Arabian Tale of Two Countries: The Princess, the Sardinian Pirates, and the Housemaids
“Italian police said Monday they are hunting for burglars who stole euro11 million ($15.5 million) in cash and jewelry from the hotel room of a Saudi princess.
“Police said the princess was not in her room at the luxury Colonna Pevero Hotel in Porto Cervo, a glitzy resort on the island of Sardinia, when the robbers struck sometime Tuesday night or early Wednesday. The thieves used a master key to gain access, then ripped out the wall safe. Police in the nearby town of Olbia declined to say whether they believed the robbery was an inside job.
“Officials did not publicly identify the princess. Calls seeking comment from the hotel management were not returned…..”
Hard come, hard go:
“Jeddah- As unemployment rises, an announcement last week by a group of 30 Saudi women that they had begun working as housemaids has fomented renewed debate in the kingdom about laws limiting the ability of women to participate in business.
"For a Saudi woman, working as a housemaid has generally been taboo, or at least unnecessary, in the oil-rich country, but as poverty and unemployment rise local women are working in low-end jobs that have until now been performed by migrant workers, mostly from South and South-East Asia......”
A tale of two kinds of self-made women, as IBD would probably say.
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