Diabetes and Crackdowns - SPIEGEL ONLINE
...He isn't bothered in the least that I'm woman -- as long as I am not a Saudi Arabian woman, who are not, of course, allowed to take part in men's evenings. That is also often true in countries like Afghanistan, Pakistan and Iraq: as a Western woman, you enjoy the privilege of access to both worlds, the female and the male.
...Almost every fifth adult Saudi Arabian has diabetes, with 70 percent of the population overweight and a third obese. Bariatric (stomach reduction) surgery has become incredibly popular....
...Saudi Arabian men and women live largely separate lives, each inhabiting their own realm -- literally. Houses have two entrances, one for men and one for women, and a woman would never enter the man's realm if male visitors were present.
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