Cultural disjoint: Saudi TV presenters covered from head to toe.
A new TV show that discusses issues concerning teenage girls and female university students was recently broadcast with Saudi presenters dressed in black from head to toe, the Saudi English-language Arab News reported on Thursday.
What’s the point of having a televised talk show where people are completely obscured? The complete covering defeats the purpose and function of a visual medium. Why not just have a black screen instead, or perhaps go to radio…
I suppose without some visual distraction the strident among us would start regulating voice…
Sisters – If you have a naturally soft voice, try to make it more ‘rough’ – so as not to encourage the one who may have illness in thier heart. Indeed in the extra effort this involves will come extra reward inshaAllah for wanting to please Allah
At some point it becomes the absolute responsibility of the one with ‘illness in his heart’ to exercise self-control, rather than exhorting women to distort themselves beyond recognition to accommodate weakness.
