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May 16, 2006

I've Just Seen A Face, I Can't Forget

Her visage my desire did whet:

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (Reuters) -- Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah, under pressure from Islamists to curb reforms, has warned local media against showing pictures of Saudi women, local newspapers reported on Tuesday.... Newspapers have broken with tradition and have more frequently begun printing photographs of Saudi women beside stories, usually with hair covered but faces showing, which many Wahhabi Islamists consider morally wrong.

They have also printed debate about other issues concerning women, such as whether bans on women driving and working in some retail stores could be reversed, issues which have raised the ire of many religious conservatives.

"There are photographs published in some newspapers ... and one needs to think if he would want his daughter, sister or wife to appear like that. Of course, no one would," the king was quoted as saying at a meeting with newspaper editors late on Monday.

"Young people are driven by emotion and the spirit, but the spirit can go astray. So I ask you to go easy on these things."

Yes, we can't have any photos of women's faces driving those good Saudi boys wild with insane lust, now can we?

Posted by Mr. Bingley at May 16, 2006 09:10 AM

Comments

Ahhhh! The camera will steal my soul!

Posted by: Nightfly at May 16, 2006 09:42 AM

And lead your spirit astray.

I hate when that happens.

Posted by: Mr. Bingley at May 16, 2006 09:55 AM

I don't smoke. Why would I need a spirit ashtray?

Posted by: Cullen at May 16, 2006 10:18 AM

"photos of women's faces driving"

So women aren't allowed to drive but their photos are?

Posted by: Ken Summers at May 16, 2006 10:21 AM

Probably safer, don't you think, Ken?

Posted by: Mr. Bingley at May 16, 2006 10:56 AM

And yet you are allowed to live...

Posted by: Ken Summers at May 16, 2006 11:35 AM

Not for much longer, I'd reckon'.

Posted by: Mr. Bingley at May 16, 2006 12:03 PM

Well the ban on women driving makes sense (bwahahaha). But Bingley, c'mon . . . they don't ALL have hair-covered faces!

Posted by: Dan Collins at May 16, 2006 06:46 PM

It's true, Dan; I've seen more women with mustaches in Brooklyn.

Posted by: Mr. Bingley at May 17, 2006 07:35 AM