Do you think I can get a job at CNN?
Why, in HEAVEN’s Name would you want to work at CNN?
I’m Aghast!
The same activity, done here in the states, would be immediately made illegal and punishment applied.
The talk of an alluring female who prefers life on her terms brought to mind this movie.
To be blunt, it was really the Middle East customs and culture which jarred the memory.
THE SHELTERING SKY (1990)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0100594/
TRAILER ON YOU TUBE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WtPjs6kMg-4