Alexis Scott

12 February 2016
20Time Project
Annotated Bibliography
Alnowaiser, Khalid. "Need for Gender Equality." Need for Gender Equality. N.p., 23 Jan.
2014. Web. 16 Aug. 2015. <http://www.arabnews.com/columns/need-genderequality>.
Alnowaisers article discusses the issue of how men have used religion to
degrade women into second-class citizens in Saudi Arabia. Customs and past
practices have distorted the Muslim faith throughout the world. The Islamic
religion clearly appreciates women and their role in life and work. This article
provides the prospective of a scholar that supports womens rights. It will be
useful having a Saudi Arabian mans point of view that is against the belittling of
the women.
Alsaleh, Shakir Ahmed. "Gender Inequality in Saudi Arabia: Myth and Reality." Gender
Inequality in Saudi Arabia: Myth and Reality (n.d.): n. pag. Web. 16 Aug. 2015.
<http://www.ipedr.com/vol39/025-ICITE2012-K00003.pdf>.
Alsaleh discusses the myths and reality of gender inequality in Saudi Arabian
women actually face. Most people think that Islam is the cause of inequality
between men and women, but this is the result of inaccurate information
gathered from people. Saudi Arabia is developing into a country that is
increasing in opportunities available for women in education, employment, and in

political participation. This document was writing by a scholarly man in Saudi

Arabia and will help me figure out the facts and myths about the issue.
Doumato, Eleanor Abdella. "Saudi Arabia." (n.d.): n. pag. Freedom House. Web. 16
Aug. 2015. <https://freedomhouse.org/sites/default/files/inline_images/Saudi
%20Arabia.pdf>
Doumato discusses the womens rights in Saudi Arabia. This document provides
actual statistics and facts of the situations happening in Saudi Arabia. The
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia does not guarantee gender equality, it is based on the
countrys interpretation of Islam. A balance between the rights and duties of men
and women as prescribed in Islam and necessary to uphold honor and family
values. This document will assist me in figuring out how Islam may or may not be
involved the gender inequality.
Friedland, Elliot. "Saudi Arabia: Women Gaining Rights Slowly, Demand Equality."
ClarionProject.org. The Clarion Project, 26 Mar. 2012. Web. 26 Aug. 2015.
<http://www.clarionproject.org/analysis/saudi-arabia-women-gaining-rightsslowly-demand-equality#>.
Friedlands article provides a recent update on how women are slowly starting to
gain rights in Saudi Arabia. He gives real examples of how eomen are moving
up in society and have been obtaining jobs in the government and being able to
state their opinion. Saudi Arabia is still deeply conservative, but however societal
change is still coming. This article gives me an almost solution to how women
are slowly starting to obtain rights.

"Realsociology." Realsociology. N.p., 12 Mar. 2012. Web. 15 Aug. 2015.

<http://realsociology.edublogs.org/2012/03/12/gender-inequality-in-saudiarabia/>.
This article is from 2012 and points out how Saudi Arabia is well known for its
high levels of gender inequality. Janice Turner pointed out that it is the only
nation, in flagrant disregard of the Olympic Charter, which will not be sending
any women to the games. The rational for this is that exercise, according to the
Saudi Religious Police, prompts girls to wear scanty clothes, mix with men and
leave the house unnecessarily. This article will help me learn how Saudi Arabia
was banned from the Olympics for their oppression on women.
"Saudi Arabia-Reflections on Women's Rights and Gender Equality by Michael
Dawson." Georgetown Journal of International Affairs. Georgetown Journal of
International Affairs, 14 Mar. 2012. Web. 15 Aug. 2015.
<http://journal.georgetown.edu/spring-break-saudi-arabia-reflections-on-womensrights-and-gender-equalitya-by-michael-dawson/>.
This article provides me with the perspective of an American student that went on
an educational trip to Saudi Arabia and sharing his thoughts on womens rights,
religious freedom, and gender equality. No matter what you religious precepts
are, gender roles apply to everyone in Saudi Arabia. All women must wear an
abaya for the duration of their stay in Saudi Arabia in all public spaces where
men are present. From a modern western perspective, this became shocking to
the young man. This article will become useful because it provides me with a
first person perspective on how the gender roles in Saudi Arabia are.