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Barbaros · Joined: 18 Aug 2012 Posts: 58 Location: North of France

The dean of the nursing college at Saudi Arabia's first women-only university resigned in protest to men teaching female students at her school, a local news website reported Wednesday.
http://www.shafaqna.com/english/qibla/item/6596-gender-mixing-sparks-controversy-at-saudi-all-women-university.html?tmpl=component&print=1

One Twitter account under the name �Saudi society channel,� believed to be run by religious extremists, carried a threat to the minister of higher education.
�We swear by God we will not allow gender mixing, even if blood reaches the knees and skulls roll in the streets,� read one tweet posted by @ksa12300 on September 3, 2012 - .� www.shafaqna.com/English

It seems Uncle Bandar will be upset with the above news! Laughing

wantok · Joined: 05 Jul 2012 Posts: 168

A major difficulty in employing women in Saudi is that separate offices must be set up for them..."If they hire women to work, they need another office, with electricity, a dedicated security guard, computers,� Mr. Khudairi said. �This is a major cost, especially for small, local companies.

Heck, separate universities, too!

Try homeschooling! �So we came up with a solution that also gives companies the choice of hiring women to work out of home.�

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/06/world/middleeast/saudi-arabia-signals-openness-to-women-seeking-work.html?pagewanted=2&_r=1&ref=middleeast

Sorry, Deaness, but is the real issue gender mixing or is it employment for all those young learned female academics?

Or is it your own empowerment entitlement, your personal adaptation of #7 under "University Trends"? http://www.pnu.edu.sa/en/Pages/About/VisionAndMission.aspx

My my my: plenty of s/he and her/his in http://www.pnu.edu.sa/en/Pages/About/RulesAndRegulations/Regulations%20for%20Saudi%20Universities%20Personnel%20Including%20Staff%20Members%20and%20the%20Like.pdf

mashkif · Joined: 17 Aug 2010 Posts: 178

wantok · Joined: 05 Jul 2012 Posts: 168

Very conveniently, mash, that tweet now is 404 Not Found. The requested URL was not found on this server.

http://opennet.net/blog/2011/05/saudi-arabia-tightens-media-restrictions

arabiamark · Joined: 15 Dec 2006 Posts: 20 Location: Sand Station Zebra

johnslat · Posted: Sun Sep 09, 2012 8:45 pm Post subject:

Dear arabiamark,

Leaning that way, I'd say.

Regards,
John

Grendal · Posted: Wed Sep 12, 2012 10:10 pm Post subject:

Saudi lifestyle will change, once a Saudi version of Mustafa Kemal Ataturk does some house cleaning here.

In my dreams.

Grendal