One step forward.

Prepared by: Bassem  

As I was flipping through Okaz newspaper today I came upon an interesting
news story. It says that in a first of its kind event, 20 girls have started
their practical training of working as cashier registers at a big shopping
center in Jeddah, the reporter didn’t mention which shopping center though.
It also says that the practical training program is in collaboration with
the General Organization of Technical Education and Vocational Training
which, I think,  indicates the governmental direction towards pumping girls
into the open working field.

 According to the training program director, Areej Nooh, the number of applicants wasn’t that much but she expects it to
increase in the upcoming cycles of the program. The girls have been trained theoretically on all aspects of working as a cashier register and now have started the practical part of the program.

I wonder if they trained them on how to handle the harassments they’re bound to suffer.

Anyhow, good luck to them.
Link in Arabic

Bluetooth and Saudi Arabia

 Posted by  Mystique

Written By Kevin Sullivan 

Washington Post Foreign Service
Sunday, August 6, 2006; Page A01

JIDDAH, Saudi Arabia –

 Three a.m., two luxury cars side by side on an empty street, slicing through the sticky seaside air at 100 miles per hour.The girl in the gold Lexus waved at Husam Thobaity. She was in the back seat, covered by a black veil that hid everything but her eyes.

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P.S. Thank you Yamen for the article..