[Marysecretary]

My sister married someone who worked in Jeddah for a year. She says they’re animals and you don’t leave the compound! I was just joking about her leaving. She’ll leave Hillary though if there’s no chance of her becoming president. No guts, no glory.

[SkyPilot]

I was walking a market in Riyadh one summer day. The heat was unbearable. I was in long slacks and a collared long sleeve shirt. Of course men cannot wear shorts in "The Kingdom."

I quickly stopped my self pity when I saw the women who were suffocating in their black abayas. I don't know how the poor creatures could even breath, much less bear the blast furnace heat.

Without warning, a long bearded Mutaween (religious police) runt of a man took his cane and struck a women who was near me. She cried out in pain. He screeched something at her, and then, we he felt the weight of the stares around him (including my own), he cursed something again to her and went into the crowd.

That society is nothing but slavery, especially to women. I have two beautiful daughters. I cannot imagine them being trapped in that kind of hell.