A 30-second Video with Arabic hashtag ???? ???? ?? ?????? �an egyptian having breakfast with a Saudi Lady� went viral on internet specially in gulf countries and Egypt.
This hashtag has been used over 113,000 times on Twitter, where it has become the centre of a cultural divide.
What is in the Video:
In the video, an Egyptian man eats breakfast beside a woman wearing a full-face veil, who many assumed to be Saudi lady.
Both the man and woman briefly joke about eating their breakfast together, with nobody else invited.
What is wrong in the video:
The point which has caused the most consternation and turned a normal video into viral one, comes at the end of the video, when the woman appears to feed the man, which shows its not just a breakfast but a date too.
Saudi Arabia Law:
This is in contravention of the law in Saudi Arabia, where in workplaces or eateries in shopping malls or food courts such as KFC, McDonald's or Starbucks, families and single men must sit in different areas.
Women�s to be sit separately with full face veil:
As per KSA Law and Traditions, women must sit separately from single men in public places.
They are not allowed to carry out most activities without being accompanied by their male guardians, usually a father and husband, but possibly a brother and a son.
Man Arrested:
The man was arrested by the Ministry of Labour and Social Development for Saudi Arabia, who later charged him of "committing several violations and taking up a post exclusively reserved for Saudis".
Many want�s woman to be arrested not man:
Many Saudis on social media were highly critical of both the man and the woman, with most people wondering why the man was punished instead of the woman.
"I need to understand why men are constantly punished and not women," said Twitter user Malak. "I am a Saudi [woman] and I swear I want them to punish her with him. Laughter, eating at the workplace... where are your limits?"
Some people meanwhile stressed that work relationships should transcend gender, with Twitter user Tarek Abd Alaziz calling for colleagues to be able to "joke or eat or do anything else among the general relations of humans".
Hammoud Alduhayian saidthat "developing jobs for Saudi women among foreigners is considered an explicit breakdown of customs, traditions, and values of KSA."
Reaction from Egyptians:
Many people from Egypt reacted with surprise at the outcry from Saudi Arabia and wondered how anyone could be arrested for what they regarded as an innocuous video.
Television presenter Osama Gaweesh said he is confused with the arrest, raising question: "Doesn't [Saudi Crown Prince] Mohammed bin Salman want a new, advance, open Saudi Arabia with concerts and movie theatres and beaches and a 2030 vision?"
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