WAJIHA AL-HUWEIDAR: “COVERT ANIMOSITY AND OPEN DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN PREVAIL IN ARAB COUNTRIES”
Writing in Elaph.com on March 7, 2005 Saudi author Wajiha
Al-Huweidar explained: “All of the Arab regimes are U.N. members and
have ratified the 1948 Declaration of Human Rights, which clearly
establishes justice and equality in the rights and obligations of all
citizens.
Despite this, women in our chauvinist countries are still considered the property of their relatives. All Arab countries, without exception, harbor covert animosity and open discrimination against women. To
this day, all official bodies reject any scientific discussion of a
solution to women’s problems – while on the other hand the men, who
benefit from women’s oppression, continue to regurgitate [the mant r a]
that ‘women are respected’ [in Arab and Muslim societies]…