Today in Saudi, women are either at the mercy of their husbands or at the mercy of judges who tend to side with the husbands. The only circumstance that a woman can ask for a divorce or a 'khali' is when her husband is in total agreement with her or if she comes from a very powerful family who decide to back her up.
Basmah bint Saud
Related You deserve to be with somebody, who knows you're the one, from that very first moment he lays eyes ... C. JOYBELL C. Where there is a woman there is magic. If there is a moon falling from her mouth, she is a woman who... NTOZAKE SHANGE A Western woman is not her brother's or her father's property. She's just herself. She c... AYAAN HIRSI ALI If she be ,still a virgin, or one who returned ,to her first husband after leaving him, she is worth... GURU NANAK Some women get erased a little at a time, some all at once. Some reappear. Every woman who appears w... REBECCA SOLNIT Anyways, that very same night there was a fight in the casino on B Deck. Some of the passengers got ... CHRISTINA ENGELA Minds me of a married woman who was very proud of her virtue. She slept with other men only when her... ROBERT A. HEINLEIN (All the grief she had suffered over her lifetime had moulded her face into a mask of eternal sadnes... JEAN SASSON The glorification of sisters, mothers as the selfless Indian women who will do 'agni pariksha... KANGANA RANAUT Under Tunisian law, a woman can divorce her husband. Total equality. RASHID AL-GHANNUSHI She is so bright and glorious that you cannot look at her face or her garments for the splendor with... HILDEGARD OF BINGEN the Illinois Gazette, published some handy “Rules for Wives,” among them these: A good wife will... DANIEL JAMES BROWN She who makes her husband and her children happy, who reclaims the one from vice, and trains up the ... OLIVER GOLDSMITH I like to think about the biblical story of the woman at the well and how out of order her life was.... TERRI BLACKSTOCK She was a buxom grandmother noted for her detective stories, who gazed mournfully at the camera as i... P. D. JAMES 26. Don’t marry someone with intolerable characteristics in the hopes of changing him or her. If y... JAMES C. DOBSON His life seemed like a deck of cards, and in the midst of all those two’s and three’s someone ha... TEKOA MANNING You must save what you can of your life; you musn't lose it all simply because you've lost a part. HENRY JAMES Is it right to shoot the poor prostitute or a woman who is unfaithful to her husband, or a man who l... ORIANA FALLACI Billy Jean King could not get credit when her husband was in law school and she was winning the Wimb... GAIL COLLINS Life is not a game. Still, in this life, we choose the games we live to play. J.R. RIM You go to a technology conference or an engineering conference, there are very few women there. At t... PADMASREE WARRIOR Empathy is the new measurement of everything. It doesn't matter what religion you have, what God you... C. JOYBELL C. 'The Names' is a story about a woman who might feel that she's in a kind of maze. She... PETER MILLIGAN With her high pale brow under her faded brown hair, she was like a rock washed clean by years of her... LOUIS AUCHINCLOSS You're full of contradictions, Ms. Wallace." I looked up at him and arched a brow. "I'm a girl... TAMMARA WEBBER The only way he could have her was to shatter this stubborn faith of hers. In doing so, would he sha... FRANCINE RIVERS If there's a woman who is exhibiting her femininity or performing her femininity, it's alway... JILL SOLOWAY 2. Overcommitment and time pressure are the greatest destroyers of marriages. It takes time to devel... JAMES C. DOBSON How odd it is that we judge a woman by her clothes and the place she eats lunch and the subjects she... MANAL AL-SHARIF I'm fucking the grave, I thought, I'm bringing the dead back to life... CHARLES BUKOWSKI Every time a woman leaves the workforce because she can't find or afford childcare, or she can... MADELEINE M. KUNIN And when you lay in bed with your wife, are you mentally there or with the women on TV? O... AMBY C. EZEM Husbands, recognize your wife's intelligence and her ability to counsel with you as a real partn... EZRA TAFT BENSON Nothing is more private than a woman's body; it is her physical, emotional, and moral citadel. S... LEWIS B. SMEDES The role of a teacher begins when he or she leaves for school early in the morning and comes in cont... APURVA GAGLANI My landlady, who is only a tailor's widow, reads her Milton; and tells me, that her late husband... KARL PHILIPP MORITZ I am often asked how it is that I am able to value people to such a deep degree. Apparently, I exhib... C. JOYBELL C. Sometimes Coraline would forget who she was while she was daydreaming that she was exploring the Arc... NEIL GAIMAN The scientific method gives us
information by testing and repeating observable things so that we
can... LEWIS N. ROE The beauty of a woman is not in the clothes she wears, the figure that she carries, or the way she c... AUDREY HEPBURN A woman is handicapped by her sex, and handicaps society, either by slavishly copying the pattern of... BETTY FRIEDAN The viewer I picture in my mind when I do 'The Kelly File' is a woman who's had a long d... MEGYN KELLY For a mother the project of raising a boy is the most fulfilling project she can hope for. She can w... ANDREA DWORKIN The rest of the guys come in by themselves, but at least 85 percent consult with a woman -- either a... BART MARKS WOMEN ON THEIR OWN RUN in Alice’s family. This dawns on her with the unkindness of a heart attack ... BARBARA KINGSOLVER It is those who concentrates on but one thing at a time who advance in this world. The great man or ... OG MANDINO It is those who concentrate on but one thing at a time who advance in this world. The great man or w... OG MANDINO If I provide for this life and turn away from the Lord, I am wise for a moment, but lost forever. FRANCINE RIVERS The only way he could have her was to shatter this stubborn faith of hers. In doing so, would he sha... FRANCINE RIVERS Mother Superior jump the gun... -The Beatles, Happiness is a Warm Gun LAUREN MYRACLE If one marries, either knowingly or unknowingly, a pregnant ,bride , the child in her womb belongs t... GURU NANAK Leah looked at her parents, lost in their own fantasies, and decided that the three of them were a p... J.M. REEP She wasn't bitter. She was sad, though. But it was a hopeful kind of sad. The kind of sad that just ... STEPHEN CHBOSKY So, I guess we are who we are for alot of reasons. And maybe we'll never know most of them. But even... STEPHEN CHBOSKY I love my mom so much. I don't care if that's corny to say. I think on my next birthday, I'm going t... STEPHEN CHBOSKY We Are All Infinite STEPHEN CHBOSKY You can't just sit there and put everyone's lives ahead of yours and think that counts as love. You ... STEPHEN CHBOSKY I saw other people there. Old men sitting alone. Young girls with blue eye shadow and awkward jaws. ... STEPHEN CHBOSKY That one moment when you know you are not a sad story. You are ALIVE. STEPHAN CHBOSKY Somos quienes somos por un montón de razones.Quizás nunca conozcamos la mayoría de ellas.Pero aun... STEPHEN CHBOSKY Ambos dijeron que tomara asiento y parecían hablar en serio, así que me senté. STEPHEN CHBOSKY I know these will all be stories some day, and our pictures will become old photographs. We all beco... STEPHEN CHBOSKY So I guess we are who we are for a lot of reasons. And maybewe'll never know most of them. STEPHEN CHBOSKY So I guess we are who we are for a lot of reasons. And maybe we'll never know most of them. STEPHEN CHBOSKY There's nothing like the deep breathes after laughing that hard. Nothing in the world like a sore st... STHEPHEN CHBOSKY no more pencils, no more books, no more teachers' dirty looks, when the teacher rings the bell, drop... STEPHEN CHBOSKY I don't know the significance of this, but I find it very interesting. STEPHEN CHBOSKY Maybe it’s sad that these are now memories. And maybe it’s not sad. STEPHEN CHBOSKY A beautiful woman should always have at the back of her mind that her ravishing appearance is only a... MICHAEL BASSEY JOHNSON I’m very worried about the depiction of women on the screen. It’s gotten worse than ever and it�... JOHN CASSAVETES If you think a woman is so good looking that she must already have a boyfriend' you're probably righ... NICK KINSELLA At Swarthmore, the Dean of Women was very opposed to women going into science or engineering - so op... NANCY ROMAN A woman in her glory, a woman of beauty, is a woman who is not striving to become beautiful or worth... JOHN ELDREDGE From her handbag she takes a round gilt compact with violets on the cover. She opens it, unclosing h... MARGARET ATWOOD A man can love her woman, or he can be her husband. LJUPKA CVETANOVA Only a man can see in the face of a woman the girl she was. It is a secret which can be revealed onl... JAMES BALDWIN Wake up to a brand new day and realize why you woke up to meet the day! Live to the end of another d... ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH And if she had at all an husband, when she vowed, or uttered ought out of her lips, wherewith she bo... BIBLE Perhaps the only way for a husband to know the true mind graph of his wife is to make her laugh wild... ANUJ SOMANY There are only three things to be done with a woman. You can love her, suffer for her, or turn her i... LAWRENCE DURRELL Daisy has a unique spirit. A warm and romantic nature. If she is forced into a loveless marriage, sh... LISA KLEYPAS Most women outlive their spouses. Divorce remains at record rates. It's important for a woman to... MARIA BARTIROMO A woman who becomes famous through her work reduces her erotic value. A woman is permitted to chat o... ELFRIEDE JELINEK Men and women are made for each other, but their mutual dependence differs in degrees; man is depend... JEAN JACQUES ROUSSEAU All-American' looks very different today than it did twenty years ago, and I felt that that wasn't b... ATOOSA RUBENSTEIN 'All-American' looks very different today than it did twenty years ago, and I felt that that wasn't ... ATOOSA RUBENSTEIN By the side of the everlasting Why there is a Yes--a transitory Yes if you like, but a Yes. E.M. FORSTER She re-marked her lips with her lipstick. I saw sprays of silver in her coarse hair. I saw inscripti... STEPHANIE DANLER IF a woman has manifested her love or desire, either by signs or by motions of the body, and is... MALLANAGA VāTSYāYANA Unlike men, who are apt to stab a total stranger in a drunken brawl or run amuck with a high-powered... ANN JONES A successful person is one who can lay a firm foundation with the
bricks that others throw at him o... BIBLE I have met so many heartbroken men. It's a catastrophe. Women are easily overcome by the process tha... C. JOYBELL C. The woman who can't influence her husband to vote the way she wants ought to be ashamed of herse... E. M. FORSTER Women can go on marrying and pretending that their boyfriends and husbands are Mr. Darcy or some Rom... DAN SAVAGE The ladies in her classes loved to speak to Caridad in broken Spanish, to show her they were comfort... ROXANE GAY Never judge someone's character based on the words of another. Instead, study the motives behind the... SUZY KASSEM I couldn't love a woman who inspired me to be totally disinterested. If I fell in love with a wo... YVES SAINT LAURENT There is not a woman born who desires to eat the bread of dependence, no matter whether it be from t... SUSAN B. ANTHONY When you're in love you never really know whether your elation comes from the qualities of the o... NATALIE CLIFFORD BARNEY
More Basmah bint Saud
Early Islam was a time of great creativity. Scholars excelled in sciences and literature. Our religi... BASMAH BINT SAUD My father established the first women's university in the kingdom, abolished slavery, and tried ... BASMAH BINT SAUD I want to state clearly that I am a humanitarian, not an activist. I do not follow any agendas - onl... BASMAH BINT SAUD Why don't we actually fight for a woman's right even to complain about being beaten up. That... BASMAH BINT SAUD Our religious police has the most dangerous effect on society - the segregation of genders, putting ... BASMAH BINT SAUD I am a very public person. I have nothing to hide. BASMAH BINT SAUD Early Islam was a time of great creativity. Scholars excelled in sciences and literature. BASMAH BINT SAUD There is no question that chemical weapons attacks are a heinous abuse of humanity and power. But to... BASMAH BINT SAUD We have ministers who are incapable of doing what has been ordered from above because there is no fo... BASMAH BINT SAUD The way women today are treated in Saudi Arabia is a direct result of the education our children, bo... BASMAH BINT SAUD On the whole, it is the rights and freedoms of all citizens that are crucial in Saudi Arabia and fro... BASMAH BINT SAUD If China was like the moon, then arriving in Saudi Arabia was Mars. At least you can see the moon fr... BASMAH BINT SAUD Our constitution should be inspired by the philosophy of the Koran with principles that are set in s... BASMAH BINT SAUD Moved by our nationalist sentiments, we decided to call a boycott of all Australian commodities. AMIRUDDIN SAUD We carried out a boycott of Australian goods. AMIRUDDIN SAUD If the temporary visas can be reviewed only after three years, then our boycott will also be lifted ... AMIRUDDIN SAUD Starting today (Wednesday), we will halt imports of Danish goods as our way of protesting the public... AMIRUDDIN SAUD The boycott is effective from April 6 until the visas are revoked. We also asked all port workers ac... AMIRUDIN SAUD This boycott will end after the government of Denmark apologizes to the Islamic community in Indones... AMIRUDIN SAUD It's not upholding freedom of expression (publishing the cartoons), but an insulting act of blasphem... AMIRUDIN SAUD Any action that the United Nations takes in that, including freezing assets, will be undertaken by S... PRINCE SAUD The right to a quality education is, I believe, the perfect path to bridge the gap between different... MOZA BINT NASSER We believe... that by encouraging critical thinking and processing of knowledge we are creating full... MOZA BINT NASSER We don't see the global citizen as someone with no identity, but rather someone who has confiden... MOZA BINT NASSER Education in Emergencies signifies that the right to education is being threatened by natural causes... MOZA BINT NASSER Education can also be used as a soft power and as a soft force to transform societies. When I say tr... MOZA BINT NASSER We all want to upgrade diplomatic representation in Iraq and there are no political obstacles to sen... SAUD AL-FAISAL Iraqi national unity and preserve its Arab and Islamic identity. SAUD AL-FAISAL All the dynamics there are pushing people away from each other, SAUD AL-FAISAL We are not against religions. This country is the cradle of prophecy and the true message and we wil... SULTAN BIN ABDUL-AZIZ AL SAUD Saudi Arabia has also changed. People today are connecting with each other all across the world thro... SULTAN BIN ABDUL-AZIZ AL SAUD In a time where the world is becoming personalized, when the mobile phone, the burger, everything ha... AL-MAYASSA BINT HAMAD BIN KHALIFA AL-THANI People have said, 'Let's build bridges,' and frankly, I want to do more than that. I wou... AL-MAYASSA BINT HAMAD BIN KHALIFA AL-THANI