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Eugene

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Mon Dec 15, 2014, 03:56 PM Dec 2014

Saudi woman arrested for attending football match in Riyadh

Source: Associated Press

Saudi woman arrested for attending football match in Riyadh

Associated Press in Riyadh
The Guardian, Monday 15 December 2014 18.56 GMT

A Saudi woman arrested while attending a football game in the kingdom claims she did not know women were prohibited from going to the male-only stadiums, the state-linked Okaz newspaper reported on Monday.

Saudi Arabia enforces strict gender segregation and has no designated areas for women at football stadiums, though authorities have announced plans for “family” areas from where women can watch matches.

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The arrested woman, whose name has not been made public, said she bought a ticket online without any problems and attended Friday night’s game in the Red Sea city of Jeddah’s new al-Jawhara stadium. The game was between Jeddah’s al-Ittihad and Riyadh’s al-Shabab.

Police spokesman Atti al-Qurashi said security spotted her at the stadium “deliberately disguised” in male attire to avoid detection, reported the state-linked news website Twasul.

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Read more: http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/dec/15/saudi-woman-arrested-football-match

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