Top research doctors who lead labs in the US. Yes, Why? Perhaps, Opportunity. There is progress, but name the female CEO's of Saudi Corporations? And the King's daughters have many opportunities that others do not have.
Top research doctors who lead labs in the US. Yes, Why? Perhaps, Opportunity. There is progress, but name the female CEO's of Saudi Corporations? And the King's daughters have many opportunities that others do not have.
You could say that the Saudi women were closed years ago but now it's changed. Women were always able to go to school and university throughout the Kingdom. Women could work, go out, go to cinemas and the malls. It's a choice that women didn't want to make like work and finish their education because they got married. You have a lot of women who are CEO's of companies in Saudi and have won awards, top research DR's who are women who lead labs in the United States.
King Abdullah's daughter hold the biggest women forum in Saudi Arabia yearly which you can find pictures of her in the Arabic newspapers and magazines. Sadly many of the events don't make it to the foreign news agencies. Moreover, you have Loulwa al Faisal who is an active Saudi Princess for the past 8 years. She also attends the WEF.
Saudi woman arrested for human trafficking - Americas - Al Jazeera EnglishSaudi woman arrested for human trafficking
Prosecutors in California have charged a woman they refer to as a Saudi princess for the alleged human trafficking of a Kenyan woman.
Tony Rackauckas, the Orange County District Attorney, on Wednesday identified 42-year-old Meshael Alayban as a Saudi princess charged with one count of human trafficking. If convicted, she faces up to 12 years in prison.
Alayban was arrested after the Kenyan woman carrying a suitcase flagged down a bus on Tuesday and told a passenger of the conditions she worked in. The passenger helped her contact police, who searched the Irvine property where Alayban and her family were staying, authorities said.
The 30-year-old woman told authorities she was hired in Kenya in 2012 and her passport was taken from her on arrival in Saudi Arabia. She was forced to work excessive hours and was paid less than she was promised and not allowed to leave, authorities said.
"This is not a contract dispute," Rackauckas told the court and likened the case to slavery. “This is holding someone captive against their will."
Prosecutors in southern California have charged a Saudi Arabian princess with human trafficking and accused her of bringing a Kenyan woman to the United States and holding her against her will as a servant.
The accused woman, Meshael Alayban, 42, brought the Kenyan to the US in May and paid her $220 a month while holding her passport and keeping her confined to an apartment complex in Irvine, California, where Alayban lived, Orange county prosecutors said.
Alayban is a wife of Saudi Arabian Prince Abdulrahman bin Nasser bin Abdulaziz al Saud, according to the Orange county prosecutors.
Judging by the name, is the husband a grandson of the first king of Saudi Arabia?Alayban is a wife of Saudi Arabian Prince Abdulrahman bin Nasser bin Abdulaziz al Saud, according to the Orange county prosecutors.
Lovely. All that money and they wont pay their servants and keep them against their will.
Well all I can say is, prosecute this woman fully. Just because she is a Saudi princess, whom by the way does not deserve the title, should not have any preference or sympathy in my opinion. What a scum bag. What a disgrace to her title. Let her think about it in jail.
Please stop advertising your own book in this forums...people who are following the KSA-thread already know that you have an issue with Jean Sasson-it would be very kind and helpful if you solved this problem with the person in charge and refrain from constantly posting such messages.Who said this is a Saudi Princess? She does not look like one nor acted like one. But I guess if the word 'Princess' is added to her name by the media it sells a much better story in the US. < ed Warren > The problem is the corporate US media/publishers are comfortable in bed with the lawmakers/lawbreakers therefore they can do whatever they like because they know they get away with it. < ed Warren >
But as you wrote correctly-we should wait for the court ruling, nevertheless everyone is free to share his/her thoughts and opinion about this case. It does not matter if somebody is born royal or not,but if the woman in the article did something wrong, she should be held responsible for her actions.
I have empathy with those who avoid premature judgments. A well thought speech is better than hasty statements. Compassion can arise only where you have a unbiased look to the happening. Empathy is able to empathize with others. This immersive strategy may never happen unilaterally. I want to see things from all perspectives before judging. As long as the issue of guilty is not clarified, there can be no judgment.
Often the maids, who are working in GCC, were recruited in their home countries by negotiators. These "dealers" often promised unrealistic wages and working conditions. There you should have a first look for causes which lead to problems with the employment contracts. But as I said before, currently there is too little public insight in the actual case.
Why do you always defend the Arab person even when there is sufficient proof that something is not quite right?
I would do the same, if a austrian lady is the defendant. At the moment, only statements exist without specific prove. In the actual case sufficient proofs will be secured by the American court now. When the results are published we can discuss.
No,that is certainly not true. Can you give me any proof for your assumptions?
The USA is very lenient toward any member of its ally. If the runaway maid just lied, the authorities would not have dragged a Saudi Princess to a court and would have settled the issue quietly.I have read and heard many similar stories, and the outcome in 90% of them is that the housemaid makes up the stories just to stay in the United States and Europe. Many of the workers from third world countries runaway and make up stories to thinking they can stay in the US, many of them get deported back. Same in the UK. Many use to runway when they travelled with families during the summer and the government realized it was trend.
Im not blaming or pointing fingers but something is off and the article is off. The Princess is in jail till the court rules which is normal in any case, that doesn't mean she is full guilt.
I have read and heard many similar stories, and the outcome in 90% of them is that the housemaid makes up the stories just to stay in the United States and Europe. Many of the workers from third world countries runaway and make up stories to thinking they can stay in the US, many of them get deported back. Same in the UK. Many use to runway when they travelled with families during the summer and the government realized it was trend.
Im not blaming or pointing fingers but something is off and the article is off. The Princess is in jail till the court rules which is normal in any case, that doesn't mean she is full guilt.
Well,it may be true that some people invent all kind of things for obvious reasons,but I have also met some women and male workers who have been treated very badly.
Some women are lured to go to one of the rich M.E countries with the prospect of working as nannies or doing all kind of housework,but when they come to the country their passports are seized and they are forced to work under inhumane conditions,many women from Eastern European countries are even forced into prostitution! That is not something "bad Westerners" are imagining or anything that the women would make up........
....they are often not used to the different culture and habits,or they are having difficulties to express themselves in a foreign language,they are unable to just get on the next plane and escape like we could do in such a case. Furthermore they can´t book a flight if their wages are withheld and they are therefore very limited in their actions and freedom to move.
The USA is very lenient toward any member of its ally. If the runaway maid just lied, the authorities would not have dragged a Saudi Princess to a court and would have settled the issue quietly.
Well, these things can happen in some cases. You described individual cases which have not generally apply to all domestic workers. I can confirm the last statement of dazzling. Some maids use a stay abroad in Western states to run away. In rare cases it´s based by previous real abuse. Mostly the maids are motivated by the desire to seek asylum in a Western country because they would not have succeeded in other circumstances (by escaping from their home countries). They want to have a better standard of living than they can have in their home countries. The employment contracts of the maids are for two years only (UAE law). After this, the women have to return to their country of origin, where poverty and unemployment awaits them, if they are not lucky enough to get a new job as a housemaid in one of the GCC states again.
About working conditions (UAE): It is expected that the maids fulfill their assigned tasks. If they can not or do not want this, so they are free to ask for an earlier dismissal. However, this has disadvantages, for example, within a specified period of time it is no longer permitted for them to work in UAE.
I would like to believe that this is just an individual case,but unfortunately it is a system of crime and there is impunity in most cases because as you know,prostitution is illegal in Islam,so the victims are in a very difficult situations when they want to escape the vicious cycle of violence and injustice.
I have only chosen an article from an ARAB tv-program, but there are so many articles and reports from trustworthy organizations that are highlighting the terrible human rights violations and human trafficking in the GCC, maybe you should get your facts straight and finally accept that there are terrible things happening....