A Kuwaiti woman has been arrested in Saudi Arabia for driving her diabetic father to hospital:
The woman was driving a Chevrolet Epica with her father in the passenger seat when she was pulled over in an area located near the border with Kuwait, Saudi police told Kuwait Times newspaper.
She explained that she was taking her sick father to the hospital, but officers were unsympathetic. The woman was detained and is now being held in custody pending an investigation, police said.
The media report provided no information on whether her sick father made it to the hospital.
But let's not be hasty in rushing to judgement. Remember, we're talking about another culture here; a different culture. Westerners should be wary of trying to impose their version of feminism on Saudi women:
People in Saudi Arabia have their own moral views and needs. What works in other societies may not fit in Saudi, and the reverse.
I'm sure the diabetic father would be the first to agree. If he survived.
Mick Hartley 
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