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12Sep/09Off

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Are single american women safe living and working in Saudi Arabia?

I'm looking at signing a 1 yr. contract job in Saudi Arabia and wondering how safe it is for single 30 y/o American women? The job is in Riyadh. I read online that in this area in particular, single women are pressured by Mutawwa to wear full length black abaya. And always long sleeves and ankle length skirts, no pants. Does anyone have any experience being or living in that area that can help?

If you make the decision to come to Saudi, then you will abide by the rules of the host country.. If you are a smoker and come to a house of a non smoker, do you just light up anyways? or do you respect the rules of the hostess house and not smoke whilst there?.. Same here.. IF women are required to dress modestly and wear a covering cloak (abaya) and a scarf,, then you either abide by these rules, or elect not to come here.. Simple.... NO ones twisting your arm forcing you here..
Anyways.. You will be perfectly safe.. There have been american women living and working safely in Saudiarabia for the past 75 years.. Some love it here so much that their children are now returning to work and live here.. I have many American friends that have been here for more than 30years on a stretch and absolutely love it here.. Certainly its not the place for everyone, some hate it.. But most love the good moral atmosphere and generocity of the people here.
SaudiARabia as you know is a muslim governed country.. We are expected to live our good moral lives. Our Women dress concervatively while out and cover up to not to show our bodies.. We are respected for our minds, not our bodies as a piece of meat.. You will actually feel good about doing this here.. (and hey, it works for a bad hair day or if you just want to run into town in your PJ's and can toss over this cloak)

You can wear whatever you like under the abaya.. We women are not prudes, we are fashionable and have all the same clothing that any girl does in the west.. We just dont show it out in public..
Depending on what town you will be in.. Jeddah in the west and Khobar in the east.. Those are very forward open minded towns.. I know see a trend to women wearing loose fitting slacks (not tight jeans painted on).. and longer tunic tops that come down to the thighs so as to cover a bit, and a decent scarf only.. no abaya.. as long as you are decently covered, it will be fine..
The religious police dont bother foreign women like the used to.. They are now becoming better about this, as long as you dont purposely do something like come out in town wearing cutoffs, or knee length dresses or flirt it up with a man in public... otherwise you will be fine here..

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