Saudi princess reprimanded over her progressive image
Saudi princess reprimanded over her progressive image
Princess Ameera Al-Taweel, the wife of Prince Al-Waleed bin Talal, is a highly active, visible and, very avant-garde in terms of her appearance, women’s rights and public participation. And for that she last week received a public reprimand from her highly conservative her brother in-law, Prince Khalid bin Talal bin Abdul Aziz. Columnist Anushay Hossain in Forbes magazine comments on the reprimand as an expression of the general Saudi view on women as property and her hopes that the princess will carry on as a role model for Saudi wome.
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