Bahrain-based blogger Shirley Dockerill, who writes at White Girl Arab World, had a male student walk out of her class because she was female: “I'd forgotten there is a school of thought here which doesn't allow interaction with non-relatives of the opposite sex, in any way, shape or form [1].”
Bahrain: Keeping Apart
· Written by Ayesha Saldanha
Categories: Middle East & North Africa, Bahrain, Women & Gender