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Index → Middle East → Saudi Arabia
More: Afghanistan, Bahrain, Egypt, Iraq, Iran, Israel, Jordan, Kazachstan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Morocco, Oman, Turkey, Syria, Uzbekistan, Yemen
Also: Arabs, Basseri, Bedouin (Arabia, Libya), Fellahin, Karakalpak, Kazach, Kurds, Nubians, Riffians, Teda, Turks
“In Jiddah girls begin to wear the veil before they reach
puberty, but veiling becomes mandatory with the onset of menstruation” (Altorki, 1986:p36)[1]. Cole
(1977:p103 / 1985:p208-9)[2]documents
that among the Al Murrah nomads the veil is worn
“past puberty”. Premarital sex is uncommon for males, and taboo for females.
[on to Arabs]
Janssen,
D. F., Growing Up Sexually. VolumeI. World Reference Atlas. 0.2 ed. 2004. Berlin:
Magnus Hirschfeld Archive for Sexology
Last
revised: Sept 2004
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