A local New York cable TV station has this interview with Areej Khan, the Saudi Master’ student at the School of Visual Design. In it, Khan explains how she (and many other Saudi women, she claims) got around the prohibition on women’s driving. Now, though, she’s tired of cheating and wants to change the system. Do watch the video!
Local Student Artist Helps Drive Change In Saudi Arabia
Stephanie SimonA local artist is the driving force behind a new campaign to help women in Saudi Arabia win the right to drive. NY1′s Stephanie Simon filed the following report on the international effort.
Areej Khan used to dress like a man to be able to drive in her native Saudi Arabia, where women are not allowed to drive.
“I know a lot of women who were doing it anyway, a lot of my friends did it,” she recalls. “So I would just put on a cap and tuck my hair inside and get in the car and drive.”
Now, instead of covering up, this student artist and activist is encouraging women to stand up for the right, to sit behind the wheel. It’s all part of Khan’s master of fine arts project, which is on view at the School of Visual Arts gallery on West 26th Street.
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May:24:2009 - 19:11
[...] 25 by Qusay I wonder if any of the Arabian TV channels will show this. I saw this first at Crossroads Arabia, and clicked on the link provided in the post which took me the this page. there is a video which I [...]
May:25:2009 - 13:13
This is good start. I hope that Areej Khahn will do more compaigns for women’s right in the Kingdom. I think the driving issue is just a tip of the iceburg.
John, great video.
May:25:2009 - 15:55
I know women that have done that. Some with their husbands sitting right beside them.
May:26:2009 - 16:06
I think what she is doing is great and it is even greater a place where she is doing it…
God Bless the USA…
O.K. my ego doesn’t only expand to those borders…they expand pretty far pretty far I must say this very day a cat in a hat isn’t anything but that.
It ain’t nutting but a thang!
May:28:2009 - 22:55
I got a reply from Areej Khan when I emailed her. She wanted to know what my caption would be. I hadn’t thought about it and just quickly came up with:
Traffic Laws Don’t Mention Gender!
http://www.gulfnews.com/news/gulf/saudi_arabia/10228929.html