On a fast track [Muslim Woman Driver]

Jerusalem Post ^ | Feb. 24, 2005 | Orly Halpern

[Alouette]

So she won a powder-puff go-cart race competing against other ladies. Isn't that precious!

Then I read this:

Eifa, who – like more than 80 percent of UAE residents – does not hold citizenship, considers herself "an international Arabic Muslim citizen."

...and I thought to myself, oh crap. How many people are living here in this country who consider themselves "international Arabic Muslim citizens"?

[Alouette]

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[Liberal Classic]

She wears a Nomex hijab.

[DAVEY CROCKETT]

"international Arabic Muslim citizens"?

This is real special how do you become one of these?

[Alouette]

I want to do the endurance race. It's a six-stage horse-riding race. I have already started taking lessons

The "Ocean of Fire!" Taking lessons from Viggo?

[atomic_dog]

How come no "barf alert?"

[lizma]

Come on Alouette, give her a break.

I knew an American woman, a teacher, who was married to a Saudi (I didn't say smart women)and every summer she would don her burka and travel back in time. Once while descending an escalator, her burka got caught and she tumbled down the stairs. She lay there at the bottom in a heap, three broken ribs, a bad cut on her face and no man stopped to see if she was alright. If fact they just stepped over her!!

And it's not just Arab men that that think women are dirt, it's Arab women. These women truly believe that they are slaves born to serve the high almighty male.

So this women doesn't only have to work to change men's minds but also women's. I say good for her and I hope more women follow her lead. This is all part of the slow move to Democracy.

[mplsconservative]

The only muslim woman driver I've met crashed into my neighbor's house on the corner and caused $30,000 damage to their home.

The car went right through their brick foundation and caused major damage.

I comforted the woman, the best I could, no English skills on her part and her male counterpart had disappeared.

This was in one of the "better" parts of Minneapolis. I came to find out they liked our quieter streets to conduct their informal driving schools.

Not many days before that, some of the same folks nearly mowed down an elderly couple in their yard on the same intersection, but across the street. Luckily, the driver only killed a crab apple tree on the boulevard which stopped the forward movement of the car.

[kingattax]

Wait until they put sponsors decals and numbers on the sides

[econ_grad]

I lived in Riyadh for two years. The only American women I knew who were married to Saudis are the gold-digger types. Although it is aweful how they are treated, I somehow can't stop to chuckle.

[SevenofNine]

Let her come to NASCAR see how she does against Dale Earnhart Jr or Jeff Gorden

Paging NASCAR list

[NormsRevenge]

'international Arabic Muslim citizens'

They'd stick out like sore thumbs at Nascar events, But Heck, their cash is as good as anyone else's.

Having a NasCamel race or two would be a sight to behold. ;-)

[SevenofNine]

OH GOOD I hope you got NASCAR ping list rack it LOLOL!

Hey you are right money is language speak for

Like my dad used to say Money talks

Yeah how she would fare against Dale Earnhart Jr or Jeff Gorden or rest of NASCAR racers

That what I want to know

[Never2baCrat]

<<< So she won a powder-puff go-cart race competing against other ladies. Isn't that precious! >>>

Rallying is no "powder-puff go-kart race. Have you ever watched one let alone compete in one? I organize one, I have rallied since '79, both as a driver and co-driver. We're not talking boring roundy-round racing here! Rallying is alive and well here in the US, albeit on a smaller scale, thank you very much.

[lizma]

This one wasn't. She had to work as a school teacher, they lived in a middle, upper-middle class house and her husband was drop dead gorgeous.

She was a bad diabetic who could never have kids and it seem to start out as true love. (Don't picture Muslim men marrying women who can't reproduce)

But she couldn't hack those Saudi summers and he couldn't seem to live without them. Didn't last.

[Brian Allen]

<< Wait until they put sponsors decals and numbers on the sides >>

Why not?

Many of the camels are imported from Australia so they can start with Victorian Bitter and Fosters.

[Or Boags if they want to advertise a Real Beer]

[texasflower]

What is your problem with the article? What is the barf alert all about?

This is about an arab country with full rights for the women.

Is that bad in your opinion?

Yes, it is written in a little bit of a sappy tone, but it does describe a society that is a good model for others in the region.

What don't you like? (I'm not meaning this as sarcastically as it sounds. I don't know how else to put it)

[PLMerite]

"I always say that if I were to leave the UAE, it would only be to go to London or America."

Oh, wonderful.

[Convert from ECUSA]

Gentlemen.....start your camels! Zoom-Zoom!