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EDIT: Arrested.
EDIT 2: Released without charge, thankfully.
https://twitter.com/CBSNews/status/887692383726559232
A young woman is at the center of a controversy about clothing in Saudi Arabia, after she posted videos of herself in one of the nation's most conservative provinces wearing a short skirt and a cropped top.
Saudi outlets report that local officials are demanding an investigation, with social media users saying the unidentified women should face arrest.
The brief videos, originally posted to the social network Snapchat over the weekend by a popular user named Khulood, show the woman walking through an ancient fort in Ushayqir, a village in Najd province about 95 miles from the capital, Riyadh.
Such an outfit runs afoul of conservative Islamic ideas about women's dress that are prevalent in Saudi Arabia. The country legally requires women to cover themselves while in public by wearing an abaya, a loose fitting cloak. Traditionally, Saudi women are also expected to wear some kind of hijab or head covering, and some opt to cover their face with a niqab.
Saudi Arabia has some of the strictest laws for women in the world. In addition to the restrictions on their dress, adult women need to have permission of a "male guardian" to do things such as work or travel, and they are prohibited from getting driver's licenses, meaning in practice they cannot drive.
EDIT: Arrested.
EDIT 2: Released without charge, thankfully.
https://twitter.com/CBSNews/status/887692383726559232