in an attempt to protect female shoppers from harassment.

“We have orders not to allow single men in to prevent harassments,” Mohamed, a security man at one of the major shopping malls in the Red Sea city of Jeddah told Al Arabiya. “Not all youths are like that, but we have the ability to distinguish those who might cause trouble.”

Several youths have expressed their resentment at this custom, and some are in tears when confronted with the banned.

“They would say, ‘I am Saudi like you. Everywhere they tell me I am not allowed because it’s for families. Where am I supposed to go?’” Mohamed said. More...

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