Basmah bint Saud
Basmah bint Saud
Basmah bint Saudis a Saudi businesswoman and a member of House of Saud. Since 2010, she has lived in Acton, London, England. She advocates reform in Saudi Arabia...
NationalitySaudi Arabian
ProfessionBusinesswoman
Date of Birth1 March 1964
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The way women today are treated in Saudi Arabia is a direct result of the education our children, boys and girls, receive at school.
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On the whole it is the rights and freedoms of all citizens that are crucial in Saudi Arabia and from those the rights of women will emanate,
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Early Islam was a time of great creativity. Scholars excelled in sciences and literature.
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I am a very public person. I have nothing to hide.
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Today in Saudi, women are either at the mercy of their husbands or at the mercy of judges who tend to side with the husbands. The only circumstance that a woman can ask for a divorce or a khali is when her husband is in total agreement with her or if she comes from a very powerful family who decide to back her up.
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Our religious police has the most dangerous effect on society - the segregation of genders, putting the wrong ideas in the heads of men and women, producing psychological diseases that never existed in our country before, like fanatacism.
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If China was like the moon, then arriving in Saudi Arabia was Mars. At least you can see the moon from Earth.
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There is no question that chemical weapons attacks are a heinous abuse of humanity and power. But to assume that military strikes are an effective retribution for the crime committed is wrong.