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Atheists & Agnostics

onager

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6. #1 because I've seen that IRL

Reply to NeoGreen (Original post)

Tue Apr 21, 2015, 07:19 AM

Apr 2015

In Alexandria, Egypt I saw women with their families, actually trying to wade/swim in the Mediterranean while fully covered (though usually not veiled). Somewhere I even have photos of that.

In the Red Sea town of Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, I never saw any women try to swim. Saudi families rented big tents on the beach, so fully veiled/covered women could look at the sea, at least.

But as some wise-ass once said - why would you want to go to the beach in Saudi Arabia anyway? Along with all the other stupid rules, you can't even drink a beer.

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#1 because I've seen that IRL onager Apr 2015 #6

why would you want to go to the beach in Saudi Arabia anyway nil desperandum Apr 2015 #9