Saudi Arabia allows beach parties with women wearing bikinis as the Kingdom continues a liberalisation drive

[World]

Sun, sea and the opposite sex as Saudi slowly loosens up - France 24

Sun, sea and the opposite sex as Saudi slowly loosens up

www.france24.com

 

[Keo]

I really don’t understand why they are doing this. What do they hope to achieve from this?

 

[World]

I really don’t understand why they are doing this. What do they hope to achieve from this?

Tourism? They want to be the next Dubai maybe.

 

[Boqorada]

So this only goes for tourists? Will the locals get stoned and flogged if they do this

 

[World]

So this only goes for tourists? Will the locals get stoned and flogged if they do this

“For Asma, spending a day on the beach with her boyfriend was unthinkable until recently in deeply conservative Saudi Arabia.

Now, the 32-year-old is dancing with her partner on white sands fringing the Red Sea, to music thumping from loudspeakers.”

 

[GemState]

Saudi Arabia trying to clean up it's image to the West, first the Newcastle acquisition than the gradual liberalization policies.

 

[alexander]

Good move. Imagine going to beach for enjoyment and you see

 

[bidenkulaha]

I really don’t understand why they are doing this. What do they hope to achieve from this?

It’s the quickest way to liberalisation.

Incremental change won’t work for Saudi imo. It’ll take decades to change the education system and the minds of the men.

By letting this happen, men who previously beat their wives and daughters if she showed her ankles will now be put in their place. Women will become liberated overnight.

 

[Gantaal97]

So they're trying to make the holyland like Dubai

 

[Kool-Aid]

They are also building Neom City


Just recently, they are mixing beaches and letting women wear bikini's

Sun, sea and the opposite sex as Saudi slowly loosens up - France 24

Sun, sea and the opposite sex as Saudi slowly loosens up

www.france24.com

 

[The alchemist]

Saudi Arabia trying to clean up it's image to the West, first the Newcastle acquisition than the gradual liberalization policies.

To rephrase, "adjust its image for the West". The image of the West is not clean itself.

These things fall in line with Saudi Arabias' ambitious economic diversification plans.

 

[Queen Ati]

I don't believe it is just about foreign money..I think they want to keep their people from spending a lot of money abroad as Saudis like travelling to Bahrain and the UAE to have fun

 

[Aibolsun]

I really hope this country fails. Imagine never having worked for anything in your life and being taken seriously because there’s oil underneath you.

 

[NordicSomali]

bring the thongs

 

[Kool-Aid]

I really hope this country fails. Imagine never having worked for anything in your life and being taken seriously because there’s oil underneath you.

That could have been us too
If only Siad Barre was never the leader of Somalia! Somalia would be modern and well off!

 

[Aibolsun]

That could have been us too
If only Siad Barre was never the leader of Somalia! Somalia would be modern and well off!

If Siad was never the leader some other asshole would f*ck things up and suffer the same fate. We are a stupid people man.

 

[Kool-Aid]

If Siad was never the leader some other asshole would f*ck things up and suffer the same fate. We are a stupid people man.

No that is not true! Different leaders have different impacts on the country. We could have had a series of good leader building up the institutions of the country!

 

[Gole]

Can’t wait to go to the beach in Saudi Arabia with my slim thick jewish wife

 

[Qeelbax]

I wish I was raised muslim in the prophets time. They should give up Hejaz ASAP.

 

[Vanessa]

I really don’t understand why they are doing this. What do they hope to achieve from this?

The oil is running out.