It is quite interesting to analyze the hits on your blog. And sometimes, the intentions for these visits are quite revealing. Lately, I have been receiving hits from Saudi Arabia based on the search term: “naked Saudi women.” Initially, I was wondering if there are actually some naked Saudi women lingering on some corner of my blog. But, it seems that a previous post about the ban on women driving in Saudi Arabia has the definitive answer. The following sentence was part of the post:
“Conservatives are so fearful and threatened by the idea they feel that if women ever go behind wheels, sin will be so rampant you will literally see them running loose and naked in our holy streets.”
Sorry to disappoint you guys, but other than the hopes of nakedness in a virtual post, there are no real naked Saudi women on this site.
No way!.. Saudi men also look for naked women on the internet?... I don't believe this.. Coming from the most holy of all the places they too search for visual pleasures? I'm wondering though why specifically they would prefer naked SAUDI women? You would think that after that much seclusion, isolation, and depravity just about any female naked body would get the job done. I guess they too feel a sense of patriotism after all....... Any thoughts?...
Posted by: Turkish Socrates | March 10, 2006 at 10:59 PM
Turkish Socrates,
You mentioned a good point: Why search specifically for Saudi women? The thing is, some God-fearing men want to make sure that the women who belong to them (the whole Saudi female population) are not behaving badly on the internet ;)
Posted by: Aya | March 11, 2006 at 12:28 AM
dear aya,
so ... another blog i have to strike off my "possibility of naked saudi women appearing HERE" list. damnit.
btw - on your link list, aqoul is not written "aquol" but "aqoul".
i am - among many things - an editor. i'm required to point these things out.
cheers,
--raf*
Posted by: raf* | March 11, 2006 at 03:41 AM
I find a distressingly large number of searches for "naked Saudi women" and "Saudi sex" on my Crossroads Arabia blog, too!
I don't think I've got the word "naked" in any of my posts, but "sex" does appear, largely because I refuse to misuse the word "gender."
Posted by: John Burgess | March 13, 2006 at 02:06 PM
Raf*,
Sorry again, those naked Saudi women will not be coming to my blog anytime soon. And thank you for mentioning the mistake on Aqoul’s title: it is fixed. (It’s also good to know that there is an editor around :)
John,
There is an underlying obsession with sex in the Saudi society. We have a saying in Arabic: Whatever is forbidden is also highly desired (Al-Mamnu’ Marghob). A study should be conducted on this blatant contradiction of values!
Posted by: Aya | March 13, 2006 at 06:23 PM
Hi Aya,
I just discovered your blog and I'm enjoying it immensely. And BTW, I get a lot of hits from men (or perhaps women?) looking for "hot Israeli women" and "Israeli sex." For some reason, most of those hits come from Saudi Arabia and...France!
Posted by: Lisa Goldman | March 14, 2006 at 02:59 AM
Dear Lisa,
I am glad to hear that you are enjoying my blog, welcome! It is surprising that you are receiving searches for hot Israeli women and sex from Saudi Arabia, didn’t know that Saudi men (or women for that matter) are also looking for that. I think we should start documenting these searches for future research purposes.
Posted by: Aya | March 14, 2006 at 06:06 PM