‘God, rid us of men!’ from feminist song Shocking and Delighting Saudis

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In radical new pop hit, Saudi women express their true views on men.

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tweet announcing the publication of the song Hwages, from the Twitter account of Majed Al-Issa.

From Observers with thanks     Women wearing niqabs ride bikes, rollerskate and roll down the street on scooters, play basketball or go bowling, dance like nobody’s watching, and sing about dismantling the patriarchy. Pretty incendiary stuff — at least when it’s  the video clip for a new pop song in Saudi Arabia. 

 The song “Hwages” (“Concerns”) by the Saudi singer Majed Al-Esa is making waves in the Wahhabi kingdom, having hit over 2 million views on YouTube in just over a week.

In the first part of the video, women wearing niqabs (a veil, usually black, that covers the face while leaving the eyes uncovered) get in the back of a car, leaving the passenger seat at the front empty, while the vehicle is driven by a young boy.

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