Sunday, April 11, 2021

SAUDI ARABIA'S NEED FOR PRIVACY

PRIVACY EXTENSIONS ARE NOTICEABLE ALL OVER JEDDAH.
HUGE SCREENS ARE ATTACHED ATOP ALREADY TALL WALLS FOR ADDITIONAL PRIVACY.  THE REASON FOR THIS IS TO AFFORD THE WOMEN OF THE RESIDENCE THE LUXURY OF BEING OUTSIDE WITHOUT THEIR HAIR AND BODIES BEING PROPERLY COVERED ACCORDING TO THIS CULTURE.  THE UNSIGHTLY SCREENS ARE SUPPOSED TO SHIELD ANY PRYING EYES FROM NEIGHBORING BUILDINGS FROM GAZING UPON WOMEN WHO ARE NOT RELATED TO THEM.  






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6 comments:

Tom said...

...now this is different.

William Kendall said...

Odd, but such is the way of it.

Stevenson Q said...

A good collection of photos. This is a very interesting part of the Islamic rules and culture. Thank you for sharing this Susie!

Maggid said...

Golly, this is interesting.

Thank you.

Marie Smith said...

People want their privacy for sure!

Angie said...

Susie - you are right that the screens are not particularly attractive. But I am pleased that some people can afford to give the women an option to be outside without the normally required clothing.

I suppose every culture has things it does that look odd to everyone else!

Thanks for linking to Mosaic Monday!