09 August 2012

Sarah Attar: seeds of liberalisation or gesture politics?

....this could be seen as gesture politics, as the Saudi Arabian government making token gestures to their liberal critics while getting on with business as usual behind the scenes.

And what better choice than the unwitting Attar; an articulate, friendly, photogenic person; someone who hasn’t gone to school in Saudi; someone who hasn’t shared the same experiences as the majority of Saudi women her age. [MailOnline] Read more