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Saudi Women Rally To Vote
Saudi Women Rally To Vote
The country's female citizens take to social media in support of their right to vote.-
In Jeddah, a group of women who made a symbolic attempt to register were turned away by the head of the voter registration centre, the AFP news agency reported. "We want to make our voices heard," said Nayla Attar, a businesswoman among a small group of activists.
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The females had showed up to register with a related office in the western city of Jeddah on Sunday. Scheduled for September 22, the polls form the kingdom’s only public electoral event. The protesters said they wanted their voices to be heard and decried exclusion from the public life. The women’s applications, however, where swiftly turned down. Police dispersed a similar protest in the Eastern Province and rounded up two women.
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One woman describes her personal account of what happened.
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وقالت البتيري للمسؤول: «أنا مواطنة سعودية، مقيمة في الخبر، وهذه بطاقة أحوالي، وعمري فوق 21 عاماً، وأرغب في التسجيل، ولقد اطلعت على شروط التسجيل ووجدت أني أستوفيها، وإن رغبت في موافقة ولي الأمر فيمكنني أن أحضرها لك».
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[In Arabic]: Al-Betry responded to the person in charge: "I am a Saudi citizen residing in al khubar, and this is my ID card, I am 21 years old and i would like to enroll. i have reviewed the terms and conditions of enrollment and have found that I am eligible, if the agreement of my guardian is required I will be able to provide it."
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ورفعت النسوة لافتات كتب عليها عبارات تطالب بالسماح لهن بالمشاركة في الانتخابات
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[In Arabic]: The women raised banners with slogans demanding permission to participate in the elections.
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Netizens are sharing newspaper and cell phone images depicting the event.
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Saudi women trying to vote!! http://yfrog.com/h2lw8elj
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Using several different hashtags, women from all over Saudi Arabia are showing support those attempted to register.
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Shevolution! "@Hey_MsK: What happened yesterday http://t.co/zcrYotk #SaudiGirlsUnite #SaudiWomenRevolution #Saudi"
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#JeddahGirlsUnite 15 Baladi women showed up @ registration center in #Jeddah but were denied. http://bit.ly/fNIGSh 2 were able to in Khobar
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#RiyadhGirlsUnite #SaudiGirlsUnite #KhobarGirlsUnite #JeddahGirlsUnite THIS IS JUST THE BEGINNING
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Proud of all Saudi Women who went to try and vote!! Wish I was there #RiyadhGirlsUnite #SaudiWomenRevolution
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Very proud of the #Saudi #women who registered 2 vote fighting 4 their liberation & rights! Inspiring #SaudiWomenRevolution #SaudiWomenUnite
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4 #Saudi women in khobar tried to register for local election, 2 actually did in what was supposed t b symbolic protest agnst vote ban
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User MsTaraSuli shared the following video which depicts what happened when another group of Saudi women attempted to register for the upcoming election.
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A Saudi Women Revolution Facebook page has also emerged touting over 3,000 likes.
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A group of women started this hash tag # saudiwomenrevolution on Twitter demanding their basic rights as any human being ..including: 1. Treat Saudi women and give them their rights as "human being full-fledged" after exceeding eighteen years, and cancel the guardian who controls her work,her travelings,her marriage and her official papers.
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Not all users are supportive of the female movement.
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Lol,Some Women in "Saudi" Arabia are fighting to participate in a fake,useless vote, what a comedy. #saudi#SaudiWomanRevolution
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If more females would sit down and be ladies, more males would stand up and be gentleman
#SaudiGirlsUnite
#saudi
#Manchester
#Arab
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اتمنى منك اختي نبيلة الاهتمام على القضايا الاسرية والتربية الاسلامية وقضايا الشباب والعطالة وتبتعدي عن مزاحمة الرجال في الاماكن العامة .
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[In Arabic]:Sister Nabila (blog author), i would sincerely appreciate it if you would pay attention to family and youth affairs, islamic upbringing, and unemployment, and avoid unnecessary contach with men in public places.
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The revolutions sweeping the Arab world are also having an impact on women in Bahrain and Iran. Online users are circulating the King of Saudi Arabia's recent address to women of Bahrain.
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Users are calling on the UN to address the situation.
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64 women imprisoned & tortured N #Bahrain 4 political reasons! Where are the @WomensRights @UN_Women from what's happening there? #help
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a women holding a sign in the protest #BahrainProtest #Bah #BBC #CNN #lulu http://twitpic.com/4q4trq
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In Tehran, female students have rallied against the treatment of women in several Arab countries.
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In the Wednesday gathering, students from different universities in Tehran protested against the killing and arrest of women in Bahrain and Yemen. The students also blasted Western silence and double standards toward the brutal crackdown on popular protests by despotic Arab regimes in the region.
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