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Saudi gender roles and everyday life are being redefined as you read this. I feel like talking about it, in English, so it can be read in the furthest reaches of the planet.There is more to me than what exists within the domestic sphere and that’s what I’m trying to maintain through this dialogue with the world. This is about MY life and MY experiences within this small town
What's going on in my life?
May 11- Uh oh...school's out soon!
Just airing dirty laundry
- Saudi Stepford Wife-Daisy
- Al-Hassa/ Hofuf, Eastern Province, Saudi Arabia
- American/Saudi with a dash of religiosity, a pinch of realistic feminism, and usually with humorous overtones.
The Players and terms in this blog
- Me- Daisy
- DD- "The Dork of the Desert", my husband and yes, he reads my blog
- MaryJo- my oldest daughter age 9
- EttaMae- my middle child age 7
- Buddy- my baby boy
- abaya
- burga
- Al-Hassa- the city I live in, it's people are called Hasawis
- EP- the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia
Why I made this blog
For any woman, no matter her origins, there are elements of Stepford in every town in every country. I'm in Stepford Saudi Arabia. I'm constantly struggling to maintain my identity and individuality and not to have 'me' swallowed up by the family unit or by what’s expected of me. Hence, the name "Saudi Stepford Wife" seemed applicable. I'm referring to the first movie, made in '75, in which the gender politics of the '70's is exaggerated. Much of the discourse taking place at that point in time is similar to issues where I am today. The movie includes perfect robotic housewives who do nothing but bake, get their floors to shine, and ponder the wonders of Easy-Off spray. They look stunning and live only to please their husbands while the protagonist tries desperately not to be assimilated by them.
This is about MY life and MY experiences within this town which will differ from everyone else's so please, hold the emails defending Al-Hassa. ِِِِI'm an educated mother of three and I want to tell you about my life and my observations.
coexistence
blogs I like so far
Blog Archive
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2007
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October
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- Saudis and Sickle Cell: Breaking Under "Takesser"
- The Street of DOOOOOOOOOM!
- Daisy the House Drudge
- Apparantly, I wasn't invited either
- I am chattel
- Suprise- It's Eid in Saudia
- Souk Make-up
- Crime, what Crime?
- Drooling Daisy
- The Ayjooza* News Network: Faster and More Accurat...
- Disappearing Daisy
- Good Mourning Al-Hassa
- Sorry, Can't Help Ya
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October
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Future Post Titles (tentative)
- Beauty's Only Skin Deep: Saudi Standards of Beauty
- The woman I can never be like
- The Najdi export of "Aayb"
- Things I have done while wearing an abaya
- Did you just insult me?
- a snail could download faster!
- Foreign Brides
- Weddings or fashion shows: brides or clowns?
- The Shabaab: Looking At Their World From The Outside
- A Saudi Broad Abroad: Saudi Women Outside of the Kingdom
- Crime?? What Crime??
- The Ayjooza News Network: Faster and more detailed than Al-Jazeera
- What are the gender roles: who's responsible for what?
- What To Do in a Town With No Activities in It
- Women Driving: You May Be Surprised What Some of Us Think!
- Saudi Trash
- My Fair Lady??: Rudeness in the Public Sphere
- Flirting- PLEASE LEAVE ME THE HELL ALONE
- Hasawi Women: Past and Present
- Saudi Slums
- Al-Hassa's Plural Identities
- A Day in my life
U can"t hide.
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5 comments:
Oh my goodness, Saadeddin used to make the most awesome cakes and pastries. My birthday cake was always ordered from Saadeddin....
Gosh, going through your blog is bringing back so many memories of Saudi Arabia...
OMG,am drooling already and it's about 2hrs before iftaar ;) sf
apyasmom- Saadeddin can get a little pricey, now there's a lot of smaller spin-off bakeries with good stuff in them too. But I needed cheesecake in a big, bad, way today!
S- it was almost painful. Since I've been a mom, fasting doesn't faze me since I've even had to hold food up to my lips to test the temperature before feeding my kids. Today though, my-oh-my!
hehe we don't have that in Jeddah :D
but we have Goodies and their cupcakes Oh My Days their cupcakes(faint)
Assalam alaykum..
omg,, i miss Saadeddins so much. Thanks for the memories.
Alaykum assalam
Um Abdullah
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