Tuesday, May 17, 2005
Noble or outrageous?
This photo of a women washing cars outside a shopping mall was published in Alwasat newspaper last year.
Alot of people were outraged that a 'Bahraini' woman has to resort to this kind of work for money. Its not the sort of image u'd expect to see in the 'oil-rich Gulf'.
To be fair, after the story was broken, this lady did get offered another job. I don't know how many other women work in hard-labour jobs, but I heard that many work in factories in terrible conditions too. This reminded me of one of the first posts I made 6 months ago about Bahrain's star volleyball player collecting tin cans for a living.
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well running dry?
Did anyone else notice that at least she is doing it correctly (there is a bottle of washing-up liquid next to the water-pail). Now if I could only get the "male" car-washers to figure out what soap is!
Leave it to a women to get the job done right!!!
Oil rich country?
We all know where the oil riches are being reaped :)
I am afraid this scene may not be a novel one very soon. And did you see the ever increasing number of beggars on the streets...next to supermarkets, inside coffee shops and outside pharmacies and even ATM machines..
Women shouldn't work. Unless they really want to. Besides, in Islaam, Women are liberated. Their only responsibility is to tender to their spouses, and children. If they're unmarried, then their father should take care of them. I'm so sad to see that hukm' is not being practised there.
Later,
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