Growing up as a woman in Saudi Arabia means you are only allowed to watch father, brothers, cousins and even your own baby boy making waves and diving in the red sea, while you bitterly staring at them, swathed in full-length black cloaks (abaya), paired with hijab (headscarf) and niqab (which leaves a slit for the eyes).
Segregation rules the kingdom; banks have “ladies branches”, restaurants are divided into “family section” and men-only areas, education is single-sex from nursery through to doctorates.
The Kingdom could not strike the sea with Moses' stick to make male and female sea entries and thus boys/men are the only ones to swim in public beaches.
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