The US-singer Mariah Carey on this week in Saudi Arabia. Women’s rights storm run activists. You fear that the artist could help a state to Shine, whose human rights record is disastrous.
You, what are you doing know? She knows the Situation of women’s rights activists in the Kingdom? If not, is the Arabic-to understand American journalist and activist Mona Eltahawy, the American singer-songwriter Mariah Carey, should you consider their presence in Saudi Arabia.
The planned appearance of the American singer on Thursday of this week in the King Abdullah Economic City North of the port city of Jeddah, in the social networks for riot. Were Carey in Saudi Arabia on the stage, the overwhelming Tenor of the short message service Twitter, she would reveal the Saudi women would continue to suffer from the rigorous gender order of the Kingdom. Above all, they untergrübe activists working in the Kingdom of active women’s rights.
The living in Belgium, from Saudi Arabia-born activist Alia Hathloul reminded the singer via a Tweet that her sister, Loujain, has been sitting for may 2018 in a Saudi prison. Their Offense: they had used with other women’s rights activists that women are allowed to drive in the Kingdom of the car. The women are allowed to now though. But the Activists who were strongly in favour of the continue to sit in prison.
In the prison, because they for the right of women to have the car entered: Loujain al to-Hathloul
Hathlouls Tweet received a lot of approval, but also some of the malicious comments. So a User is denied that there is a connection between the fate of Alias sister and the appearance. So he refuses to even implicitly, the Carey’s appearance in the context of the Saudi debate about women rights. Another accused, Alia not to award indirect, political fantasy to attach and are in jail sister a meaning that you didn’t.
Pop and Investment
Were Carey in Saudi Arabia, would have succeeded to the government a propaganda Coup. Yet, in the Kingdom of international Stars such as Enrique Iglesias and David Guetta concerts.
Carey, writes the business portal, “Bloomberg”, “would be the most famous Western woman, who is in the country, after crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman loosened the reins of the entertainment industry.” The appearance suggests the sheet, would help make the entertainment sector in the Kingdom for regional and international investors.
Culture as a substitute for policy reform
The appearance of a superstar, a female, is problematic, says the in Australia live Saudi activist Amani al-Issa in an interview with DW. “The social Opening does not reflect the reality of Saudi Arabian women. Even to a concert like this, you have to rely on the consent of their male guardian,” al-Issa in an interview with DW. Women played in the current opening process, only a minor role, so Al-Issa. “What we are witnessing is not a social Opening, but only an Opening in the entertainment industry. Which goes hand in hand with an economic Opening, but only a small part of the society benefits.”
Otherwise, Arafat Al-Majid, member of the Council of the district of Qatif sees it. We have to recognize that women’s entertainment is expected to enter his directions. “There have been significant changes, which also have a positive impact on the Situation of women, thus, Al-Majid in the DW-Interview. You have to give to the Kingdom, but time. “I am confident that there will be changes and these are also not make in front of the male case-law with regard to women.” However, he warns, there are also limits. “Abolish it completely, you could not, of course, because the Islamic heritage is mandatory. But the law can regulate.”
A necessarily political concert
For Al-Majid, it is clear that the cultural Opening paves the personality right the way. Amani al-Issa doubts this. Their assessment of the process should be run in exactly the reverse order. “If the state is to adopt laws that protect the rights of personality, then there will be no social change.” More important than new entertainment options to be something else: “We want a political Opening, access to Rights and legislation that promotes the social Opening-up.”
In front of a politically great appearance: Mariah Carey
Mariah Carey herself has not spoken yet to your scheduled appearance. Should you do, however, demand women’s rights activists from the Region. Because they compete in a country where a number of women for their public views expressed at a high price would have to paid.
Carey is your appearance a high political risk. It runs bad, you could give your appearance a government that delivers on human rights with the feet, a kind of cultural Fig leaf. Their radiance would help to make the political and human rights grievances forgotten. You would contribute through the concert to give the Kingdom, especially after the Khashoggi-murder urgently awaited Nimbus of the rule of law.
Carey could use the concert but – in any way – to contribute to the promotion of human and women’s rights. Carey’s only an artist’s voice this week, but also political impression.
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