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Foreign Affairs

bamagal62

(4,392 posts)

4. When I lived in Saudi Arabia

Reply to Eugene (Original post)

Fri Jan 30, 2026, 07:41 PM

Friday

In the early 90s, if I was caught walking down the street with any male that was not my husband or my brother (so no friend!), I could have been arrested for prostitution and given 60 lashes in 30 days. My photo was in my husband’s papers so that they could see I belonged to him.