Women Barred From Driving Golf Carts at Janadriya

RIYADH, 2 March 2006 — Women were forbidden to drive golf carts in the cultural village at the Janadriya Festival during the three-day period set aside for women. Original plans called for trained Saudi women to drive the golf carts and assist in transporting visitors, particularly old women and the handicapped.

According to Seham Al-Dosary, an organizer from the company supplying the carts, no clear reasons were given for the decision.

The latest bit of inanity, particularly since, as this Arab News piece points out, women are already driving golf carts on university campuses. Sheesh!