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D-X spirit: (1) “I am a citizen of humanity first and by necessity; and a citizen of France second and only by accident.” — Montesquieu (2) “One's destination is never a place but rather a new way of looking at things.” — Henry Miller (3) Ethiopia on my mind, constantly. (4) Feel free to visit: kweschn.wordpress.com, kemetsahiftalem.tumblr.com

"Saudi Women Shatter the Lingerie Selling" --@nytimes

A SOCIAL revolution began in Saudi Arabia this month, and it has little if anything to do with the Arab Spring. Women are going to work in lingerie shops. The Ministry of Labor is enforcing a royal decree issued last summer ordering that sales personnel in shops selling garments and other goods, like cosmetics, that are only for women must be female. More than 28,000 women applied for the jobs, the ministry said. Anywhere else in the world, it would not be news that sales assistants in shops selling panties and bras were female. In Saudi Arabia, where women have always been excluded from the public work force, it is a critical breakthrough. This is not just about intimate garments; this is a milestone on the arduous path to employment equality for women in a country where they are systematically excluded from retail activity. —more @nytimes

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