Comments on: Following-Up Laura Bush’s Visit to Saudi Arabia http://xrdarabia.org/2007/11/09/following-up-laura-bushs-visit-to-saudi-arabia/ Informed comment and commentary about Saudi Arabia, reform, and its relations with the US Wed, 23 May 2012 23:26:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: John Burgess http://xrdarabia.org/2007/11/09/following-up-laura-bushs-visit-to-saudi-arabia/comment-page-1/#comment-6924 John Burgess Fri, 09 Nov 2007 16:54:50 +0000 http://xrdarabia.org/2007/11/09/following-up-laura-bushs-visit-to-saudi-arabia/#comment-6924 The stigma isn't just in the Gulf. In Syria, until quite recently, only orphans would go into nursing as the families of other women thought the job unseemly if not ungodly. The stigma isn’t just in the Gulf. In Syria, until quite recently, only orphans would go into nursing as the families of other women thought the job unseemly if not ungodly.

]]> By: Carol http://xrdarabia.org/2007/11/09/following-up-laura-bushs-visit-to-saudi-arabia/comment-page-1/#comment-6920 Carol Fri, 09 Nov 2007 15:51:32 +0000 http://xrdarabia.org/2007/11/09/following-up-laura-bushs-visit-to-saudi-arabia/#comment-6920 Just last week either Al Arabiyah or Saudi tv took a street poll to gauge Saudi's reaction to nursing as a profession for women. The majority were against Saudi women as nurses and felt it was a disrespectful and inappropriate profession. Therefore in order to hire more Saudi females in the nursing field, this stigma must first be overcome. American Bedu Just last week either Al Arabiyah or Saudi tv took a street poll to gauge Saudi’s reaction to nursing as a profession for women. The majority were against Saudi women as nurses and felt it was a disrespectful and inappropriate profession. Therefore in order to hire more Saudi females in the nursing field, this stigma must first be overcome.

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