April 30, 2009

Saudi girl, 8, divorces 50-year-old husband

An 8-year-old Saudi girl has divorced her middle-aged husband after her father forced her to marry him last year in exchange for about $13,000, her lawyer said Thursday.Saudi Arabia has come under increasing criticism at home and abroad for permitting child marriages. The United States, a close ally of the conservative Muslim kingdom, has called child marriage a "clear and unacceptable" violation of human rights.The girl was allowed to divorce the 50-year-old man after an out-of-court settlement had been reached in the case, said her lawyer, Abdulla al-Jeteli. The exact date of the divorce was not immediately known. They were married in August.Complete story here......

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March 26, 2009

Saudi women launch lingerie shop boycott

Hmmm... what do you ladies think? RIYADH, Saudi Arabia - Before her wedding last year, Huda Batterjee went abroad to buy her bridal lingerie — she just couldn't bear the humiliation of discussing her most intimate apparel with a man.She had little choice: There are almost no saleswomen in Saudi Arabia.Now a group of Saudi women — sick of having to deal with male sales staff when buying bras or panties, not to mention frilly negligees or thongs — have launched a campaign this week to boycott lingerie stores until they employ women.It's an irony of the kingdom's strict segregation of the sexes. Only men are employed as sales staff to keep women from having to deal with male customers or work around men. But in lingerie stores, that means men are talking to women about bras or thongs, looking them up and down to determine their cup sizes, even rubbing...

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March 19, 2009

OFW DIARIES

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OFW DIARIES the newest News and Public Affairs show of GMA7 hosted by Ms. Kara David, will be a forum for OFW stories, issues and other concerns. It aims to tackle the life, struggles and triumphs of OFW's base on their own accounts using video diaries or video blogs created by the OFW.

We invite you to send your video diaries, video blogs, pabati videos, essays, poems that you might read while recording your oice, actually you can send anything as long as it is not offensive to any party and constructively and creatively done. You may send them on this email.

You can get in touch with us through our Direct Line at +632 928 2019 or +632 982 7777 loc. 1430/1431. You may also get in touch through my personal mobile number at 0917 9446095 or 0908 477 6953.

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August 21, 2007

Accident in Saudi

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Three people were killed and several others injured when a trailer fully loaded with sand hit the barricade of a bridge and fell down, triggering a huge fire that engulfed several vehicles in Dammam on Thursday.

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October 03, 2006

Drivers in Saudi, Bahrain and Qatar

A friend of mine from Saudi who’s in constant communication with me has always been generous in giving praises whenever I tell her that I drive here in Doha. She’s simply amazed that I am actually driving here already. Then she tells me about someone they know who’s just new driving in Saudi, how that person is so scared to drive. I tell my friend that I too am a bit scared but I had to brave if I want to be able to drive. I just try my best to drive safely and pray a lot especially before I start driving. I also start telling her that their friend has a valid reason to be terrified when driving in Saudi. Having lived there for 4 years, I can attest that it is indeed a scary thing to be on the road when in Saudi. It’s like 80% of the...

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