I was going to blog on this BBC article when I saw it a few days ago, but sister Nzingha in Saudi Arabia has done so for us: My Fellow Swimming Sisters In Saudi.
I am actually thinking of complaining to the BBC about the stupid article, not only because of its ignorance of Saudi life but on account of its presentation of Tunisia as an example of 'Muslim' modernity, when in fact only the non-religious have rights in that benighted country. The complaints procedure starts here.
Assalaamu alaikum,
I posted about this here. I wish all of us would complain when we see stupid things like this, because it does have an effect.
Saturday night, I saw this ridiculous report on the BBC website, and the title was "The First Woman to Swim in Saudi". I don't know if anyone else complained, but I wrote to them about it, and by the next morning, the title had been changed to "Making a public splash in Saudi". They didn't change the rest of the silly piece, though.
Ann
The first woman to swim in Saudi Arabia? Oh good grief