Saudis Suspended 17 Schoolgirls

[Rose Siding]

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia -- At least 17 expatriate teenage girls in eastern Saudi Arabia have been suspended from school for a week for uncovering their faces on the school bus, the school's headmistress said in remarks published Wednesday.

The girls also had to sign an agreement not to repeat the act, said Malika Al-Duseiri, headmistress of the Eighth High School in Dammam, 250 miles northeast of the capital Riyadh.

"I noticed that they had removed their head covers on the school bus when I did a surprise call," Al-Duseiri told the daily Okaz. The girls' nationalities were not specified and attempts to reach the school were unsuccessful.

Okaz quoted family members as saying that 20 girls had been suspended since Tuesday but the headmistress referred only to 17.

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[ThorsteinVeblen]

1. There is a cultural heirarchy

And Saudi Arabia is at the bottom.

[DS1]

2. wow, I'm surprised they weren't suspended by their necks

!!

[southerngirlwriter]

3. For all its problems....

America is still an amazingly good place to live.

Those poor kids....