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Following the incident, Model Roz’s name has been trending in Saudi Arabia with more than 32.8K tweets.
Twitter has declined to comment on the case. Saudi Arabia is a significant indirect investor in the company and Saudi billionaire Prince Alwaleed bin Talal, who has expressed allegiance to Saudi crown prince Mohammed bin Salman, owns 5% of the company’s stock.
Saudi Arabian women wear their traditional face covering, the niqab, at a coffee and chocolate exhibition in the capital Riyadh on Monday. A prominent religious figure said on Twitter that the face veil is not mandatory, sparking a heated national debate.
The man at the eye of the storm in Saudi Arabia is Ahmad Aziz Al Ghamdi. He’s a religious scholar, the former head of the religious police in Mecca, a group officially known as the Committee for Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice.
She spoke to the program host, Badria al-Bishr, about her decision to show her face, not just among close family and friends, but in a broadcast that could be seen across Saudi Arabia. She covered her hair, but was wearing makeup, another point that enraged conservatives. Her husband specifically approved of makeup in his religious ruling.
Ahmad Aziz Al Ghamdi, a prominent religious figure in Saudi Arabia, said that the face veil for women is not mandatory. He then appeared on a popular talk show with his wife, who was not wearing the veil, known as the niqab.
Saudi Arabia is a deeply conservative society, the only country in the world that effectively prohibits women from driving. Girls and women are forbidden from traveling, conducting official business or undergoing certain medical procedures without permission from their male guardian.
Saudi Arabia’s grand mufti, Sheikh Abdul Al Aziz Al Shaikh, has called on Ghamdi to repent and declared that Muslim women have a duty to cover their faces.
Last year, Saudi Arabia’s entertainment authority warned that “dancing and swaying” was strictly banned at concerts.
Meet Nia, a British beauty and modest fashion blogger, who is currently based in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Her monochromatic approach to modest fashion is elegant and timeless. From neutral earth-tone shades to pretty pastels, Nia’s Instagram feed features an array of simplistic yet stylish looks, amplified by statement accessories.
