Saudi Arabia is infamous for its wealth, strict faith, and oppression, but while Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman has decreed that he wants reform, the world is shocked by the unbelievably brutal murder of journalist Khashoggi and other human rights violations. 00:00:00 In Search for Freedom 00:43:10 Under the Control of the Royal Family 01:25:32 The Power of the Holy Cities 02:06:21 Travelling to Reality
Many different religions have traditions of covering their heads that began because they were concerned about being seen as beautiful to evil angels. Read the Book of Enoch to understand the beginning of the tradition.
The opposite is the truth, preventing us woman to live Islam like in the time of the Profet salAllahu alayhi ua sal-lam is opression and against our right. It's our right to live the authentic Islam, and only anamies of the truth call the authentic Islam strict Islam.
My sister was a nurse in Riyadh for 7 years. She really enjoyed her time working and living in Saudi Arabia. She didn't want to leave but at the time foreign housing complexes were being targeted and bombed and it became to dangerous to live where she did. While in Saudi Arabia she developed double breast cancer and she said she received the best medical care and new treatment. Years after she moved back home though her cancer came back and she passed away in 2016. I have many items she sent back home to me from Saudi Arabia and I treasure them.
White expats are rather protected in SA. And restrictions and "democracy" in SA have gotten a lot worse since your sister left. I'm really sorry for your loss.
@@fadyal-qaisy5213Spain for 800 years, usa 200 years. Can be white as there mixed race most of the population. Unfortunately, the native Filipinos are at the bottom of society end up as domestic workers mostly in the Gulf. Due to the cast system. However, in the Guld they earn well and are treated like family in most households. The maid that brought up my nieces my brother-in-law built her house in Cagayan De Oro.
@@sharifahhawaalrifaei1397 What error? LMAO 😂 Saudi Arabia is the worst country to live on earth. No democracy, freedom of speech and expression, human rights, women empowerment, LGBTQ rights and plurality to accomodate other religions. Just wait until the demand for oil in the world runs out and see it go from worst to even worse. 🙄
Believe me we’re feeling safe more than your country 😊❤ I can’t believe in your country if I hanging around someone kill me or rapping me or kidnapping me …we don’t have this in Saudi ❤ best Society ever
the answer would be yes id still feel safe because saudi isnt a western country people have islam which forbids killing unlike countries who are mostly atheist cough cough we have morals and values @@KevinNguyen-zn4vv
This is probably the most in-depth documentary I have seen regarding Saudi Arabia.The reporter went to places where other reporters still havent been.I learned lots of new things about Saudi Arabia from this documentary.Keep making such amazing documentaries 👍.
this is a BS documentary they guy put his own narrative to lead the views rather than genuinely explore the live their, typical western narrative complex.
Yes but woman are still enslaved by men. Wherever there is a good king, there's always been a better queen who stands with him. This is a fact thru out history. We see this..
I live in Riyadh Saudi Arabia for almost 7 years now since 2016. As a Palestinian Filipino I'll say that Saudi Arabia its the safe place I never experience criminals etc. Food are cheap. If only there is no tax for children. I'm gonna bring may kids and live here .
As a Iranian man I wish comes the day all women from Middle East to have equal rights as man.. it's 40 years women in Iran are fighting the government for freedom an equal right. I believe someday soon they will be free. Middle eastern culture need to be changed. Wish all women in Saudi Arabia and anywhere else best of luck 🤞 WOMEN .LIFE. FREEDOM.❤✌️✌️✌️✌️✌️
Probably the best documentary about a country and religion I have watched. Learned so much! I don't know how the producers made all this happen, but it paid off for sure.
My Mom's cousin (American) married a Saudi in the 80s. They have 3 grown children now. And just a couple months ago in early 2024, my Aunts and Uncle's were able to travel and visit her for the 1st time ever in Jeddah, SA. She & her family visit the states often. The children all went to college in the US, but all live in SA. In fact my moms cousin met her Saudi husband while attending college in Texas!
Thank you for this excellent in-depth documentary. I really appreciate the efforts of the reporter. It's interesting to see what has been kept and what has changed in their society.
Even though I never got the chance to experience Saudi people and culture in real time, I always have a special feeling towards Saudi. Because the mercy that Almighty Allah has bestowed on Saudi always attracts me.
It’s not spot on as many people reported in the comments the editor changed some of the words he said in Arabic in a way to deliberately change the meanings of it.
@@sueprator9314 bc the women are totally different in 🇺🇸 it’s actually refreshing to see such respectable, well spoken women. Kudos to them. No pun intended, I myself can definitely take notes😊
Best documentary I’ve ever seen. Photography, deep background, interviews all excellent. Enjoyed hearing you speak German in the background. My mother was born and raised in Munich. I have very fond memories of the times I’ve visited and lived there.
Thank you so much for uploading this amazing documentary.. I’m a foreigner who just moved to Saudi Arabia and this is very interesting for me … thank you
Living here as a single woman for 9 years and love every minute with the most amazing people… safer here than back home in Europe… don’t believe what you read in the media… beautiful country and the kindest people you can meet ❤
I'm quite sure that everyone isn't lying. I don't want to live in a country that have mistreated women. I have been driving since a teenager. What's wrong with women driving? Nothing.
Such an indepth documentary. Loved seeing the core of the people from all walks of life from within the country. The quality, length and details, boldness of interviewer, and personal touch from seeing him go through Mecca and Medina.. I think one of the women there raised a great highlight of appreciating and being excited for seeing the country grow, develop, transitions. Outsiders are often quick to criticise how great or well it is doing, but its also important to recognize and appreciate how far its progressed. There will always be rooms for improvement everywhere, but not diminishing the progression and growth from how far its come is important. I think its more fair to judge it according to each country's own history and scale, versus according to the standards of those who are worlds apart from it. It can easily distract from appreciating the growth & progression standards over time.
Amazing journalism and a great documentary. It may be one of the best documentaries I have seen. Very valuable source in terms of showing what life looks like in Saudi Arabia. I will be following the other works of Sinan Can for sure. Thank you for creating such a good work.
As a Saudi woman no one care's this doc misrepresented alot of things! It's not like what it seems! I'm actually tired now from explaining it to others!
I used to live and work in KSA (Riyadh and Jeddah) 17 years ago, it was way more strict than today but Jeddah was always a bit liberal compared to Riyadh. So long you don't break any rules and stay out of trouble, you'll be fine. I had great memories there, I've worked and met with a lot of amazing people both locals and other arabs from around the middle east. People were kind and generous. I am sure a lot of things has already changed. Would love to visit again.
What seems so ironic about these more traditional (I guess) patriarchal societies is just how thin-skinned and fragile the men can be. The fellas complaining about the female tour guide sound like such little petals; feeling threatened and insecure because there's - shock - a woman in their midst. It's really something.
If anything is a cautionary tale of how religion can ruin a society, this is it. Don't be so smug. It is also happening right here in the USA, right now. As American theoretical physicist and Nobel laureate, Steven Weinberg once famously said, "With or without religion, good people can behave well and bad people can do evil; but for good people to do evil - that takes religion.".
Yes secular liberal societies say you can indentify as a dog or cat or anything else you want to be. At least morality and existence, gender is explained logically in Saudi arabia.
That was a fascinating look at SA. This shows just how complex of a county SA is and how beautiful and ugly life can be there depending on your circumstances. I'm amazed the film crew was able to get so much access to sensitive areas while asking potentially dangerous questions. Well done!
If you go there and say publicly that the Saudi 9/11 plane hijackers never floated off the a happyland in the sky, you are tossed in jail for 10 years in Saudi Arabia. Stockholm syndrome is the real name of that debate evading country.
Liberals & Kafirs say woman not being able to show their beauty to unknown man is oppression 😂. In reality, In a liberal society Woman has to pay 50% of house bills, 50% of children's expenditure, pay for 50% of own food, children’s food husband’s food etc. Pay 50% tax to the liberal govt. Has to Take care of 2 duties Earning for family, taking care of family. And when Islam says, You don't have to take 2 duties just take 1 and keep your money. Islam becomes oppressive 😂. The reason they mock us is because we didn’t mock them first.
I want to congratulate you on such well documented and detailed gem of fine journalism, i couldn't believe 3 hours passed so quick, on a different note, i hope this help bringing cultures closer by giving a better understanding of Saudi, clearing stereotypical ideologies created by propagandas with evil intensions, i lived until i was 8 years old in mecca, this brought so much nostalgia, thank you for sharing and wishing our brothers and sisters in Saudi Arabia prosper and good health, love from Palestine and Jordan.
Liberals & Kafirs say woman not being able to show their beauty to unknown man is oppression 😂. In reality, In a liberal society Woman has to pay 50% of house bills, 50% of children's expenditure, pay for 50% of own food, children’s food husband’s food etc. Pay 50% tax to the liberal govt. Has to Take care of 2 duties Earning for family, taking care of family. And when Islam says, You don't have to take 2 duties just take 1 and keep your money. Islam becomes oppressive 😂. The reason they mock us is because we didn’t mock them first.
Such a gem. Such amazing journalism this. You actually took us to all corners of Saudi Arabia. You explained with a lot of ease. You did a wonderful job of unearthing so many hidden truths about KSA.
so what if hes on a western social media platform tiktok is a western social media platform and doesnt feed into a negative image of saudi as much as news outlets@@OutoftheEchoChamber
I was told by my Imam, whether I was touched by the experience in Bakka and Yathrib or not, that Allah guides who he wants to guide and who that wants to be guided. Takbir.
A pedagogical tourist guide, very insightful and intelligent, she is everything I would wish a tour guide to be, besides she is warm-hearted and inclusive. If someone takes the responsibility upon herself, to look at monuments from a child’s perspective, you can be sure to submit your innocence , ignorance to an engaged guide to fully comprehend something unfamiliar. ❤
Liberals & Kafirs say woman not being able to show their beauty to unknown man is oppression 😂. In reality, In a liberal society Woman has to pay 50% of house bills, 50% of children's expenditure, pay for 50% of own food, children’s food husband’s food etc. Pay 50% tax to the liberal govt. Has to Take care of 2 duties Earning for family, taking care of family. And when Islam says, You don't have to take 2 duties just take 1 and keep your money. Islam becomes oppressive 😂. The reason they mock us is because we didn’t mock them first.
@@ENDEVRDocs What is his name? He made a fantastic documentary and is an excellent journalist touching on very sensitive topics in the Saudi culture. It mustn't have been easy but he did it with much grace, especially when he manages to bring to light issues that in Saudi Arabia are not to be discussed or disputed or else! Often seemingly irrational in my point of view, often clouded by religion and power. I have to admit some of their culture made my blood boil. Not that the Western world is perfect however, we are seeing it fall of its perch in terms of free speech, democracy, hypocrisies, and abuse of power. Thank you for taking us on this journey of SA with you. This man gave balance with his compassion for the poor and downtrodden, the injustices and the complex inconsistencies of the culture. The young women were incredibly strong, while battling a somewhat archaic culture. I doubt if the truth will ever come to light of the brutal murder of journalist Khashoggi, or someone else will be accused. It's difficult to not see that their 'project' is part of a distraction and an attempt to re establish the 'good' reputation of the crown prince.
@@ENDEVRDocsYes, please pass on my compliment as well to him. And I applaud your whole team as well. Absolutely loved the quality and the depth of the content. Subscribed. 😊
@@nicolelouis8968 Hi, his name is Sinan Can. He is from the Netherlands, but his roots lay in Turkey. He makes a lot of great documentaries. He has also one documentary about the Armenian genocide, called Bloodbrothers. Also an amazing documentary!
Liberals & Kafirs say woman not being able to show their beauty to unknown man is oppression 😂. In reality, In a liberal society Woman has to pay 50% of house bills, 50% of children's expenditure, pay for 50% of own food, children’s food husband’s food etc. Pay 50% tax to the liberal govt. Has to Take care of 2 duties Earning for family, taking care of family. And when Islam says, You don't have to take 2 duties just take 1 and keep your money. Islam becomes oppressive 😂. The reason they mock us is because we didn’t mock them first.
Interesting doc 👌🏻but 25:59 !! Translation is completely false he didn't say ( the faith says to women!: Stay within your home ) he said our women's are patiences! and I'm Moroccan I understand Arabic!! Alot of talk translate wrong a lot.
Also his bad English and horrible to hear his Dutch throat sickness and all mixed together with Arabic + English trying Arabs + mixed and toggling bad (very fast running) English subtitles.. and even somewhere someone talking Turkish to him... made me crazy ! By the way, I'm pretty sure he is a Turk, born in Netherlands, because his sentence melody and English mistakes are exactly those by Turkish speaking people.. Please DO NOT USE Dutch, please, please spare our ears!.. The documentary is OK, thanks!
i love saudi arabia i work here for 24 years. i bougth 416 m2 lot and constructed a house im more safe here than actually in my home country, obey the law of the land and youll be fine and prosper your dreams😍🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩
I would like to commend the courage and professionalism of the journalist in this video. It is very informative, eye opening, and brave. Journalism is indeed a thankless job. You put your life in danger in the name of truth. It may be hard for women in some countries to fight for their rights, but you're helping their voice reach the whole world and understand their struggles. Kudos to you, Sir.
This is the most fair of all the pieces I've watched about Saudi Arabia! Having lived there for five years in Medina and Jeddah and visited Mekkah, Riyadh many times, and all the historical sites you've shown here makes me miss it all! This was not over critically negative, which has been in other pieces, but it shows fairly and must I say dareringly displays what really is going on over there under MBS. Thank you for such a master piece documentary!
You're controlling the narrative by manipulating subtitles, at 25:52 it says "behind every succesful man, there's a woman." this is WRONG, the man said "behind every man is a powerful woman", you're twisting his words to portray a false sense of the importance of a woman.
This is such a well made film - well done. The impact of growing Islam here in the UK which sadly can be the more extreme kind, not the gentler kind to which were were exposed in the 60s and 70s is similar - that younger women will cover up whereas their mothers did not in the UK; it is a steps backwards when that happens, not forwards. That the tiny little girls, as if they ere in Iran, who are 5 and 6 leave the UK state provided school nearest my house with their heads covered in our free UK, here in London is a step backwards and part of the reason we have never in British history had so many people come here. A drop in the ocean is no problem but when the ocean being the UK becomes in parts a different sea where I become the other, the rare woman uncovered, the sheer mass of women covering in the UK, then it feels unfair on my nation. So I suppose the MBS reforms in Saudi and am glad the country may be returning in a sense to its more liberal 1960s past. I have never been but I have been (as a woman and forced to cover up) to Iran for work twice - a different form of Islam but still just as dreadful for women. If their men cannot control themselves when women are around perhaps they should provide no man may leave his house unless fully covered and in the presence of a woman to control him - a bit of reversal might be very good for these unfair nations.
Excuse me, but there are mistranslations from the Arabic language. That is unprofessional and biased. Saudi society is not perfect, but its not right to twist people's words. Very wrong! Any native Arabic speaker can confirm this.😒
They always try to put K..S.A in a negative light but there is no truth to any of it ,it's a beautiful country may Allah continue to bless and keep Saudi well❤
There I little towns in the Southern United States that are like the Handmaid's Tale. These women know they are being oppressed, but some American women are so blinded by the cult religiosity that they don't realize they're victims.
It’s an amazing and safe country. One of the best I ever visit. No drug, no alcoholic, no silly ideology and ridiculous mindset. I loved it 😍 Stop imposing your world view to the rest of the world …
Having a Western education, it is difficult for me to understand how a father of girls can agree with the limitation of women's rights in the country in which he lives! I pray that Arab women have the right to design their lives as they wish to be happy Both men and women are human beings, I don't think that we men are more special than women and have more rights, if we cut a finger, red blood will flow from my wound as a man and from my wife's wound without distinction
As a Saudi Woman, I had better education and Job than my brothers! so don't worry. Oh and my Father (who is Saudi and grew up in a small poor village with no university education due to him having to work in a young age) is still paying for my living expenses even though i have a job with a salary that matches my male peers. There are bad people everywhere unfortunately, but most my female friends and relatives have similar experiences as me, some are even better.
You guys seem to just not believe or see, females in the west are getting completely disrespected, everyone living liberaly, almost no childbirth before 28-35 and a LOT of woman with children wish still didnt marry or found a partner at 35+. Because people are promiscuous and do what they want.
I'm American but my grandma's father was southern Baptist and she didn't have the freedom of a male. My grandma wasn't allowed to go swimming like her Brothers and if she went to the movies she had to be accompanied by both her brothers.
This is because those where values that protected the society and its fabric but look at it now. Drugs, destruction of families and increase in psychiatric disorders that manifests in disturbing ways that society excepts as normal.
Interesting and sad. They have discarded half the country’s talent - women. I’m 63 and have driven since I was 16 years old, over a million miles due to my job of which I’m retired.
As a Saudi Woman, I had better education and Job than my brothers! so don't worry. Oh and my Father (who is Saudi and grew up in a small poor village with no university education due to him having to work in a young age) is still paying for my living expenses even though i have a job with a salary that matches my male peers. There are bad people everywhere unfortunately, but most my female friends and relatives have similar experiences as me, some are even better.
That’s why countries like this, (especially those not lucky enough to strike liquid gold) are terribly backwards and savage places. You just can’t compete on the world stage, or be balanced an healthy with half your body cut off.
the journalist has tried his best to show himself to be a hero and spread as much hate against islam as he could. what a nice way to defame islam and popularize one's own self😊
There are errors and incorrect information in the report First, oil revenues do not go to the royal family, but go to the state treasury, just as the state’s expenditures depend on oil revenues. Why are you trying to change the truth? 2_ The young men who run to escape from the police in this movie have harmed the girls, and when anyone assaults the other, the security intervenes. Why are you trying to change the truth? 3_ What freedom are you looking for? In Saudi Arabia, we have the best freedom, and we live with dignity, and under the auspices of our government, we receive care that no other people on the face of the earth finds. While the freedom you are looking for is for us to reject our rulers, to be disobedient, and to be opposed to their rule. This is the freedom that you want to reach. 4_Why don't you picture Saudi Arabia from the inside with the truth in which we live in happiness, development, construction and a happy citizen?
'We have freedom'. Who is we? There are people who are happy in KSA and people who are not. I suppose that most women have rejected their chance to drive a car for example? I don't know. In the Netherlands I don't know anyone who is opposed to women driving. Not even the Wahabis. Allahu Alem.
i dont hear these voices of women rights organisations while palestinians women are killed day and night, but hear that voice when a woman wears a scarf, wat t a shame
I once lived in Saudi Arabia for about fifteen years and I am so glad for that, And there was no such "Things" like it is now like the new Orders from the king/mbs or some kinda new rules, human rights etc etc etc, And it was So Peaceful. "Before"!
Saudi Arabia is infamous for its wealth, strict faith, and oppression, but while Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman has decreed that he wants reform, the world is shocked by the unbelievably brutal murder of journalist Khashoggi and other human rights violations.
00:00:00 In Search for Freedom
00:43:10 Under the Control of the Royal Family
01:25:32 The Power of the Holy Cities
02:06:21 Travelling to Reality
Many different religions have traditions of covering their heads that began because they were concerned about being seen as beautiful to evil angels. Read the Book of Enoch to understand the beginning of the tradition.
The opposite is the truth, preventing us woman to live Islam like in the time of the Profet salAllahu alayhi ua sal-lam is opression and against our right. It's our right to live the authentic Islam, and only anamies of the truth call the authentic Islam strict Islam.
Wants reforms 🥴
What made that murder "unbelievably brutal" compared to any other murder on the planet?
@@colehoward5074 butcher the guy enough to change your mind
My sister was a nurse in Riyadh for 7 years. She really enjoyed her time working and living in Saudi Arabia. She didn't want to leave but at the time foreign housing complexes were being targeted and bombed and it became to dangerous to live where she did. While in Saudi Arabia she developed double breast cancer and she said she received the best medical care and new treatment. Years after she moved back home though her cancer came back and she passed away in 2016. I have many items she sent back home to me from Saudi Arabia and I treasure them.
White expats are rather protected in SA. And restrictions and "democracy" in SA have gotten a lot worse since your sister left. I'm really sorry for your loss.
I worked there also its so amazing and the quality of life socially is so much more than Stone Age UK.
@@MøPgrPhilipinos are not white, are they?
@HairOfTheDog2000 must be a Brit as they have never been outside of Stone Age Europe
@@fadyal-qaisy5213Spain for 800 years, usa 200 years. Can be white as there mixed race most of the population. Unfortunately, the native Filipinos are at the bottom of society end up as domestic workers mostly in the Gulf. Due to the cast system. However, in the Guld they earn well and are treated like family in most households. The maid that brought up my nieces my brother-in-law built her house in Cagayan De Oro.
Journalism at its best. Really enjoyed this documentary.
Teşekkürler.
I didn't expect to watch 3 hours of this, but I did because it was a very interesting documentary. The host is great as well.
so many error. how much you know bout my land?
I’m watching at 2.0x speed
@@sharifahhawaalrifaei1397 What error? LMAO 😂 Saudi Arabia is the worst country to live on earth. No democracy, freedom of speech and expression, human rights, women empowerment, LGBTQ rights and plurality to accomodate other religions. Just wait until the demand for oil in the world runs out and see it go from worst to even worse. 🙄
INSANE footage. Someone deserves an Emmy for this.
how much you know bout my land?
Ha újságban írja meg, még a Pulitzer díj is erős lenne, ahhoz többet kell letenni az asztalra
When you have to worry about the well-being of your female family members being out in public, it means there's something really wrong with society.
Believe me we’re feeling safe more than your country 😊❤ I can’t believe in your country if I hanging around someone kill me or rapping me or kidnapping me …we don’t have this in Saudi ❤ best Society ever
@@asoma-am7321 I agree, but would you feel safe walking alone in Saudi if the law wasn't enforced?
the answer would be yes id still feel safe because saudi isnt a western country people have islam which forbids killing unlike countries who are mostly atheist cough cough we have morals and values @@KevinNguyen-zn4vv
@@Mai20338anche noi abbiamo i nostri principi morali e i nostri valori, non insultare ciò che non conosci.
@@Mai20338 yes SA is safe no killing but your government is killing yemen people
This is probably the most in-depth documentary I have seen regarding Saudi Arabia.The reporter went to places where other reporters still havent been.I learned lots of new things about Saudi Arabia from this documentary.Keep making such amazing documentaries 👍.
the sun & moon shine light on the brainwashing Islamic (CULT)! Arabia is nothing without USA!!! Trump-2024
this is a BS documentary they guy put his own narrative to lead the views rather than genuinely explore the live their, typical western narrative complex.
Indeed.
Yea except you didn’t see all the slaves who are working daily for these spoiled brats
The fact that this documentary was made and published, shows how saudi arabia has changed
Yes but woman are still enslaved by men. Wherever there is a good king, there's always been a better queen who stands with him. This is a fact thru out history. We see this..
Change as what ?
I live in Riyadh Saudi Arabia for almost 7 years now since 2016.
As a Palestinian Filipino I'll say that Saudi Arabia its the safe place I never experience criminals etc.
Food are cheap.
If only there is no tax for children.
I'm gonna bring may kids and live here .
Is there a arab call girls in Saudi????....
As a Iranian man I wish comes the day all women from Middle East to have equal rights as man.. it's 40 years women in Iran are fighting the government for freedom an equal right. I believe someday soon they will be free. Middle eastern culture need to be changed. Wish all women in Saudi Arabia and anywhere else best of luck 🤞 WOMEN .LIFE. FREEDOM.❤✌️✌️✌️✌️✌️
To become liberal and be poster girls and start their pornographic industry that the west promotes.. What are you talking about?
yea you want them to be wild like the women in the west .smh sad
Your country is totally wrecked if to compared to KSA
Fix your own women mentality first
@@chipwilliams6236 You talk like a predator.
@@chipwilliams6236so you are saying that men in the middle east are wild?
Thank you. Fantastic comprehensive documentary. Wow, I’m blown away
Probably the best documentary about a country and religion I have watched. Learned so much! I don't know how the producers made all this happen, but it paid off for sure.
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What an amazing documentary. It deserves an award. Ive never seen such an in depth and extensive documentary on SA
Amaizing journalism. Very insightful, intelligent and you took me to all the corners of SA right from my living room. Keep up!
Amazing documentary. A lot of things about Saudi Arabia has been covered in 4 hrs. and 48 mins. Good job!
What a lovely, vivacious young woman is Farah. I do wish her every success, that her spirit is not crushed.
why would it be crushed?
My Mom's cousin (American) married a Saudi in the 80s. They have 3 grown children now. And just a couple months ago in early 2024, my Aunts and Uncle's were able to travel and visit her for the 1st time ever in Jeddah, SA. She & her family visit the states often. The children all went to college in the US, but all live in SA. In fact my moms cousin met her Saudi husband while attending college in Texas!
Wow!! I love to see al Baladia, in Jeddah where I lived for four years! It makes me homesick! All those historic buildings in Jeddah...Just beautiful!
Thank you for this excellent in-depth documentary. I really appreciate the efforts of the reporter. It's interesting to see what has been kept and what has changed in their society.
Mashallah, I am a Filipino working here in UAE, I am so happy for all of you, Mahbrok👏👏👏
Even though I never got the chance to experience Saudi people and culture in real time, I always have a special feeling towards Saudi. Because the mercy that Almighty Allah has bestowed on Saudi always attracts me.
Women being treated like adult females and human beings? How is this threatening?
This is a Dutch documentary and the subtitling is spot on, my compliments!
It’s not spot on as many people reported in the comments the editor changed some of the words he said in Arabic in a way to deliberately change the meanings of it.
Geweldig! Van begin tot eind genoten van deze documentaire.
This was fabulous. Very illuminating. Excellent work.
Amazed me these women are so polite how they explained everything really good 😊
What is so amazing about that???
@@sueprator9314 bc the women are totally different in 🇺🇸 it’s actually refreshing to see such respectable, well spoken women. Kudos to them. No pun intended, I myself can definitely take notes😊
Fantastic reporting. I learnt so much watching this. ❤
Just excellent. What a thoroughly engrossing documentary.
Best documentary I’ve ever seen. Photography, deep background, interviews all excellent. Enjoyed hearing you speak German in the background. My mother was born and raised in Munich. I have very fond memories of the times I’ve visited and lived there.
He is from the Netherlands
Fascinating. Superbly produced and courageous documentary.
I must say, this is a most excellently crafted and throughly intriguing documentary…
Thank you so much for uploading this amazing documentary.. I’m a foreigner who just moved to Saudi Arabia and this is very interesting for me … thank you
Living here as a single woman for 9 years and love every minute with the most amazing people… safer here than back home in Europe… don’t believe what you read in the media… beautiful country and the kindest people you can meet ❤
I'm quite sure that everyone isn't lying. I don't want to live in a country that have mistreated women. I have been driving since a teenager. What's wrong with women driving? Nothing.
@@gokaren420 I’ve been driving here since I arrived and all women including Saudis have been driving freely since 2018…. Again… media… don’t believe
No, believe me, everyone lies 😂😂Really your source of information is others?? How smart you are @@gokaren420
@@gokaren420funny that you think your media backed opinion conveys more truth than someone who has actually lived in the country.
Such an indepth documentary. Loved seeing the core of the people from all walks of life from within the country. The quality, length and details, boldness of interviewer, and personal touch from seeing him go through Mecca and Medina..
I think one of the women there raised a great highlight of appreciating and being excited for seeing the country grow, develop, transitions. Outsiders are often quick to criticise how great or well it is doing, but its also important to recognize and appreciate how far its progressed. There will always be rooms for improvement everywhere, but not diminishing the progression and growth from how far its come is important.
I think its more fair to judge it according to each country's own history and scale, versus according to the standards of those who are worlds apart from it. It can easily distract from appreciating the growth & progression standards over time.
People good...Monarchy EVIL 😈
Hele mooie documentaire ook erg leerzaam, ik heb er met plezier naar gekeken. Heel mooi gefilmd
A well made program offering an in-depth look into Saudi Arabia.
Excellent reportage. It's insightful and exceptionally well carried out.
This is the BEST documentary on Saudi Arabia I've ever seen. I'm intrigued. What an interesting and informative documentary
Best documentary I have seen about Saudi Arabia,
Great job,
😂😂😂😂
what a great series normally i wouldnt watch this type of series but really enjoyed watching this,thank you
So well done. I learned a lot about this fascinating country and its people.
Amazing documentary, it takes real guts to ask hard questions in oppressive environments. Not sure he’s going to be allowed back in Saudi Arabia.
Brilliant documentary! The best I've watched thus far. Very informative.
Amazing journalism and a great documentary. It may be one of the best documentaries I have seen. Very valuable source in terms of showing what life looks like in Saudi Arabia. I will be following the other works of Sinan Can for sure. Thank you for creating such a good work.
Best documentary and video about Saudi. Covers everything (as possible).
i hope the women who showed courage to speak in the documentary and still safe and sound
As a Saudi woman no one care's this doc misrepresented alot of things! It's not like what it seems! I'm actually tired now from explaining it to others!
@@noorahnn376stop lying please, we are tired of you guys coming here and ignoring the truth!
@coffe2270 The truth about how majority of Arab countries treat their women! Even Emirate princesses are escaping from their country…
You're just ignorant and don't want to hear anything which contradicts your bias and prejudice @@kairofab9981
@@kairofab9981how about the slaves who live there and get exploited daily by these monsters ?
loved the anchor!! super job more power to you!!!!
Prachtige documentaire.
I love these women that are tourists guides. They are so brave and I just feel love for them even as a christin, Big uo all
I used to live and work in KSA (Riyadh and Jeddah) 17 years ago, it was way more strict than today but Jeddah was always a bit liberal compared to Riyadh. So long you don't break any rules and stay out of trouble, you'll be fine. I had great memories there, I've worked and met with a lot of amazing people both locals and other arabs from around the middle east. People were kind and generous. I am sure a lot of things has already changed. Would love to visit again.
Thank you, we would like you visit saudi again Insha Allah
I lived there to it was just fine
What seems so ironic about these more traditional (I guess) patriarchal societies is just how thin-skinned and fragile the men can be. The fellas complaining about the female tour guide sound like such little petals; feeling threatened and insecure because there's - shock - a woman in their midst. It's really something.
Ha ha! Shaming tactic by manipulative hypergamiest?
If anything is a cautionary tale of how religion can ruin a society, this is it. Don't be so smug. It is also happening right here in the USA, right now.
As American theoretical physicist and Nobel laureate, Steven Weinberg once famously said, "With or without religion, good people can behave well and bad people can do evil; but for good people to do evil - that takes religion.".
I see the point this quote is being used to make, however there's actually no truth to it.
Yes secular liberal societies say you can indentify as a dog or cat or anything else you want to be. At least morality and existence, gender is explained logically in Saudi arabia.
Religion doesn't ruin a society, liberalism does
Very well said
Any religion that requires women to cover and not men is oppression.
I pray and wish the war ends in Yemen truly disheartening and disturbing 😢😢😢😢
it has eneded because of china bro, maybe news has not reached CNN yet
Clinton's sorted that.
وشدخل اليمن
Instead of everyone pointing fingers.. everyone should start new and push for peace.
Grazie. Grazie per questo documentario molto affascinante e illuminante.
That was a fascinating look at SA. This shows just how complex of a county SA is and how beautiful and ugly life can be there depending on your circumstances. I'm amazed the film crew was able to get so much access to sensitive areas while asking potentially dangerous questions. Well done!
If you go there and say publicly that the Saudi 9/11 plane hijackers never floated off the a happyland in the sky, you are tossed in jail for 10 years in Saudi Arabia.
Stockholm syndrome is the real name of that debate evading country.
Saudia Arabia does not want that rainbow mafia flag alphabet cult in their country.
MBS is a KILLER. Justice for Kashoggi.
@@Morning404 let's have Mr bonesaw the billionaire Saudi sociopath removed from power.
Liberals & Kafirs say woman not being able to show their beauty to unknown man is oppression 😂.
In reality, In a liberal society
Woman has to pay 50% of house bills, 50% of children's expenditure, pay for 50% of own food, children’s food husband’s food etc.
Pay 50% tax to the liberal govt.
Has to Take care of 2 duties Earning for family, taking care of family.
And when Islam says, You don't have to take 2 duties just take 1 and keep your money.
Islam becomes oppressive 😂.
The reason they mock us is because we didn’t mock them first.
I want to congratulate you on such well documented and detailed gem of fine journalism, i couldn't believe 3 hours passed so quick, on a different note, i hope this help bringing cultures closer by giving a better understanding of Saudi, clearing stereotypical ideologies created by propagandas with evil intensions, i lived until i was 8 years old in mecca, this brought so much nostalgia, thank you for sharing and wishing our brothers and sisters in Saudi Arabia prosper and good health, love from Palestine and Jordan.
Liberals & Kafirs say woman not being able to show their beauty to unknown man is oppression 😂.
In reality, In a liberal society
Woman has to pay 50% of house bills, 50% of children's expenditure, pay for 50% of own food, children’s food husband’s food etc.
Pay 50% tax to the liberal govt.
Has to Take care of 2 duties Earning for family, taking care of family.
And when Islam says, You don't have to take 2 duties just take 1 and keep your money.
Islam becomes oppressive 😂.
The reason they mock us is because we didn’t mock them first.
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Such a gem. Such amazing journalism this. You actually took us to all corners of Saudi Arabia. You explained with a lot of ease. You did a wonderful job of unearthing so many hidden truths about KSA.
@@user-jr9np8ql4oThe irony of you saying that on a “Western” Social Media platform! 😂
so what if hes on a western social media platform tiktok is a western social media platform and doesnt feed into a negative image of saudi as much as news outlets@@OutoftheEchoChamber
Tik tok is not Western social media. It was developed by China.
I was told by my Imam, whether I was touched by the experience in Bakka and Yathrib or not, that Allah guides who he wants to guide and who that wants to be guided. Takbir.
What does takbir mean?
A pedagogical tourist guide, very insightful and intelligent, she is everything I would wish a tour guide to be, besides she is warm-hearted and inclusive. If someone takes the responsibility upon herself, to look at monuments from a child’s perspective, you can be sure to submit your innocence , ignorance to an engaged guide to fully comprehend something unfamiliar. ❤
Did she stamp his passport ?
@@highlightedcomment that's the border police's job.
Liberals & Kafirs say woman not being able to show their beauty to unknown man is oppression 😂.
In reality, In a liberal society
Woman has to pay 50% of house bills, 50% of children's expenditure, pay for 50% of own food, children’s food husband’s food etc.
Pay 50% tax to the liberal govt.
Has to Take care of 2 duties Earning for family, taking care of family.
And when Islam says, You don't have to take 2 duties just take 1 and keep your money.
Islam becomes oppressive 😂.
The reason they mock us is because we didn’t mock them first.
inclusive is a curse
I bet she’s dead already
Thank you. I appreciate this video ♥️👑
Absolutely loved this video and loved the gentleman who took us through it...He should be in many more documentaries...Well done Sir..
Glad you enjoyed it and we will pass on the compliment. Thank you so much.
@@ENDEVRDocs What is his name? He made a fantastic documentary and is an excellent journalist touching on very sensitive topics in the Saudi culture. It mustn't have been easy but he did it with much grace, especially when he manages to bring to light issues that in Saudi Arabia are not to be discussed or disputed or else! Often seemingly irrational in my point of view, often clouded by religion and power. I have to admit some of their culture made my blood boil. Not that the Western world is perfect however, we are seeing it fall of its perch in terms of free speech, democracy, hypocrisies, and abuse of power. Thank you for taking us on this journey of SA with you. This man gave balance with his compassion for the poor and downtrodden, the injustices and the complex inconsistencies of the culture. The young women were incredibly strong, while battling a somewhat archaic culture. I doubt if the truth will ever come to light of the brutal murder of journalist Khashoggi, or someone else will be accused. It's difficult to not see that their 'project' is part of a distraction and an attempt to re establish the 'good' reputation of the crown prince.
@@ENDEVRDocsYes, please pass on my compliment as well to him. And I applaud your whole team as well. Absolutely loved the quality and the depth of the content. Subscribed. 😊
@@nicolelouis8968 Hi, his name is Sinan Can. He is from the Netherlands, but his roots lay in Turkey. He makes a lot of great documentaries. He has also one documentary about the Armenian genocide, called Bloodbrothers. Also an amazing documentary!
Liberals & Kafirs say woman not being able to show their beauty to unknown man is oppression 😂.
In reality, In a liberal society
Woman has to pay 50% of house bills, 50% of children's expenditure, pay for 50% of own food, children’s food husband’s food etc.
Pay 50% tax to the liberal govt.
Has to Take care of 2 duties Earning for family, taking care of family.
And when Islam says, You don't have to take 2 duties just take 1 and keep your money.
Islam becomes oppressive 😂.
The reason they mock us is because we didn’t mock them first.
Interesting doc 👌🏻but 25:59 !! Translation is completely false he didn't say ( the faith says to women!: Stay within your home ) he said our women's are patiences! and I'm Moroccan I understand Arabic!! Alot of talk translate wrong a lot.
Grazie!
Thanks for pointing this out. Greetings from the Netherlands. ❤
Also his bad English and horrible to hear his Dutch throat sickness and all mixed together with Arabic + English trying Arabs + mixed and toggling bad (very fast running) English subtitles.. and even somewhere someone talking Turkish to him... made me crazy ! By the way, I'm pretty sure he is a Turk, born in Netherlands, because his sentence melody and English mistakes are exactly those by Turkish speaking people.. Please DO NOT USE Dutch, please, please spare our ears!.. The documentary is OK, thanks!
الرجال نصاب خبيث هو والوثائقي كامل اكيد راح يغير بالترجمه متعمد
Thank you for sharing your work with us all.
i love saudi arabia i work here for 24 years. i bougth 416 m2 lot and constructed a house im more safe here than actually in my home country, obey the law of the land and youll be fine and prosper your dreams😍🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩
I rather die lol freedom or money ?? I don't have to watch my back all the time or watch what I say !!!
Stockholm syndrome at its peak
@@Moodboard39موت بغيضك
@@Moodboard39 i'm good in the netherlands :)
I would like to commend the courage and professionalism of the journalist in this video. It is very informative, eye opening, and brave. Journalism is indeed a thankless job. You put your life in danger in the name of truth. It may be hard for women in some countries to fight for their rights, but you're helping their voice reach the whole world and understand their struggles. Kudos to you, Sir.
This would have to the best documentary of Saudi Arabia that I've seen. I've learned so much.
Kudos to you and all your team for brilliant work
In the middle east, many women are much smarter than many men. I was a teacher for sometime and I got to know this...
I love watching your videos it was very interesting and informative i wish to visit in the future watching from South Africa
Wow, I honor your hard work to tell the truths, thank you Sir!
This is the most fair of all the pieces I've watched about Saudi Arabia! Having lived there for five years in Medina and Jeddah and visited Mekkah, Riyadh many times, and all the historical sites you've shown here makes me miss it all! This was not over critically negative, which has been in other pieces, but it shows fairly and must I say dareringly displays what really is going on over there under MBS. Thank you for such a master piece documentary!
i dont like the way he made it seem like he was being watched and monitored 24/7 that obviously was over dramatic and not real LOL
gotta make it interesting though i guess
Fascinating - I wish them well in their journey to moderation.
Very informative and interesting documentary. Well done, thank you.
You're controlling the narrative by manipulating subtitles, at 25:52 it says "behind every succesful man, there's a woman." this is WRONG, the man said "behind every man is a powerful woman", you're twisting his words to portray a false sense of the importance of a woman.
This is such a well made film - well done. The impact of growing Islam here in the UK which sadly can be the more extreme kind, not the gentler kind to which were were exposed in the 60s and 70s is similar - that younger women will cover up whereas their mothers did not in the UK; it is a steps backwards when that happens, not forwards. That the tiny little girls, as if they ere in Iran, who are 5 and 6 leave the UK state provided school nearest my house with their heads covered in our free UK, here in London is a step backwards and part of the reason we have never in British history had so many people come here. A drop in the ocean is no problem but when the ocean being the UK becomes in parts a different sea where I become the other, the rare woman uncovered, the sheer mass of women covering in the UK, then it feels unfair on my nation. So I suppose the MBS reforms in Saudi and am glad the country may be returning in a sense to its more liberal 1960s past. I have never been but I have been (as a woman and forced to cover up) to Iran for work twice - a different form of Islam but still just as dreadful for women. If their men cannot control themselves when women are around perhaps they should provide no man may leave his house unless fully covered and in the presence of a woman to control him - a bit of reversal might be very good for these unfair nations.
Keep dreaming 😌
What is sad about women covering up you creep. It’s our choice we don’t want to be used for our body appearance
I lived and worked in Saudi for five years. I.loved it there.
Good one.Lot of sensitivities &barriers cracked. Congratulations 🎊
Keep going 💪.
Excuse me, but there are mistranslations from the Arabic language. That is unprofessional and biased. Saudi society is not perfect, but its not right to twist people's words. Very wrong! Any native Arabic speaker can confirm this.😒
It’s probably AI generated. It’s not the producers
They always try to put K..S.A in a negative light but there is no truth to any of it ,it's a beautiful country may Allah continue to bless and keep Saudi well❤
Thank you so much for this document I've learned alot about Saudi Arabia now that they have a new young leader im also excited for the changes.
Watch "Escape From Saudi" a video here by ABC News and learn what this new young leader is doing to women who fought for the right to drive.
Really enlightening!
This is like the Handmaid's tale. There is what they show the press and what really happens.
There I little towns in the Southern United States that are like the Handmaid's Tale. These women know they are being oppressed, but some American women are so blinded by the cult religiosity that they don't realize they're victims.
It’s an amazing and safe country.
One of the best I ever visit.
No drug, no alcoholic, no silly ideology and ridiculous mindset. I loved it 😍
Stop imposing your world view to the rest of the world …
@@KaTya24434🤡🤡🤡
@@KaTya24434if it's so amazing why do you just move there?
@@tbtb-nm2ef one of my dream project. Thanks for the suggestion 😘
Very informative documentation.
Thank you for your honest documentary.
Having a Western education, it is difficult for me to understand how a father of girls can agree with the limitation of women's rights in the country in which he lives!
I pray that Arab women have the right to design their lives as they wish to be happy
Both men and women are human beings, I don't think that we men are more special than women and have more rights, if we cut a finger, red blood will flow from my wound as a man and from my wife's wound without distinction
barely anyone like that still exists with that mentality only people in the small villages cities like riyadh or jeddah are more open minded
Hypergamy manipulative psychology should be suppressed.
As a Saudi Woman, I had better education and Job than my brothers! so don't worry. Oh and my Father (who is Saudi and grew up in a small poor village with no university education due to him having to work in a young age) is still paying for my living expenses even though i have a job with a salary that matches my male peers. There are bad people everywhere unfortunately, but most my female friends and relatives have similar experiences as me, some are even better.
You guys seem to just not believe or see, females in the west are getting completely disrespected, everyone living liberaly, almost no childbirth before 28-35 and a LOT of woman with children wish still didnt marry or found a partner at 35+. Because people are promiscuous and do what they want.
I'm American but my grandma's father was southern Baptist and she didn't have the freedom of a male. My grandma wasn't allowed to go swimming like her Brothers and if she went to the movies she had to be accompanied by both her brothers.
This is because those where values that protected the society and its fabric but look at it now. Drugs, destruction of families and increase in psychiatric disorders that manifests in disturbing ways that society excepts as normal.
This was so very good. I learned a great deal. Thank you for your work!
Love these woman. Amazing under their circumstances well done ladies. 👏👏👏👏
wow Man they way you explain KSA in this documentary is Mindblowing,you must have guts to go that open !
I love this Saudi Arabia. Different perspectives. Thanks for uploading this video. Awesome.
Interesting and sad. They have discarded half the country’s talent - women. I’m 63 and have driven since I was 16 years old, over a million miles due to my job of which I’m retired.
They don’t need women. They have oil. They are safe as long there’s a demand for oil.
As a Saudi Woman, I had better education and Job than my brothers! so don't worry. Oh and my Father (who is Saudi and grew up in a small poor village with no university education due to him having to work in a young age) is still paying for my living expenses even though i have a job with a salary that matches my male peers. There are bad people everywhere unfortunately, but most my female friends and relatives have similar experiences as me, some are even better.
That’s why countries like this, (especially those not lucky enough to strike liquid gold) are terribly backwards and savage places. You just can’t compete on the world stage, or be balanced an healthy with half your body cut off.
Excellent documentary sir. you have a new sub.👌
amazing documentary. Thank you!
the journalist has tried his best to show himself to be a hero and spread as much hate against islam as he could. what a nice way to defame islam and popularize one's own self😊
There are errors and incorrect information in the report
First, oil revenues do not go to the royal family, but go to the state treasury, just as the state’s expenditures depend on oil revenues. Why are you trying to change the truth?
2_ The young men who run to escape from the police in this movie have harmed the girls, and when anyone assaults the other, the security intervenes. Why are you trying to change the truth?
3_ What freedom are you looking for? In Saudi Arabia, we have the best freedom, and we live with dignity, and under the auspices of our government, we receive care that no other people on the face of the earth finds. While the freedom you are looking for is for us to reject our rulers, to be disobedient, and to be opposed to their rule. This is the freedom that you want to reach.
4_Why don't you picture Saudi Arabia from the inside with the truth in which we live in happiness, development, construction and a happy citizen?
You live in a country that oppresses women and all they strict rules are for women.
let me try to guess… you’re a man?
@elfeverlasting4632 Let me guess, you're a women not from Saudi Arabia?
'We have freedom'. Who is we? There are people who are happy in KSA and people who are not. I suppose that most women have rejected their chance to drive a car for example? I don't know. In the Netherlands I don't know anyone who is opposed to women driving. Not even the Wahabis. Allahu Alem.
@@anniefraser
All Saudi women are happy and relieved. Please do not interfere in the affairs of our country
Excellent documentary!!! Thank YOU
Very good documentary. 🙏 Thank you.
i dont hear these voices of women rights organisations while palestinians women are killed day and night, but hear that voice when a woman wears a scarf, wat t a shame
Great Documentary!
Very thorough and comprehensive! Thank you for the insightful documentary!
I once lived in Saudi Arabia for about fifteen years and I am so glad for that, And there was no such "Things" like it is now like the new Orders from the king/mbs or some kinda new rules, human rights etc etc etc,
And it was So Peaceful. "Before"!