Letting women drive encourages pre-marital sex?!

Found a report on The Washington Post which made me feel scream WTF. Read the report and judge yourself: A report given to a high-level advisory group in Saudi Arabia claims that allowing women in the kingdom to drive could encourage premarital sex, a rights activist said Saturday.The ultraconservative stance suggests increasing pressure on King Abdullah to retain the kingdom’s male-only

Old rule back, need sponsor's NoC to get DL in Qatar

The old rule is back when it comes to getting the driving licence in Qatar. If an expatriate has to join a driving school, he or she has to submit a no-objection certificate from his/her sponsor. When I went for the driving class, the rule had been repealed and now, it has been made an essential prerequisite to enroll for a driving course. Recently, the traffic department also granted licences

Saudi woman to be lashed for driving, despite royal pardon

Today, I read a wonderful piece written by Nivin Saleh entitled -- Saudi woman to be lashed for driving, despite royal pardon – on The Atlantic. Saleh gives the detail information on how Shaima Jastaniah, the Saudi woman who made international headlines in September by being condemned to 10 lashes for driving a car through the coastal city of Jeddah, was victimized and how she’s taken up the