Al Khubar Travel Forum

I would like to ask how true that Muttawa or Saudi police catch single men and women who speak to each other or be together as prohibited by Saudi laws. Does this apply to foreign nationals, too? I have learned of men & women (both expats) meet in malls and are able to go together in public. Women are said to be able to go into the Bachelor's housing as long as the man's companion will allow the woman's entry. Some women even wear mens clothing to be able to walk into mens' housing. How then can you say that Saudi laws still prevail for the locals as well as expats?

yeah its illegal for single men and women to meet.... but usually they';re caught if they're reported or they muttawas are doing inspection rounds, i don't really understand your question fully, it started off as a question but then it ended with providing information on different ways of escaping the muttawas ???

How do they know the man and woman talking to each other are single or married? Okay, they can check your Iqama but normally, you need to be extremely unfortunate and really prominent somehow to get noticed by Muttawas to the point of interogation. Also, during my 5 years of stay here, I have seen Muttawa's probably 3 or 4 times. That's less than once per year and they were less dangerous than portrayed by media reports.

By the way, which men's housing are you talking about and why do you wanna go there? I mean for work or something?