Music video with veiled women poking fun at Saudi laws goes viral

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Music video with veiled women poking fun at Saudi laws goes viral

Rezaul H Laskar 
Hindustan Times, New Delhi

 

NEW DELHI: -- A pop song that hilariously depicts the many ways women are oppressed in Saudi Arabia has racked up more than 2.5 million views on YouTube and angered hardliners in the kingdom.

 

Hwages, created by producer Majed Al Esa of the Saudi production company 8ies Studio, features a group of young women – covered from head-to-toe and their faces hidden behind black veils – engaging in activities such as skateboarding, riding scooters, shooting hoops and dancing that would not be tolerated by hardliners.

 

Against a catchy back beat, the women sing in Arabic about the problems caused by men. They express the hope that men will “go extinct” because they seem to be “possessed” and cause “mental illnesses” for women.

 

Watch | Music video Hwages by producer Majed Al Esa

 

Full story: http://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/music-video-with-veiled-women-poking-fun-at-saudi-laws-goes-viral/story-67DtdgDRU7Qv9ZH6Ze2OUK.html

 

-- Hindustan Times 2017-01-06

[mfd101]

Gutsy girls! Good for them. (And even a handful of unveiled gutsy men!)

[JohnOX4]

Humour can be powerful. 

[Slaps]

 

 

Full Power

 

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[Opl]

and also

 

 

[Lupatria]

7 hours ago, JohnOX4 said:

Humour can be powerful. 

Yeah, especially a few weeks away from beheading...

[currynamnam]

7 hours ago, JohnOX4 said:

Humour can be powerful. 

Yes, and not always appreciated....as Charlie Hebdo found out 2 years ago today.

[pumpuy]

Go, girls , go ...! Give them a kick in their doud , they deserve this for suppressing you for ages ...

[Scott]

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[puukao]

If they all get 300-years for this video, who will join me in raising money for their cause????

 

put me down for 10 baht

[surangw]

 

[Opl]

Thanks, Surangw for sharing this video.

Only a woman  of Arab culture can make this kind of statement.

 

[LammyTS1]

2 hours ago, surangw said:

 

Go girl!