Mike's Saudi (34) A Saudi Disco

 

We used to visit Mansour and Fateeha on a regular basis and they would visit with us and our bonds strengthened. In fact when Fateeha bore her husband a son after three girls he took us to visit her in hospital and meet his new heir, this was an incredible honour as every Muslim wants a son and we the first to see him. To celebrate Mansour decided to have a disco once Fateeha was out of hospital; his only knowledge of discos was what he had heard and a few videos. He cleared His family lounge out invited all the American managers and their wives along, advised his female relatives it was western dress and a western disco. He had a tape machine and flashing lights, no booze of course but the Saudi girls turned up trumps, I was convinced one or two had sprayed their tight leggings on. It really did look the part, the music started and the expatriates took their wives and started to gyrate in the usual fashion but the Saudis were not used to dancing as couples so segregated and danced girl and girl, man and man which made for in interesting evening. We tried to show them but each time they would separate into same sex groups. Just as a note in Saudi as a man if you walk along hand in hand with another man you are considered normal, if you walk hand in hand with a woman your sexuality is questioned. It is a serious matter for the Mutawa as it is against the teachings of the Quran; Mansour was once cautioned for walking hand in hand with his wife.