saudi arabia is currently undergoing rapid social change. even women are allowed to drive here!
we were in a hardware store and were approached by a woman and invited to dinner at her family’s home. she told us about the many positive changes that have been initiated by the royal family, a kind of revolution from above. her 23-year-old niece wore her abaya all the time and, under protest from her aunt, could imagine an arranged wedding. meanwhile, neither the abaya nor the niqab is compulsory for Saudi women, although both garments are still commonly worn.
we crossed part of the rub`al khali, the largest continuous sand desert in the world, quite quickly to get to oman, but will soon return to saudi arabia and the desert.
currently undergoing rapid social change. even women are allowed to drive here!
we were in a hardware store and were approached by a woman and invited to dinner at her family’s home. she told us about the many positive changes that have been initiated by the royal family, a kind of revolution from above. her 23-year-old niece wore her abaya all the time and, under protest from her aunt, could imagine an arranged wedding. meanwhile, neither the abaya nor the niqab is compulsory for Saudi women, although both garments are still commonly worn.
we crossed part of the rub`al khali, the largest continuous sand desert in the world, quite quickly to get to oman, but will soon return to saudi arabia and the desert.
Hello Norbert,
once again really great impressive pictures. In the night shot of Rub’al Khali I wonder where the glow on the horizon comes from. The starry sky shows (if I am not mistaken) Casiopeia and the Pleiades, so the glow at this time cannot come from the moon. Is this the glow of a city?
Greetings Steffen