Thursday, October 9, 2014

The Arab Tweet: Girls on Motorcycles

#Youth_seen_with_girls_in_Jeddah

#Youth_seen_with_girls_in_Jeddah is trending in Saudi Arabia in the wake of sightings of young women riding on the backs of motorcycles. Mz-mz.net reports,

Young women seen on motorcycles in Jeddah
October 9, 2014

A number of drivers were surprised at the South King Abdulazziz Road roundabout in the city of Jeddah at three o’clock Thursday morning by more than ten sports motorcycles going at high speed with young women riding on the back.

The reaction on Twitter has been generally negative. Some blame decaying values:

 The weakness of religious faith is the reason. #Youth_seen_with_girls_in_Jeddah

Others blame immigration:

Very natural because the proportion of foreigners to citizens in Jeddah is high and if you seek the origins of the reports in the news you will find the Hajj, which doesn’t count. #Youth_seen_with_girls_in_Jeddah

@mamdohmohamad finds the practice unhygienic,

#Youth_seen_with_girls_in_Jeddah  And the result is this: Jeddah is number one in AIDS

while @mohmd_5173 doesn’t believe they’re women at all:

#Youth_seen_with_girls_in_Jeddah Young transsexuals imitate women’s dress, and some of them wear wigs to stir up the opinions and the astonishment of the community.

@alqhtani_omar merely writes,

#Youth_seen_with_girls_in_Jeddah Ask God for forgiveness

Michael Isenberg is the author of Full Asylum, a novel about politics, freedom, and hospital gowns. Check it out on Amazon.com

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