Mariah Carey defies activists to perform in Saudi Arabia

by Kevin Rawlinson

 

Mariah Carey pictured in October 2018 at the American Music awards in Los Angeles. Photograph: John Shearer/

 

The singer Mariah Carey has been criticised by women’s rights campaigners, who have accused her of helping to airbrush Saudi Arabia’s poor human rights record by agreeing to perform there.

 

Carey appeared with DJ Tiesto, Sean Paul and the Yemen-born singer Balqees Fathi on Thursday in what she has claimed was an opportunity to work towards gender desegregation in the kingdom.

 

Activists, however, have rejected that.

 

“The Saudi government is using entertainment to distract the people from human rights abuses because it can sense the anger among the public,” said Omaima al-Najjar, a Saudi woman who sought political refuge abroad and co-founded Women for Rights in Saudi Arabia (WARSA).

 

Full Story: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jan/31/mariah-carey-defies-activists-to-perform-in-saudi-arabia

She will not be wearing that dress on stage........

Here she is in rehearsals with her backing singers.......

Well, US citizens are not allowed to travel to North Korea - to the best of my limited knowledge.

Maybe it is a good idea to expand this travel ban by including Saudi Arabia. 

Likewise the UN territory (in New York, Geneva, Vienna and Bangkok) should be declared off limits (not only for US citizen) as it is the very same UN which keeps Saudi Arabia on the human rights council - what a farce! 

22 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

Mariah Carey defies activists to perform in Saudi Arabia

Not dressed like that, which is actually relatively conservative by Western standards.
 

7 hours ago, Sydebolle said:

Well, US citizens are not allowed to travel to North Korea - to the best of my limited knowledge.

Maybe it is a good idea to expand this travel ban by including Saudi Arabia. 

Likewise the UN territory (in New York, Geneva, Vienna and Bangkok) should be declared off limits (not only for US citizen) as it is the very same UN which keeps Saudi Arabia on the human rights council - what a farce! 

then, who will run Saudi Aramco or the Jubail plants ?