Western media should not trivialize our issues by focusing only on our driving rig
r drivin
hts or the way we dress. We are gaining ground every day.
Whenever Western journalists visit Saudi Arabia, they meet Saudi women who are educated, employed and successful, women who are prominent leaders in their communities. They ask them all kinds of questions and receive hon
st answers. However, these journalists often only report on the usual stereotypes:
When a picture of Saudi women is published in a Western media outlet, it usually portrays them wearing the black niqab, even though there are many women who do not cover their face or their hair and do not mind being photographed without the veil. This insistence on reinforci
Western media should not trivialize our issues by focusing only on our driving rights or the way we dress. We are gaining ground every day. Like other women around the world, achieving independence is an ong