Saudi: Cooling off in a Swimming Pool · Global Voices
Amira Al Hussaini

Saudi-based blogger Nzingha ridicules a report by a BBC correspondent about life in Saudi. “You will all be happy to know that as you plunge yourself deeply into the pools across the country to escape the summer heat you are not only cooling off but you are part of a major revolution taking place in Saudi. In case you didn't know women swimming in Saudi Arabia accounts for a major revolution that was lead up by, you guessed it, a foreigner. A BBC correspondent is reportedly the one who has paved the way for us webbed feet Mamas who take the plunge into the cool pool waters.
Pay no attention to the fact she arrived only six months ago and I've been swimming here for six years. And pipe down all you ladies who have been swimming three times more than me,” she rants.