While reading the blogs and moving from a blog to another looking for interesting things to read, I came across a blog that grabbed my attention. I found it amazing or at least, gave me the impression that the blogger is someone without "dead" brain cells. To be precise, the post that I loved was about her experience with job hunting in Kuwait and how much she suffered. So I emailed her, telling her I really liked her blog and that I wanted to add her to my BlogRoll..She replied back and told me to add her to her msn.
Anyways, in that particular post, she was talking about how hard it is to find a job in Kuwait, although she's a fresh Kuwaiti graduate. She also talked about how non-hijabis are not accepted in Islamic banks and other stuff as well. It reminded me in summer 2005 when I applied for an internship in Kuwait Finance House in Bahrain. I was rejected because I wasn't covering my hair with a scarf. How sick does that sound? They said they would've taken me if I was mit7ajbah... I'm not against the 7ijab idea or anything.. sooner or later, i will wear it just like any other girl, but its totally my decision when to wear it.
It also reminded me in how much female Chemical Engineering graduates suffer in Bahrain. They never get jobs in their field because they're women even if they don't mind working in a rough environment. It's as simple as that.
Another point in how fucked up the GCC society is when it comes to mixing culture with Islam. Quite alot of people in Bahrain do that and its getting disgusting. Bahraini bloggers, please don't deny that ALOT of people do that. Thank god my family aren't people with dead brain cells, but yeah, many are. For example, you see a father drinking and pimping and when he goes home, he forces his daughter/wife to wear Hijab and all.. What's his excuse? "Islam says women have to cover their hair with a scarf at the age of 9." He might be right but he's not even religious enough to use such excuses. Was drinking ever halal in Islam?
Things like that make people so retarded. I hope our society changes one day, if not for us, for the next generations...
