This area is closely related to Saudi Arabia's religion. Because the government does not advocate Saudi women to work, they can receive a considerable fixed monthly living allowance from birth to death. Even a small number of working women have to deal with male colleagues through a veil, so when Vajda's mother saw her friend showing her head in the hospital, she was greatly shocked. According to Islamic precepts, the whole body of women is full of shame. If a man sees the face of a strange woman, it is considered unlucky. And they are deeply bound by Islamic rules, and by the age of ten they have to cover their entire bodies. If you want to go out, you have to wear a veil, and you can only rush through the secluded alleys. The instructor and classmates of Waganda also expressed this idea many times.
Saudi Arabia believes in Islam, and the teaching law is the Qur'an. At the beginning of the film, a group of little sisters recite the Qur'an in a singing tone. The rule of letting married classmates turn over the book with a tissue also expresses the people's reverence for the Koran and the devaluation of the status of married women. Saudi women live under cruel and strict religious dogma, no freedom, no democracy, and their married life is not so much happiness as it is legal to give them money and material security, and nothing else. This is undoubtedly reflected in Waganda's father's remarriage. He is also not considered a second marriage, and is going through formal religious channels. Who asked Islam to stipulate that a man can marry four wives, his old mother, the grandmother of little sister Waganda, dislikes not having grandchildren. Little Sister Waganda is a daughter, so in their eyes it is nothing. Waganda's father's situation is similar to that of having no descendants. This is the same as the Celestial Dynasty. No descendants is a big thing. She must find another child to give birth to, and she is a new daughter-in-law who will give birth to a grandson. Waganda's father was also helpless, and said to Waganda's mother: You think I think, who will prevent you from giving birth.
The main line is still Little Sister Waganda who wants to buy a bicycle, and the other sub-lines describe the injustice and hardships of Saudi women from the side. Little sister is basically a rebellious master, this is too obvious. In order to buy a car, she can participate in a recitation competition, but when the teacher asked her what to do with the prize money, she said casually: I want to sell a bicycle. Not only did the teacher's face turn green, it is estimated that he even had the heart to declare the result invalid and strangle the little sister to death. However, whether it is this teacher or Waganda's instructor, the attitude towards her is still at a friendly level, adopting an educational model. It is estimated that in the Celestial Dynasty, it is necessary to do it first and then call the parents.
Because the film takes a positive line, in the end, little sister Waganda still has a bicycle that belongs to her. And the relationship with the mother has also deepened, more like the understanding between the two women. With the deepening of Saudi women's education level and the slow penetration of cultures of various countries, the power that Saudi women will surely gain will slowly come out of their black veil.
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