Pelacuran itu emang banyak di Saudi.
On Wed, Aug 21, 2013 at 2:18 AM, Bukan Pedanda <[email protected]>wrote: > ** > > > Booze, dope, prostitutes, disco: it's party time in Saudi Arabia > > From: AP > December 11, 2010 12:00AM > > THE DJ had the dance floor rocking. The bartender served up a special > vodka punch. The host was a prince - complete with his own entourage. > > An A-list LA party? Fashion week in Paris? > > Try Saudi Arabia, home of roving Islamic morality police enforcing the > most austere codes in the Middle East. > > That's the insider account by a US diplomat, whose night on the town in > the Red Sea city of Jeddah (mission: to observe "social interaction" of > rich Saudi youth) was summarised in a confidential memo released this week > by WikiLeaks. > > "The underground nightlife of Jeddah's elite youth is thriving and > throbbing," the memo said. "The full range of worldly temptations and vices > are available - alcohol, drugs, sex - but all behind closed doors." > > Wait, this is Saudi Arabia they are talking about? The place where women > are banned from driving and can be jailed for socialising with men outside > their family? The land whose brand of Islam, known as Wahabism, is perhaps > best known in the West for beheadings and its role as sombre guardian for > the holy pilgrimage cities of Mecca and Medina? > Digital Pass $1 for first 28 Days > > The US cable touches on a basic lesson for understanding the region: > public mores and private passions can be very far apart. > > Wild parties rage behind closed doors in Tehran even as Iran's hardliners > tighten their grip. > > Conservative Gulf sheiks make sure their wine cellars are well stocked. > > Outside Saudi Arabia, it's not unusual to see a traveller from the desert > kingdom hunkered down at an airport bar or letting loose in Bahrain. > > "What one quickly realises about the Middle East is that there are layers > upon layers in society," said Salman Shaikh, director of the Brookings Doha > Centre in Qatar. > > But he does not believe Saudi officials will face much fallout from the > disclosure. > > "It's really not in anyone's interest to call attention to these deals or > try to tear them up," he said. > > The US diplomat who wrote the cable in January last year added just enough > flourish to give the invitation to a Halloween party an intrepid feel. > > It's a look, he wrote, "behind the facade of Wahabi conservatism in the > streets". > > It began by clearing the prince's security detail. Next up was a > coat-check area where women pull off their head-to-toe black abayas. > > Inside, Filipino bartenders served up a cocktail punch using moonshine > vodka. > > A US "energy drink company" - whose name is blacked out on the WikiLeaks > release - helped bankroll the bash that included, the diplomat was told, > some prostitutes mingling in the crowd. > > "The scene resembled a nightclub anywhere outside the kingdom: plentiful > alcohol, young couples dancing, a DJ at the turntables and everyone in > costume," the message continued. > > "Saudi youth get to enjoy relative social freedom and indulge fleshly > pursuits," the cable said, "but only behind closed doors - and only the > rich." > > AP > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ Post message: [email protected] Subscribe : [email protected] Unsubscribe : [email protected] List owner : [email protected] Homepage : http://proletar.8m.com/Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/proletar/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/proletar/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
